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This website for workers and job seekers includes easy-to-read descriptions of state, federal, and private benefit programs, paginas en Español, life situation articles, a glossary and bulletin board. There is also an interactive tool that helps users predict what would happen to benefits, in a number of what if scenarios. Calculators included: the benefits to work, job to job, school and work, Medi-Cal for working disabled, and Plan for Achieving Self Support (PASS).

The Arkansas MIG grantees, the EmployAbility Project, developed a number of handouts and fact sheets to help medical professionals and counselors understand the program. Review the definition of working disabled and medically improved plus a fact sheet on Medicaid Screening for Working Disabled Medicaid.

The Arkansas MIG grantees developed a number of resources to spread the word about the ways that people with a disability or severe long-term illness can work. The program designed brochures, posters, newspaper ads, coffee mugs, t-shirts, magnets, and table displays all designed for agency workers, consumers, advocates.

What are the steps of the hiring process? According to a training presentation from the Alaska MIG program, the four step process includes recruitment, interviewing, selection and retention. The slides cover ways to overcoming perceived barriers and the hiring process. The presentation also included an exercise and quiz.

How do you define reasonable accommodation? The process is about accommodating a qualified person with a disability; it is about problem resolution and is a key nondiscrimination requirement. Alaska MIG grantees put together a presentation to explain that not every employee with a disability is going to need an accommodation but, others are excluded because of unnecessary barriers in the workplace. Two articles are included that generate interest in the training plus a two-page FAQ fact sheet.

The CPASS Hawaii project identified stakeholders, particularly people with developmental disabilities and their families, willing to participate in collaborative efforts towards systems change. This report will elaborate on the accomplishments of the project related to their 5 goals including barriers and areas of success, as well as further recommendations. Also included are two matrixes summarizing accomplishments and training efforts, a demonstration report and an evaluation summary.

These materials help case managers and stakeholders figure out where to get started. The Case Manager Handbook explains the roles and responsibilities, plus worksheets and evaluations. The Self-Advocate Handbook helps identify goals and create a person centered plan. The Community Support Guide and Orientation Presentation provide an overview of terms and ways to implement personal assistance programs. A one page handout on stakeholder values and vision plus the overview brochure are included.

This guide was created to help serve as a resource for seniors and caregivers when you making decisions about transitions. The guide can be used as a tool to help think about many important aspects of transitions from hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and community based living. The guide was written in collaboration between numerous organizations in Maine.

This agreement represents a mutual understanding and establishes a partnership for meeting the goals of the State’s Aging and Disability Resource Center grant. The parties to this understanding are Senior and Long Term Care Division and its Aging Services Bureau and the Home and Community Services Division and their local contractors and offices in the areas that the ADRC is being implemented. The agreement outlines the background and the general responsibilities of each party.

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.