Marcia,

I appreciate your input on being careful about pre-vocational services. I am interested in learning more before we continue planning.

Has anyone looked into “Community Life Engagement?” This is a new project and national discussion that the Institute for Community Inclusion at UMass Boston has started. As we move forward with community-based integrated employment, the level of participation in services for other daytime activities has grown. Some of our facility-based work services providers use this as a way to advocate for people at least doing things related to work instead of adult day care. There is a brief that provides a definition of Community Life Engagement that we might use when discussing community non-work services.

Just another thought. Tracy

Tracy Warren, Idaho Council on Developmental Disabilities

From: xxxxxx@nacdd.simplelists.com [mailto:xxxxxx@nacdd.simplelists.com] On Behalf Of Tewell - CDHS, Marcia
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2015 2:21 PM
To: xxxxxx@nacdd.simplelists.com
Subject: Re: DD Councils Sheltered Workshops

Colorado no longer has a non-integrated work setting option. The work group that looked at alternatives as the NIWS was done away with, re- instituted the pre-vocational option. The Council had been pleased the pre-vocational option was eliminated years ago and not happy that it was put back in the waiver as an option currently. The only safeguard we managed to get in is that all participants in pre-vocational would have a review annually and if they were still in pre-vocational after five years, a recommendation would exist to have the individual participate in the community connections option. We are still working on getting the Discovery process to be the standard process during the one to five year time period. My opinion is that the pre-vocational is a way to continue allowing for sheltered workshop type of settings to remain in place.

Marcia

On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Holen, Ed (DDC) <xxxxxx@ddc.wa.gov> wrote:

Hi,

Responding to the CMS Home and Community Based Services Rule on integrated settings, how does your state propose to deal with sheltered workshops or pre-vocational services in your state’s transition plan?

Thanks,

Ed

Ed Holen
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Marcia Tewell

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