Resources for People with Disabilities

EMPLOYMENT RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

The Abilities Fund: The Abilities Fund is committed to the economic advancement of people with disabilities and devoted to the fullest expression of their entrepreneurial spirit. To that end, the Fund develops and serves three primary markets-entrepreneurs with disabilities, micro-enterprise development organizations, and vocational rehabilitation agencies and other disability-related organizations-by offering a range of financial products, customized training, technical assistance, policy recommendations, and linkages to resources.
http://www.abilitiesfund.org/

National Direct Service Workforce Resource Center. CMS funded website provides access to information and resources they may need about the direct service workforce.
http://www.dswresourcecenter.org/

National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center (NSTTAC). The NSTTAC is a national Technical Assistance and Dissemination Center funded by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). NSTTAC helps states build their capacity to support and improve transition planning, services, and outcomes for youth with disabilities.
http://www.nsttac.org/

Issue Brief: The Basics of the National Council on Disability's Social Security Report The National Council on Disability (NCD) has published an issue brief as a follow-up to its 2005 report The Social Security Administration's Efforts to Promote Employment for People with Disabilities: New Solutions for Old Problems. The issue brief highlights the continuing number of beneficiaries who never leave the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) insurance rolls, and the need to increase the number of beneficiaries who enter, or reenter, the U.S. workforce. The brief discusses the need to identify new approaches that emphasize beneficiary control of career planning and the ability to access self-selected services and supports.
http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/2006/issue_brief.htm

Law, Health Policy, and Disability Center (website) The Law, Health Policy, and Disability Center is an emerging leader in law, technology, education and research. Based at the University of Iowa College of Law, with offices in Washington, DC, and elsewhere, the center concentrates on public policy and its impact on persons with disabilities, with an emphasis on employment, self-determination and self-sufficiency.
http://disability.law.uiowa.edu/

HOUSING

Coordinating and Leveraging Long-Term Supports with Affordable and Accessible Housing for Persons with Disability: Maryland Case Study This case study describes an approach to public and private sector agencies coordinating and leveraging resources at a state and local level to expand affordable and accessible housing options for persons with developmental disabilities. Homes for America utilized low-income housing tax credits to set aside six units of housing in an affordable multifamily development to be converted to ownership at the end of a fifteen-year lease period for Medicaid beneficiaries.
http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/1844

Coordinating and Leveraging Long-Term Supports with Affordable Assisted Living in Public Housing: Florida Case Study This case study describes the development and operations of assisted living units coordinated with independent senior units in a public housing location (Titusville Towers in Titusville, Florida). Because this example uses an existing facility, replication of this case study demonstrates that time and cost will be substantially less than new construction of an assisted living facility. The Titusville Housing Authority received approval from HUD to designate it as seniors-only housing.
http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/doc/2211

Coordinating and Leveraging Long-Term Supports with Licensed Affordable Assisted Living: Arkansas Case StudyThis case study describes how a private sector entity, NCB Development Corporation, helped to coordinate and galvanize the existing efforts of essential partners to develop, plan, and finance a new assisted living facility, and coordinate appropriate funding sources for operational and client service expenditures. The Gardens at Osage Terrace was developed under the Coming Home Program, a demonstration program of NCB Development Corporation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/1843

Growing Wealth, Inequality, and Housing in the United States While aggregate household net wealth grew from $25.9 trillion in 1995 to $50.1 trillion in 2004 (both in 2004 dollars), nearly 90 percent of the net gains occurred only among the top quartile of households in the wealth distribution. This paper discusses both household wealth and inequality growth, examines demographic factors behind the growth, and analyzes housing's role in it, using the Survey of Consumer Finances data collected by the Federal Reserve Bank.
http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/1821

Homecare in Illinois: A Continuing Crisis This brief recognizes the issues that face home care workers - including low wages, difficult work, and few, if any, benefits. At the same time, demands for home health care are increasing. This document, written on behalf of the Service Employees International Union, advocates on behalf of home health workers to raise wages in order to encourage participation in a workforce that assists Illinois vulnerable populations.
http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/1796

Homeownership for People with Disabilities Forms The Illinois Homeownership Coalition for People with Disability (HCPD) has a comprehensive set of documents pertaining to its advocacy and assistance for homeownership. The organization's goal is to assist people with disability in purchasing their homes, allowing them to maintain independence and living in their communities. Review the application, brochure and checklist.
http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/1794

Housemate Match SurveyThis survey developed by the Illinois Department of Human Services is intended to match potential roommates by compatibility of habits and interests. The goal is to find a good match of potential housemates.
http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/1791

Housing Options Application Housing grantees can use this application as a survey tool that allows service coordinators to get a snapshot of an applicant's financial situation as he/she begins to research potential housing options.
http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/1790

Illinois Homeownership Coalition for People with Disabilities Homebuyers' Educational Manual This manual provides guidance for people with disabilities who are interested in owning their homes. Topics covered include: financing homeownership, understanding credit and budgets, Fair Housing Laws, finding a home, home inspections, buying and closing on a house, and home maintenance and assistance.
http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/1795

Independent Housing Inventory Sheet The Independent Housing Development worksheet presents a series of steps that allow a person to determine whether he/she can consider him/herself eligible for homeownership and provides guidance as he/she embarks on this process.
http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/1789

Transforming Housing for People with Psychiatric Disabilities The problems of board and care homes, also known as adult homes, for people with psychiatric disabilities are the focus of a new SAMHSA report. The history, demographics and common concerns of these homes are detailed in-depth plus ten recommendations to improve quality of life. A list of measures being implemented to improve the lives of residents and recommendations calling for a recovery-oriented approach based on the principles of self-direction and community integration are also provided.
http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/1830

Bus Rapid Transit Accessibility Guidelines (December 2006)
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/DISABILITY/Resources/280658-1172672474385/BusRapidEngRickert.pdf

AGING

New Online Resource on Assistive Technology for Persons with Dementia AT Dementia is a new online information resource on assistive technology for people with dementia and their caregivers. The website, developed by Trent Dementia Services Development Center (UK), includes perspectives on assistive technology's benefits and limitations, its ethical use, and current research and new technologies in development. It also includes information on how to obtain assistive technology and a searchable product database.
>http://www.atdementia.org.uk/

Beyond Cash and Counseling: The Second Generation of Individual Budget-Based Community Long-Term Care Programs for the Elderly This Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured report describes 10 operating individual budget model programs that serve older persons and identifies four areas of program design that are of particular importance to the success of the individual budget model. It also discusses how states have addressed these areas and draws key findings and implications in several areas such as level of funding, participant choice, support systems, and quality of care monitoring.
>http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/7579.pdf

Older Americans Act: FY2006 Funding, FY2007 Proposals, and FY2008 Budget Request The impartial Congressional Research Service (CRS) released a report on February 15, 2007 on funding for the Older Americans Act, including the National Family Caregiver Support Program. The report compares the FY 2006 Congressional appropriations levels to President Bush's budget request for FY 2008, highlighting Title III - Grants for State and Community Programs on Aging, Title IV - Activities for Health, Independence and Longevity, Title V - Community Services Senior Opportunities Act, Title VII - Vulnerable Elder Rights Protection Activities, and Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Grants.
http://www.opencrs.com/document/RL33880/

2007 Resource Guide for Caregivers MetLife Mature Market Institute and the National Alliance for Caregiving, in cooperation with the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a), recently released an updated brochure for 2007 called "Resources for Caregivers." It includes caregiver services and support, including books, internet sites, and organizations; financial and legal resources; disease-specific resources; information about end-of-life care; and government resources.
http://www.metlife.com/Applications/Corporate/WPS/CDA/PageGenerator/0,4773,P1189,00.html?FILTERNAME=@URL\&FILTERVALUE=/WPS/\&IMAGE2.X=0\&IMAGE2.Y=0

Planning Worksheets for Nursing Facility Transitions This series of worksheets provides examples of what the Michigan Nursing Facility Transition grant used in planning the transition from the nursing facility to the community. Review the worksheets for Daily Living, Employment Planning, Financial Planning, Health Planning, Housing Planning, Planning Template, Self-Determination, Social and Transportation Planning.
http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/1832

Consumer-Directed Home and Community-Based Services AARP Public Policy Institute has developed a two page Fact Sheet that offers a short overview of consumer preferences, program characteristics, the role of fiscal agents, and the ways consumer direction is expanding.
http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/1610

Guide to Quality in Consumer Directed Services The Scripps Gerontology Center developed a practical handbook on ensuring and improving the quality of services. The guide is divided into five major sections, plus three Appendices. This guide is designed to provide states and programs involved in consumer-directed services with a practical handbook on ensuring and improving the quality of services. This guide is based on a philosophy that the views of the major program stakeholders - consumers, families, program staff, regulators, funders-are the necessary starting point for the design of a quality system.
http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/819

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