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Community Access to Services & Supports- Final Report
07/24/2007 | Requests *Summary
One of two mini-projects aimed at engaging Medicaid-eligible consumers in an experiment with options of self-direction, the purpose of Community Access was to test creative methods that increase the opportunity of children and adults with disabilities to exercise self-determination. The project met the three objectives of supporting at least 12 individuals, develop a community advisor model to identify core competencies, and to identify barriers to full responses for requested services.
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Available Files
- Report Word (324K, 40 pages)
Keywords
CPASS; Person Centered Planning; Self-determination; Steering Committee; Cross-age; cross-disability; cross-cultural; Community Advisor
Topic
Aging Issues, Consumer/Participant Direction, Developmental/Psychiatric Disabilities, Physical Disabilities
Type/Tool
Reports
Source
Grantee produced, Massachusetts
State
Massachusetts
Date Created
07/24/2007
Contact
Nilka Alvarez-Rodriguez
Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation
Nilka.Alvarez-Rodriguez@state.ma.us
978-590-7039
Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation
Nilka.Alvarez-Rodriguez@state.ma.us
978-590-7039
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* Reflects requests since January 1, 2007
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