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Otro Puente (Another Bridge): Final Project Report
07/24/2007 | Requests *Summary
Otro Puente was a demonstration project conducted as part of the Massachusetts C-PASS grant. The purpose was to prepare, support and empower individuals with developmental disabilities to increase access to and control of Personal Assistance Services and Supports (PASS), and to identify barriers to consumer self-direction. Otro Puente examined the successes and challenges of participants from Latino cultural backgrounds, most were persons with cognitive challenges.
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- Report Word (368K, 46 pages)
Keywords
CPASS; Latinos; Leadership Work Group; Self-Direction; flexible support; Medicaid-funded PCA;
Topic
Consumer/Participant Direction, Developmental/Intellectual 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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