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DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES WAIVER SERVICES
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Max
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DD Waiver
Services & Descriptions |
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No Max |
Day support is training in intellectual, sensory, motor, and
affective social development including awareness skills,
sensory stimulation, use of appropriate behaviors and social
skills, learning and problem solving, communication and self
care, physical development, transportation to and from
training sites, services and support activities, and
prevocational services aimed at preparing an individual for
paid or unpaid employment.
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No Max
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Supported employment will consist of training in specific
skills related to paid employment and provision of ongoing
or intermittent assistance and specialized supervision to
enable an individual to maintain paid employment provided to
developmentally delayed individuals.
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No Max
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In-home residential support is support provided in the
developmentally disabled individual's home which includes
training, assistance, and supervision in enabling the
individual to maintain or improve his health, assistance in
performing individual care tasks, training in activities of
daily living, training and use of community resources,
providing life skills training, and adapting behavior to
community and home-like environments.
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1 consult
per month per discipline |
Therapeutic consultation is provided by members of
psychology, social work, behavioral analysis, speech
therapy, occupational therapy, therapeutic recreation,
physical therapy disciplines or behavior consultation to
assist individuals, parents and family members, residential
support, day support and any other providers of support
services in implementing a plan of care.
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No Max
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Personal care services include assistance with personal
hygiene, nutritional support, and the environmental
maintenance necessary for individuals to remain in their
homes and in the community.
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720 hours
per year |
Respite care (agency and consumer-directed) is a services
provided to eligible individuals who are unable to care for
themselves that is provided on an episodic or routine basis
because of the absence of or need for relief of those
persons residing with the individual who normally provide
the care.
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No Max
PRN |
Skilled nursing services will be provided for individuals
with serious medical conditions and complex health care
needs who require specific skilled nursing services that
cannot be provided by non-nursing personnel. Skilled nursing
may be provided in the individual's home or other community
setting on a regularly scheduled or intermittent need basis.
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PRN, but not 24 hours per day
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Attendant care is long-term maintenance or support services
necessary to enable the mentally alert and competent
individual to remain at or return home. The individual will
be responsible for hiring, training, supervising and firing
the personal attendant. For individuals 18 years of age and
older, they must be able to manage their own affairs without
help, be mentally alert and have no cognitive impairments
and not have a legal guardian. If individuals receiving
services are under 18 years of age, the legal guardian or
parent will act on behalf of the minor.
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70 hours per year
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Family and caregiver training will training and counseling
services provided to families of individuals receiving
services in the DD Waiver.
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No Max PRN |
Crisis stabilization will provide intervention to persons
with developmental disabilities who are experiencing serious
psychiatric or behavioral problems, or both, that jeopardize
their current community living situation.
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$5,000 per year
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Environmental modifications are physical adaptations to a
house, place of residence, vehicle or work site, when the
modification exceeds reasonable accommodation requirements
of the Americans with Disabilities Act, necessary to ensure
individuals' health and safety or enable functioning with
greater independence when the adaptation is not being used
to bring a substandard dwelling up to minimum habitation
standards and is of direct medical or remedial benefit to
individuals.
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$5,000 per year, $1,500 can be a
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Assistive technology consists of specialized medical
equipment and supplies including those devices, controls, or
appliances specified in the plan of care, but not available
under the State Plan for Medical Assistance, which enable
individuals to increase their abilities to perform
activities of daily living, or to perceive, control, or
communicate with the environment in which they live or which
is necessary to the proper functioning of such items.
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PRN
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Personal emergency response system (PERS) is an electronic
device that enables certain individuals at high risk of
institutionalization to secure help in an emergency.
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1
telephone visit per month, minimum |
Support Coordination (A form of case management) is the
assessment, planning, linking, and monitoring for
individuals referred for the IFDDS Community-Based Care
Waiver. Support coordination (i) ensures the development,
coordination, implementation, monitoring, and modification
of consumer service plans; (ii) links individuals with
appropriate community resources and supports; (iii)
coordinates service providers; and (iv) monitors quality of
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STAFF BIOGRAPHIES
Jill Jacobs,
President and CEO
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The President & CEO of Ability
Unleashed, Inc., Jill Jacobs founded
the company in 1996 and incorporated
in 2001. Jill’s background includes
both a personal and professional
history
with disability and health
issues.
Jill has a great deal of personal
experience with disability; she is
the mother of three children, two of
whom have Cerebral Palsy. Jill was
raised
by a person with a
disability; her father had
quadriplegia as a result of a spinal
cord injury. In addition, as a
college student at the University of
Arizona, Jill roomed
with, and worked as a personal care
attendant for, a young woman with a
disability.
Professionally, Jill has been
working in the disability community
since 1994. Jill spent two years as
the Director of Development and
Public Relations for
United Cerebral Palsy of Washington
and Northern Virginia, and has acted
in a consultant capacity for many
organizations. These include;
TASH, the National Spinal
Cord Injury Association of America,
the National Organization on
Disability, On A Roll Radio, Ability
Magazine,
JobAccess, United Cerebral
Palsy (National), and United
Cerebral Palsy of North Carolina.
Amongst Jill’s awards and
accomplishments, she finds those
that come from her work in two
categories to be most rewarding;
those related to achieving freedom,
independence,
and recognition for
people with disabilities, and those
related to her support of members of
the United States Army and their
families. Jill’s awards and
recognitions include:
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The Commonwealth of Virginia Parent
Education, Advocacy & Training
Center (PEATC)
recognized Jill’s efforts as a
parent advocate in 1998 by
honoring her
with the
‘Making a
Difference Award’. The award was
given specifically to honor Jill for
the key advocacy role she played in
campaign to ensure a
statue
depicting President
Franklin
Delano Roosevelt (FDR) seated in his
wheelchair was included at his
memorial in Washington, DC.
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The United States Department of the
Army awarded Jill the
Dr. Mary E. Walker Medal in 2002 for
her work with military dependents
with disabilities.
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The American Business Women’s
Association
awarded Jill two
scholarships (1991 & 1992) that
assisted her in obtaining her degree
in Social Work.
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The University of Central Texas
Social Work Association
awarded Jill a scholarship (January
1991) that assisted her in obtaining
her degree in
Social Work. In
appreciation for the support, Jill
subsequently served as President of
that association (September 1991 –
August 1992)
Jill has been appointed to numerous
committees and has served on the
Board of Directors of a variety of
agencies, to include:
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Mobility International USA
- American Delegate to Germany,
1998
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National Organization
on Disability - United
Parcel Service National
Community Awards Selection
Committee, 1998
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The World Association of People with Disabilities
- Board of Directors –
1998-present
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United Cerebral Palsy of Washington & Northern Virginia
- Board of Directors – 1998
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University of Central
Texas Social Work Association
- President – September 1991 –
August 1992
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Cheryl Dyer is a Virginia Board Certified Registered Nurse who possesses the multi-state nursing privilege.
Ms. Dyer has many years of nursing
experience in combat, clinical, social
service, and community based care settings.
Ms. Dyer worked in clinical and combat
settings while on duty with the United
States Army where she attained the rank of
Lieutenant Colonel.
In her civilian career, Ms. Dyer has
held many nursing positions. Among her most
rewarding are those in which she had the
opportunity to provide direct respite care
to support military families whose children
have disabilities. Ms Dyer also held the
position of Nurse Case Management Supervisor
for a TriCare-approved Home Health agency
where she was responsible for coordinating
and monitoring home based care provided to
children with disabilities under the US
Army’s Exceptional Family Member Program and
Program for Persons with Disabilities.
Ms. Dyer has worked with Ability
Unleashed in one capacity or another since
1999.
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Andy Iwanski has been a
consultant for Ability Unleashed
since 2000 and currently works for
the Valley of the Sun YMCA in the
greater Phoenix Area as Regional
Director for
Youth Sports. He has
worked for the YMCA since 1987 where
he has dedicated himself to the
Human Services Field.
His experience is vast developing
many skills in the past 20 years in
organization & planning, budget
management, supervision of staffand
a true
passion for working with
people. Andy is a strong leader who
knows how to get things done in an
efficient, precise manner.
Some of Andy’s major accomplishments
include securing a $190,000
community development block grant
for the construction of an outdoor
hockey
rink for the YMCA of Tucson
as well as securing donations and
grants from the City of Phoenix,
United Way, and the Arizona
Cardinals to provide
funding for
programs. Currently Andy works in
conjunction with the Phoenix Suns
to
deliver the YMCA Jr. Suns
program to
over 6000 kids annually.
In closing, Andy has many
years experience working with people
and has a long track record of
success building programs
and developing
relationships in the community.
Andy’s skill set will always fit
very well in an environment
dedicated to
serving people.
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Dana’s
involvement in disability issues is
multi-faceted. In her professional life, she
has provided community based support
services to people with disabilities since
January 2003, when she took a job providing
personal care and community integration
support to a child with a Developmental
Disability.
In that role Dana learned not only the
specifics of hand-on care, but also became
extremely well-versed in accessibility,
resources, and service delivery systems for
people with disabilities and their families,
particularly in the Virginia, Washington, DC
and Maryland region.
Dana has worked as a para-professional,
facilitating the inclusion of a middle
school student in a special education
setting and has provided support and
guidance to ensure appropriate inclusion in
parks and recreation programs.
Dana has become familiar with the concepts of human and civil rights
via hands-on participation in policy and
civil rights efforts that impact Ability
Unleashed clientele.
Dana
obtained her Bachelors of Science degree
from Virginia Commonwealth University, and
has been accepted to nursing school. She
will begin classes in Autumn 2007.
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Sarah has been involved with people with disabilities and disability issues for most of her life. In her professional life, she has provided community based support services to people with disabilities since 2005, when she began providing respite and attendant care to a number of families in the Northern Virginia area.
As a personal care attendant Sarah practiced hands-on care and became well-versed in accessibility, resources, and service delivery systems
for people with disabilities. Managing the logistics of care and day to day living is a specialty of Sarah's with a wealth of knowledge on setting up and maintaining resources and services.
Sarah has advocated for disabled students to have equal rights and to be represented fairly in order to achieve all educational and social goals.
she has advocated in other capacities for people with disabilities and their interests via participation in policy and civil rights efforts that impact Ability Unleashed clientele.
From 2004-2007 Sarah provided Case Management services as well as general support at Ability Unleashed. Since then she worked to obtain a degree and
started a family. She is now back as a Case Management Specialist.
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Mindy J. Miller, MSW, LCSW holds a
bachelor’s degree in Criminal
Justice Administration, from
Missouri Southern State University.
She worked as a Deputy Juvenile
Officer in
Jasper County, Missouri
for over ten years. While working in
this capacity, she spent a great
deal of time working with abuse and
neglect
as well as juvenile offenders and
their families. Desiring to work in
a more preventative role, she sought
and received a Masters of Social
Work from
Missouri State University in 2003
with an emphasis in family health.
Mindy has served as the Director of
Social Work at Heartland Hospital,
which is an adolescent psychiatric
and residential
treatment facility in Nevada,
Missouri. She developed, marketed,
and eventually staffed a program for
adolescent females
with mental
retardation or developmental
disabilities.
The majority of these
clients had been originally removed
from homes in
innercity St. Louis and had
previously been unsuccessful in
other placements
due to their
personal struggles. Many had been
removed from their families of
origin due to a lack of parenting
skills and/or resources within their
communities. Prior to
Mindy leaving the facility, many of
these young women were able to be
placed in less restrictive
environments or back with
their families due to independence
they had gained in this program.
Mindy has been in private practice
since 2004 at Applied Psychological
Services. She has worked extensively
with clients who have developmental
disabilities, mental illness, and
behavioral difficulties. She is a
strong advocate for these
individuals and their families and
has a desire for them to succeed in
all areas of their lives.
Mindy’s desire to advocate for
families and individuals with
disabilities stemmed from very
personal experiences. She was raised
with her younger brother who has
cerebral palsy and saw first hand
the commitment that her family made
in order to locate resources and
provide the best services
that were
available
at the time. Due to her experiences,
she understands the importance of
community supports in maintaining
balance in the family system in
order to promote healthy development
of all members.
The concepts of freedom and
independence are the heart and soul
of Ability Unleashed. Mindy’s focus
is to ensure our team members embody
these concepts by
utilizing person-centered,
independence-driven service delivery
models in every facet of our
operations, whether clinical or
administrative.
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Joshua
Wilson is an experienced web page designer
in Richmond, Virginia. He has cerebral
palsy, a developmental disability that
affects muscle control. Joshua has limited
use of his hands but is able to master
technology through the assistance of a head
pointer.
In 1997, Joshua began his career as an
Internet Technician at Virginia Commonwealth
University. He provided technical support to
faculty and staff by developing web pages
with audio and visual effects, virtual chat
rooms for long distance teaching, and links
to relevant web sites. He also explored and
reviewed websites to determine accessibility
for individuals with significant
disabilities.
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DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES WAIVER SCREENING FROM
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you would like to see if the Developmental Disabilities
Waiver is for you
please download and print out the screening form.
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