Real Choice Systems Change

In October 2002 a Real Choice Systems Change grant was awarded to the Connecticut Department of Social Services, and the A.J. Pappanikou Center was selected to administer the grant. The grant is designed to improve the capacity of Connecticut's communities to meet the needs of individuals with disabilities and their families by supporting the development of model communities that fully demonstrate accessible, appropriate, and quality community living opportunities for persons with disabilities.

Groton is a community committed to inclusion as evident in the opportunities that exist for residents with disabilities. The goal of this proposal is to make community activities more accessible and to change attitudes of the public.

Sponsored by the Community Living Exchange Collaborative at ILRU this teleconference featured Real Choice Systems Change grantees describing their efforts to create inclusive communities in West Virginia. Presenters described how they engaged diverse stakeholders in a process of visioning & group action planning with the services of a graphic facilitator. The teleconference took place on Tuesday 06/29/04.

This document is an application from the city of New Haven for a Real Choice Systems Change Grant. The application seeks to improve community opportunities for persons with disabilities through increased access, inclusion, and supportive services.

This document was sent out in advance of a series of web-based calls hosted by the Community Living Exchange Collaborative. On this call, Becky Ozaki and her team presented on Hawaii's web-based project. The document describes the goals, development, responsibilities of the Governing Council for RealChoices.org

This is a powerpoint presentation for state staff on the NFT project. The project provides nursing home residents with information on community supports available to enable them to live in the community.

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) released this Request for Proposals (RFP) for the purpose of identifying a vendor to develop and implement the Ohio Access Success Project. This is a nursing facility transition pilot project in which targeted individuals who are aged or cognitively, sensory or physically disabled and who have been residing in a nursing facility have an opportunity to choose to transition from that setting to a community-based one.

This article is entitled: \"Mentally Ill Adjusting to Community Settings\". The article describes the personal experiences of people with mental illness who leave institutions to live in the community.

This teleconference is focused on nursing home transition issues for grantees of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Real Choice Systems Change Grant program. The conference discussed the CMS’ recently released State Medicaid Directors letter allowing home and community-based services waivers to cover nursing home relocation transition costs and the results of case studies conducted by MedStat of state nursing home transition programs.

This Community Living Brief explores the history of Medicaid Waivers and the challenges that remain for ensuring equality and inclusion for all citizens.