Now Recruiting PAS Advancement Teams!
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![The Local PAS Teams will: • Promote self-directed services with people with I/DD, family and community, including those with high and complex support needs who communicate non-traditionally and/or come from diverse backgrounds. • Provide education and training opportunities about self-determination for people with I/DD, including those who come from diverse backgrounds, those with high and complex support needs, ISD students and their teachers and/or transition coordinators. • Participate in all PAS project evaluation activities, including, but not limited to data collection, focus groups, interviews, etc. • Participate in PAS team meetings and provide a method for information dissemination throughout their team membership • Develop relationships with ethnically diverse groups represented in their community to assure and improve cultural competence within their pilot team Outcomes will include: • Increased yearly number of people using self-directed services in communities with a PAS Advancement Team. • Increased satisfaction from those receiving services and greater ability to direct their lives. • Improved ability by Advancement Teams to support self-directed services, as indicated by the number of staff trained and the increased number of people directing their services. • Individuals with I/DD, including those with high and complex support needs, their family members, and allies have increased knowledge of person-centered planning, self-determination, and self-directed services as indicated by the number of people who request arrangements that support self-determination. • Adoption and implementation of standards by MDHHS/BHDDA that ensure consistent, quality person-centered planning, resulting in people with I/DD directing their own supports and services, as indicated by changes in policies, guidance, procedures and technical assistance. We hope you will join Partners Advancing Self-Determination to improve the lives of people with developmental disabilities in your community. Apply to participate! Fill out the PAS Advancement Team Application electronically at [LINK] or send it by fax, or by postal service to: Jill Gerrie The Arc Michigan 1325 S. Washington Avenue Lansing, Michigan 48910 jill.gerrie@arcmi.org (517) 487-0303 Fax](//arcmi-wphost.netdna-ssl.com/content/uploads/sites/15/2020/01/Recruitment-Letter-2020_Page_3-scaled.jpg)
to apply to participate, please fill out the PAS Advancement Team Application electronically
![The Local PAS Teams will: • Promote self-directed services with people with I/DD, family and community, including those with high and complex support needs who communicate non-traditionally and/or come from diverse backgrounds. • Provide education and training opportunities about self-determination for people with I/DD, including those who come from diverse backgrounds, those with high and complex support needs, ISD students and their teachers and/or transition coordinators. • Participate in all PAS project evaluation activities, including, but not limited to data collection, focus groups, interviews, etc. • Participate in PAS team meetings and provide a method for information dissemination throughout their team membership • Develop relationships with ethnically diverse groups represented in their community to assure and improve cultural competence within their pilot team Outcomes will include: • Increased yearly number of people using self-directed services in communities with a PAS Advancement Team. • Increased satisfaction from those receiving services and greater ability to direct their lives. • Improved ability by Advancement Teams to support self-directed services, as indicated by the number of staff trained and the increased number of people directing their services. • Individuals with I/DD, including those with high and complex support needs, their family members, and allies have increased knowledge of person-centered planning, self-determination, and self-directed services as indicated by the number of people who request arrangements that support self-determination. • Adoption and implementation of standards by MDHHS/BHDDA that ensure consistent, quality person-centered planning, resulting in people with I/DD directing their own supports and services, as indicated by changes in policies, guidance, procedures and technical assistance. We hope you will join Partners Advancing Self-Determination to improve the lives of people with developmental disabilities in your community. Apply to participate! Fill out the PAS Advancement Team Application electronically at [LINK] or send it by fax, or by postal service to: Jill Gerrie The Arc Michigan 1325 S. Washington Avenue Lansing, Michigan 48910 jill.gerrie@arcmi.org (517) 487-0303 Fax](http://arcmi-wphost.netdna-ssl.com/content/uploads/sites/15/2020/01/Recruitment-Letter-2020_Page_3-scaled.jpg)
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Jill Gerrie |
Funding for this project is from the Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council
