WEBVTT 00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:17.000 CLEARLY. ENJOY YOUR CALL AND WEBINAR. 00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:21.000 >> HI, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:24.000 TO BE PART OF OUR WEBINAR TODAY. 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:28.000 AS YOU KNOW THE NAME OF THE WEBINAR 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:31.000 IS COLORADO CIL NETWORK RESOURCE 00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:34.000 DEVELOPMENT. I'M PETER PIKE. I WORK FOR 00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:38.000 THE OFFICE OF INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES HERE IN COLORADO PART 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:41.000 OF THE DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL 00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:44.000 REHABILITATION. AT THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:49.000 EMPLOYMENT. OTHERWISE KNOWN AS IT DESIGNATED 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:52.000 STATE ENTITY. SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR 00:00:52.000 --> 00:00:56.000 PARTICIPATING IN 00:00:56.000 --> 00:00:59.000 OUR WEBINAR. WE WILL START OFF BY 00:00:59.000 --> 00:01:02.000 QUICKLY INTRODUCING OUR 00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:05.000 PANELIST WE HAVE ON THE CALL TODAY. WHAT I'LL DO 00:01:05.000 --> 00:01:09.000 IS GO AHEAD AND ASK TY TO SAY 00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:12.000 HELLO, TELL US WHERE HE'S FROM AND WHAT 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:16.000 GEOGRAPHIC AREA HE SITS IN AND 00:01:16.000 --> 00:01:21.000 WE'LL ROLL THROUGH THE INTRODUCTIONS PRETTY 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:24.000 QUICKLY. >> TY: 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:28.000 GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M TY 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:31.000 SMITH. I'M VICE CHAIR OF THE COLORADO 00:01:31.000 --> 00:01:34.000 CIL STATEWIDE INDEPENDENT CENTER. I 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:39.000 LIVE-IN THE DENVER METRO AREA. I THINK THAT 00:01:39.000 --> 00:01:41.000 ANSWERS ALL OF PETER'S 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:45.000 QUESTIONS. >> 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:49.000 PETER: NEXT WE'LL 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:54.000 GO TO 00:01:54.000 --> 00:01:58.000 ROCHELLE. >> ROCHELLE: WE COVER NORTHEASTERN 00:01:58.000 --> 00:02:02.000 COLORADO. WE COVER 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:07.000 13,086 SQUARE MILES OF ALMOST RURAL COUNTY 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:11.000 AREA. >> THANK YOU, ROCHELLE. WE'LL 00:02:11.000 --> 00:02:14.000 GO TO LINDA. >> LINDA: 00:02:14.000 --> 00:02:18.000 GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M LINDA 00:02:18.000 --> 00:02:22.000 TAYLOR. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:26.000 CENTER OF 00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:30.000 INDEPENDENCE IN GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO. WE COVER 12 COUNTIES 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:33.000 WITH 18,000 SQUARE MILES OF MOUNTAINS AND CANYONS. 00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:36.000 AS WE SAID, IT'S WEST SLOPE BEST 00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:39.000 SLOPE. >> OH, NICE. 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:42.000 [ LAUGHTER ] >> THANK YOU, 00:02:42.000 --> 00:02:45.000 LINDA, WAY TO GET US 00:02:45.000 --> 00:02:48.000 STARTED. NEXT, WE'LL GO 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:52.000 TO IAN. >> 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:56.000 IN: 00:02:56.000 --> 00:03:01.000 I'M 00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:04.000 IN ENGLES. I'M NOT 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:08.000 SURE HOW MANY SQUARE MILES WE 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:12.000 HAVE. >> PETER: THEN 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:17.000 JOAN. >> I'M THE DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH 00:03:17.000 --> 00:03:20.000 SERVICES. WE SEVER 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:23.000 JACKSON AND LARMIER COUNTY THAT ARE UNDER FIRE. >> 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:27.000 PETER: I'LL ASK TO BRING UP THE POWERPOINT REALLY 00:03:27.000 --> 00:03:30.000 QUICKLY. I'M JUST GOING TO COVER A FEW 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:35.000 SLIDES WE HAVE 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:45.000 HERE. 00:03:45.000 --> 00:03:48.000 THE REASON WE ARE PRESENTING THIS AS 00:03:48.000 --> 00:03:53.000 A NETWORK THE 00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:56.000 COLORADO SILC. WE 00:03:56.000 --> 00:03:59.000 WANTED TO TALK ABOUT OUR EXPERIENCE IN 00:03:59.000 --> 00:04:02.000 APPLYING FOR THE GRANT AND WHY WE CAME TOGETHER TO 00:04:02.000 --> 00:04:06.000 DO THAT AS PART OF THE INDEPENDENT LIVING NETWORK AND GIVE YOU 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:10.000 THAT PROSPECTIVE AND PROVIDE YOU A BIT 00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:13.000 OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY 00:04:13.000 --> 00:04:17.000 WITH THIS FEDERAL 00:04:17.000 --> 00:04:21.000 GRANT IF WE CAN GO TO THE 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:26.000 NEXT SLIDE. ALMOST A YEAR 00:04:26.000 --> 00:04:32.000 AGO ON SEPTEMBER 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:37.000 29th WE AWARDED 00:04:37.000 --> 00:04:40.000 A GRANTED THAT'S AN ADMINISTRATION 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:43.000 ON INDEPENDENT LIVING UNIT. WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE 00:04:43.000 --> 00:04:47.000 GOTTEN THAT 00:04:47.000 --> 00:04:50.000 FUNDING. 00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:53.000 THIS WAS A 00:04:53.000 --> 00:04:57.000 RESEARCH GRANT IT'S 00:04:57.000 --> 00:05:01.000 CALLED SECURING EMPLOYMENT OTHERWISED 00:05:01.000 --> 00:05:05.000 CALLED THE SEEKS GRANT. WE WERE ABLE 00:05:05.000 --> 00:05:08.000 TO PULL TOGETHER 17 LETTERS OF 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:11.000 SUPPORT FOR THE APPLICATION. SEVEN OF THE 00:05:11.000 --> 00:05:14.000 LETTERS WERE FROM CENTERS 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:19.000 FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING AND ANOTHER LIVER WAS FROM 00:05:19.000 --> 00:05:35.000 THE COLORADO 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:39.000 CIL. WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT 00:05:39.000 --> 00:05:42.000 WE WOULD LEARN FROM THE INTERVENTION WE ARE 00:05:42.000 --> 00:05:47.000 TESTING THAT WILL LEAD TO IMPROVING EDUCATION AND 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:49.000 EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES THAT 00:05:49.000 --> 00:05:52.000 WILL LEAD TO GROSS MONTHLY 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:56.000 INCOME AND DECREASING SOCIAL ISOLATION, 00:05:56.000 --> 00:06:00.000 RIGHT. I'M SURE THOSE THREE THEMES ARE NOT 00:06:00.000 --> 00:06:03.000 SURPRISING. THE RESEARCH SHOWS 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:06.000 THE IMPACT ON 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:09.000 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND WE WOULD LIKE TO LOOK 00:06:09.000 --> 00:06:13.000 FOR WAYS THAT IT WILL IMPROVE THE THOSE 00:06:13.000 --> 00:06:16.000 CIRCUMSTANCES. THE INTERVENTION WE ARE 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:24.000 TESTING WITH THE 00:06:24.000 --> 00:06:29.000 SEEKS GRANT IS 00:06:29.000 --> 00:06:32.000 SECURING SOCIAL SECURITY 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:35.000 DISABILITY WHILE HELPING THEM GET IN THE WORK FORCE AND ALSO 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:38.000 WORKING WITH A BENEFITS COUNSELING ADVOCATE 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:41.000 SO PEOPLE CAN MAKE AN INFOR THE PURPOSED CHOSE 00:06:41.000 --> 00:06:45.000 ABOUT THE INTERACTION AROUND ANY BENEFITS OR 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:48.000 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE THEY ARE RECEIVING AND MAKING 00:06:48.000 --> 00:06:51.000 AN INFORMED CHOSE ABOUT ENTERING THE WORK FORCE. WE 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:54.000 ARE DOING THIS THROUGH THE CENTERS 00:06:54.000 --> 00:06:58.000 FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COLORADO 00:06:58.000 --> 00:07:01.000 DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL 00:07:01.000 --> 00:07:04.000 REHABILITATION. SO, SIMPLY PUT, WE ARE 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:09.000 WORKING WITH FOLKS THAT THE CENTERS ARE 00:07:09.000 --> 00:07:12.000 SEVERING TO TEST AN INTERVENTION AROUND PEOPLE 00:07:12.000 --> 00:07:16.000 MAKING AN INFORMED CHOSE ABOUT 00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:20.000 ENTERING THE WORK FORCE AND LOOKING AT 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:23.000 IF THERE IS A 00:07:23.000 --> 00:07:28.000 FIT AROUND APPLYING FOR SOCIAL SECURITY 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:30.000 BENEFITS. YOU WILL 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:33.000 SEE KEY ELEMENTS 00:07:33.000 --> 00:07:37.000 AROUND THE SEEKS GRANT. WE HAVE 00:07:37.000 --> 00:07:41.000 AN ADVISORY TEAM FOR PEOPLE WITH LIVED 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:44.000 EXPERIENCE THIS 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:51.000 INCLUDES FEDERAL AGENCY REP 00:07:51.000 --> 00:07:55.000 CELEBRITY -- 00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:58.000 REPRESENTATION, COLORADO DISABILITIES SERVICES, 00:07:58.000 --> 00:08:02.000 WE HAVE THE CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING, 00:08:02.000 --> 00:08:06.000 COUNCIL REPRESENTATION FROM THE DEVELOPMENTAL 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:09.000 DISABILITIES CONFERENCE. THE 00:08:09.000 --> 00:08:13.000 COLORADO SILC. WHAT WE WILL DO THROUGH THE GRANT 00:08:13.000 --> 00:08:17.000 IS WE ARE TRAINING THE CENTER FOR 00:08:17.000 --> 00:08:20.000 INDEPENDENT LIVING STAFF TO BE SEVERING 00:08:20.000 --> 00:08:23.000 THE ROLE OF BENEFITS COUNSELING 00:08:23.000 --> 00:08:26.000 ADVOCATES AND USING PRACTICES BASED ON 00:08:26.000 --> 00:08:31.000 THE SSI, 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:34.000 SSDA OUTREACH RECOVERY MODEL IN 00:08:34.000 --> 00:08:40.000 APPLYING FOR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS. WE HAVE 00:08:40.000 --> 00:08:44.000 BENEFITS TRAINED BY 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:47.000 VERMONT UNIVERSITY AND 00:08:47.000 --> 00:08:50.000 CAR 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:53.000 NELL. THE STAFF IS TRAINED ON THE SUPPORTS MODEL 00:08:53.000 --> 00:08:56.000 WHICH IS AN EVIDENCE BASED MODEL FOR PEOPLE GETTING 00:08:56.000 --> 00:09:00.000 IN THE WORK FORCE. THOSE STAFF ARE GOOD EATING 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:03.000 TRAINED IN CUSTOMIZED EMPLOYMENT. WE HAVE 00:09:03.000 --> 00:09:07.000 CONTRACTS WITH THE 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:10.000 CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING. THEY ARE DELIVERING THE 00:09:10.000 --> 00:09:13.000 INTERVENTION. ONE KEY ELEMENT OF THE 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:17.000 GRANT IS THAT THE CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT 00:09:17.000 --> 00:09:21.000 LIVING WILL BE VENDORS FOR 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:24.000 THE DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL INDEPENDENT LIVING THAT 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:28.000 WILL PAY FOR COUNSELING SERVICES AND EMPLOYMENT 00:09:28.000 --> 00:09:35.000 SERVICES. THAT'S THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:38.000 EFFORT. I 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:42.000 WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE 00:09:42.000 --> 00:09:45.000 SEEK GRANT IS. THERE IS ONE AWARDED IN THE 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:48.000 NATION AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT AWARD. THAT GRANT 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:54.000 WILL GO THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:59.000 2024. 00:09:59.000 --> 00:10:03.000 WE WILL SHIFT TO THE PANELIST 00:10:03.000 --> 00:10:06.000 QUESTION. WE WANTED YOU TO UNDERSTAND 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:09.000 WHY THE SILC GOT INVOLVED AND 00:10:09.000 --> 00:10:13.000 THAT'S WHAT WE WILL FOCUS ON ON THE 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:16.000 NEXT 30 TO 40 MINUTES. WE WILL HAVE 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:20.000 A OPPORTUNITY AFTER THAT TO OPEN IT UP TO THE AUDIENCE 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:23.000 FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU 00:10:23.000 --> 00:10:27.000 MIGHT HAVE ABOUT HOW WE PUT THIS 00:10:27.000 --> 00:10:30.000 COLLABORATIVE TOGETHER. 00:10:30.000 --> 00:10:33.000 WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE FIRST QUESTION. 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:36.000 THE QUESTION SIMPLY IS WHAT IS 00:10:36.000 --> 00:10:39.000 IN IT FOR ME AS A CENTER FOR 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:43.000 INDEPENDENT LIVING DIRECTOR, WHY DID YOU DECIDE 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:46.000 TO PARTICIPATE JUST BEGINNING WITH THE APPLICATION OF 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:49.000 THE FEDERAL 00:10:49.000 --> 00:10:52.000 GRANT? SO, I'LL GO AHEAD AND 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:57.000 ASK JOAN TO RESPOND TO THIS QUESTION THEN WE'LL 00:10:57.000 --> 00:11:00.000 GO TO IAN AND THEN I'LL CALL-OUT OTHER 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:03.000 NAMES AS WE GO. EACH STAFF HAS 00:11:03.000 --> 00:11:06.000 ABOUT A MINUTE TO RESPOND TO THIS 00:11:06.000 --> 00:11:09.000 QUESTION. >> THANK YOU, PETER. FOR 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:12.000 ME AS A CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING DIRECTOR A 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:16.000 LOT OF THE CALLS I SAW COMING THROUGH WERE ON THIS 00:11:16.000 --> 00:11:19.000 TOPIC. SO, THE FACT THAT THIS WAS GETTING 00:11:19.000 --> 00:11:23.000 US STRONGER BUY IN FROM THE DIVISION OF 00:11:23.000 --> 00:11:27.000 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND HAVE US GET 00:11:27.000 --> 00:11:30.000 THOSE REFERRALS. WE HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:34.000 THE DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL 00:11:34.000 --> 00:11:38.000 REHABILITATION AND STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THE 00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:42.000 DSE, THE EXPECTATIVE DIRECTOR IS PART 00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:44.000 OF THAT. WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET REFERRALS 00:11:44.000 --> 00:11:48.000 LIKE WE WANTED TO AND HOW WE KNEW WE WOULD BE 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:52.000 ABLE TO COLLABORATE WITH 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:55.000 DVR. THIS GRANT I SAW AS A WAY TO 00:11:55.000 --> 00:11:58.000 BUILD THAT COLLABORATION STRONGER ESPECIALLY WITH THE BUY 00:11:58.000 --> 00:12:01.000 IN FROM THE TOP AT DVR THAT IT WOULD 00:12:01.000 --> 00:12:04.000 FILTER DOWN THROUGH AND GET SOME OF THOSE REFERRALS 00:12:04.000 --> 00:12:07.000 AND CONSUMERS THE SERVICES THEY WERE 00:12:07.000 --> 00:12:10.000 ASKING FOR. THAT WAS REALLY ONE OF MY BIG 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:14.000 REASONS. >> THANK YOU 00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:17.000 , JOAN. IAN? >> THE REASON WE GOT 00:12:17.000 --> 00:12:21.000 INVOLVED, I HAD BEEN HAVING A CONVERSATION 00:12:21.000 --> 00:12:24.000 WITHIN OUR ORGANIZE WITHIN THE CENTER ABOUT IT REALLY CAME 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:28.000 BACK TO THE INDEPENDENT LIVING 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:31.000 PHILOSOPHY. SOMEONE COMES IN AND SAYS, 00:12:31.000 --> 00:12:35.000 OH, I HURT MYSELF AND I THINK I NEED A 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:38.000 CHECK FROM THE GOVERNMENT. OKAY, YOUR GOAL IS 00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:41.000 TO RELY ON THE GOVERNMENT AND LIVE-IN POVERTY THE 00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:44.000 REST OF YOUR LIFE, THAT'S HUSH AND YOU WOULDN'T 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:47.000 SAY THAT TO THE PERSON. WE HAVE THIS 00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:52.000 CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW IT DOESN'T REALLY FIT 00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:55.000 WITH OUR FLOSSFY OF INDEPENDENT 00:12:55.000 --> 00:12:58.000 LIVING TO MAKIN' 00:12:58.000 --> 00:13:02.000 FORM -- MAKE INFORMED CHOSES IF WE ARE JUST 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:05.000 ASSISTING PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR BENEFITS. 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:08.000 WE NEED TO HAVE THE APPLICATION FOR BENEFITS BE TIED IN 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:12.000 WITH A LARGER GOAL OF LIVING INDEPENDENTLY 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:15.000 AND KNOWING HOW TO NAVIGATE 00:13:15.000 --> 00:13:18.000 BENEFITS AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR IF I WANT TO 00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:21.000 BE EMPLOYED. WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS 00:13:21.000 --> 00:13:25.000 TO ACCESS BENEFITS AS A FIRST STEP AND HAVE THAT BE 00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:28.000 AS A NATURAL PROGRESSION INTO 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:31.000 EXPLORING OPTIONS AROUND 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:34.000 EMPLOYMENT, THIS WAS A GOOD FIT FOR US ABOUT 00:13:34.000 --> 00:13:39.000 HOW WE DELIVER THE SERVICES AND MAINTAIN 00:13:39.000 --> 00:13:42.000 INTEGRITY ASSAULT ROUND THE INDEPENDENT LIVING PHILOSOPHY. >> THANK 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:45.000 YOU, IN. NEXT, I'D LIKE TO GO 00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:54.000 TO LINDA TAYLOR. >> 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:57.000 LINDA: WE CAME INTO THIS IN A 00:13:57.000 --> 00:14:00.000 DIFFERENT WAY. 00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:05.000 WE HAVE BEEN DOING BENEFITS COUNSELING AND 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:09.000 SERVICES TOGETHER FOR SEVERAL YEARS. WHEN WE 00:14:09.000 --> 00:14:12.000 STARTED TO TALK TO PETER AND THE ADVISORY TEAM 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:16.000 ABOUT WHAT WAS GOOD ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIPS 00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:19.000 WAS THAT WE WOULD BE 00:14:19.000 --> 00:14:22.000 ABLE TO GIVE OPTIONS TO PEOPLE 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:25.000 AS WE CALLED THEM PLAN 00:14:25.000 --> 00:14:28.000 A AND PLAN B. PEOPLE WOULD COME 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:31.000 IN AND ASK ABOUT FILING FOR DISABILITY SERVICES 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:34.000 AND OBTAINING DISABILITY BENEFITS 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:37.000 WE CALL PLAN A. APPROACHING THEM 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:41.000 ABOUT BEING INVOLVED WITH THE VISION FOR 00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:44.000 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES OR JUST BE 00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:49.000 INVOLVED WITH OUR VOCATIONAL SPECIALIST WAS 00:14:49.000 --> 00:14:52.000 PLAN B. 00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:55.000 WE WANTED TO HAVE A BROAD VIEW. IF ONE 00:14:55.000 --> 00:14:59.000 DOESN'T WORKOUT THERE IS ANOTHER 00:14:59.000 --> 00:15:02.000 PLAN IN PLACE. WE 00:15:02.000 --> 00:15:05.000 FIND IT TO BE A SUCCESSFUL MODEL FOR US 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:12.000 AND WE ARE HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE STATE 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:15.000 PURSUED THIS GRANT TO REPLICATE THIS AS 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:18.000 A CORE SERVICE FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE WE ARE 00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:21.000 FINDING THAT THIS NETWORK OF 00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:25.000 SUPPORTS AND HELPS PEOPLE IN SO MANY MORE 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:28.000 WAYS IN EITHER OBTAINING BENEFITS OR 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:33.000 LOOKING AT CAREERS. IT BUILDS STABILITY IN THEIR 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:37.000 LIVES. >> PETER: THANK 00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:40.000 YOU, LINDA. NEXT, WE'LL 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:44.000 GO TO ROCHELLE. LET ME KNOW 00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:47.000 IF WE NEED TO REPEAT THE 00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:51.000 QUESTION. >> ROCHELLE: I THINK I GOT 00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:55.000 IT. WE WERE 00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:58.000 IN GREAT TURMOIL WHEN I CAME IN. WE DECIDED 00:15:58.000 --> 00:16:03.000 TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:06.000 SEEK'S GRANT FOR MORE SELFISH REASONS 00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:12.000 THAN THOSE 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:15.000 GRACIOUSLY. OUR TEAM DECIDED TO PARTICIPATE AS A WHOLE. 00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:19.000 THIS WAS DONE BECAUSE AT THE TIME WE WERE IN TURMOIL. 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:22.000 I WAS THE INTERIM DIRECTOR AT THE 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:25.000 TIME. THERE WAS VERY MUCH UPHEAVAL 00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:30.000 FROM THE LAST ADMINISTRATION IN 00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:33.000 POWER, POWER, IN CHARGE. WE LOOKED AT THIS 00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:37.000 PROJECT AS, NUMBER ONE WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD FROM THE 00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:40.000 CONSUMERS IN OUR AREA. SECONDLY, AS A GREAT WAY 00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:43.000 TO REBUILD THE TEAM THAT HAD BEEN 00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:46.000 UNDER SOME DYER STRESS OVER THE LAST FEW 00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:50.000 YEARS. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED. 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:55.000 IT'S BEEN A GREAT TEAM BUILDING EXERCISE FOR OUR 00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:58.000 INTERNAL TEAM. IT'S BEEN A GREAT 00:16:58.000 --> 00:17:01.000 EXERCISE IN REBUILDING THE FENCES AND RELATIONSHIPS WE 00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:05.000 HAVE HAD WITH DVR AND OTHER 00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:09.000 VENDORS. WE DID NOT HAVE THIS PROGRAM BEFORE. 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:12.000 IT'S BEEN AN ENTIRE 00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:16.000 TRAINING OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND OUR INDEPENDENT STAFF. 00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:19.000 IT'S JUST TICKED SO MANY BOXES FOR US TO BE ABLE TO 00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:22.000 BUILD INTERNALLY SOME REALLY GREAT PROGRAMS TO BE 00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:26.000 ABLE TO THEN DEVELOP AND GIVE OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:34.000 SO, IT'S BEEN, LIKE 00:17:34.000 --> 00:17:37.000 I SAID AN INTRINSIC VALUE TO US. 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:42.000 WE DO SEE IT'D FILLING 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:45.000 THE EXTRINSIC VALUES IN THE 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:50.000 FUTURE. NEXT, WE'LL GO TO TY, 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:55.000 THAT'S A SILC 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:58.000 MEMBER. >> 00:17:58.000 --> 00:18:01.000 TY: A LOT OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY HAS 00:18:01.000 --> 00:18:04.000 BEEN SAID. THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS VERY 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:09.000 IMPORTANT. FOR MANY PEERS IT'S 00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:12.000 IMPORTANT TO BUILD-UP SOCIAL SUPPORT 00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:16.000 NETWORKS. THIS PROJECT HAS HAD A GOOD FOCUS ON 00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:19.000 QUALITY OF LIFE FOR 00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:24.000 INDIVIDUALS THAT STRUGGLE WITH DAY-TO-DAY 00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:27.000 LIVING. THEY STRUGGLE WITH THE IDEA OF 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:30.000 WORK BECAUSE OF PRECONCEIVED 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:34.000 IDEAS OF WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT DO. 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:39.000 I'M NOT A DIRECTOR 00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:42.000 OF SILC BUT TO LEARN 00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:45.000 MORE IT'S BEEN VITALLY IMPORTANT TO 00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:48.000 ME. >> THIS IS 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:51.000 KIM. CAN YOU REPEAT WHAT THE OVERALL QUESTION IS. THERE 00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:54.000 ARE A FEW THAT JOINED IN LATE AND NOT SURE WHAT 00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:59.000 THE QUESTION WAS. THANK YOU. >> 00:18:59.000 --> 00:19:02.000 PETER: TY, IF YOU DON'T MIND I WILL STEP-IN 00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:06.000 HERE. THE QUESTION THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE PANEL IS WHAT 00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:09.000 IS IN IT FOR YOU? WHY DID YOU PARTICIPATE 00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:12.000 IN THE PLANNING PROCESS. IT'S NOT LIKE WE GOT 00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:16.000 TOGETHER FOR ONE MEETING. WE HAD TWO 00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:19.000 MONTHS WORTH OF MEETINGS THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT 00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:22.000 WHAT IS THE INTERVENTION, WHAT IS THE DESIGN. 00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:26.000 IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WAS PRETTY SET AND 00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:29.000 GIVEN TO PEOPLE. WE USED THE COLLABORATION WITH 00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:32.000 THE SILC AND CENTERS TO 00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:35.000 REALLY FORMULATE WHAT THE APPLICATION WAS GOING TO INVOLVE. 00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:40.000 SO, THAT WAS THE QUESTION. WHAT IS IN IT 00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:43.000 FOR YOU? THANK YOU, TY. 00:19:43.000 --> 00:19:47.000 WE'LL GO TO THE SECOND QUESTION. IF I COULD ASK FOR 00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:50.000 THE SECOND QUESTION SLIDE TO BE 00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:58.000 BROUGHT UP. 00:19:58.000 --> 00:20:06.000 AS A SILC DIRECTOR AND 00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:09.000 -- CIL DIRECTOR, DO YOU HAVE THE 00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:13.000 CAPACITY WITHIN YOUR EXISTING 00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:16.000 RESOURCES OR THE SUSTAINABILITY. 00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:19.000 I'LL ASK THE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING DIRECTORS 00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:22.000 TO COMMENT TO THAT. I'LL GO AHEAD AND 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:25.000 ASK LINDA TO START US 00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:29.000 OFF ON THIS 00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:34.000 QUESTION. >> 00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:37.000 LINDA: IT COMES DOWN TO HARD CHOSES 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:41.000 AT 00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:45.000 TIMES. THREE THINGS I HAVE BEEN AWARE 00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:48.000 OF AS IT SEEKS GRANT HAS GONE 00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:52.000 FORWARD. THE TEAM HAS SHARED JOB 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:56.000 DESCRIPTIONS AND CREATED THE 00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:59.000 INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK THAT PEOPLE 00:20:59.000 --> 00:21:03.000 NEED. THE SECOND THING IS YOU HAVE TO MAKE 00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:06.000 DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT STAFF PROGRAMS YOU ARE DEVELOPING 00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:11.000 AND POSSIBLY WHAT STAFF PROGRAMS YOU ARE 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:14.000 GOING TO PHASE-OUT. WHEN WE STARTED THIS SEVERAL 00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:18.000 YEARS AGO WE PHRASED OUT A PROGRAM. 00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:21.000 WE PHRASED OUT A REACTIONAL PROGRAM WE HAD IN FAVOR 00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:26.000 OF DOING DISABILITY BENEFITS AND MOVING IN 00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:30.000 THIS DIRECTION BECAUSE WE COULDN'T PAY THE 00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:33.000 SAME DOLLARS TWICE. THE LAST 00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:37.000 THING IS I THINK PEOPLE ARE 00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:40.000 COMMITTED TO GOOD 00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:45.000 OUTCOMES FOR THEIR CONSUMERS IN THEIR 00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:50.000 AREAS 00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:56.000 THIS HAS BEEN HELPFUL TO MOVE THAT 00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:59.000 FORWARD. >> PETER: THANK YOU, 00:21:59.000 --> 00:22:02.000 LINDA. APPRECIATE THAT. LET'S GO 00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:06.000 NEXT TO 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:09.000 ROCHELLE. >> ROCHELLE: WE LOOKED AT THIS AS A OPPORTUNITY. WE 00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:13.000 WERE UNDERSTAFFED AND WE KNEW WE WOULD NEED TO 00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:16.000 BUILD STAFF UP. WE LOOKED AT THIS AS A GREAT 00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:20.000 WAY OF INTENTIONALLY BUILDING OUR 00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:23.000 INFRASTRUCTURE AND KNOWING WE WOULD BRING NEW INDEPENDENT 00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:26.000 SERVICE MEMBERS ON OUR STAFF AND THEN, ALSO 00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:30.000 KNOWING SOME OF OUR STAFF THAT HAD BEEN WITH US FOR 00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:33.000 MANY YEARS WERE REALLY LOOKING FOR SOMETHING NEW 00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:37.000 TO SINK THEIR TEETH INTO. THIS WAS 00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:40.000 A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO 00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:43.000 RECEIVE MORE TRAINING AND BE ABLE TO TRANSITION 00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:46.000 SOME OF THOSE NEW 00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:50.000 HIRES THAT WE WERE BRINGING ONTO FULFILL THE DUTIES 00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:53.000 THEY WOULD BELIEVING. IT'S BEEN 00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:57.000 A GRADUAL EASY PROCESS TO WORK THROUGH. WE 00:22:57.000 --> 00:23:05.000 HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO FIND AMAZING PEOPLE TO BRING ON OUR STAFF. 00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:08.000 THANK YOU, ROCHELLE. 00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:15.000 NEXT WE'LL GO TO IAN. >> 00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:18.000 IN: -- >> PETER: WE CAN 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:22.000 TAKEDOWN THE SLIDE. >> 00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:25.000 IN: THE SHORT ANSWER TO MY QUESTION, WE WEREN'T, 00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:28.000 WE DIDN'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO 00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:32.000 SUPPORT A FULL ON INVOLVE 00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:37.000 MENT IN 00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:40.000 DELIVERING BENEFITS, APPLICATION 00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:43.000 ASSISTANCE, ALSO HELPING PEOPLE EXPLORE ALL OF THE 00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:48.000 OPTIONS AROUND BECOMING EMPLOYED AND MAINTAINING 00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:52.000 BENEFITS. 00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:55.000 WHAT WAS NICE ABOUT THE PROJECT AND THE 00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:58.000 RELATIONSHIP WE HAD WITH OUR ENTITY AND 00:23:58.000 --> 00:24:05.000 HOW IT CAME 00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:09.000 TO LIGHT IS IT WAS VERY 00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:12.000 ORGANIC. WE WERE ALREADY DISCUSSING HOW TO 00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:15.000 BUILD A PROGRAM AROUND SUPPORTING PEOPLE AND 00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:18.000 TO EXPLORE OPTION FOR ACCESSING 00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:22.000 BENEFITS AND BECOMING EMPLOYED SO 00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:27.000 FOLKS COULD 00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:30.000 MAKE INFORMED CHOSES. WE HAD MULTIPLE 00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:33.000 CONVERSATIONS LEADING UP TO BECOMING INVOLVED. 00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:36.000 AS IT PLAYED OUT OUR CENTER GOT TO BE. I 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:39.000 DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TECHNICAL 00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:43.000 TERM IS BUT BUSINESS AS USUAL. WE ARE SORT OF THE 00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:46.000 CENTER THAT SHOWS, OKAY, IF WE JUST KEEP DOING 00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:49.000 THINGS THE WAY WE ARE HERE ARE OUR RESULTS AND HOW 00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:52.000 DOES THAT COMPARE TO A CENTER THAT HAS THE SUPPORT 00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:56.000 AND TRAINING TO IMPLEMENT THE INTERVENTION. 00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:59.000 WHAT THAT DID FOR US IN ADDITION IS ALLOW OUR 00:24:59.000 --> 00:25:02.000 CENTER TO TAKE A DELIVERED APPROACH TO 00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:05.000 GET TRAINING FOR OUR STAFF TO BUILD THE 00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:09.000 CAPACITY SO LATER, ANTICIPATING THE RESULTS, 00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:12.000 TO BE HONEST I FEEL HIKE THE 00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:15.000 PACKAGE DEAL WILL BE MORE BENEFICIAL AND WE COULD BE IN 00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:18.000 A BETTER POSITION THREE TO FOUR YEARS DOWN TO ROAD 00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:21.000 TO PROVIDE MORE QUALITY AND 00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:24.000 COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES TO 00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:28.000 CONSUMERS. >> PETER: THANK YOU, 00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:31.000 JOAN. >> JOAN: WAY BACK IN THE BEGINNING 00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:34.000 WE HAD A FEW MORE TERMS THAT WERE MORE 00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:38.000 COMPLICATED. WE WERE TOLD IT WOULD 00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:41.000 BE TIER ONES AND TIER 00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:44.000 TWOS. 00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:47.000 TIER ONE WAS USING THE INTERVENTION 00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:51.000 TOGETHER. THAT'S ONE 00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:54.000 THING OUR ORGANIZE NEEDED TO LOOK AT THE 00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:59.000 CAPACITY. WHICH WOULD COULD WE 00:25:59.000 --> 00:26:02.000 BE TIER ONE OR 00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:05.000 TIER TWO? WE REALLY FIT INTO THE 00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:08.000 TIER ONE PRETTY WELL. THAT WAS BEING ABLE TO 00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:11.000 DO BUSINESS AS USUAL WHERE I HAVE STAFF 00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:15.000 JUST DOING EMPLOYMENT THE WAY THEY HAVE 00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:19.000 ALWAYS DONE IT VERSUS THE INTERVENTION WHICH IS 00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:22.000 THE NEW WAY, THE SEEKS 00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:25.000 WAY, OF DOING THE GRANT PROCESSES. WE 00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:29.000 HAD TO DETERMINE COULD WE DO TWO MORE 00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:32.000 STEPS DEDICATED TO DOING THE INTERVENTION. 00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:35.000 WE WERE VERY LUCKY WE HAD A BOARD THAT SAID, 00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:40.000 WE'LL INVEST IN THIS AND WE'LL USE DOLLARS 00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:44.000 THAT ARE FROM OUR UNRESTRICTED FUNDS TO 00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:47.000 SUPPORT THE TWO POSITIONS. WE WERE VERY 00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:50.000 LUCKY TO DO BOTH BUSINESS AS 00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:54.000 USUAL AND THE SEEKS GRANT CONTROL 00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:58.000 GROUP AND THE INTERVENTION AT 00:26:58.000 --> 00:27:01.000 THE SAME TIME. WE WOULD LOOK AT 00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:04.000 OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND DO BOTH AT THE SAME 00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:07.000 TIME. >> PETER: GREAT, THANK 00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:10.000 YOU, JONES. YOU HEARD US GET INTO THE DETAILS ABOUT 00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:13.000 THE RESEARCH PROJECT. AT THE BEGINNING WE TALKED 00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:16.000 ABOUT THE PROJECT BEING A 00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:20.000 RANDOM DESIGN PROJECT. WHAT THAT MEANS IS AS 00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:23.000 PEOPLE COME INTO THE 00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:27.000 PROJECT, SOME PEOPLE 00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:30.000 PARTICIPATE IN ONE GROUP THAT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL. THEY WOULD 00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:33.000 GET THE SERVICES LIKE INDEPENDENT WOULD THROUGH 00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:36.000 A CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING. THERE IS 00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:39.000 A SECOND GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT GET THE INTERVENTION THAT 00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:42.000 ARE BEING TESTED. THE INTERVENTION BEING TESTED 00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:46.000 IS TO WORK WITH STAFF THAT ARE AT 00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:51.000 THE SAME TIME APPLYING FOR SSI, 00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:54.000 SSDI WHILE AT THE SAME TIME WORKING WITH 00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:57.000 UNEMPLOYMENT SPECIALIST, ALSO WORKING WITH A 00:27:57.000 --> 00:28:02.000 BENEFITS COUNSELOR. THAT'S THE INTERVENTION WE ARE 00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:05.000 TESTING. AND 00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:08.000 SO, I DO WANT TO COMMENT, YES, LIKE A 00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:12.000 CONTROL GROUP THE BUSINESS AS USUAL ARE THOSE 00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:16.000 INDIVIDUALS ARE IN THE CONTROL GROUP. I KNOW, SOME OF YOU 00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:19.000 HAVE PUT IN QUESTIONS. WE WILL GET TO THE ANSWERS 00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:22.000 OF THOSE QUESTIONS A LITTLE BIT 00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:25.000 LATER. WE HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS FOR THE 00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:29.000 PANEL WE'LL POSE AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT TO THE 00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:33.000 AUDIENCE. IF WE COULD BRING UP THE SLIDE WITH 00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:37.000 THE NEXT QUESTION 00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:41.000 . THESE QUESTIONS SO FAR HAVE BEEN ABOUT APPLYING 00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:44.000 FOR THE GRANT AND WHAT MOTIVATED THE 00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:49.000 CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING TO BE ENGAGED. WHAT 00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:52.000 MOTIVATED THE SILC TO BE ENGAGED. 00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:56.000 THIS IS ANOTHER FACTOR 00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:59.000 THAT THE CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING COMMENTED 00:28:59.000 --> 00:29:03.000 TO. HOW IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DIVISION 00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:06.000 OF REHABILITATION 00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:09.000 AFFECTED YOUR DECISION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:13.000 GRANT? I'LL GO AHEAD TO POSE THIS QUESTION 00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:17.000 TO LINDA TO GET US STARTED. THEN WE'LL 00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:20.000 GO TO ROCHELLE AFTER THAT. WE CAN 00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:26.000 TAKEDOWN THE SLIDE, THANK YOU. >> 00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:29.000 LINDA: I THINK OUR DECISION TO BE, YOU KNOW, PART 00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:32.000 OF THE EARLY CONVERSATION 00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:38.000 WAS BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN THE 00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:53.000 OUTCOMES APPROACHING SERVICES HOLE 00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:56.000 HOLISTICLY AND FAIRLY USED ACROSS 00:29:56.000 --> 00:30:00.000 THE STATEMENT, 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:04.000 AGAIN, TO LOOK AT THE PEOPLE WHO WROTE 00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:08.000 LETTERS IN SUPPORT, WE WROTE A LETTER 00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:11.000 IN SUPPORT THAT SAID WE WANTED TO SEE THE MODEL 00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:14.000 PLAYED OUT IN 00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:18.000 COLORADO AND BE 00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:21.000 ADOPTIVE BY OTHER STATES SO THESE ARE 00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:24.000 SERVICES THAT ARE MORE INTERGRADED 00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:29.000 INTO INDEPENDENT 00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:32.000 LIVING. 00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:37.000 IT WILL BE BUSINESS AS USUAL. >> 00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:41.000 PETER: THANK YOU, LINDA. WE'LL 00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:44.000 GO TO 00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:47.000 ROCHELLE. >> ROCHELLE: WITH MANY OF OUR 00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:50.000 PARTNERS WE WOULD NORMALLY PARTNER WITH 00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:55.000 AS AN INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTER. 00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:59.000 THEY WERE NEGLECTED OR 00:30:59.000 --> 00:31:02.000 BROKEN. THEY WANTED TO REBUILD THE RELATIONSHIPS 00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:05.000 THEY KNEW THEY NEEDED. WE KNEW IT WAS A 00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:08.000 GREAT WAY NOT TO BUILD THE BRIDGE ALL BY 00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:12.000 OURSELVES. THIS WAS A WONDERFUL VEHICLE FOR OUR 00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:17.000 AGENCY TO REBUILD A BROKEN 00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:20.000 RELATIONSHIP. I 00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:23.000 DON'T THINK IT WAS FAULT THROUGH 00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:26.000 DVR. IT TUMBLED APART. 00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:30.000 SO, THIS WAS A WONDERFUL WAY TO BEGIN 00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:34.000 CONVOCATIONS AGAIN WITH 00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:38.000 THEM. WE WERE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE COULD EXPAND THAT 00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:41.000 OUTSIDE THE PARAMETERS OF THE PROJECT. THAT'S BEEN 00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:46.000 EXACTLY WHAT HAS 00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:51.000 HAPPENED. 00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:57.000 WE MENDED THAT FENCE AND PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM AS 00:31:57.000 --> 00:32:04.000 WELL. 00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:08.000 >> PETER: 00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:11.000 NEXT WE'LL GO TO JOAN LABELLE. >> 00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:15.000 JOAN: WE DIDN'T ALWAYS GET THE 00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:18.000 REFERRALS WE WANTED AND THE CONSUMERS WANTED. 00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:22.000 THERE WAS TENSION BE IN THAT 00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:25.000 REALM THEY WOULD TRY TO WORK WITH 00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:28.000 DVR IN THE RESPONSE THEY WANTED. I WAS LOOKING 00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:32.000 FORWARD TO THE CHANGE BECAUSE WITHIN THE GRANT 00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:35.000 ITSELF NOT ONLY WERE 00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:39.000 THE CILs CONTRACTED TO DO 00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:42.000 THAT BUT THE COUNSELORS AND MANAGERS WERE TOLD THIS 00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:45.000 IS A BUY IN AND THERE IS 00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:48.000 A GREATER CONTRACT EVEN WITH 00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:51.000 DVR WITH THE CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING AND 00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:54.000 IT WOULD BE A BETTER RELATIONSHIP THROUGH THE GRANT 00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:58.000 BECAUSE THAT WAS PART OF THE REASON FOR THE GRANT. SO, 00:32:58.000 --> 00:33:01.000 THAT WAS PART OF MY EXCITEMENT TO 00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:04.000 SEE THAT THAT RELATIONSHIP WAS GOING TO BE 00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:08.000 ENHANCED BECAUSE OF THAT AND ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO GET THE 00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:12.000 REFERRALS BUT ALSO BE ABLE TO WORK MORE 00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:17.000 COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE DIVISION OF 00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:20.000 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION 00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:23.000 . >> PETER: THANK YOU, 00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:28.000 JOAN. IN. >> 00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:33.000 IN: FOR ME IT HAS TO DO WITH 00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:37.000 PROMOTING THE PARADIGM. ALSO A OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE 00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:41.000 AWARENESS OF HOW WHAT WE DO CAN 00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:45.000 SHIFT THE PARADIGM SO THE USERS OF THE 00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:48.000 SYSTEMS CAN MAKE INFORMED 00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:51.000 DECISIONS. TO BACK IT UP, I DON'T WANT TO 00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:55.000 BE CURED AND REHABILITATED AND I DON'T WANT TO 00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:57.000 BE FIXED. I'D LIKE TO TOOLS AND 00:33:57.000 --> 00:34:00.000 RESOURCES TO LIVE MY LIFE INDEPENDENTLY AND 00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:04.000 BE ENGAGED IN MY 00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:07.000 COMMUNITY. 00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:10.000 LIKE THE REHABILITATION MODEL THERE IS A 00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:14.000 DIFFERENT FLAVOR. SO, MY DECISION TO 00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:17.000 PARTICIPATE IN SOMEWAYS WAS AS PART OF A 00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:26.000 OPPORTUNITY TO 00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:31.000 INFILTRATE AND HELP CREATE A MORE USER-FRIENDLY SYSTEM 00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:35.000 FOR THE MUTE PEOPLE WE 00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:41.000 SEVER. >> PETER: 00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:44.000 AWESOME, THANK YOU, IAN. WE HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION FOR 00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:47.000 THE PANEL THEN WE'LL OPEN 00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:51.000 IT UP. 00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:55.000 IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WE 00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:59.000 WERE AWARTED THIS GRANT 00:34:59.000 --> 00:35:03.000 OVER A YEAR AGO. WE ARE AT THE 00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:06.000 BEGINNING OF DELIVERING THE INTERVENTION. THERE 00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:09.000 WAS A LOT ON THE PLANNING AND 00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:12.000 IMPLEMENTATION AND TRAINING OF STAFF. WE 00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:15.000 ARE JUST NOW BEGINNING WITH THE ENROLLMENT 00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:19.000 INTO THE 00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:23.000 PROJECT. THIS IS THE 00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:26.000 QUESTION TO EACH 00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:29.000 CIL 00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:33.000 DIRECTOR AND SILC MEMBER. WHAT IS YOUR 00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:36.000 CURRENT ROLE WITH THE 00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:39.000 SEEKS GRANT AND HOW IS IT 00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:42.000 GOING. JOAN, WE'LL START WITH 00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:46.000 YOU. >> JOAN: WE DO BOTH THE CONTROL AND 00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:49.000 INTERVENTION SO 00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:53.000 WE HAVE A FULL STAFF THAT DOES THE BUSINESS 00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:55.000 AS USUAL AND TWO STAFF IS DOING 00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:59.000 THE SEEKS, THE BENEFITS CLAIMING 00:35:59.000 --> 00:36:02.000 AS WELL AS THE EMPLOYMENT SPECIALIST. 00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:06.000 THAT'S KIND OF OUR ROLE RIGHT NOW. HOW IS IT 00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:10.000 GOING? THE STAFF DOING BUSINESS AS USUAL 00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:14.000 ARE 00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:17.000 BUSIER THAN EVER. THE SEEKS STAFF ARE GETTING UP TO SPEED 00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:20.000 WITH THE TRAINING AND THE EVERY CHANGING THINGS 00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:24.000 OF A RESEARCH GRANT. ALTHOUGH IT'S 00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:27.000 A WRITTEN GRANTON 00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:31.000 PAPER. PUTTING IT IN PRACTICE TAKES 00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:34.000 LONGER. WE GO WITH THE FLOW AS CHANGES OCCUR AND WE HAVE 00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:38.000 TO SHIFT THINGS. THEY HAVE ENROLLED 00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:41.000 PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES, BOTH THE BUSINESS AS WELL 00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:45.000 AS THE INTERVENTION. THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING. >> 00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:48.000 THANK YOU, 00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:51.000 JOAN. IAN. >> IAN: OUR 00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:55.000 CURRENT ROLE WITH THE SEEKS GRANT IS 00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:58.000 AS A 00:36:58.000 --> 00:37:02.000 CONTROL GROUP. IT'S AN IMPORTANT ROLE. NOT BECAUSE 00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:05.000 WE DIDN'T HAVE THE CAPACITY. IT'S AN 00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:09.000 IMPORTANT ROLE NOT ONLY TO SHOW GOOD RESULTS FOR 00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:12.000 THE RESEARCH PROJECT BUT BRING 00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:15.000 THE INTEGRITY TO WHAT WE DO. 00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:19.000 MAINTAINING THAT APPROACH OF OPTIONS 00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:22.000 COUNSELING TO MAKE INFORMED CHOSES 00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:25.000 AND STAYING TRUE TO CONSUMER CHOSE AND SEEING HOW 00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:29.000 THESE ELEMENTS ARE IMPORTANT AND 00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:32.000 TRYING TO REPRESENT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING FOR 00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:35.000 YEARS. THE INTEGRITY OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING FOR 00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:39.000 YEARS WITH THE INDEPENDENT LIVING APPROACH. AT THE SAME 00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:42.000 TIME, WE ARE ABLE TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY LIKE I SAID, 00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:45.000 IT'S BEEN SUCH AN ORGANIC PROCESS THAT 00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:48.000 INCORPORATES THE QUALITIES OF THE DIFFERENT CENTERS THAT ARE 00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:51.000 IN DIFFERENT SPOTS. I GET TO USE SOME OF 00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:55.000 THE SEEKS 00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:58.000 FUNDS THAT WE ARE BE 00:37:58.000 --> 00:38:01.000 CONTRACTED FOR OUR DESIGNATED STATE 00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:05.000 ENTITY TO TRAIN MY STAFF ON WHAT DOES 00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:08.000 IPE STAND FOR. >> 00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:13.000 INDIVIDUAL PLACEMENT AND SUPPORT MODEL. >> 00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:17.000 IN: WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET MORE 00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:20.000 TRAINING FOR MY EMPLOYMENT STAFF. 00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:23.000 THIS WILL HELP US BUILD TOWARDS WHERE WE WANT TO BE 00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:26.000 IN THE FUTURE. >> PETER: THANK 00:38:26.000 --> 00:38:30.000 YOU, IAN. WE'LL GO TO LINDA. >> 00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:36.000 LINDA: 00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:40.000 UM, QUIET FRANKLY, I'M 00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:43.000 THE ODD-MAN OUT BECAUSE I'M NOT IN THE SEEKS GRANT. WE COULD 00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:47.000 NOT SET UP A CONTROL 00:38:47.000 --> 00:38:51.000 OR INTERVENTION BECAUSE 00:38:51.000 --> 00:38:55.000 WE WERE NOT -- WE COULDN'T BE USED AS A 00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:59.000 DATA SOURCE. 00:38:59.000 --> 00:39:02.000 SO, WE ARE SETBACK AND 00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:05.000 DOING OUR OWN BUSINESS. WE HAVE FIVE 00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:08.000 PEOPLE THAT ARE ENGAGED IN 00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:11.000 VOCATIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES. WE HAVE FIVE 00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:15.000 PEOPLE ENGAGED IN BENEFITS 00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:18.000 COUNSELING AND ASSISTANCE. SO, THAT'S 00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:22.000 OUR BUSINESS AS USUAL RIGHT NOW. >> 00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:25.000 PETER: THANK YOU, LINDA. 00:39:25.000 --> 00:39:29.000 NEXT, WE'LL GO 00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:32.000 TO ROCHELLE 00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:36.000 AND TY AFTER 00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:40.000 ROCHELLE. >> ROCHELLE: OUR TEAM TOOK THIS 00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:43.000 AND WERE CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO START 00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:46.000 RECRUITING AND BECAME ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE 00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:49.000 PROGRAM. THAT SPILLED OVER INTO OTHER ASPECTS 00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:52.000 OF THE INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES AND 00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:55.000 SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. OUR TEAM THAT ARE PARTICIPATING 00:39:55.000 --> 00:40:01.000 WE ARE A 00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:08.000 TIER ONE AGENCY LIKE JONES' 00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:11.000 JOAN'S FACILITY. WE HAVE ONE IN SORE AND ONE 00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:15.000 ACTING AS CONTROL. WE MIGHT NEED TO HIRE ANOTHER PERSON TO 00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:18.000 SEE WHAT OUR CAPACITY IS. WE HAVE ALSO 00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:21.000 RECEIVED GREAT SUPPORT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. AS SOON AS THEY 00:40:21.000 --> 00:40:24.000 FOUND OUT WE WOULD RECEIVE THIS TYPE OF TRAINING AND 00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:27.000 PROVIDE THESE TYPE OF BENEFITS TO OUR 00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:31.000 CONSUMERS OUTSIDE OF THE GRANT ITSELF AS WELL. THAT'S BEEN A 00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:35.000 REALLY WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY. I HAVE TO SAY 00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:40.000 FOR THE TEAM 00:40:40.000 --> 00:40:43.000 PARTICIPATING IN IT THEY ARE CONSUMING EVERYTHING AS QUICKLY 00:40:43.000 --> 00:40:46.000 AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN ON ALL OF THE INFORMATION. SO, 00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:50.000 IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL 00:40:50.000 --> 00:40:53.000 LEARNING OPPORTUNITY AND GROWTH PROCESS FOR OUR TEAM. 00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:56.000 WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE FIRST TO RECEIVE A 00:40:56.000 --> 00:40:59.000 CANDIDATE BUT I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT. WE 00:40:59.000 --> 00:41:04.000 WERE REAL PROUD IF WE WERE. >> 00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:07.000 PETER: YEAH, SO, IT 00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:11.000 IS TRUE, ROCHELLE. YOUR 00:41:11.000 --> 00:41:14.000 ORGANIZE AND DISABLED RESOURCE SERVICES WERE 00:41:14.000 --> 00:41:17.000 ABLE TO GET FOLKS INVOLVED IN THE STUDY. 00:41:17.000 --> 00:41:20.000 I JUST WANTED TO LET 00:41:20.000 --> 00:41:24.000 YOU KNOW THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF HAVING 00:41:24.000 --> 00:41:27.000 INDEPENDENT INVOLVED. >> ROCHELLE 00:41:27.000 --> 00:41:30.000 AND I ARE TYPE A AT ALL. 00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:33.000 WE ARE TOTALLY OPPOSITES. >> RIGHT. >> 00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:36.000 SO, I'D LIKE TO GO TO 00:41:36.000 --> 00:41:40.000 TY. TY, AS A SILK MEMBER, WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR 00:41:40.000 --> 00:41:44.000 INVOLVEMENT WITH THE GRANT TO DATE? >> 00:41:44.000 --> 00:41:47.000 MY PRIMARY ROLE IS BEING A 00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:51.000 REPRESENTATIVE TO THE CIL AND SEEKS 00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:54.000 ADVISORY COMMITTEE. I SIT ON THE 00:41:54.000 --> 00:41:57.000 COMMITTEE. BECAUSE I SIT AS A PEER WE CAME UP 00:41:57.000 --> 00:42:01.000 WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF HAVING A PEER 00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:05.000 COMMITTEE MADE UP OF PEOPLE WITH LIVED 00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:08.000 EXPERIENCE AND ALL GIVE INPUT AND 00:42:08.000 --> 00:42:12.000 FEEDBACK TOWARDS THE COMMITTEE ON 00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:15.000 HOW TO BEST WORD THING BEES. 00:42:15.000 --> 00:42:18.000 THINGS. HOW DO BE 00:42:18.000 --> 00:42:22.000 CULTUR 00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:25.000 ALLY COMPETENT. HOW TO 00:42:25.000 --> 00:42:28.000 ADDRESS THE FEARS THEY MIGHT HAVE. EVEN IF THEY ARE 00:42:28.000 --> 00:42:31.000 NOT TRUE BUT HOW TO ADDRESS THEM AND RECOGNIZE THEY ARE 00:42:31.000 --> 00:42:35.000 NOT THERE. ONE OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS ARE 00:42:35.000 --> 00:42:38.000 ALL OF OUR PEER VOICE IS PRETTY MUCH 00:42:38.000 --> 00:42:42.000 PAID. SO, JUST LIKE MANY OF THE 00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:45.000 PROFESSIONALS SITTING IN THE 00:42:45.000 --> 00:42:49.000 ROOM PAID FOR THEIR TIME TO SIT ON THE ADVISORY 00:42:49.000 --> 00:42:53.000 COUNCIL, SO ARE THE PEERS THAT ARE USING THEIR 00:42:53.000 --> 00:42:57.000 EXPERTISE AND TIME 00:42:57.000 --> 00:43:00.000 TO CONTRIBUTE EQUALLY TO THE GRANT. FINALLY, 00:43:00.000 --> 00:43:07.000 OUR PEERS LEAD BY EXAMPLE. THEY HAD 00:43:07.000 --> 00:43:11.000 OFFERED US BEN FILL COUNSELING 00:43:11.000 --> 00:43:15.000 AND I KNOW I ACCEPT THE 00:43:15.000 --> 00:43:18.000 BENEFIT COUNSELING IN THE PROCESS OF LEARNING 00:43:18.000 --> 00:43:22.000 A LOT, AND WORKING 00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:25.000 WITH THE BENEFIT 00:43:25.000 --> 00:43:28.000 COUNSELORS TO BE INFORMED ON HOW TO MOVE 00:43:28.000 --> 00:43:31.000 FORWARD. THAT'S SOME OF THE ROLES AND THINGS I 00:43:31.000 --> 00:43:39.000 DO AS A PEER, A PERSON WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE. 00:43:39.000 --> 00:43:43.000 >> AWESOME, THANK YOU SO 00:43:43.000 --> 00:43:46.000 MUCH, TY. WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS OPEN IT UP TO THE 00:43:46.000 --> 00:43:49.000 QUESTIONS. I KNOW IN THE QUESTION AND ANSWER BOX, 00:43:49.000 --> 00:43:53.000 WE HAVE ABOUT TEN DIFFERENT 00:43:53.000 --> 00:43:56.000 QUESTIONS AT LEAST. I'LL THE ASK THE 00:43:56.000 --> 00:44:00.000 PANELIST TO TURN ON THEIR VIDEOS SO THAT AS THESE 00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:04.000 QUESTIONS COME UP I'LL ASK SOME OF THE 00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:08.000 PANELIST TO RESPOND TO THESE 00:44:08.000 --> 00:44:14.000 QUESTIONS. >> THIS IS KIM, THE 00:44:14.000 --> 00:44:18.000 FACILITATOR. WE CAN'T HAVE EVERYONE TURN ON THEIR 00:44:18.000 --> 00:44:23.000 CAMERAS AT ONCE. THAT WILL MAKE IT CRASH. IF YOU 00:44:23.000 --> 00:44:27.000 CAN CALL UPON WHOEVER. >> ARE YOU 00:44:27.000 --> 00:44:30.000 TALKING ABOUT 00:44:30.000 --> 00:44:35.000 PANELIST? >> WE WILL WORK WITH YOU ON THAT. >> 00:44:35.000 --> 00:44:38.000 OKAY -- SORRY DO YOU WANT ME TO READ THE QUESTIONS OR 00:44:38.000 --> 00:44:41.000 WILL YOU READ THEM? >> I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ 00:44:41.000 --> 00:44:44.000 THEM. IF I MISS SOMETHING I WANT YOU 00:44:44.000 --> 00:44:47.000 TO HELP US FILL IT IN, IS 00:44:47.000 --> 00:44:51.000 THAT ALL RIGHT. >> ABSOLUTELY, THAT'S FINE WITH 00:44:51.000 --> 00:44:54.000 ME. >> 00:44:54.000 --> 00:44:57.000 EXCELLENT. WE HAD A QUESTION FOR 00:44:57.000 --> 00:45:01.000 JULIA ARE ALL OF THE FACILITIES SEVERED BY A 00:45:01.000 --> 00:45:05.000 CIL. SIMPLY, THE 00:45:05.000 --> 00:45:08.000 ANSWER IS YES. WE HAVE NINE CENTERS 00:45:08.000 --> 00:45:12.000 IN COLORADO AND THERE ARE 64 COUNTIES. 00:45:12.000 --> 00:45:15.000 SO, EACH CIL HAS A AREA WITH A FEW 00:45:15.000 --> 00:45:18.000 COUNTIES THAT ARE MUTUALLY SEVERED. THANK 00:45:18.000 --> 00:45:23.000 YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, JULIA. 00:45:23.000 --> 00:45:28.000 THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM AN ANONYMOUS 00:45:28.000 --> 00:45:31.000 ATTENDEE. 00:45:31.000 --> 00:45:35.000 AS A SILC MEMBER I WASN'T 00:45:35.000 --> 00:45:38.000 AWARE OF THE FUNDING. IS IT 00:45:38.000 --> 00:45:42.000 AVAILABLE EACH YEAR? IS IT A 00:45:42.000 --> 00:45:46.000 DEMONSTRATION GRANT? I'LL GO AHEAD AND JUMP 00:45:46.000 --> 00:45:49.000 IN IF TY OR JOAN WANT TO RESPOND YOU CAN 00:45:49.000 --> 00:45:53.000 CHIME IN. THERE ARE VARIOUS 00:45:53.000 --> 00:45:59.000 RESEARCH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES ON 00:45:59.000 --> 00:46:02.000 AN ANNUAL BASES. THIS IS ON 00:46:02.000 --> 00:46:06.000 COMMUNITY LIVING. IF YOU CHECK THE TIME THERE ARE OTHER FUNDING 00:46:06.000 --> 00:46:09.000 SOURCES FROM OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES AS 00:46:09.000 --> 00:46:12.000 WELL. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, YOU KNOW, WE GOT 00:46:12.000 --> 00:46:16.000 ON THE FEDERAL GRANTS NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND 00:46:16.000 --> 00:46:20.000 THAT'S HOW WE BECAME AWARE OF 00:46:20.000 --> 00:46:23.000 THIS. WE WOULD ENCOURAGE FOLKS 00:46:23.000 --> 00:46:27.000 TO CONSIDER BEING ON SOME OF THESE FEDERAL 00:46:27.000 --> 00:46:30.000 GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT LISTS TO SEE WHAT FUNDING 00:46:30.000 --> 00:46:34.000 OPPORTUNITIES ARE OUT 00:46:34.000 --> 00:46:38.000 THERE. AS A 00:46:38.000 --> 00:46:44.000 SILC MEMBER DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS TO THAT QUESTION? >> 00:46:44.000 --> 00:46:47.000 THIS WAS HEADED UP BY DESIGNATED 00:46:47.000 --> 00:46:50.000 STATE ENTITY AND ABLE TO APPLY. THEY 00:46:50.000 --> 00:46:53.000 DO THAT IN COLLABORATION WITH THE STATEWIDE INDEPENDENT 00:46:53.000 --> 00:46:57.000 LIVING 00:46:57.000 --> 00:47:01.000 COUNCIL. THESE WERE FOR THE NINE CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING. 00:47:01.000 --> 00:47:04.000 WE WROTE ALL OF THE GRANTS AND LETTERS SAYING 00:47:04.000 --> 00:47:07.000 YES, WE WOULD BE WILLING TO 00:47:07.000 --> 00:47:11.000 PARTICIPATE. SILC DID IT AS A RESOURCE 00:47:11.000 --> 00:47:15.000 ACROSS THE BOARD FOR ALL OF THOSE 00:47:15.000 --> 00:47:19.000 CENTERS. WE PROVIDE THAT AS A RESOURCE 00:47:19.000 --> 00:47:23.000 AND WANTED TO SHOW SUPPORT AS PART OF A NETWORK IN 00:47:23.000 --> 00:47:27.000 COLORADO. >> THANK YOU, JOAN. >> 00:47:27.000 --> 00:47:31.000 THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM AN ANONYMOUS 00:47:31.000 --> 00:47:35.000 ATTENDEE BUT STILL AN IMPORTANT 00:47:35.000 --> 00:47:39.000 QUESTION. WHICH INDEPENDENT IS THE FISCAL AGENT FOR THE 00:47:39.000 --> 00:47:43.000 GRANT? IS IT 00:47:43.000 --> 00:47:46.000 REIMBURSEMENT OR FEE FOR SERVICE? KEEP IN 00:47:46.000 --> 00:47:51.000 MIND, THIS GRANT 00:47:51.000 --> 00:47:54.000 COVERS VARIOUS EXPENSES. THE BIG PART OF 00:47:54.000 --> 00:47:57.000 THE GRANT IS WORKING WITH 00:47:57.000 --> 00:48:01.000 AN EVALUATOR. SO THE OFFICE OF INDEPENDENT LIVING 00:48:01.000 --> 00:48:04.000 SERVICES IS WHERE THE AWARD CAME AND SO, 00:48:04.000 --> 00:48:08.000 WE HAVE CONTRACTS 00:48:08.000 --> 00:48:14.000 WITH DIFFERENT 00:48:14.000 --> 00:48:17.000 IN THIS CASE AN EVALUATOR. WE 00:48:17.000 --> 00:48:20.000 ALSO HAVE FIVE CONTRACTS WITH A 00:48:20.000 --> 00:48:24.000 CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING. THE CONTRACTS ARE WRITTEN IN A 00:48:24.000 --> 00:48:27.000 WAY SO THE CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT 00:48:27.000 --> 00:48:31.000 LIVING WILL BILL US ON A MONTHLY 00:48:31.000 --> 00:48:35.000 BASES BASED ON HOW THE CONTRACT IS WRITTENING. 00:48:35.000 --> 00:48:40.000 -- WRITTEN. I'M NOT SURE 00:48:40.000 --> 00:48:43.000 IF A SILC DIRECTOR WOULD LIKE TO 00:48:43.000 --> 00:48:46.000 RESPOND. I'LL OPEN IT UP 00:48:46.000 --> 00:48:49.000 TO ROCHELLE 00:48:49.000 --> 00:48:52.000 , IAN, OR JOAN IF YOU WANT TO 00:48:52.000 --> 00:48:56.000 TALK ABOUT HOW THEY ARE REIMBURSED. >> 00:48:56.000 --> 00:48:59.000 WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY MONEY YET BUT 00:48:59.000 --> 00:49:02.000 WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY 00:49:02.000 --> 00:49:05.000 DOLLARS JUST 00:49:05.000 --> 00:49:08.000 IT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORKOUT. WE ARE LOOKING AT 00:49:08.000 --> 00:49:12.000 THINGS WE CAN GET. BASICALLY, 00:49:12.000 --> 00:49:15.000 IT'S A 00:49:15.000 --> 00:49:18.000 REIMBURSEMENT. THINGS GO OUT AND WE GET REIMBURSED 00:49:18.000 --> 00:49:22.000 FOR IT. IT'S SEPARATE 00:49:22.000 --> 00:49:25.000 FOR OUR CONTRACT. IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT 00:49:25.000 --> 00:49:29.000 CONTRACT. >> THAT'S A GOOD 00:49:29.000 --> 00:49:32.000 ANSWER, JOAN. SO, ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS TO THE GRANT 00:49:32.000 --> 00:49:35.000 IS THE CONTRACT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO 00:49:35.000 --> 00:49:39.000 COVER ALL OF THE EXPENSES FOR A 00:49:39.000 --> 00:49:42.000 CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING. IT'S WRITTEN IN A 00:49:42.000 --> 00:49:45.000 WAY TO COVER THE EXPENSES TO HELP SOMEONE 00:49:45.000 --> 00:49:50.000 SUBMIT AN SSI, 00:49:50.000 --> 00:49:53.000 SSDI APPLICATION. THAT'S WHAT THE 00:49:53.000 --> 00:49:56.000 REIMBURSEMENT IS FOR. WE DID THAT INTENTIONALLY 00:49:56.000 --> 00:50:00.000 BECAUSE THE OTHER EXPENSES FOR PROVIDING 00:50:00.000 --> 00:50:02.000 EMPLOYMENT AND BENEFITS 00:50:02.000 --> 00:50:06.000 COUNSEL CEILING SERVICES THOSE ARE SERVICES FOR 00:50:06.000 --> 00:50:09.000 THE DIVISION OF 00:50:09.000 --> 00:50:12.000 REHABILITATION YOU CAN GET PAID TO PROVIDE. 00:50:12.000 --> 00:50:16.000 QUIET SIMPLY, THAT'S THE 00:50:16.000 --> 00:50:20.000 SUSTAINABILITY. IT'S GETTING PAYMENT THROUGH 00:50:20.000 --> 00:50:23.000 DVR. THIS PROCESS WAS DELIBERATE ABOUT HOW WE ARE 00:50:23.000 --> 00:50:26.000 NOT PROVIDING THE SERVICES BUT 00:50:26.000 --> 00:50:30.000 HOW CAN WE SUSTAIN THEM. THAT LEADS INTO 00:50:30.000 --> 00:50:34.000 THE NEXT QUESTION THAT WE HAVE FROM THE NEVADA 00:50:34.000 --> 00:50:37.000 SILC IS WAS IT A VERY COMPREHENSIVE 00:50:37.000 --> 00:50:40.000 PROCESS FOR THE CENTERS 00:50:40.000 --> 00:50:43.000 TO BECOME STATE VENDORS. SO, 00:50:43.000 --> 00:50:47.000 I'LL ASK ROCHELLE TO RESPOND 00:50:47.000 --> 00:50:51.000 TO THAT OR 00:50:51.000 --> 00:50:54.000 -- >> ROCHELLE: 00:50:54.000 --> 00:50:58.000 WE HAD A GREAT SUPPORT FROM PETER'S OFFICE THAT 00:50:58.000 --> 00:51:01.000 WALKED US THROUGH THE PROCESS. WE WERE NOT A 00:51:01.000 --> 00:51:04.000 CURRENT DVR VENDOR. THAT LAPSED MANY 00:51:04.000 --> 00:51:07.000 YEARS BEFORE. SOME OF THE STAFF KNEW THE NUANCES 00:51:07.000 --> 00:51:10.000 OF IT. WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF CATCH-UP IN 00:51:10.000 --> 00:51:14.000 THAT AREA. WE REALLY DID 00:51:14.000 --> 00:51:18.000 NEED TO HAVE HELP TO WALK THROUGH THE 00:51:18.000 --> 00:51:21.000 PROCESS AND I THINK WE WERE DONE WITH THE PROCESS 00:51:21.000 --> 00:51:24.000 IN I WOULD SAY UNDER THREE TOTAL WEEKS FROM START 00:51:24.000 --> 00:51:29.000 TO APPLICATION SUBMISSION TO APPROVAL. 00:51:29.000 --> 00:51:34.000 >> 00:51:34.000 --> 00:51:38.000 SO, WE HAVE ABOUT MINUTES LEFT FOR QUESTIONS. 00:51:38.000 --> 00:51:42.000 I'D LIKE TO GET TO THE NEXT ONE BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY 00:51:42.000 --> 00:51:45.000 IMPORTANT AND THIS IS WHAT THE INTERVENTION IS 00:51:45.000 --> 00:51:50.000 TESTING. THIS PERSON SAID IN MY EXPERIENCE 00:51:50.000 --> 00:51:53.000 CONSIDERED MYSELF CAPABLE OF WORKING PART-TIME WHILE WAITING 00:51:53.000 --> 00:51:56.000 ON MY SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY APPLICATION TO GO THROUGH. I 00:51:56.000 --> 00:51:59.000 WAS TOLD BY SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 00:51:59.000 --> 00:52:04.000 AND MY ATTORNEY I COULDN'T WORK AT ALL DURING THE 00:52:04.000 --> 00:52:07.000 APPLICATION PROCESS. HAVE THE RULES 00:52:07.000 --> 00:52:11.000 CHANGED? WAS I MISS 00:52:11.000 --> 00:52:15.000 INFORMED? WHAT'S THE 00:52:15.000 --> 00:52:18.000 PANEL'S UNDERSTANDING. IAN, WHY DON'T YOU 00:52:18.000 --> 00:52:22.000 RESPOND TO THIS QUESTION. >> 00:52:22.000 --> 00:52:26.000 FALSE, A BIG PART OF THE GRANT AND 00:52:26.000 --> 00:52:30.000 COLLABORATIVE EFFORT -- WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO 00:52:30.000 --> 00:52:33.000 DO IS DESTROY THAT MYTH. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT 00:52:33.000 --> 00:52:36.000 THIS IN THE PLANNING. IT'S 00:52:36.000 --> 00:52:39.000 IMPORTANT THAT WE DESTROY THIS MYTH THAT YOU CANNOT 00:52:39.000 --> 00:52:42.000 WORK AND KEEP YOUR BENEFITS. I KNOW 00:52:42.000 --> 00:52:46.000 I'M OVER SIMPLIFYING THIS. PEOPLE ARE 00:52:46.000 --> 00:52:50.000 AFRAIDED TO GIVE UP A 00:52:50.000 --> 00:52:54.000 GUARANTEED CHECK TO TAKE THE RISK OF BEING EMPLOYED AND WE 00:52:54.000 --> 00:52:59.000 NEED TO MOVE PAST THAT. IT'S NOT THE TRUST. 00:52:59.000 --> 00:53:03.000 IT'S A FALSE PRETENSE THAT KEEPS 00:53:03.000 --> 00:53:06.000 PEOPLE FROM DISABILITIES 00:53:06.000 --> 00:53:09.000 FROM MOVING BEYOND 00:53:09.000 --> 00:53:13.000 BEING RELEGATED TO POVERTY TO HAVE YOUR BASIC 00:53:13.000 --> 00:53:16.000 NEEDS MET INTO BEING 00:53:16.000 --> 00:53:19.000 PRODUCTIVE AND PROUD SUCCESSFUL CONTRIBUTING 00:53:19.000 --> 00:53:22.000 MEMBERS OF THE 00:53:22.000 --> 00:53:26.000 COMMUNITIES. SO, YEAH, WITHOUT GETTING 00:53:26.000 --> 00:53:29.000 INTO THE DETAILS AND MY 00:53:29.000 --> 00:53:32.000 UNDERSTANDING, PETER, CORRECT ME IF I'M 00:53:32.000 --> 00:53:35.000 WRONG. THAT'S BEEN A 00:53:35.000 --> 00:53:39.000 BIG MISCONCEPTION. >> IAN, THAT 00:53:39.000 --> 00:53:43.000 WAS A GREAT ANSWER. IN 00:53:43.000 --> 00:53:46.000 FACT, THERE ARE A LOT MORE DETAILS 00:53:46.000 --> 00:53:50.000 AROUND THAT AS TO WHY AN ATTORNEY MIGHT MAKE 00:53:50.000 --> 00:53:53.000 THAT STATEMENT. SOCIAL SECURITY NEVER 00:53:53.000 --> 00:53:57.000 SAID YOU CAN'T WORK. THEY USE A TERM 00:53:57.000 --> 00:54:01.000 CALLED SUBSTANTIAL GAINFUL ACTIVITY. WE ARE 00:54:01.000 --> 00:54:04.000 IMPLEMENTING THE TRAINING 00:54:04.000 --> 00:54:07.000 THE STAFF MIGHT HAVE. THAT'S WHY WE WORK 00:54:07.000 --> 00:54:10.000 WITH THE CENTERS TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND 00:54:10.000 --> 00:54:13.000 AN INFORMED CHOSE. THANK YOU FOR THAT 00:54:13.000 --> 00:54:17.000 QUESTION. WE DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION AND I'LL TURN IT 00:54:17.000 --> 00:54:20.000 BACK OVER TO OUR MODERATOR. >> THE 00:54:20.000 --> 00:54:23.000 OTHER THING, YOU WILL GET TOLD THAT STUFF. IT'S 00:54:23.000 --> 00:54:26.000 IMPORTANT THAT WE CHALLENGE IT. YOUR COUNTIES WILL 00:54:26.000 --> 00:54:32.000 TELL YOU THINGS AND DON'T TAKE 00:54:32.000 --> 00:54:35.000 IT. DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU ARE HEARING BECAUSE SOMEONE 00:54:35.000 --> 00:54:39.000 HAS A TITLE AFTER YOUR NAME. 00:54:39.000 --> 00:54:42.000 GET TOGETHER LIKE TY SAID WITH YOUR PEERS 00:54:42.000 --> 00:54:47.000 AND EXPLORE YOUR OPTIONS AND INVESTIGATE IT FARTHER. >> 00:54:47.000 --> 00:54:50.000 SORRY. >> THE OTHER QUESTION WAS A QUESTION ABOUT, WELL, WHEN 00:54:50.000 --> 00:54:54.000 LOOKING AT THE RESEARCH PROJECT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE 00:54:54.000 --> 00:54:57.000 REQUIRED TO BE 00:54:57.000 --> 00:55:00.000 ENROLLED. YOU HEARD US TALK 00:55:00.000 --> 00:55:05.000 ABOUT TIER ONE SITES. THEY HAVE THE CONTROL GROUP AND 00:55:05.000 --> 00:55:08.000 TREATMENT GROUP. THOSE 00:55:08.000 --> 00:55:11.000 TIER ONE SITES ARE ASKED TO ENROLL 50 00:55:11.000 --> 00:55:15.000 PEOPLE IN THE CONTROL GROUP AND 50 00:55:15.000 --> 00:55:19.000 PEOPLE IN THE TREATMENT GROUP. SO, 00:55:19.000 --> 00:55:22.000 IT'S 100 PARTICIPANTS FOR THOSE CENTERS 00:55:22.000 --> 00:55:26.000 PARTICIPATING IN THE TIER ONE 00:55:26.000 --> 00:55:29.000 SIDE. FOR CENTERS SEVERING THE TIER TWO SIDE, 00:55:29.000 --> 00:55:32.000 THAT MEANS IN IANS CASE HE'S JUST 00:55:32.000 --> 00:55:35.000 SEVERING BUSINESS AS USUAL. HE WILL 00:55:35.000 --> 00:55:39.000 BE ASKED TO ENROLL 50 00:55:39.000 --> 00:55:45.000 INDIVIDUALS AND WE HAVE ANOTHER CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT 00:55:45.000 --> 00:55:49.000 LIVING; CENTER DEVELOPEDS 00:55:49.000 --> 00:55:52.000 -- FOR SELF RELIANCE. >> THAT'S FOR THE LENGTH OF 00:55:52.000 --> 00:55:55.000 THE PROJECT. THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS. WE AS 00:55:55.000 --> 00:55:59.000 A STATE EXPECT TO ENROLL UP TO 500 PEOPLE TO 00:55:59.000 --> 00:56:02.000 PARTICIPATE IN THE STUDY IN ORDER FOR US TO GET 00:56:02.000 --> 00:56:06.000 MEASURABLE RESULTS. >> THIS 00:56:06.000 --> 00:56:09.000 IS KIM. >> OVER TWO YEARS. >> 00:56:09.000 --> 00:56:13.000 THIS IS KIM GIBSON. WE 00:56:13.000 --> 00:56:16.000 HAVE ONE MINUTE LEFT FOR EVERYTHING. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK 00:56:16.000 --> 00:56:20.000 YOU GUYS FOR THE WONDERFUL 00:56:20.000 --> 00:56:24.000 PRESENTATION. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND THEIR 00:56:24.000 --> 00:56:27.000 E-MAILS ON THE AGENDA AND THE LIST OF THE 00:56:27.000 --> 00:56:30.000 TOPIC OF THE WORKSHOP. I WOULD 00:56:30.000 --> 00:56:34.000 LIKE TO REMIND 00:56:34.000 --> 00:56:37.000 EVERYONE TO FILL OUT THE EVALUATION FORMS. IT'S VERY 00:56:37.000 --> 00:56:41.000 IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET THAT FEEDBACK SO THAT WE 00:56:41.000 --> 00:56:47.000 CAN 00:56:47.000 --> 00:56:51.000 IN SURE WE 00:56:51.000 --> 00:56:55.000 HAVE FUTURE CONFERENCES. >> 00:56:55.000 --> 00:56:58.000 THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR THE FEEDBACK AND CHAT AS MUCH AS 00:56:58.000 --> 00:57:01.000 YOU WERE ABLE. WE APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK 00:57:01.000 --> 00:57:06.000 YOU, TO APRIL FOR ALLOWING US TO PROVIDE THIS 00:57:06.000 --> 00:57:09.000 WORKSHOP. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY AND THANKS TO 00:57:09.000 --> 00:57:12.000 THE PANELIST. THANK YOU, 00:57:12.000 --> 00:57:16.000 KIM FOR MODERATING. >> ANY TIME. YOU ARE 00:57:16.000 --> 00:57:19.000 WELCOME. >> AND JOHN.