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#561 From: Michael Bray <michaeljbray2@...>
Date: Tue Jan 9, 2007 2:27 pm
Subject: MADSP Meeting Date Change michaeljbray2
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Please note that the MADSP Quarterly meeting set for Thursday February 15th has been moved to Thursday February 22nd. please make a note of it (http://www.ddi.wayne.edu/directions_alliance.php)

Thank you,

Michael

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Wayne State University
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#560 From: Michael Bray <michaeljbray2@...>
Date: Mon Jan 8, 2007 6:59 pm
Subject: Fwd: FW: CMS Webinar for Direct Support Workforce Bi-Monthly Call on January 10 michaeljbray2
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FYI....here is an announcement regarding seminars on increasing wages and benefits for Michigan DSP's.

Hope all is well with everyone,

Michael

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Subject: FW: CMS Webinar for Direct Support Workforce Bi-Monthly Call on January 10

Colleagues,

Over the last few weeks, I've been distributing a report we at PHI completed for AARP's Public Policy Institute on 7 strategies for increasing the wages and benefits of direct care workers. The report goes beyond wage pass throughs.

One of the authors of that report Dorie Seavey of PHI's staff will be discussing state and local strategies for improving wages and benefits as part of CMS's technical assistance to states regarding long-term care workforce issues. Information about this Wednesday's (1/10/07) webinar is posted below. [Sorry for the late notice but this notice was just posted last Friday.]

Please share this notice with others you think might be interested.

Thanks.

Hollis Turnham
Michigan Policy Director
Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute
5013 Applewood Drive
Lansing, MI 48917
T: 517-327-0331

www.paraprofessional.org
www.directcareclearinghouse.org
www.hchcw.org

From: DSW Resource Center Team [mailto:info@...]
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 4:02 PM
To: Hollis Turnham
Subject: Webinar for DSW Bi-Monthly Call on January 10

DSW Resource Center

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Greetings!

As a subscriber to the DSW Resource Center Newsletter, you are invited to participate in a Technical Assistance call next Wednesday, January 10 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern.

Dorie Seavey from the Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (http://www.paraprofessional.org) will present about state and local strategies for improving wages and benefits for direct service workers.

We will be using an on-line Webinar system for this call so that participants can view the presentation on their own computers as we go along. If you plan to join the call and would like to participate in the Webinar, please RSVP by following this link to "register" for the Webinar:

https://www.gotomeeting.com/register/391942849

Once you have registered, you will receive an email from "gotowebinar" that contains a link to use to join the call next Wednesday.

At the time of the call, you will also need to dial in to the DSW conference line:

DIAL IN NUMBER: 1-866-462-0164
MEETING NUMBER: *9256455*

For those of you who would like to participate in the call, but will not have access to the Internet or the Webinar that afternoon, please contact us at info@... and we will be happy to send out the call materials by email in advance so you can follow along on your own.

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#559 From: Michael Bray <michaeljbray2@...>
Date: Tue Dec 5, 2006 6:26 pm
Subject: DDI Community Assessment Survey michaeljbray2
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Hello Everyone,

I hope you are all doing well and staying warm with the weather getting cold and the holiday season upon us. I wanted to pass along a quick note regarding a survey that DDI is doing. In order to design and impliment our next 5-year plan, the Developmental Disabilities Institute at WSU is conducting a Community assessment survey to gather input and ideas from persons with disabilities, family members, and direct support professionals from around the state of Michigan.

If you would like to be a part of the planning process, please click on the link below and follow the instructions to complete the survey. it should take no more than 10 mibnutes. And thank you for your valuable help!!

http://www.ddi.wayne.edu/community_assessment.php

Sincerely,

Michael

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#558 From: "doctor_anish_chowdary" <doctor_anish_chowdary@...>
Date: Tue Oct 24, 2006 3:49 pm
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#553 From: "Kathy McGeathy" <kathym@...>
Date: Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:26 pm
Subject: FW: [olmsteadMI] FW: Michigan's New State Earned Income Tax Credit chattycathy31
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Kathy McGeathy
The Disability Network
810-742-1800

From: Kathy McGeathy [mailto:kathym@...]
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 2:26 PM
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Subject: FW: [olmsteadMI] FW: Michigan's New State Earned Income Tax Credit

Kathy McGeathy
The Disability Network
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From: olmsteadMI@yahoogroups.com [mailto:olmsteadMI@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Hollis Turnham
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 11:18 PM
To: olmsteadMI@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [olmsteadMI] FW: Michigan's New State Earned Income Tax Credit

Information about the state earned income tax credit for the 2008 tax year. It will mean more money for direct care workers and other low-income families.

Hollis Turnham
Michigan Policy Director
Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute
5013 Applewood Drive
Lansing, MI 48917
T: 517-327-0331

www.paraprofessional.org
www.directcareclearinghouse.org
www.hchcw.org

From: Peter Ruark [mailto:pruark@...]
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 3:47 PM
To: Peter Ruark
Subject: Michigan's New State Earned Income Tax Credit

On September 22, 2006, Governor Granholm signed into law a state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for Michigan. This new tax credit, passed with bipartisan support, will help working families keep more of their paycheck. It will reward work, supplement low wages, and help a segment of the state’s population that has not benefited from other recent tax measures. The Michigan EITC will go into effect in the filing season for Tax Year 2008.

Here are some facts about Michigan’s new earned income tax credit:

1) The new tax credit is refundable. This means that each person claiming the credit receives the full amount of the credit even if it exceeds the person’s tax liability. Some workers who are liable for no Michigan income tax at all (because their earnings are too low) will get a refund through this tax credit.

2) The Michigan earned income credit is based on the federal earned income credit. In Tax Year 2008, the first year that Michigan workers can receive the credit, their refund will be 10 percent of their federal EITC amount. In each year after that, it will be equal to 20 percent of the federal credit.

3) Because all families who are eligible for the federal credit will be eligible for the state credit, the new tax credit will put money into the pockets of hundreds of thousands of Michigan working families. In Michigan last year, over 639,000 families (14 percent of tax-filing families) received the federal earned income credit.

4) The new state EITC will bring more than $214 million into the economies of local communities throughout Michigan.

Peter Ruark

Michigan League for Human Services

1115 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Suite 202

Lansing, MI 48912

Phone: (517) 487-5436

Fax: (517) 371-4546

Website: http://www.MiLHS.org

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#552 From: Michael Bray <michaeljbray2@...>
Date: Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:39 pm
Subject: MADSP Updates and Announcements michaeljbray2
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Hello everyone,

I hope that you are all doing well and are ready for the Fall season. I am! I wanted to pass along a note with some general MADSP updates, announcements and information regarding future meetings and plans involving the Alliance.

The Sixth annual MADSP Forum that was held June 2^nd of this year was a huge success! We had over 100 direct support professionals, consumers, and family members attend this year. Thank you to all who attended and to all who helped plan and execute the Forum. The 2006 Forum Proceedings which outline the activities of the day has been uploaded to the MADSP listserv. Please click on the link below to check it out: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Michigan-DSP/files/Forum/2006/

Regarding the future of the MADSP monthly meetings, it has been decided that all future meetings will be held on a quarterly basis (4 times a year). This new format will help to ensure that more MADSP members will be able to attend and offer input to future MADSP activities and events. Also, the main focus of future meetings will shift toward planning the upcoming MADSP Forum. This will allow more Alliance members to have an impact on what topics are selected for the forum, what speakers are considered, etc. Announcement regarding the dates, times, and locations of future meetings will be forthcoming.

Finally, the MADSP electronic listserv and mailing lists will still be used. However, we want to encourage everyone to participate. If you hear of any training opportunities, conferences, or other events that you feel other MADSP members would be interested in, please pass along an email to the listserv or let Michael know and he can assist you in getting the word out to the group.

If you have any comments or suggestions regarding these new directions for the MADSP, we encourage you to voice it here using the listserv, or to attend future meetings of the Alliance. This is your group! All points of view are welcomed and supported. Please contact Michael at mikebray@... or 313-577-6684 if you have any ideas that you would like to discuss.

Thanks and have a great day everyone!

Sincerely,

Michael

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Developmental Disabilities Institute
Wayne State University
4809 Woodward Ave., Ste. 268
Detroit, MI 48202
(313)577-6684
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#551 From: Michigan-DSP@yahoogroups.com
Date: Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:15 pm
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Hello,

This email message is a notification to let you know that
a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Michigan-DSP
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   File        : /Forum/2006/2006 Forum Proceedings.pdf
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   Description : Final Wrap-up of the 2006 MADSP Forum

You can access this file at the URL:
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#550 From: Michael Bray <michaeljbray2@...>
Date: Fri Aug 4, 2006 3:17 pm
Subject: Fwd: AAMR F.Y.I.--August 2006 michaeljbray2
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Information from AAMR.

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U.S. government exempts Medicaid beneficiaries in nursing homes and intermediate care facilities from controversial proof-of-citizenship requirements
Three users of the Supports Intensity Scale share different, yet valuable uses of this planning tool for persons with intellectual disabilities
Researchers discover one gene contributing significantly to mental retardation in persons with Down Syndrome
Only five U.S. states screen newborns for all the 29 core disorders recommended; overall number of babies screened has nearly doubled in the past year
Professor of social work and noted disability researcher, Dr. Susan Parish talks to AAMR F.Y.I.
In utero exposure to DDT causes developmental delay, new research shows

U.S. GOVERNMENT EXEMPTS MEDICAID BENEFICIARIES IN NURSING HOMES AND INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FROM CONTROVERSIAL PROOF-OF-CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENTS
President Bush announced that the administration would exempt millions of the most vulnerable Medicaid recipients in the United States, including persons with mental retardation living in nursing homes, assisted living, and intermediate care facilities, from a new law requiring proof of citizenship by showing a birth certificate, passport, or other relevant documents. Critics of the law identify dementia, lack of family contacts, and absence of paper trail as some of the major challenges preventing residents with mental retardation from receiving Medicaid benefits, had the law been applied to this group.

Read a press release from the National Center for Assisted Living and the American Health Care Association (AHCA) applauding the administration on the exemption at http://www.ahca.org/news/nr060707.htm

Also in Medicaid news, the AHCA has published a report on the shortfall between Medicaid reimbursement and allowable Medicaid costs for nursing homes in the United States for the years 2003 and 2004. Read A Report on Shortfalls in Medicaid Funding Nursing Home Care at http://www.ahca.org/brief/seidmanstudy0606.pdf

THREE USERS OF THE SUPPORTS INTENSITY SCALE SHARE DIFFERENT, YET VALUABLE USES OF THIS PLANNING TOOL FOR PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES
Since its publication in 2004, the Supports Intensity Scale, an assessment tool for persons with intellectual disabilities, has been adopted by six U.S. states and is in use in the Netherlands, Hong Kong, and Canada, and providers across the country. We talked with three users of this planning tool to highlight the different, yet valuable uses of SIS assessments in providing person-centered services and supports to people with intellectual disabilities. The result is an article titled "What's in a SIS Score: User Experiences of the Supports Intensity Scale" published in the second issue of the SIS Vantage newsletter.

The SIS Vantage is a free, quarterly newsletter on the Supports Intensity Scale. Sign up at http://www.responsetrack.net/aamr/sis/sign_up. To read past issues of the SIS Vantage visit http://www.siswebsite.org/page.ww?name=Past+Issues&section=Newsletters

The Supports Intensity Scale is published by the American Association on Mental Retardation. If you would like to tell your constituents about the Supports Intensity Scale, download a free article on SIS here. http://www.siswebsite.org/galleries/default-file/Danarticle.pdf

RESEARCHERS DISCOVER ONE GENE CONTRIBUTING SIGNIFICANTLY TO MENTAL RETARDATION IN PERSONS WITH DOWN SYNDROME
Researchers at Stanford University have discovered that one specific gene on the chromosome responsible for Down Syndrome is responsible for the cognitive impairment that results from having the Syndrome. This discovery allows for possible treatments to focus on that specific gene rather than the entire chromosome. Down syndrome is caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21, giving persons born with it a total of three such chromosomes. Down syndrome is a major cause of mental retardation.

Read a press release on the discovery from Stanford University at http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2006/july12/med-downsynd-071206.html

To read an article on this discovery published in Neuron, visit http://www.neuron.org/content/article/fulltext?uid=PIIS0896627306004144

To read a statement from the National Down Syndrome Society on this discovery, visit http://www.ndss.org/content.cfm?fuseaction=NwsEvt.Article&article=1859

ONLY FIVE U.S.STATES SCREEN NEWBORNS FOR ALL THE 29 CORE DISORDERS RECOMMENDED; OVERALL NUMBER OF BABIES SCREENED HAS NEARLY DOUBLED IN THE PAST YEAR
While the number of newborn babies receiving screening tests has nearly doubled in the past year in the United States, only five states including Iowa, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Virginia administer all of the 29 tests recommended. This means that only 9 percent of all newborns are screened for all of the conditions and more than four million babies born this year will not be screened for all treatable disorders, says the latest March of Dimes Newborn Screening Report Card.

Read the report at http://www.marchofdimes.com/aboutus/15796_20475.asp

PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL WORK AND NOTED DISABILITY RESEARCHER, DR. SUSAN PARISH TALKS TO AAMR F.Y.I.
Researcher, professor, and social worker, Dr. Susan Parish is Assistant Professor of Social Work at the University of North Carolina and also a member of the American Association on Mental Retardation. Dr. Parish talks to AAMR F.Y.I. about the long-term care crisis in America and how social workers are uniquely poised to help the developmental disability community.

Read the interview at http://www.aamr.org/FYI/interview_Parish.shtml

IN UTERO EXPOSURE TO DDT CAUSES DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY, NEW RESEARCH SHOWS
A federally-funded research project by the University of California, Berkeley scientists involving the children of women who recently emigrated from Mexico to California's Salinas Valley shows that the pesticide DDT does serious harm to the human brain. The study, led by Brenda Eskenazi of the UC Berkley School of Public Health measured blood levels of DDT and one of its breakdown products, DDE, in 360 pregnant women. For each tenfold increase in DDT levels measured in the mother, the team found a corresponding two-to three-point decrease in the children's mental development scores at 12 and 24 months. The highest in utero DDT exposures in children were associated with a seven-to 10-point decrease in Bayley Scales of Infant Development mental scores, compared to the lowest exposures. Bayley is a well-known method for developmental assessment of young children.

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#548 From: Michael Bray <michaeljbray2@...>
Date: Wed Jul 26, 2006 4:46 pm
Subject: Fwd: : CMS Money Follows the Person Announcement Today--July 26 michaeljbray2
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Info on MFP initiatives.

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  UPDATED: CMS Money Follows the Person Announcement Today--July 26
  ----- Original Message ----- From: Kegler, Elizabeth R. (CMS)
  To: Kegler, Elizabeth R. (CMS)
  Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 8:40 AM
  Subject: UPDATED: CMS Money Follows the Person Announcement Today--July
  26

  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator, Dr. Mark
  McClellan, will be making an announcement today at 2:00 pm ET regarding
  the next steps in implementing the Money Follows the Person initative,
  which was included in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.
  Representatives from the American Association of People with
  Disabilities, ADAPT, and the National Council on Independent Living
  will also be participating in this call. Call-in information is below.

  DATE: Wednesday, July 26, 2006
  TIME: 2:00 PM ET
  DURATION: 30 minutes
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  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: HHS Press Office

  Wednesday, July 26, 2006 (202) 690-6343

  HHS PROVIDES FUNDING TO STATES

  FOR ALTERNATIVES TO NURSING HOME CARE IN MEDICAID

  "Money Follows the Person" Helps States Rebalance Long-Term Care
  Systems

  States will get additional help from the federal government to support
  elderly and disabled Medicaid recipients who wish to live in the  community
rather than institutions, HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt
  announced today.

  Through competitive grants, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
  Services (CMS) will give states a total of $1.75 billion over five
  years to help shift Medicaid from its historical emphasis on
  institutional long-term care services to a system that offers more
  choices for seniors and persons with disabilities from all age groups,
  including home and community-based services. This Money Follows the
  Person "rebalancing" initiative was included in the Deficit Reduction
  Act of 2005 (DRA) currently being implemented by CMS. This endeavor is
  also a part of President Bush's New Freedom Initiative.

  "With this program, people who need long-term care and prefer to live
  in their own homes and communities can do so," Secretary Leavitt said.
  "States will also get more for their money by giving the elderly and
  people with disabilities more control over how and where they get the
  Medicaid-funded long-term care services they need."

  "We've worked with advocates and states for years to end the
  institutional bias in Medicaid, and now we've got the best opportunity
  ever to do it," said Mark B. McClellan, M.D., Ph.D., CMS Administrator.
  "We need to move as quickly as possible to make that shift across
  Medicaid. With new Federal funding, there is no longer any excuse for
  the status quo."

  States interested in applying for a "Money Follows the Person" grant
  can propose new programs to CMS that are aimed at sustaining people in
  their homes or communities who would have otherwise received care in a
  nursing home or other institution. The qualified expenditures may be
  eligible for an enhanced match rate from the federal government equal
  to an increase of 50 percent of the usual state Medicaid percentage
  contribution in addition to the usual match rate. In effect, the
  federal government will pay for 75 to 90 percent of the costs of
  transitioning individuals out of nursing homes and into community
  settings, and the associated long-term care benefit costs. Grant funds
  may also be used to help control how they receive these services.

  The higher matching rate will be applied to certain services provided
  to an individual for a one year period after the individual moves out
  of an institution and into the community. Funds can be used not only
  for alternatives to institutional care services, such as home health
  care; they can also be used for home modification costs, respite
  services to augment informal or unpaid caregivers, personal care and
  assistive devices. In their applications, states are encouraged to
  coordinate with local and state housing authorities to provide
  coordinated assistance for community-based housing needs. CMS and the
  Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) have made steps to
  establish a new interagency liaison to support this coordination.

  "We know that accessible, affordable, integrated housing is critical
  to a person's ability to make the transition into the community, HUD
  Secretary Alphonso Jackson said. "My agency will strongly urge the
  Public Housing Agencies and Housing Finance Agencies in the states to
  work collaboratively with Medicaid programs to help create
  opportunities for those moving out of institutions into the community."

  Each state awarded a grant must continue to provide community services
  after the year of enhanced match as long as the person needs community
  services and is Medicaid eligible. The deadline for the first year's
  applications is Nov. 1, 2006. Demonstration grants will be
  competitively awarded to states from Jan. 1, 2007 through Sept. 30,
  2011. Funds will be available for a five-year period; however, states
  must participate in the demonstration for a minimum of two consecutive
  years.

  The Medicaid program traditionally pays for care for persons who are
  elderly and those with disabilities living in institutions who needed
  help with activities of daily living, because institutional care was
  the norm when the Medicaid law was enacted forty years ago. To provide
  home and community-based services, states must get a "waiver" of normal
  program rules designed to pay for care in institutions. Waivers and
  demonstration programs offer the promise of significantly lower costs
  per beneficiary and reductions in overall Medicaid spending as a result
  of giving individuals control over how to get their services, rather
  than requiring them to use institutional care in order to get Medicaid
  long-term care benefits. But rebalancing Medicaid coverage may have
  some short-term costs, which the new federal program enables states to
  overcome.

  In addition to the Money Follows the Person initiative, the DRA made
  many changes in Medicaid that will allow states to add home and
  community-based services to their permanent array of benefits without
  having to go through the waiver process. For example, under another DRA
  provision, states now have the option to provide home and
  community-based services without needing a waiver.

  "Even though personal control leads to better results and lower costs  for
people with a disability, it's still true today that most elderly
  or disabled enrollees do not have a choice about how they get their
  long-term care services under Medicaid," said Dr. McClellan. "By
  working with states, advocates, and Medicaid enrollees to take
  advantage of these unprecedented opportunities, that's going to
  change."

  A copy of the "2006 Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Initiative
  Demonstration Program," including the application forms, can be
  obtained at www.grants.gov. For more details about the New Freedom
  Initiative, visit the CMS Web site at:
  http://www.cms.hhs.gov/newfreedom/.

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#547 From: Michael Bray <michaeljbray2@...>
Date: Thu Jul 6, 2006 12:47 pm
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FYI regarding the Natioanl Alliance's credentialing program.

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Dear NADSP affiliates,

We are thrilled to announce the NEW NADSP Credentialing Program. This is a national, voluntary credentialing program designed to provide recognition for the contributions and competence of direct care employees. The NADSP credential is a portable credential that represents consistency in direct support education, work-based learning and competence.

NADSP developed this program following a decade of advocacy, research and outreach regarding the profession of direct care. Consensus has evolved among NADSP affiliate chapters across the United States and sponsoring organizational members of the NADSP regarding the issues that confront the direct support profession. This national credentialing program is one of the many outcomes of that work.

Through this email NADSP is asking for assistance from its affiliates. You can assist NADSP in spreading the word about this exciting opportunity for DSPs and their employers. We ask that you use your personal and professional networks to announce the availability of the NADSP national credentialing program. In doing this, your affiliate group joins NADSP in making a highly trained and respected direct support workforce the expectation in every state using this program. We encourage you to visit the credential website at www.nadsp.org/credentialing to learn about the details of each level of NADSP credential. Then, pass the website address and the credentialing information on to your co-workers, your employees, and professional colleagues. We ask that you publicize the credential program in your affiliate newsletters.

The time has come when direct support professionals must be seen as the talented, educated, caring individuals they are. Do your part to make this vision a reality for DSPs. Make a commitment on behalf of your affiliate group to help NADSP make our highly competent human services workforce the pride of the nation.

Mark Olson, President

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#546 From: "chuck kesner" <cgk15075@...>
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Thanks Mike.

Very informative.
Chuck K.

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Hello,

Here are a few articles and announcements from Michigan's center for self-determination.

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Have a great week!

Michael

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Wayne State University
4809 Woodward Ave., Ste. 268
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Center for Self-Determination E-Newsletter
Alliance for Freedom News

www.self-determination.com

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May/June 2006? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Volume 3, Issue 3
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?Editors
Tom Nerney ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Pat Carver ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Deborah Crowley
Community Drive

Conley heads Center Research

Economist Ronald Conley has been appointed Director of Research at the Center for Self-Determination.? "Ron Conley had a distinguished career as a policy expert with many divisions of the federal Department of Health and Human Services. As an economist (PhD from Johns Hopkins) Ron brings an important degree of fiscal knowledge to augment the research objectives of the Center" says Executive Director Tom Nerney. "We are delighted Ron has come aboard."

Prior to serving as Special Assistant to the Commissioner at the Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD) in the 1990's, Dr. Conley directed the Division of Program Analysis and Monitoring at the Rehabilitation Service Division (RSA) and was the Program Analyst in the Office of Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human services.

Conley states "I believe in rigorous research. No matter what the findings the research has to be rigorous" and he refers to self-determination " as part of a continuum of a long tradition of disability services that upholds the central role of consumers."

Ron Conley has published hundreds of articles in an assortment of journals, written several books about economics and policy research, and issued Rehabilitation Services Administration Evaluation Reports to the U.S. Department of Education.

System of the Future

On May 15 ^thsome of the most progressive self-determination project sites across the country came to Detroit and strategically addressed potential cost effectiveness in comparison to the traditional Medicaid delivery system. Also discussed was the forced impoverishment of people with disabilities, the current disincentives to meaningful income generation in the Supplement Security Income provisions of the Social Security Act and how to simultaneously contain costs within the Medicaid program.

Those attending were Jim Dehem , President and CEO of Community Living Services in Wayne Michigan; Beth Durkee , Director of Services for People with Developmental Disabilities, Allegan (MI) County Community Mental Health; Jack Hillyard , Director Employment Policy Group, University of Iowa Health Care, Center for Disabilities and Development; Bob Morgan, Superintendent of the Delaware (Ohio) County Board of Developmental Disabilities; Pat Seybold , Executive Director at the Kentucky Developmental Disabilities Council and Mike Clark and Russ Rankin of the Kern Regional Center in California.

Guardianship is Not Self-Determination

The imposition of guardianship as the antithesis of self-determination principles is explained in a series of articles now accessible at www.self-determination.com .?

Eliminating the Pervasiveness of Guardianship by Dohn Hoyle, Executive Director of the ARC of Michigan and Treasurer of the Center for Self-Determination reviews the dichotomy between guardianship and self-determination.

Diane Coleman, J.D. , President of Not Dead Yet and Executive Director of Progress at the Center for Independent Living in Forest Park, Illinois joins Center Executive Director Tom Nerney in writing Guardianship and the Disability Rights Movement

Attorney Joel Welber reviews three reasons this commonly accepted estate-planning device offers a better option for families in The Trust as an Alternative to Guardianship

The article Guardianship is Not Self-Determination is written by Center for Self-Determination Board President Kathleen Harris , a social worker and attorney who consults with non-profit organizations about alternatives to guardianship.

? Each article was originally published in a special guardianship issue of TASH Connections .

NConSD in DC

At the National Coalition on Self-Determinatio n ( NConSD ) 6 ^thAnnual Washington, DC Initiative on Monday, June 11, members met with policy makers, Senators and Representatives to promote equal citizenship and participation for all people with disabilities.? NConSD organized five years ago to move federal policy away from its institutional bias and toward supporting the freedom and participation of people with disabilities in the mainstream of life. ?As parents and individuals with disabilities NConSD challenged the "Voice of the Retarded" (sic) during this specific week on Capital Hill by spreading the message that all people regardless of the severity of disability are entitled to full and equal citizenship and within the community.? For more information, please contact Donna Szamatowicz or Ray Gerke

?

? I nternational N etwork C onference o n M icro E nterprises

This spring 25 individuals set sail aboard the Carnival Cruise ship to learn about very small business development with IncomeLinks . Owned by Doreen Rosimos and Darcy Wilson and based in New Hampshire, INCOMELINKS is a micro-enterprise training and consulting service firm.
"We learned so much from the cruise line. We saw how they treated everyone equally and how they anticipated customer's needs" says Doreen Rosimos . The inaugural voyage worked so well that another is scheduled February 24 thru March 1, 2007.
E-mail Darcy Wilson or call 603-209-1198 or visit IncomeLinks . Doreen and Darcy helped to found the Center for Self-Determination.

Self-Determination State News

California

During a trip to the far West in May, Center Director Tom Nerney drove with Kern regional Center Director Mike Clark and self-determination coordinator Russ Rankin, from Bakersfield, CA to Bishop, CA to meet and discuss this innovative self-determination project in rural California. Discussions were also held on a research project to be developed that would document both quality of life changes for the participants as well as cost differences.

Minnesota

The Minnesota Team of the Alliance for Full Participation and the statewide Steering Committee on System Redesign for people with Developmental Disabilities Good Life conference brochure reads:

When we consider the path to Freedom in life, decision making and financial freedom are crucial pieces of the puzzle. While "self-determination" has taken many meanings over the last few years, this conference examines what support different people need to live a self-determined life. A good life.

On Thursday July 27 in St. Paul, Minnesotans will gather to discuss what makes a good life: where and with whom we live, what kind of jobs we have, and what we do for fun. Conference speakers include Dennis Harkins, Tom Nerney and Shirley York. On July 28, Pat Carver will facilitate a train-the trainer session based on information shared at "A Good Life Conference."? For more information call Kari at 877-917-2404.

Wisconsin

In May at the Aging Summit VI, Center Resource Guide Dennis Harkins presented " You're Never Too Old for Self-Determination " as the keynote luncheon message. The summit Person Directed Care across the Continuum: Making Choices Available to Seniors and Families Center Resource sponsored by University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire continuing education and highlighted Wisconsin initiatives toward person directed care in home, retirement and long-term care communities.

News from Self-Determination.com

The website has recently been re-designed and we are in the process of having a screen reader imbedded in the pages so that individuals who have visual impairments will be able to access the information more easily. We are always looking for ways to make our site more user friendly while assuring that the information provided is timely and useful. Please take time to visit the site and leave us a note in the guestbook.

Kathy Homan developed the Center's original website and volunteered monthly by translating the html language that's behind this newsletter and made sure it got out to readers promptly for many years. The March/April issue was her last, and we'd like to thank Kathy for her diligence and wish her well with Team Michigan this month at the US transplant Games in Louisville, Kentucky.
Thanks also go to Michigan Disability Rights Coalition (MDRC) for sponsoring the website and its continuing subscription services of Alliance for Freedom listserv. MDRC, a statewide network that advances the issues of Michigan's disability community through grassroots activism, public education and advocacy, sells " Feisty and Non-compliant" pins and shirts to raise money. Visit the Nth Degree for more information.

?

If you have questions about joining the Alliance for Freedom listserv, send an e-mail message to Deborah Crowley .

Closing Quote

" We want only that which is given naturally to all people's of the world - to be masters of our own fate, in cooperation and friendship with others."

- Golda Meir, former Prime Minister of Israel and Milwaukee school teacher as quoted in We Are Never too Old for Self-Determination: Integrating the Gifts of Elders, Families, Communities, and Human Services

Please forward this E-newsletter to anyone you feel will find it of interest. Complimentary subscriptions are available by sending an e-mail to Deborah Crowley
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#544 From: Michael Bray <michaeljbray2@...>
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Hello,

Here are a few articles and announcements from Michigan's center for self-determination.

Have a great week!

Michael

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Center for Self-Determination E-Newsletter
Alliance for Freedom News

www.self-determination.com

May/June 2006 Volume 3, Issue 3

Editors
Tom Nerney Pat Carver Deborah Crowley
Community Drive

Conley heads Center Research

Economist Ronald Conley has been appointed Director of Research at the Center for Self-Determination. "Ron Conley had a distinguished career as a policy expert with many divisions of the federal Department of Health and Human Services. As an economist (PhD from Johns Hopkins) Ron brings an important degree of fiscal knowledge to augment the research objectives of the Center" says Executive Director Tom Nerney. "We are delighted Ron has come aboard."

Prior to serving as Special Assistant to the Commissioner at the Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD) in the 1990's, Dr. Conley directed the Division of Program Analysis and Monitoring at the Rehabilitation Service Division (RSA) and was the Program Analyst in the Office of Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human services.

Conley states "I believe in rigorous research. No matter what the findings the research has to be rigorous" and he refers to self-determination " as part of a continuum of a long tradition of disability services that upholds the central role of consumers."

Ron Conley has published hundreds of articles in an assortment of journals, written several books about economics and policy research, and issued Rehabilitation Services Administration Evaluation Reports to the U.S. Department of Education.

System of the Future

On May 15 ^th some of the most progressive self-determination project sites across the country came to Detroit and strategically addressed potential cost effectiveness in comparison to the traditional Medicaid delivery system. Also discussed was the forced impoverishment of people with disabilities, the current disincentives to meaningful income generation in the Supplement Security Income provisions of the Social Security Act and how to simultaneously contain costs within the Medicaid program.

Those attending were Jim Dehem , President and CEO of Community Living Services in Wayne Michigan; Beth Durkee , Director of Services for People with Developmental Disabilities, Allegan (MI) County Community Mental Health; Jack Hillyard , Director Employment Policy Group, University of Iowa Health Care, Center for Disabilities and Development; Bob Morgan, Superintendent of the Delaware (Ohio) County Board of Developmental Disabilities; Pat Seybold , Executive Director at the Kentucky Developmental Disabilities Council and Mike Clark and Russ Rankin of the Kern Regional Center in California.

Guardianship is Not Self-Determination

The imposition of guardianship as the antithesis of self-determination principles is explained in a series of articles now accessible at www.self-determination.com .

Eliminating the Pervasiveness of Guardianship by Dohn Hoyle, Executive Director of the ARC of Michigan and Treasurer of the Center for Self-Determination reviews the dichotomy between guardianship and self-determination.

Diane Coleman, J.D. , President of Not Dead Yet and Executive Director of Progress at the Center for Independent Living in Forest Park, Illinois joins Center Executive Director Tom Nerney in writing Guardianship and the Disability Rights Movement

Attorney Joel Welber reviews three reasons this commonly accepted estate-planning device offers a better option for families in The Trust as an Alternative to Guardianship

The article Guardianship is Not Self-Determination is written by Center for Self-Determination Board President Kathleen Harris , a social worker and attorney who consults with non-profit organizations about alternatives to guardianship.

Each article was originally published in a special guardianship issue of TASH Connections .

NConSD in DC

At the National Coalition on Self-Determinatio n ( NConSD ) 6 ^th Annual Washington, DC Initiative on Monday, June 11, members met with policy makers, Senators and Representatives to promote equal citizenship and participation for all people with disabilities. NConSD organized five years ago to move federal policy away from its institutional bias and toward supporting the freedom and participation of people with disabilities in the mainstream of life. As parents and individuals with disabilities NConSD challenged the "Voice of the Retarded" (sic) during this specific week on Capital Hill by spreading the message that all people regardless of the severity of disability are entitled to full and equal citizenship and within the community. For more information, please contact Donna Szamatowicz or Ray Gerke

I nternational N etwork C onference o n M icro E nterprises

This spring 25 individuals set sail aboard the Carnival Cruise ship to learn about very small business development with IncomeLinks . Owned by Doreen Rosimos and Darcy Wilson and based in New Hampshire, INCOMELINKS is a micro-enterprise training and consulting service firm.

"We learned so much from the cruise line. We saw how they treated everyone equally and how they anticipated customer's needs" says Doreen Rosimos . The inaugural voyage worked so well that another is scheduled February 24 thru March 1, 2007.
E-mail Darcy Wilson or call 603-209-1198 or visit IncomeLinks . Doreen and Darcy helped to found the Center for Self-Determination.

Self-Determination State News

California

During a trip to the far West in May, Center Director Tom Nerney drove with Kern regional Center Director Mike Clark and self-determination coordinator Russ Rankin, from Bakersfield, CA to Bishop, CA to meet and discuss this innovative self-determination project in rural California. Discussions were also held on a research project to be developed that would document both quality of life changes for the participants as well as cost differences.

Minnesota

The Minnesota Team of the Alliance for Full Participation and the statewide Steering Committee on System Redesign for people with Developmental Disabilities Good Life conference brochure reads:

When we consider the path to Freedom in life, decision making and financial freedom are crucial pieces of the puzzle. While "self-determination" has taken many meanings over the last few years, this conference examines what support different people need to live a self-determined life. A good life.

On Thursday July 27 in St. Paul, Minnesotans will gather to discuss what makes a good life: where and with whom we live, what kind of jobs we have, and what we do for fun. Conference speakers include Dennis Harkins, Tom Nerney and Shirley York. On July 28, Pat Carver will facilitate a train-the trainer session based on information shared at "A Good Life Conference." For more information call Kari at 877-917-2404.

Wisconsin

In May at the Aging Summit VI, Center Resource Guide Dennis Harkins presented " You're Never Too Old for Self-Determination " as the keynote luncheon message. The summit Person Directed Care across the Continuum: Making Choices Available to Seniors and Families Center Resource sponsored by University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire continuing education and highlighted Wisconsin initiatives toward person directed care in home, retirement and long-term care communities.

News from Self-Determination.com

The website has recently been re-designed and we are in the process of having a screen reader imbedded in the pages so that individuals who have visual impairments will be able to access the information more easily. We are always looking for ways to make our site more user friendly while assuring that the information provided is timely and useful. Please take time to visit the site and leave us a note in the guestbook.

Kathy Homan developed the Center's original website and volunteered monthly by translating the html language that's behind this newsletter and made sure it got out to readers promptly for many years. The March/April issue was her last, and we'd like to thank Kathy for her diligence and wish her well with Team Michigan this month at the US transplant Games in Louisville, Kentucky.

Thanks also go to Michigan Disability Rights Coalition (MDRC) for sponsoring the website and its continuing subscription services of Alliance for Freedom listserv. MDRC, a statewide network that advances the issues of Michigan's disability community through grassroots activism, public education and advocacy, sells " Feisty and Non-compliant" pins and shirts to raise money. Visit the Nth Degree for more information.

If you have questions about joining the Alliance for Freedom listserv, send an e-mail message to Deborah Crowley .

Closing Quote

" We want only that which is given naturally to all people's of the world - to be masters of our own fate, in cooperation and friendship with others."

- Golda Meir, former Prime Minister of Israel and Milwaukee school teacher as quoted in We Are Never too Old for Self-Determination: Integrating the Gifts of Elders, Families, Communities, and Human Services

Please forward this E-newsletter to anyone you feel will find it of interest. Complimentary subscriptions are available by sending an e-mail to Deborah Crowley

You are receiving this newsletter because you have signed up to be on the e-mailing list of the
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#543 From: Michael Bray <michaeljbray2@...>
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News on state medicaid changes and reform.

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The Washington Post

States' Changes Reshape Medicaid

New Restrictions Aim to Save Money

By Amy Goldstein

Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, June 12, 2006; Page A01

After winning greater freedom from federal Medicaid rules, states are moving aggressively to transform the nation's largest public health insurance program, adding fees, restricting benefits and creating incentives for patients to take responsibility for their health.

The changes are just beginning in several states that are being watched closely by governors nationwide. Those changes are reshaping Medicaid, which covers 55 million poor and disabled Americans, so that the program more closely resembles private insurance, rather than a social welfare system run with a strong, central government hand.

Starting July 1, West Virginia will phase in a redesigned form of Medicaid that requires patients to sign a "member agreement," promising that they will keep doctors' appointments, take prescribed medicine and not overuse hospital emergency rooms. Patients who refuse to sign or to follow the rules will be eligible for less care.

Kentucky is dividing its Medicaid patients into four categories, depending on their health and their age, with different benefits for each group. Most adults will face higher co-payments for medical services and new limits on prescription drugs. But patients who sign up for a "disease management" program eventually will be able to earn credits toward extra "get-healthy benefits," such as eyeglasses or classes to quit smoking.

Florida, meanwhile, will privatize part of its Medicaid system in September, directing patients in Jacksonville and Broward County to pick from 19 health plans, each offering different services. In a departure from how states have reimbursed doctors or health plans, Florida health officials will rate the health of every Medicaid patient in the two communities and pay for only as much care as officials predict they should need.

"We've got a whole new dialogue about how health care should be delivered and financed," said Diane Rowland, executive director of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, a nonpartisan policy group.

The emerging shape of Medicaid represents a victory for governors of both political parties and for fiscal conservatives, who argued for years that states deserved more control over the program so it would place less strain on their budgets. Some patients advocates, however, warn that the vulnerable patients Medicaid was designed to help will be less certain to get the health care they need.

Since its creation in the 1960s, Medicaid has been a shared responsibility of the federal government and the states. States shoulder more than 40 percent of the cost, which totals $338 billion this year, and have always had certain freedom to decide how many benefits to cover. But the federal government has determined many of the program's basic contours.

Last December, Congress granted states broad flexibility to alter benefits, charge patients more and expand the role of private insurers as part of a law that will cut federal Medicaid spending by $43 billion in the next decade. Even before the law, the Bush administration was sympathetic to states that wanted greater say over how their programs are designed.

The law, called the Deficit Reduction Act, and the administration's policies have eliminated a hallmark of the program: Until now, every Medicaid patient within a state has qualified for the same benefits.

Medicaid's new direction borrows ideas from the overhaul of the welfare system a decade ago. That transformation also decentralized a major piece of the social safety net, limited government assistance, expanded the private sector's role and tried to instill self-reliance in low-income people who had depended on government help.

The Bush administration is encouraging states to embrace the altered view of Medicaid. "We are trying to be as supportive as we can," said Mark B. McClellan, administrator of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. His agency has been coaching states on the changes they can make -- and swiftly approving states' revisions. When West Virginia's Medicaid commissioner, Nancy V. Atkins, sent the federal agency the proposal for the state's redesigned program on April 26, she was startled that it was approved one week later.

Other states are not far behind the leading edge. South Carolina's governor has been pushing for changes that would include health savings accounts and rewards for being a good patient. Oklahoma's legislature has just passed a bill that would allow the state to pay health plans a defined amount depending on a patient's health. And a recent Missouri law calls for the current Medicaid system there to be abolished in 2008; its replacement is being designed.

State health officials say such changes make sense, particularly because Medicaid has expanded in many states in recent years from a program that covered only the very poor and dispossessed into one that includes a growing share of children -- and sometimes parents -- in working-class families.

The most basic force behind the changes, though, is that Medicaid costs continue to increase more rapidly than state revenues. Ray Scheppach, executive director of the National Governors Association, said the states' new strategies are a trade-off, imposing "additional co-pays and small reductions in benefits" to avoid eventually "pushing hundreds of thousands of women and children off the rolls." Medicaid directors say they do not expect large savings in the next few years but hope to curb costs in the long run.

They are emphasizing preventive care and predict that patients will think twice about how much care to seek if they have to pay a fraction of the bill. And by specifying different benefits for different groups of patients, "we are trying to take advantage of a tool that's really been available in the private sector," said David Rogers, Medicaid administrator for Idaho, which -- like Kentucky -- is starting next month to divide patients into "health-needs categories."

Like Florida, several states are trying to steer Medicaid patients into private-sector health insurance. Arkansas, for example, has just received federal permission to use Medicaid money to subsidize small companies with low-wage workers if they begin to offer employee health benefits.

The focus on private-sector insurance and self-reliance is favored by conservative groups, such as the Heritage Foundation and the Center for Health Transformation, which was founded three years ago by former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.). "If you look particularly at the states like Florida that are emphasizing more individual responsibility," Gingrich said, "they are moving in exactly the right direction."

On the other hand, Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA, a consumer health lobby, said, "Low-income individuals are increasingly going to be put at far greater risk of not receiving critically important services that they used to receive."

Joan Phillips, a West Virginia pediatrician, said she worries that, with the member agreements, children could be denied certain medical services if "the parent is not motivated or is dysfunctional." And Phillips said doctors who report to the state that a patient is not following the rules will face an ethical bind, knowing the patient will lose benefits as a result.

In Florida, Lori Parham, a state lobbyist for the AARP, worries about Medicaid patients who are healthy when they join a health plan but later get cancer, say, or have a heart attack, requiring more expensive treatment than their plan has been paid to provide. "The question becomes, will the care be available?" she said.

Alan Levine, secretary of Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration, said the revised Medicaid will give patients more "emotional buy-in" by increasing their choices and incentive to take care of themselves, while eventually saving the state money. "We are doing it for the right reasons," Levine said. "I just hope it works."

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#542 From: Michael Bray <michaeljbray2@...>
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Thanks for the information Kathy, I will let everyone on the listserv know.

Michael

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Please post the attatched informatio to the MADSP Web list. thanks!.

Could you also send me a copy (blank) page of our letter head? I need to send off a copy in support of the Single Point of Entry legislation for Re. Shaffer per his request. thanks

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#541 From: Michael Bray <michaeljbray2@...>
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Hi Rita

I meant to let you know that you,d start receiving NADSP stuff regarding all
issues the NADSP board is dealing with.  Awhile ago I mentioned to you the
national committment to bring DSPs onto the national BOD membership.

I very much look forward to your active participation on the BOD - we are hoping
within 12 months to have more than 50 percent of the BOD be current DSPs.

This national credential istaking up ll my time......I hope it is a good thing
and will be used.

Amy
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Hi Traci,
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Thank you for the information. I think this is a very good deal.
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Rita McAninch-Hastings
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Good afternoon everyone,
I wanted to take a moment and let everyone know about a recent Board of
Directors' decision to offer state affiliates (who are hosting a DSP conference
or seminar) materials to promote NADSP memberships at a discounted rate.�
Essentially, anyone who joins NADSP during the conference (using the promotion
flyer/registration form) can receive a $5 discount on any individual
membership.� If you have an upcoming event, contact Traci LaLiberte at the email
address listed below for details and an electronic copy of the promotion flyer.�
Traci
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Traci LaLiberte, Ph.D.
Institute on Community Integration
University of Minnesota
150 Pillsbury Ave. SE
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#540 From: Michael Bray <michaeljbray2@...>
Date: Wed May 24, 2006 12:33 am
Subject: Fwd: [NADSP_AFFILIATES] Portfolio Samples michaeljbray2
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Thought this may be of interest to some of you.

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Hello NADSP Members,

In preparation for the rollout of NADSP's Direct Support Professional Credentialing Certificate program, Frontline Initiative is asking the help of DSPs across the country. We would like to publish portfolio work samples from DSPs who are working towards their Certificate. A work sample is an example of hands-on work done by the DSP such as photo essays with narrative explanation, progress documentation samples, a short documentary, etc. These samples must reflect "best practice" in the field of supporting individuals with disabilities, must be produced by the DSP who is making the submission, and should demonstrate mastery level of the specific Community Support Skill Standard similar to those suggested in the College of Direct Support Courses. Work samples should demonstrate the skills, depth of knowledge and personal philosophy of the DSP in addition to showing evidence of competency.

Each submission should include at least each of the following:

Name of the DSP:

Contact information (optional):

Name of the Community Support Skill Standard (CSSS) - Skill Area:

(to view the CSSS visit: http://www.nadsp.org/training/csss.asp)

Personal or Summary statement explaining how this work sample represents the DSP's mastery of the competency and skill or performance indicator (1-2 paragraphs):

Insert Work Sample here:

Evidence of permission, release of information and/or assurance of confidentiality for individuals with disability, co-workers, family members or others identified or shown in the work sample:

Please submit materials or questions to Michelle Trotter, Assistant Editor, Frontline Initiative, at trot00262umn.edu

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#537 From: "chuck kesner" <cgk15075@...>
Date: Mon Apr 10, 2006 8:13 pm
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Thanks Michael.

Will pass along.

Chuck Kesner

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Subject: [Michigan-DSP] No Meeting for Month of April
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:11:27 -0700 (PDT)

Hello Everyone, Just wanted to pass along a couple of updates: First, there will be no MADSP monthly meeting for April as we will be meeting with Macomb community college to do a walk through and final preparations for the June 2nd Forum. Meetings will resume in May and I will get announcements for that meeting out towards the end of this months. Second, the MADSP Forum save-the-date flyers were sent out via US mail 2 weeks ago. If you or someone you know has not recieved that flyer and would like to be added to the MADSP mailing list for future announcements, please let me know. Third, registration materials for the Forum will be mailed out in the coming weeks. So please keep an eye out for that as well. Fourth, nominations for the Outstanding DSP Awards which will be given out at the June 2nd Forum are now being taken. I have attached the nomination sheet to this email. Nomination sheets and more information will also be included in the registration mailing. Finally, if you have any announcements concerning your agency or organization, please feel free to post them to this listserv. Thank you for your time and efforts and we will keep everyone posted on any announcements or changes concerning the MADSP. Thanks, Michael =============== Michael Bray, MA Research Assistant Developmental Disabilities Institute Wayne State University 4809 Woodward Ave., Ste. 268 Detroit, MI 48202 (313)577-6684 mikebray@... =============== Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2�/min or less.

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#536 From: Michael Bray <michaeljbray2@...>
Date: Mon Apr 10, 2006 4:11 pm
Subject: No Meeting for Month of April michaeljbray2
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Hello Everyone,

Just wanted to pass along a couple of updates:

First, there will be no MADSP monthly meeting for April as we will be meeting with Macomb community college to do a walk through and final preparations for the June 2nd Forum. Meetings will resume in May and I will get announcements for that meeting out towards the end of this months.

Second, the MADSP Forum save-the-date flyers were sent out via US mail 2 weeks ago. If you or someone you know has not recieved that flyer and would like to be added to the MADSP mailing list for future announcements, please let me know.

Third, registration materials for the Forum will be mailed out in the coming weeks. So please keep an eye out for that as well.

Fourth, nominations for the Outstanding DSP Awards which will be given out at the June 2nd Forum are now being taken. I have attached the nomination sheet to this email. Nomination sheets and more information will also be included in the registration mailing.

Finally, if you have any announcements concerning your agency or organization, please feel free to post them to this listserv.

Thank you for your time and efforts and we will keep everyone posted on any announcements or changes concerning the MADSP.

Thanks,

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#533 From: Michael Bray <michaeljbray2@...>
Date: Fri Mar 3, 2006 2:38 pm
Subject: Meeting Announcement for March, 2006 michaeljbray2
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Hello everyone,

Just a short update on upcoming events for the MADSP:

First, a date has been set for the 6th Annual MADSP Forum. It will be held Friday, June 2nd at the Macomb Community College Center in Clinton Township, MI. The format this year will essentially involve a series of workshops in the morning and a series in the afternoon connected by a catered lunch and Keynote speaker. This will give everyone the opportunity to attend either in the morning OR in the afternoon. This way, we hope that more DSP's will be able to attend. Registration costs will be $10 this year - a minimal fee for a conference. More information on the specifics will follow in the mail over the next couple of months.

Second, there will be no MADSP monthly meeting for March. I will mail minuted from the February meeting to everyone.

If you have any questions regarding the forum or the MADSP in general please feel free to post on this listserv or email Michale Bray at mikebray@...

Thank you and have a great weekend,

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#532 From: chattycathy31@...
Date: Wed Mar 1, 2006 7:18 pm
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Kathy  <chattycathy31@...> has sent you an article
Kathy says: FYI
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GROUP SEEKS WAGE INCREASE FOR HOME HEALTH CARE WORKERS


























 Shannon Wygant of Home Instead Senior Carespeaks at
veteran luncheon concerning benefits.  -Laurie Puscas/Special to The Oakland
Press 



















 An advocacy group representing low-income seniors and
disabled residents is pressing lawmakers to boost wages and training and provide
benefits for Michigan's estimated 42,000 home care workers. 

 In her proposed
2007 budget, Gov. Jennifer Granholm is calling for $20 million to increase wages
for home care workers. A state Senate panel Tuesday heard testimony on the
proposal, which has yet to be put in bill form, with home care workers, seniors
and the disabled descending on Lansing from across the state. 

 In Lansing on
Tuesday to show her support was Eva Reynolds of Lathrup Village. She's paid
$616.19 per month by the state to take care of a 23-year-old whose severe mental
and physical disabilities leave him with the abilities of a 7-month-old baby.
She estimated she works eight hours a day, !
  seven days a week.

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http://www.theoaklandpress.com/stories/030106/loc_2006030102.shtml

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#530 From: Michael Bray <michaeljbray2@...>
Date: Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:35 pm
Subject: Fwd: Fw: "Money Back in Michigan"---EITC michaeljbray2
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FYI Everyone.

Michael

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<<www.milhs.org.url>> Colleagues,

The Michigan League for Human Services great manual on state and federal
tax refunds and credits available to low-income families--"Money Back in
Michigan"--is up and available on their website http://www.milhs.org/.

The manual is a great help in promoting the federal earned income tax
credit (EITC) that was claimed by almost 700,000 Michigan families last
year and brought in over $1 billion in tax refunds.  A new FREE
web-based filing system is also highlighted in the manual.

Hollis Turnham
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#527 From: Michael Bray <michaeljbray2@...>
Date: Mon Jan 9, 2006 3:45 pm
Subject: Monthly MADSP Meeting Reminder michaeljbray2
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Hello,

This is a reminder that the next MADSP meeting will be held Thursday, January 19th, from 10:00 - 12:00pm at Vocational Opportunity, 22795 North Line Rd., Livonia, MI 48152. Refreshments will be served and topics of discussion will include the upcoming 2006 MADSP Forum, future meeting locations, and current topics of interest to the field and the group.

For directions to Vocational Opportunity, please call Rhonda Cook at 734-374-2250 or Michael Bray at 313-577-6684. Everyone is invited to attend and feel free to bring a friend. Hope to see you all there.

Sincerely,

Michael Bray

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#525 From: Michael Bray <michaeljbray2@...>
Date: Mon Dec 5, 2005 4:45 pm
Subject: No December Meeting michaeljbray2
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Hello Everyone,

Just a reminder that there will be NO MADSP monthly meeting for the month of December due to holiday closures and vacations. The next meeting will be held on Thursday, January 20, 2006 at Vocational Opportunity in Taylor from 10am - 12pm. Have a great holiday season and Merry Christmas!!

With Regards,

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#524 From: Michael Bray <michaeljbray2@...>
Date: Tue Nov 15, 2005 4:57 pm
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This is a reminder that the next MADSP monthly meeting will be held this Thursday, November 17th from 10am to 12pm at Alternative Services, Inc., 32625 West 7 Mile Rd., Livonia, MI 48152. Please RSVP to Michael at 313-577-6684 or mikebray@... . For directions, please contact Michael prior to Thursday.

Thank you,

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#523 From: Michael Bray <michaeljbray2@...>
Date: Sat Nov 5, 2005 1:21 pm
Subject: Fwd: FW: Staying Informed About Michigan's Budget Crisis michaeljbray2
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Michael Bray, MA
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Wayne State University
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Detroit, MI 48202
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To: "Michigan League for Human SErvices" <pkillips@...>
Subject: Staying Informed About Michigan's Budget Crisis
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 14:14:15 -0500

TANF Reauthorization News
Provided by the Michigan League for Human Services

November 4, 2005

Update on U.S. House and Senate Activities Regarding Human Services

House- The Agriculture Committee passed, largely along party lines, a bill that would eliminate the option for states to make TANF recipients categorically eligible for Food Stamps (Michigan makes use of this option). If states cannot grant TANF recipients automatic categorical eligibility, it will likely result in many TANF recipients and others not receiving Food Stamp benefits for which they are eligible. The committee also increased the number of years that legal immigrants must live in the United States before they can receive Food Stamps from five to seven. Both of these adjustments are expected to reduce Food Stamp spending by millions of dollars, but will also result in many needy families not getting the food assistance they need.

Medicaid, child support collection, SSI and foster care programs are also in jeopardy. More information on Medicaid cuts can be found on the website for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities website at http://www.cbpp.org/10-28-05health.htm. Child support, SSI and foster care changes are described in detail by the Coalition on Human Needs at http://www.chn.org/humanneeds/051028a.html.

Finally, the TANF reauthorization proposal that the U.S. House passed in 2002 and 2004 has reappeared, this time as part of a larger bill approved by the House Ways and Means Committee. This bill increases the weekly work requirements from 30 to 40, but only increases child care funding by $500 million. (Previous House-passed bills have increased it by $1 billion, while the U.S. Senate last year increased child care funding by $7 billion.)

The full U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on a reconciliation bill next week (see below for information about call-in days during the week).

Senate- The U.S. Senate passed its budget reconciliation?bill yesterday 52-47, with five Republicans voting against it and two Democrats voting for it (both of Michigan?s senators voted against it). More information on the bill can be found in the article here. Generally, this bill is much more favorable to human services than the bill that is likely to come before the House next week, as it shields Food Stamps and most other programs from deep cuts.

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NATIONAL CALL-IN WEEK TO PROTECT HUMAN SERVICES

TOLL FREE NUMBER: 800-426-8073

CALL YOUR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 7. Early in the week is best!

The House of Representatives is expected to vote during the week of November 7 on proposals to cut assistance for some of the most vulnerable people in America. These cuts are proposed to help cover the cost of tax breaks primarily targeted to wealthy Americans and to pay for Katrina relief. ?Please call your representative and tell him or her to vote NO on the reconciliation bill to cut $50 billion in vital services to vulnerable people.

Changes in important human services programs include:

Food Stamps:

Limits categorical eligibility for non-cash TANF recipients.? This proposal would make more than 300,000 low-income people nationwide ineligible for Food stamps in an average month. Michigan would be especially affected by this cut.?

The five year bar on food stamp eligibility for adult?legal?immigrants?would be extended to seven years.

?

?

Medicaid:

????????? Changes Medicaid to make children, families, elders, and people with disabilities pay more and/or receive less. Those with incomes at or above the poverty level will for the first time be subject to pay for premiums if states choose to impose them.

????????? Except for children in families below the poverty line, pregnant women and a few others, the bill gives states the option to require Medicaid recipients to pay towards the cost of medical and prescription drug costs, up to 5 percent of their income.

????????? The bill imposes many restrictions related to people transferring assets in order to qualify for Medicaid nursing home care, some of which may exclude people who are not sheltering assets.

?

TANF and Child Care

?

Ratchets up the work requirements?70 percent of the caseload will be required to work 40 hours a week?while reducing access to vocational education and other services that would help parents leave assistance for work at real jobs with decent pay.

Provides only $500 million in additional child care spending over the next five years, far below what was approved by the Senate last year ($7 billion) and below what is needed just to keep up with inflation. With the new work requirements, this means that in 2010, 270,000 fewer children nationwide will receive child care assistance than in 2004.

????????? Claims to add a net $1 billion in TANF spending over 5 years, even though no money is added over current expenditures. The bill continues the $319 billion a year in existing supplemental grants to low-income states, but misleadingly counts them as new money.

????????? The real new spending in the bill ? a meager $500 million over 5 years for child care and $1 billion for marriage promotion activities ? is paid for by eliminating current bonuses to states for high performance in job placement, retention, earnings, families' access to certain support services, and reduction of out of wedlock births.

?

Supplemental Security Income?

?

Makes poor seniors or people with disabilities wait longer for the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments they are owed. SSI typically takes many months to approve new cases while applicants hang on, piling up bills with little or no other income coming in. Currently, people can receive a lump sum payment of up to 12 months of back benefits after they are approved, helping them to pay off debt. The new proposal would only allow a lump sum of up to 3 months, with the rest paid out in installments. Part of the savings from this proposal will occur because some people will die and never receive the remainder they are owed.

?

?

Child Support

????????? Cuts child support enforcement by nearly $5 billion over 5 years by steadily reducing the federal share of the costs. According to an estimate by the Congressional Budget Office, this will result in a 5-year loss of $7.9 billion in collections that would otherwise have gone to support low-income children. Over 10 years, the loss to children in single-parent families is estimated at $24.1 billion.

?

Foster Care

????????? Negatively affects certain poor grandparents or other relatives caring for their relative's children. If the children are living with low-income relatives because they were removed from their parents' home, a federal appeals court ruled that their relative caregivers' low income should qualify them for federal foster care assistance. The bill would overturn this ruling by requiring the child's eligibility to be based on the financial circumstances of their parents when they were living with them (even though that's not where the child now resides). The bill also would limit foster care assistance to relatives by imposing strict licensing requirements on a fast timetable ? those who couldn't comply would lose support. Together, these cuts would amount to about $600 million over 5 years.

We apologize if you are on multiple e-mail lists and receive this e-mail message more than once.? If you do not regularly receive these free budget updates but would like to do so in the future, please email your request to pkillips@....

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#522 From: Michael Bray <michaeljbray2@...>
Date: Sat Nov 5, 2005 1:21 pm
Subject: Fwd: FW: [Committee] GI Dems Public Forum: Universal Health Care SinglePayer -- Mon Nov 7, Trenton michaeljbray2
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Detroit, MI 48202
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Subject: [Committee] GI Dems Public Forum: Universal Health Care SinglePayer -- Mon Nov 7, Trenton
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 08:42:51 -0500

Hello, committee members!? Please pass this on to your e-lists and anyone else you think might be interested.

If this has multiple posted, please excuse me.

?

Pam Ortner

Public Service Announcement: for immediate release:

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Downriver Public Forum: The Campaign for National Health Care

?

?On Monday, November 9, 2005 at 7 p.m., two?nurses?representing Nurses United for Universal Health Care, will speak before the Grosse Ile Democratic Club on Monday November 7, 2005? 7 PM, at UAW Local 372, 4571Division, one block west of Jefferson off Van Horn, ?in Trenton.

?

As cuts in employment, slashes in benefits, and the transfer of jobs abroad transform our economy, the number of citizens covered by health care is plummeting. ?The demand is growing for Universal, Simple, Affordable, Single-payer ?Health Care. ?

?

Union members, unemployed, health care providers, senior citizens and more and more? citizens are demanding action now. ?Congressman John Conyers has introduced HB 676.? Congressman John Dingell has introduced Universal Health Care proposals every year for 50 years!?

?

?Pat?Cason and Pam Ortner?will present a one hour presentation with power point slides, questions and answers.??They will explain?the massive national movement that is demanding action now? and?will lay out an affordable plan for the USA to join the majority of industrial nations of the world who provide health care to their citizens from cradle to grave.

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The public is invited. There is no admission.? Refreshments will be served.

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This seminar is presented by the Grosse Ile Democratic Club.

For more information, please contact Dr. Kay Mc Gowan,? President. 734-675-5618 or blairj@...

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For additional information please contact:? www.uhcan.org

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The Grosse Ile Democrat Club wishes to extend a special thanks to the members of UAW Local 372 for the use of their assembly hall.???? (please post)

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#521 From: Michael Bray <michaeljbray2@...>
Date: Fri Nov 4, 2005 3:36 pm
Subject: Another hot topic and focus group opportunity michaeljbray2
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Hello again,

I thought that many of you might be interested in participating in these meetings/focus groups. The description is below and the flyer is attached.

Thanks!

Michael

"The State Planning Project for the Uninsured needs employers to
participate in their health insurance focus group next week on Wednesday, November
9, 2005, in Okemos at the:

MI Public Health Institute (MPHI)
CRHOP Conference Room
2440 Woodlake Circle, Suite 150
Okemos, MI 48854

Employers who DO NOT offer insurance are invited to participate from
10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Employers who DO offer insurance are invited to participate from 1:00p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Employers may be located anywhere in the state of Michigan.

This is our opportunity to ensure that our long term care community is represented about this issue. I know this is a popular day with other meetings, but if you can recommend employers to participate, that would be great. Please have the interested employer(s) contact

Marti Kay Sherry, MPHI at: 517/324-7316 or msherry@.... Your help with this is greatly appreciated. A notice is attached. Thanks.

Michael Bray, MA
Research Assistant
Developmental Disabilities Institute
Wayne State University
4809 Woodward Ave., Ste. 268
Detroit, MI 48202
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#520 From: Michael Bray <michaeljbray2@...>
Date: Fri Nov 4, 2005 3:32 pm
Subject: Monthly Meeting Announcement michaeljbray2
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I hope everyone had a fun-filled Halloween. Attached is the flyer for the next MADSP monthly meeting to be held on Thursday, November 17th from 10:00am to 12:00pm at Alternative Services, Inc., 32625 W. Seven Mile Road, Livonia, MI 48152. Everyone is welcome!! We will begin to discuss the 2006 MADSP Forum as well as recent and upcoming important issues affecting the field of disabilities such as insurance and health care. If you have questions concerning the meeting or directions to ASI, please feel free to call or email me at the information below. Thank you and happy holidays!

Michael Bray

mikebray@...

313-577-6684

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