Grant
Information
Name of Grantee
Title of Grant
Real
People: Real C.H.O.I.C.E.SCitizen Monitoring,
Housing Options and Investing in Creative Educational Solutions
Type of Grant
Real
Choice Systems Change
Amount of Grant
$2,000,000
Year Original Funding
Received
2001
Contact
Information
Timothy Hawley, Ph.D.
Real Choices Project Manager
100 Fair Oaks Lane, 4E-B
Frankfort, KY 406210001
5025644527
timothy.hawley@mail.state.ky
Subcontractor(s)
Center for Accessible Living
Jan Day
5025896620
Council on Mental Retardation
April Duval
5025841239
ARC of
Patty Dempsey
5028755225
University of Kentucky/IHDI
Kathy Sheperd-Jones
8592571714
Eastern Kentucky University/TRC
8596222262
Kentucky Housing Corporation
Natalie Hutcheson
5025647630
Target
Population(s)
The general target population is individuals with
disabilities. Each of the three major initiatives is targeting a specific
population:
Citizen Monitoring Initiative. Individuals
with mental retardation/developmental disabilities that are served by Supports
for Community Living waiver providers throughout the State. The target population will expand to other individuals
with disabilities in years two and three of the grant.
Housing/Nursing Home Transition
Initiative. Individuals with disabilities residing in
Louisville/Jefferson County (urban) and Murray/Calloway County (rural).
Workforce Initiative. Individuals with
disabilities who receive services from providers trained under this initiative.
Goals
Activities
Workforce Initiative. Create a
consortium to develop recommendations for the development of curricula. Develop
and implement seven curricula to train community-based direct service,
supervisory, and administrative staff. Place curricula in the
Housing/Nursing Home Transition
Initiative. Develop pilot projects in two regions of the State (urban
and rural) to assess the availability and accessibility of housing and service
options for individuals transitioning out of institutions into the community.
Develop a marketing plan to inform discharge planners, community advocacy
groups, and individuals about the pilot project.
Citizen Monitoring Initiative. Recruit and train
consumers and family members to participate in a pilot project patterned on the
existing state-funded Core Indicators Project. Recruit volunteer personal
advocates for participants served by the Supports for Community Living waiver
program.
Abstract
The citizen monitoring initiative has three components:
(1) developing a protocol and training volunteer advocates,
(2) recruiting and training two-person interview teams to solicit consumer
satisfaction, and (3) engaging consumers and family members of services
and supports to enhance current standard survey instruments.
The workforce initiative will develop a comprehensive
credentialing system based on a common set of standards and training methods.
This will be accomplished by hiring a full-time project director and the
establishment of a consortium of institutions of higher education, persons with
disabilities, and community service providers.
The housing and nursing home transition initiative
(conducted by the Center for Accessible Living, a Center for Independent
Living) will establish two pilot projects in an urban and rural site to assist
individuals with disabilities making the transition from a nursing home or
other institutional setting to the community. The initiative will support the
development of protocols and resources necessary to make this transition.
Additionally, two specific projects at the State level involving the State
housing finance agency (Kentucky Housing Corporation) will support this local
effort. Grant funds will be used to develop a "standard plans"
publication incorporating universal design principles, as well as to provide
home modification funds to qualified individuals with disabilities through an
existing program (the Kentucky Assistive Technology Loan Fund).