Independence Plus Initiative

CONNECTICUT

Target Population

All individuals who seek substantive funding from the Department of Mental Retardation (DMR).

Severe disabilities: Yes.

Geographic Focus

Statewide.

Primary Focus

Goals, Objectives, and Activities

Goal: Establish a steering committee inclusive of all stakeholders to guide the design, research, and implementation of the level of need project leading to individual budgets.

Objectives/Activities

Goal: Establish a valid and reliable methodology to predict level of need, and establish a valid and reliable methodology to compute consumer costs associated with particular levels of need.

Objectives/Activities

Goal: Initiate new Individual Budgeting process for individuals and incorporate methods into resource allocation strategies.

Objectives/Activities

Goal: Incorporate the final level of need assessment tool methodology and associated individual budgeting mechanisms in the preparation of an IP waiver submission.

Objectives/Activities

Key Activities and Products

Consumer Partners and their Involvement in Implementation Activities

Public and Private Partners and their Involvement in Implementation Activities

Public Partners

Representatives from the State Council on Mental Retardation, the Office of Protection and Advocacy, the DMR's Self-Advocacy Council, the Department of Social Services (the Single State Medicaid Agency), and the Office of Policy and Management will provide ongoing direction and feedback on all aspects of grant implementation and evaluation through membership of the grant's steering committee.

Private Partners

Advisory Body, Committee, or Task Force

Formative/Process Evaluation Activities

Summative/Outcome Evaluation Activities

Strategies to Ensure Sustainability