Transcript Transition Toward Excellence Achievement & Mobility

Transition Toward
Excellence Achievement &
Mobility
An Overview of the TEAM Legislation
Serena Lowe
Executive Director
Collaboration to Promote
Self Determination
January 18, 2012
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Poverty By The Numbers
SUBPOPULATION
2009 Poverty Rate
2010 Poverty Rate
Children
20.7%
22.0%
African-American
25.8%
27.4%
Hispanic
25.3%
26.6%
Disability
25.0%
27.9%
Total U.S.
Population
14.3%
15.1%
46.2 million Americans were living in poverty in 201
Persons with Disabilities experienced the highest rates of poverty of
any other subcategory of Americans for the tenth year in a row.
It is expected that SSI annual payments will reach over $1 trillion by
2018.
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Poverty and Disability:
Money is not Always the problem….Sometimes the
problem is an Issue of Priority
Figure 1. Percentage of Estimated Federal and State Expenditures for
Working-Age People with Disabilities by Major Expenditure Category, Fiscal
Year 2008[1]
$357
Billion in
FY2008
Also includes
LTSS for PWD
via Medicaid &
Medicare
[1] Adapted from Livermore, Stapleton and O’Toole (2011, Health Affairs)
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We Have Proof that People Can Work
When Services Focus on Employment
Success in employment varies widely 2009
Washington State (88 %)
Oklahoma (60%)
Connecticut (54%)
Louisiana (47%)
New Hampshire (46%)
2009 – UMASS Boston ICI ID/DD Agency Survey
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What is the CPSD?
The Collaboration to Promote Self-Determination (CPSD)
seeks to promote opportunities and eliminate barriers to
working and saving while ensuring the preservation of
long-term supports necessary to achieving optimal selfsufficiency, independence, and economic security.
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CPSD Membership (2011)
• Executive Committee
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Autistic Self-Advocacy Network
Autism Society of America
National Down Syndrome Congress
National Down Syndrome Society
National Fragile X Foundation
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CPSD Membership (2011) (cont.)
• Steering Committee
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TASH
Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Physician-Parent Caregivers (PPC)
National Disability Institute
National Association of State Directors on Developmental
Disabilities Services
 Institute for Educational Leadership
 Council on Parent Attorney Advocates (COPAA)
 Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)
 APSE
 ANCOR
Over 150+ Senior Advisors from 44 states
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What is True Integration?
MEANINGFUL INTERPERSONAL
RELATIONSHIPS
Education > Workplace> Home>
Community
Education
Workplace
Home
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Community
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The Cyclical Dependency Model
EDUCATION
• Segregated
from class or
school.
• Placed on
non-diploma
track as early
as 3-5 years
old.
TRANSITION
• Presumption of
lowest
expectations
• Lack of access
to transition
activities
• No pressure on
schools
EMPLOYMENT
• Individual
typically placed
into expensive
segregated
options
• Subminimum
wages often paid
HOUSING
• Primary options
are institutions
and congregate,
provider
operated
gro
up home
facilities that
regiment
people's lives
FINANCIAL
PLANNING
•Asset Limit of
$2K has not
been revised
since 1985
•Benefits
riddled with
complexities
This Model results in Chronic Impoverishment, Cyclical Dependency, and
Loss of Human Dignity throughout Lifespan.
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The Self-Sufficiency Investment Model
EDUCATION
• Full inclusion in
home school
• Special ed
viewed as
service, not a
place
• Exposure to
general ed
TRANSITION
• Transition
planning begins
at 14
• Work experience
required as part
of transition
activities
• PSE
EMPLOYMENT
• Presumed eligibility
to supports via VR,
one-stops and
local/state programs
• Outcome is
integrated
employment in
general workforce
HOUSING
•Focus is on getting
person into home in
integrated setting
•Ongoing
personalized
supports to optimize
independence
FINANCIAL
PLANNING
• Allow
consumers to
control public
resources
• Increase asset
limits to $10K
This Model represents Optimal Self-Sufficiency, Independent Living,
Economic Empowerment and Full Community Participation
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Self-Sufficiency is not only
better for PWD
It also makes good sense Economically
SERVICE
AREA
CYCLICAL DEPENDENCY
SELF-SUFFICIENCY
MODEL
Education
Segregated:
$25-45K/student/year
Full Inclusion:
$12-26K/student/year
Employment
Average annual costs of
SW/individual: $19,388
SW is less cost-efficient to
taxpayers: 0.83
SW is less cost-efficient to
workers: 0.24
Ave annual costs of
SE/individual: $6,619
SE is more cost-efficient to
taxpayers: 1.21
SE is more cost-efficient to
workers: 4.20
Data Sources:
Education: Weiner, 1985; Carlberg & Kavale, 1980; Baker, Wang & Walberg 1995; Piuma, 1989;
Blackorby & Wagner, 2001. Employment: Cimera, R. (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
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TEAM Legislation: Purpose
To establish a coordinated, comprehensive approach to the
investment of public resources that expands and
improves the opportunities for youth with significant
disabilities who are transitioning into adulthood, to ensure
meaningful postsecondary educational opportunities,
employment in integrated settings at a competitive wage,
long-term career development and growth, and inclusion
in the community setting through independent living and
social engagement, and for other purposes.
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TEAM Act: Key Objectives
• Expanded Focus & Implementation of Transition
Strategies under IDEA
• Development of an Adult Transition Services division
under the auspice of each state’s I/DD Services Authority
• National Systemic Reform focused on improving
outcomes related to integrated employment and postsecondary education.
• State Systems-Change to Ensure coordination of
resources across multiple agencies
• Professional Development & Training
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Transition toward Excellence,
Achievement & Mobility - TEAM
TEAM-Education Act: Reforms to Current IEP Process & Transition during
School Years
Elevate Transition
Measures in IDEA-2004
Enhance IEP Process
by including state I/DD
agencies
Allow IDEA $$$ to be
used for contracting
transition services
Provide grant funding
to hire internal
Transition
Coordinators @ LEAs
TEAM-Empowerment Act: Creation of Transition Infrastructure within I/DD State
System
Establish Transition
capacity in state I/DD
agencies
Require Individual
Transition Plans (ITPs)
for citizens with I/DD
Provide transition
brokers to facilitate ITP
process and support
individual & families
Require MOUs between
state I/DD agency and
other state partners to
coordinate
TEAM-Employment Act: Promotion of Systems-Change through
National Transition Initiative for Youth with Significant Disabilities
Transition outcomes focused on integrated
Systemic Reform & Capacity Building
Grants
employment,
post-secondary education and
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TEAM-Education Act (H.R. 602):
IDEA Reform
• Allows Part B Funds to be used to Contract out the
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Provision of Transition Services by an LEA
State block grants to fund the Creation of Transition
Coordinators
Clarifies introduction of transition services from age 14 on
into IEP
Must include services in conjunction with each of the 5
Guideposts to Success
Invitation of State I/DD State Services Authority to
participate in IEP process from 14 on
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TEAM-Empowerment Act
(H.R. 603):
I/DD Services
• Mandates the creation of a transition services unit within
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each State I/DD Services Authority
Requires state I/DD Authority to manage the successful
development and completion of a young adult’s Individual
Transition Plan (thus taking the place of the IEP) once
the student exits the school system
Allows I/DD beneficiaries to select a transition broker to
help navigate the various adult services programs in
order to help the individual and their family successful
accomplish the objectives of the ITP.
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TEAM-Employment Act (H.R.
604):
VR Systems-Change Grants
• Provides grants to states to implement effective transition strategies
that lead to integrated employment at livable wages and/or
participation in a post-secondary education program.
• State VR Department must partner with I/DD Authorities, State
Education Agency (SEA), Workforce Investment Board, and State
Medicaid Agency to receive grant.
• Key themes of emphasis mirror Title III
 Self-direction through individual budgeting
 Blending and braiding of public resources
 Outcomes aimed at full integration (education, employment and
community living)
• Senate WIA Reauthorization draft included similar systemschange initiative
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Three Bills, One Singular
Focus:
National Systemic Reform
• Promoting Employment First Principles through systems•
coordination at various levels of government (reaching all
major touch points in the transition process)
Key themes of emphasis
 Self-direction through individual budgeting
 Blending and braiding of public resources
 Outcomes aimed at full integration (education,
employment and community living)
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TEAM Political Strategy:
Legislative Momentum
• Legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives
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on February 10, 2011
 Congressional Briefing hosted by CPSD in March 2011 with
82 participants
 Cosponsors (9-10): Reps. Gregg Harper (R-MS), Cathy
McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Eliot
Engel (NY), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), and Gerry Connelly
(VA)
 Discussions underway about moving at least one of the
three bills through legislative process in 112th Congress.
Working on solidifying Senate champions for companion bill.
Over 25 national organizations in support of the legislation to
date.
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Other Exciting Developments
Regarding Transition in the Federal
Arena
• PROMISE in FY2012 appropriations
• ADD Systems Change Grants
• OSERS Investments Focused on Improving Transition
Outcomes of Youth with Significant Disabilities
• Strong focus in ESEA and among Dept of Education on
college prep and career readiness – question as to
whether this will truly include students with significant
disabilities, and to what degree?
• National Systems-Change Demonstration around
Improving Transition Outcomes of Youth with Significant
Disabilities in Senate WIA Bill
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Comments & Questions
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Contact Information
Serena Lowe, Executive Director
Collaboration to Promote Self-Determination
TheCPSD.org
202-548-2502 (Office)
[email protected]
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THANK YOU!
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Education Credits
CRCC Credit - (1.5)
Approved by Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor
Certification (CRCC)
• By January 28, 2011, participants must score 80% or
better on a online Post Test and submit an online
CRCC Request Form via the MyTACE Portal.
My TACE Portal: TACEsoutheast.org/myportal
**For CRCC credit, you must reside in the 8 U.S. Southeast states served by the TACE
Region IV [AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN]. If beyond TACE Region IV, you may apply for
CEU credit.
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