Answers to questions on adult waiver program from Charlotte

[Guest guest]

Dear IPADDU members,

My apologies for not paying more attention to the IPADDU website.

I've just been swamped. I am going to attempt to answer as many

questions as I can. It will be catch as catch can as I have just been

chosen to be on a jury for two weeks.

Let me start by sharing that the FSN is planning 4 more of our

Dreaming New Dreams Seminars for this March and April. The dates are

still being nailed down. But we are planning on Naperville and

ton, Champaign, and Springfield. THERE you can REALLY get your

questions answered.

I am also struggling to complete a " Frequently Asked Questions "

document that right now is a mere 28 pages. I wanted to have it done

before Christmas and now this trial. I plug on it whenever I can. It

will be posted on our website when complete. There are many other

materials there already. For Pete's sake explore the right hand side

of our homepage. Tomorrow there will be three more documents of great

interest.

Not for the question below… I'm a little confused but can share this:

Of course, the funds can be used for many things other than personal

support. There is a whole menu of supports and services. Your service

facilitator should be able to share that.

Of course, you can be a personal support worker for your son. But,

you CANNOT be the employer and the personal support worker. You need

to find someone who is willing to do that for you. It could be an

extended family member or a friend.

There are differences between the Child and adult waivers, not many,

but some. It's too much for me to respond to this morning. Let me

summarize like this:

The Children's Home-Based Support Services Program (official name) is

for children 3 to 21. They get 2 times SSI.

The Adult Program is for persons 18 to death. If that person is still

in the school system they can only access 2 times SSI. But, once they

have left the school system they can access 3 times SSI.

There are a few services available in the adult program that are not

available in the children's program. The one that comes to mind first

is developmental training.

The difference that is most significant to most people is that in the

Children's program, parents and family members cannot be personal

support workers. In the adult program they can.

Okay, I'm off to the jury!

I'll try to answer another question or two this evening.

Charlottte