2017 QIP -2

How do we help people lead
Signs of Success
Fulfilling Lives?
Assisting families and individuals as they explore opportunities in the community.
Offering high-quality, individualized services ensuring successful and consistent
outcomes from birth throughout ongoing DD services.
Supporting strong networks of relationships in the community that are beyond paid
supports and focus more on natural supports.
Assuring people’s health, safety and welfare.
Supporting the use of respectful language, tone of voice and nonverbal
communication from paid staff.
Supporting people to feel confident to make changes and take control of their lives,
plans and employment paths.
Dedicate local funds to ensure that no one waits for the services that they need.
Dedicate funding to secure as many Medicaid waivers as possible.
Recruiting quality providers, as well as meeting with all new providers to ensure they will be
able to meet the needs of individuals served.
2016 Accomplishments
We implemented a Quality Improvement Plan action step into best practices to
support families transitioning from Early Intervention Services to receiving ongoing
DD services, to best support them during that transition.
We continued to utilize technology and portable devices to give people the ability
to communicate, allowing them to make choices and have control over their own
lives.
We increased opportunities for individuals to connect with interest groups, as well as
created ways for families to meet other people with similar struggles, establishing
relationships and decreasing feelings of isolation.
We continued to develop self-advocacy groups in our county and expanded meet
up groups to offer people many ways to connect to their communities.
We certified all our life coaches in Medication Delegation in order to allow more
individuals the opportunity to attend community-based programs than they could in
the past.
We allocated funding to 66 families and youth that allowed them to take part in
summertime experiences.
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