For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Step Up Into Your Life Planning for After High School.

For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Step Up Into Your LifeStep Up Into Your Life

Planning for AfterHigh School

For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

What are the Steps?What are the Steps?Plan your life and work your plan• What will I do all day?• How will I get there?• Where will I live?• How about healthcare?• How can I pay for my life?• What about friends and fun?

For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Plan as if your life depends Plan as if your life depends on iton it

Understand your ABILITIES and disabilities – who you are and supports you need

Person-centered planning • PATH (Planning Alternative Tomorrows with

Hope) http://www.peakparent.org/PCP.asp• Essential Lifestyle Planning (Google this)• Plan, think, explore

For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

What will I do all day?What will I do all day? College? Competitive Employment? Supported Employment? Sheltered Workshop or Enclave? Business Ownership? Volunteer work? Day Program?

For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

CollegeCollege

College Living Experience http://www.cleinc.net/home.aspx 504 Plans or IEPs

Accommodations & modifications Get this in place in high school

ADA

For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Competitive EmploymentCompetitive Employment Vocational Rehabilitation

http://www.cdhs.state.co.us/DVR/ Workforce Centers

http://www.coworkforce.com/emp/wfcs.asp Network• Friends• Family• Family friends

For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Supported EmploymentSupported Employment

Start with Vocational Rehabilitation Job Discovery Job Development Job Carving Job Training On-going Assistance

For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Sheltered Workshop or Sheltered Workshop or EnclavesEnclaves

Large groups or small groups Work tasks Environment Social Opportunities At one location or out in the community

For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Own my Own Business?Own my Own Business?

Job Carving Flexible Schedule Family support Professional support Income implications

For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Volunteer WorkVolunteer Work

Individual or group Learn job skills Create Relationships Show you can do it Many people get jobs this way

For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Day ProgramsDay Programs 5 days a week? Medical support? Behavioral support? Activities? Size of groups? Location? Environment?

For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

How Will I Get There?How Will I Get There? Drive Bike Walk Family Members Public Transit Access-A-Ride Safety training• Day and Night• Other people

For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Where Will I Live?Where Will I Live?

Family Home Apartment Host Home Group Home Personal Care Alternative Micro-board Intentional Community

For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

ApartmentApartment An apartment program is several people with

disabilities living in the same apartment complex and receiving support from the same staff members.

If you live in an apartment program you can expect:

• To live in an apartment, either alone or with a roommate.

For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

• There will be people who will come to your home and help you to do things like keep your room clean or cook meals.

• There may be people available to help you 24 hours a day, or only at certain times..

• You will have support getting to work or other activities during the day.

• You can be involved in activities with other people living in your apartment complex or independently.

For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Host HomeHost Home Host Homes are places where people with

developmental disabilities live with another family or single person.

• You will be able to interview the host family and visit before you commit to moving in with them.

• The family that owns the home where you live will be paid to support you.

For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

• The family that owns the home may not be there during the day, but they will be there to help you in the morning and in the evenings.

• You will probably eat meals together and go to community activities together on weekends and evenings.

• You’ll probably have your own room.

• There might be one other person with a disability living in the host home.

For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Group HomeGroup Home

Living in a Group Home means that you will live in a home with 3 to 5 other people with disabilities. The house is owned by an agency.

• A place to live and something to do during the day.

• There will be people who will be at the house 24 hours a day who can help you to do things like keep your room clean or cook meals.

For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

• Someone will take you to work and community activities like bowling or church or you might take the bus or ride your bike. Usually you will go with other people in the group home.

• You might have your own room or you might have a roommate.

• Everyone in your house will probably eat meals together at certain times during the day.

• At night sometimes people watch TV together, go out to an activity with others or have private time in your room.

For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Personal Care Personal Care AlternativeAlternative

A Personal Care Alternative (PCA) is a term used to describe a number of living situations smaller than a group home.

• To live in either a house, townhouse or apartment with no more than two other people with a developmental disability.

For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

• There will be people who will come to your home, or be there all the time, to help you to do things like keep your room clean or cook meals.

• You’ll have support getting to work or other activities during the day.

• You may have staff to assist you 24 hours a day or only some of the time.

For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Micro-BoardMicro-Board A Micro-Board is an agency created by family

members or guardians that is incorporated in the State of Colorado to provide comprehensive services to one person with a developmental disability.

• A place to live—either a home, a townhouse, a condominium, or an apartment.

For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

• There will be people who will live with you and/or come to your home and help you to do things like keep your room clean or cook meals.

• You can pay someone to take you to community activities like bowling or church. Or you may get volunteers to come and support you. Or you may have friends that can take you.

• You (and your family and friends) will decide if you want to live alone or if you want to have roommates.

• You can hire people to maintain your home like if you need a new roof or the snow shoveled.

For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Intentional CommunityIntentional Community An intentional community is a planned

residential community designed to have a much higher degree of teamwork than other communities. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, or spiritual vision and are often part of the alternative society. They also share responsibilities and resources. • Wikepedia. • Camphill - http://www.coloradolife-sharing.org/• Many others…

For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

HealthcareHealthcare Medicaid, Medicare or Health Insurance• Medical• Dental• Mental Health• Home Health• Long-term care

Pay particular attention to transferring medical records to adult providers.

Know the benefit package and plan accordingly!

For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

MedicaidMedicaid State Plan• Early, Periodic, Screening, Diagnosis and

Treatment• Adult State Plan benefits are different from

child• Mental Health = Separate system in Colorado• Dental – very limited for adults

Waivers Intermediate Care Facilities

For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Medicaid WaiversMedicaid Waivers

• Home and Community-Based Services• Supported Living Services (SLS)• Comprehensive/Residential Services• Elderly, Blind and Disabled Waiver• Brain Injury

• In Colorado there are long waiting lists for the developmental disabilities waivers – be prepared!

For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

MedicareMedicare

• If your parent(s) have passed away, or are retired, you may be eligible for Medicare if you have a disability.

• Medicare AND Medicaid = dually insured• Medicare does not pay for long-term care • Medicare will pay for short-term home

health care

For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Health InsuranceHealth Insurance

• Can stay on your parent’s policy for a certain number of years, in Colorado that is up to age 25.

• You may be able to push to get coverage for longer if a doctor writes a letter stating long-term care needs.

• Benefits plan widely differ.

For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

How Do I Pay for a Life?How Do I Pay for a Life?

Supplemental Security Income (SSI)• About $674.00 per month• Pays for food, clothing and shelter

Earnings from Work• You may earn about $86.00 per month from

wages before you start losing some of your SSI allocation

Social Security Disability Income (SSDI)

For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

How do I Pay for a Life?How do I Pay for a Life? If you make too much money, you could

lose long-term care benefits and Medicaid Most disability programs are also poverty

programs Low-income housing programs and Section

8/HUD can help with rent. Food stamps can help pay for food LEAP can help pay for utilities

For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Friends and FunFriends and Fun Nothing can replace a Life in Common• Faith Communities• Recreation• Dances• Family• Arts and Crafts• Theatre• Movies• Music & Concerts• Sports and games

For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Overwhlemed?Overwhlemed?

Just take it step by step Make your plan Revise your plan Remember:

Adults have developmental stages too!

For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Thank you!Thank you!The Arc Arapahoe & Douglas Counties

8100 E Arapahoe Rd, Suite#208Centennial CO 80112

[email protected]

[email protected]

www.arc-ad.org