WEBVTT 00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:07.000 TURN THIS OVER TO JEREMY AND SANDRA 00:00:07.000 --> 00:00:13.000 BREINTENGROSS BITTER. 00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:18.000 >> JEREMY MORRIS: GOOD AFTERNOON OR MORNING, 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:23.000 DEPENDING WHERE YOU ARE. WE ARE CONSOLIDATE 00:00:23.000 --> 00:00:26.000 EXCITED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE SILC 00:00:26.000 --> 00:00:29.000 AUTHORITIES AND 00:00:29.000 --> 00:00:32.000 HOW IT IMPACTING YOUR STATE 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:37.000 COUNCIL. I AM SCREAM MORRIS, THE OHIO 00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:40.000 INDEPENDENT LIVING COUNCIL. AND 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:43.000 SIDNA, GO TO THE 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:46.000 NEXT SLIDE. WE WILL START 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:49.000 OFF WITH A LITTLE BIT OF THE BACKGROUND OF WHAT 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:53.000 EXACTLY IS A 00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:58.000 SILC AUTHORITY. IT IS 00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:03.000 RELATIVELY NEW, THE AUTHORITIES WERE 00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:08.000 ADDED TO THE REHAB ACT IN 20 / 00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:12.000 14. 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:15.000 (NO AUDIO). >> 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:20.000 JEREMY, I THINK YOU GOT FROZEN. 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:27.000 >> THEY ARE OPTIONAL. 00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:30.000 >> JEREMY MORRIS: IF I CUT OUT AGAIN, 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:33.000 I MAY CUT OUT THE VIDEO TO 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:36.000 KEEP THE AUDIO STABLE. 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:40.000 THE NEW AUTHORITIES INA 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:43.000 ABILITIED IN 00:01:43.000 --> 00:01:47.000 2014. OPTIONAL FOR 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:50.000 COUNCIL TO ENGAGE IN, AND THEY ARE LIMITED 00:01:50.000 --> 00:01:54.000 , REHAB ACT 00:01:54.000 --> 00:01:57.000 PROVIDES A LIST OF ACTIVITIES THAT A SILC CAN DO 00:01:57.000 --> 00:02:00.000 , AND IT IS INCLUDED IN THE STATE PLAN FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING. 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:03.000 EVERY STATE COUNCIL HAS DIFFERENT 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:07.000 DUTIES THEY ARE REQUIRED TO BE PURSUING BUT THE 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:10.000 AUTHORITIES ARE THE OPTIONAL WORK THAT THE 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:13.000 SILC CAN BE ENGAGING IN. 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:16.000 NEXT 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:20.000 SLIDE. A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT IS 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:23.000 ALLOWED. IN THE LAW. SOME OF THE 00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:26.000 LANGUAGE FROM THE REHAB ACT 00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:29.000 AROUND THE SILC AUTHORITIES, INCLUDING WITH THE 00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:33.000 CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING TO COORDINATE SERVICES WITH 00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:36.000 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENTITIES, TO IMPROVE 00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:40.000 SERVICES, PROVIDED TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:43.000 . TO CONDUCT RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT 00:02:43.000 --> 00:02:46.000 ACTIVITIES, TO SUPPORT THE ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED IN 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:49.000 THIS BILL, AND/OR TO SUPPORT THE PROVISION 00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:52.000 OF INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES BY THE 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:57.000 CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING, AND TO PAR 00:02:57.000 --> 00:02:59.000 PERFORM FUNCTIONS 00:02:59.000 --> 00:03:04.000 CONSISTENT AND PART THAT ARE COMPARABLE TO OTHER FUNCTIONS 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:06.000 DESCRIBED IN SECTION 00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:10.000 705C OF THE ACT. THE SILC HAS TO DETERMINE 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:13.000 WHAT IS APPROPRIATE AND 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:16.000 AUTHORIZED IN THIS BILL. THAT IS AN 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:19.000 IMPORTANT THING. EVERYONE JUST WENT THROUGH THE 00:03:19.000 --> 00:03:22.000 STATE PLANNING PROCESS. SOME OF US, 00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:25.000 MOST OF US ARE FINALIZING AND 00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:28.000 MAKING A COUPLE OF CORRECTIONS. MAKE SURE THERE IS 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:31.000 SOMETHING IN YOUR STATE PLAN 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:34.000 IF IT IS SOMETHING YOU WANT TO ENGAGE IN. AND 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:38.000 IMPORTANT NOTE ON THIS, ALL SILC 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:41.000 ACTIVITIES, MUST COMPLY WITH OTHER 00:03:41.000 --> 00:03:44.000 APPLICABLE FEDERAL LAWS, WITH THE SILC AUTHORITIES 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:47.000 , YOU CAN'T BYPASS ANYTHING 00:03:47.000 --> 00:03:50.000 WRITTEN ANYWHERE IN FEDERAL LAW. YOU CAN'T GET 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:53.000 LEEWAY OR ANY OTHER AUTHORITY 00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:56.000 JUST BECAUSE YOU WRITE IT INTO THIS BILL. IT IS 00:03:56.000 --> 00:03:59.000 STILL DEFINED TO WHAT IS 00:03:59.000 --> 00:04:08.000 REQUIRED AND WHAT IS ALLOWED IN THE REHAB ACT. 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:12.000 NOW WE GET TO TALK ABOUT THE ACTUAL 00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:15.000 FUN YOU CAN HAVE WITH IT. AND I SEE ONE OF 00:04:15.000 --> 00:04:18.000 THE QUESTIONS WHAT IS SPIL. AND I 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:22.000 APOLOGIZE, WE TRY NOT TO USE 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:26.000 ACRONYM, IT IS THE STATE 00:04:26.000 --> 00:04:30.000 PLAN FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING. THAT IS THE SPIL. 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:33.000 SO, GOING BACK, WHAT THIS MEANS 00:04:33.000 --> 00:04:36.000 IN REAL LIFE? 00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:39.000 SPECIFICALLY WITH THE COORDINATION WITH THE CENTERS FOR 00:04:39.000 --> 00:04:43.000 INDEPENDENT LIVING. SO THIS INVOLVE 00:04:43.000 --> 00:04:46.000 THINGS WORKING WITH THE CILS AND MANAGE 00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:49.000 CARE ORGANIZATIONS, TO MAKE SURE COMMUNITY BASE 00:04:49.000 --> 00:04:52.000 SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE, 00:04:52.000 --> 00:04:55.000 WORKING WITH STATEWIDE ORGANIZATIONS AND 00:04:55.000 --> 00:04:58.000 COORDINATION WITH CILS DURING DISASTERS, 00:04:58.000 --> 00:05:01.000 CONNECTING CIL AND DISABILITY 00:05:01.000 --> 00:05:05.000 COUNCIL, AGING AND THE AGE AND DISABILITY 00:05:05.000 --> 00:05:09.000 RESOURCE CENTERS IN THE STATE. 00:05:09.000 --> 00:05:12.000 ADVOCACY FOR COORDINATION TO YOUR 00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:15.000 STATE LEGISLATURE AND AGENCY, IT IS 00:05:15.000 --> 00:05:19.000 GETTING A LOT OF ACTIVITY THAT IS WORKING AND THE STATE 00:05:19.000 --> 00:05:22.000 COUNCIL AND YOUR CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING SO 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:25.000 EVERYONE IS WORKING TOGETHER AND FINDING 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:28.000 NEW OPPORTUNITIES. 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:31.000 00:05:31.000 --> 00:05:36.000 HERE'S WHERE I AM GOING TO PASS OFF TO SANDRA. 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:39.000 >> SANDRA BITTER: GOOD MORNING, OR 00:05:39.000 --> 00:05:42.000 GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE, MY NAME IS SANDRA BREINTENGROSS BITTER. 00:05:42.000 --> 00:05:45.000 I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE 00:05:45.000 --> 00:05:50.000 TEXAS INDEPENDENT LIVING COUNCIL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:54.000 THE INTRODUCTION TO WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY 00:05:54.000 --> 00:05:57.000 JEREMY. SO WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 00:05:57.000 --> 00:06:04.000 WHAT THE SLICK 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:08.000 SILC AUTHORITY, HERE'S THE RESOURCE AUTHORITY. 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:11.000 HELPING CILS DIRECTLY 00:06:11.000 --> 00:06:14.000 SECURE FUNDS OR INCOME 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:17.000 SOURCES, SUCH AS CONTRACTS, GRANTS, EQUIPMENT, 00:06:17.000 --> 00:06:20.000 SUPPLIES, VOLUNTEERS, THINGS LIKE THAT. 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:24.000 IT ALSO CAN MEAN 00:06:24.000 --> 00:06:27.000 SECURING AND ADMINISTERING GRANTS TO BE 00:06:27.000 --> 00:06:30.000 AWARDED TO CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING. AND THAT 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:33.000 BE IN A RELATIONSHIP SUCH AS A 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:37.000 SUBRECIPIENT RELATIONSHIP OR AS A CENTER TO SILC 00:06:37.000 --> 00:06:40.000 PARTNER. COULD BE AS A CONTRACTOR. 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:43.000 BUT AGAIN, AS JEREMY 00:06:43.000 --> 00:06:46.000 MENTIONED, YOU STILL 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:49.000 NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE OTHER 00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:53.000 RULES 00:06:53.000 --> 00:06:56.000 RESTRICTING THE SILCS 00:06:56.000 --> 00:07:00.000 ROLE IN PROVIDING INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES IS 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:03.000 STILL RESPECTED. FOR EXAMPLE, SILC'S 00:07:03.000 --> 00:07:06.000 WOULD NOT BE PROVIDING THE SERVICES 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:09.000 DIRECTLY. THAT WOULD BE FOR THE CENTERS TO PROVIDE. 00:07:09.000 --> 00:07:13.000 IT COULD MEAN 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:16.000 SECURING NEW RESOURCES TO CONDUCT THE ACTIVITIES 00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:19.000 SUCH AS OUTREACH OR ACTIVITIES THAT YOU DESCRIBED 00:07:19.000 --> 00:07:25.000 IN THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. 00:07:25.000 --> 00:07:29.000 NEXT SLIDE. 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:34.000 THE LAST SECTION OF 00:07:34.000 --> 00:07:35.000 THE SILC 00:07:35.000 --> 00:07:38.000 AUTHORITIES TALK ABOUT BOARD DIRECTED 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:41.000 ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE LAW AND THE 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:44.000 STATE PLAN. AND THIS IS REALLY BROAD 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:47.000 LANGUAGE THAT I, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT IS 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:50.000 INTERESTING TO LOOK AT AND TO LOOK AT IT 00:07:50.000 --> 00:07:53.000 IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DIRECTION OF THE 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:56.000 SILC WHICH IS CONSUMER 00:07:56.000 --> 00:08:00.000 CONTROLLED 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:03.000 ENTITY. AND THEN ALSO, WHAT 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:06.000 DIRECTION IS PROVIDED IN THE STATE PLAN WHICH 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:09.000 AGAIN HAS BEEN DRAFTED BY THE CENTERS 00:08:09.000 --> 00:08:12.000 OF INDEPENDENT LIVING. AND BY 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:15.000 THE SILC 00:08:15.000 --> 00:08:18.000 AT THE DIRECTION AND THE INPUT OF THE PEOPLE WITH THE 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:21.000 DISABILITIES IN YOUR STATE. THIS IS REALLY 00:08:21.000 --> 00:08:24.000 WHAT IS GOING TO DRIVE SOME OF THOSE ADDITIONAL 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:28.000 ACTIVITIES. THAT CAN BE CONDUCTING ADDITIONAL 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:31.000 OUTREACH FOR UNDER OR 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:34.000 UNSERVED POPULATIONS. THERE ARE 00:08:34.000 --> 00:08:39.000 PRIVILEGES IN THE STATE PLAN WHERE YOU 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:42.000 WOULD HAVE OUTLINED WHICH POPULATIONS, 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:45.000 WHETHER OR NOT IT IS A GEOGRAPHICAL 00:08:45.000 --> 00:08:48.000 POPULATION, RACIAL 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:51.000 POPULATION OR DISABILITY POPULATION OR CULTURES THAT THE 00:08:51.000 --> 00:08:54.000 STATE NEEDS TO DO FURTHER 00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:58.000 OUTREACH. THERE MAYBE A 00:08:58.000 --> 00:09:01.000 N UNSERVED POPULATION 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:04.000 BECAUSE OF SERVICES AND FUNDING AND OTHER REASONS 00:09:04.000 --> 00:09:07.000 WHY THERE IS AN UNDERSERVED OR 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:10.000 UNSERVED POPULATION IN THE STATE. ALSO, 00:09:10.000 --> 00:09:13.000 LOOKING AT YOUR ACTIVITIES TO FURTHER THE 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:17.000 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. YOU CAN 00:09:17.000 --> 00:09:20.000 LOOK AT DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES WITH 00:09:20.000 --> 00:09:23.000 INSURING THE SILC APPOINTMENTS AND 00:09:23.000 --> 00:09:26.000 RESOURCES AS WELL AS 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:29.000 DEVELOPING, MONITORING AND EVALUATING THE 00:09:29.000 --> 00:09:33.000 STATE PLAN FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING. 00:09:33.000 --> 00:09:37.000 NEXT SLIDE 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:40.000 THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN THINKING 00:09:40.000 --> 00:09:43.000 ABOUT THE VARIOUS POSSIBILITIES 00:09:43.000 --> 00:09:46.000 OF WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THE NEW AUTHORITIES 00:09:46.000 --> 00:09:50.000 THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO US THROUGH THE 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:53.000 LATEST REAUTHORIZATION OF THE REHAB ACT. 00:09:53.000 --> 00:09:57.000 REALLY LOOK AT SECTION 705 OF THE 00:09:57.000 --> 00:10:00.000 REHAB ACT WHICH SILCS ARE FAMILIAR WITH. BUT 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:03.000 IT IS GOOD TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT. 00:10:03.000 --> 00:10:07.000 AND LOOK AT SPECIFICALLY WHAT IS 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:10.000 OUTLINED WITH 00:10:10.000 --> 00:10:13.000 REGARD TO THE REQUIREMENTS, THE DUTIES 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:16.000 OF THE SILC AND WHAT THEY ARE 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:19.000 SUPPOSED TO BE DOING WITH THE STATE PLAN. 00:10:19.000 --> 00:10:23.000 ALSO, I INCLUDED THE SITE 00:10:23.000 --> 00:10:25.000 THERE FOR THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS WHERE THE 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:28.000 PROVISIONS ARE INCLUDED. YOU ALSO SHOULD LOOK AT 00:10:28.000 --> 00:10:32.000 WHAT THE STATE PLAN SAYS. AND 00:10:32.000 --> 00:10:34.000 AS JEREMY MENTIONED, MOST FOLKS 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:37.000 ARE FINISHING OUT THEIR PROCESS WITH THE 00:10:37.000 --> 00:10:41.000 STATE PLAN. AND SO WHEN LOOKING AT 00:10:41.000 --> 00:10:44.000 YOUR PLAN, LOOK IN SECTION ONE 00:10:44.000 --> 00:10:47.000 WHICH IS THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES SECTION AND 00:10:47.000 --> 00:10:51.000 SEE HOW THE SILC HAS BEEN LISTED AS 00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:54.000 PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR THE GOALS, OBJECTS AND 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:57.000 OBJECTIVES OF THE 00:10:57.000 --> 00:11:00.000 NETWORK. IS THERE A DEFINED 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:04.000 ROLE IN SECTION TWO WHICH IS LOOKING AT 00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:07.000 THE OUTREACH TO SPECIFIC POPULATIONS AND 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:10.000 COORDINATION OF SERVICES. 00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:13.000 THIS COULD BE REALLY BROAD LANGUAGE 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:16.000 WHAT THE SILC WILL DO. OR 00:11:16.000 --> 00:11:19.000 IT COULD BE A MATTER OF JUST 00:11:19.000 --> 00:11:22.000 STATING THAT THE 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:25.000 STATE WILL WORK TOGETHER WITH THE CENTERS 00:11:25.000 --> 00:11:28.000 ON OUTREACH TO THOSE 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:31.000 POPULATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:35.000 AS UNDERSERVED. 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:37.000 YOU WANT TO LOOK AT SECTION FIVE 00:11:37.000 --> 00:11:41.000 WHICH IS, I CONSIDER IT THE 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:44.000 SILC SECTION BUT IT A BASICALLY HAS 00:11:44.000 --> 00:11:47.000 SEVERAL PROVISIONS IN IT. WHERE THE SILC GOES THROUGH 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:50.000 AND TALKS ABOUT HOW 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:53.000 IT REMAINS AUTONOMOUS AND HOW IT WILL PERFORM ITS 00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:56.000 DUTY AS WELL AS THE RESOURCES. 00:11:56.000 --> 00:11:59.000 AND THERE, YOU MIGHT SEE 00:11:59.000 --> 00:12:02.000 SOME LANGUAGE ABOUT HOW THE SILC WILL 00:12:02.000 --> 00:12:06.000 PERFORM ITS DUTIES AND AUTHORITIES AND THE 00:12:06.000 --> 00:12:09.000 RESOURCES IT WILL USE TO 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:12.000 DO THAT WORK. AND ALSO, LOOKING AT 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:15.000 WHAT THE SILC BOARD 00:12:15.000 --> 00:12:18.000 HAS TO SAY. HAS THE SILC PROVIDED DIRECTION 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:21.000 AND IF NOT, THEN 00:12:21.000 --> 00:12:26.000 THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT AS A BOARD 00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:29.000 OF WHAT DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES WILL BE 00:12:29.000 --> 00:12:32.000 CONDUCTED. THAT MAYBE 00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:35.000 OUTSIDE OF THE STATE PLAN OR 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:38.000 WITHIN THE GENERAL PARAMETERS OF THE 00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:41.000 STATE PLAN. BUT, 00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:45.000 MIGHT NEED ADDITIONAL DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD. SO THESE 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:47.000 ARE THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN LOOKING AT THE 00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:51.000 LARGE GROUP OF ACTIVITIES THAT WE CAN 00:12:51.000 --> 00:12:54.000 BE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE AUTHORITIES. 00:12:54.000 --> 00:12:58.000 NEXT SLIDE. 00:12:58.000 --> 00:13:00.000 NEXT WE WANT TO TALK 00:13:00.000 --> 00:13:03.000 ABOUT STATE EXAMPLES AND JEREMY AND I 00:13:03.000 --> 00:13:06.000 ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS THAT 00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:09.000 TEXAS AND OHIO 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:12.000 ARE WORKING THROUGH THE STATE PLAN 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:15.000 PROCESS AND THROUGH THE BOARD PROCESS TO 00:13:15.000 --> 00:13:18.000 EXERCISE SOME OF THEIR AUTHORITIES THAT HAVE BEEN 00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:21.000 OUTLINED IN THE REHAB ACT. BUT WHILE WE ARE 00:13:21.000 --> 00:13:24.000 DOING THIS, I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:28.000 WHAT OTHER STATES MIGHT BE DOING. AND 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:31.000 FEEL FREE TO INCLUDE THAT INFORMATION IN 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:34.000 THE CHAT. SO WE CAN 00:13:34.000 --> 00:13:37.000 VOICE THAT AS WELL. IF YOU HAVE EXAMPLES OF 00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:40.000 SOME THINGS THAT YOUR 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:43.000 STATE MIGHT BE DOING WITH THE AUTHORITIES, I THINK IT IS 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:46.000 GOOD TO HEAR AND TO SHARE AS 00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:49.000 PEERS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:53.000 , WHAT GREAT IDEAS 00:13:53.000 --> 00:13:56.000 ARE OUT THERE. AND I KNOW LOOKING AT 00:13:56.000 --> 00:13:59.000 EACH STATE, WE ARE ALSO 00:13:59.000 --> 00:14:02.000 UNIQUELY DIFFERENT. SO, IT IS, IT 00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:05.000 IS PRETTY EASY TO GET A 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:08.000 LITTLE OVERWHELMED, 00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:11.000 COMPARING YOUR STATE TO ANOTHER STATE WHAT THEY MIGHT BE DOING. 00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:14.000 BUT WE WILL GO THROUGH SOME OF THE, 00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:17.000 EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN 00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:21.000 DOING AND HOW WE'VE GOTTEN STARTED. SO, 00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:24.000 WITH TEXAS, WE STARTED TO 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:28.000 LOOK AT THE SPECIFIC 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:32.000 ADVOCACY TOPICS AND 00:14:32.000 --> 00:14:34.000 ACTIVITIES THAT WERE DEFINED IN OUR STATE PLAN 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:37.000 IN SECTION ONE WHICH IS 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:41.000 OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. TO REALLY LOOK AT 00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:44.000 WHERE THE STATE WOULD BE FOCUSING 00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:47.000 ITS ADVOCACY AND SOME 00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:50.000 OF THE ACTIVITIES. NOW, 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:53.000 OF COURSE THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF ACTIVITIES 00:14:53.000 --> 00:14:56.000 HAPPENING WITHIN EACH CENTER ON 00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:59.000 A WIDE BREATH OF ISSUES BUT THESE ARE 00:14:59.000 --> 00:15:02.000 JUST A HANDFUL OF THINGS THAT WE AGREED THAT 00:15:02.000 --> 00:15:06.000 WE SHOULD FOCUS ON, ON THE STATEWIDE 00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:09.000 DIRECTION. WE STARTED THERE. AND SOME OF THE 00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:12.000 , ONE OF THE GOALS INCLUDED 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:15.000 INCREASING DISCUSSIONS AND ADVOCACY ON 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:19.000 TRANSPORTATION. SPECIFICALLY ACCESSIBLE 00:15:19.000 --> 00:15:23.000 TRANSPORTATION. SO, IN 00:15:23.000 --> 00:15:26.000 CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BOARD, WE STARTED 00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:30.000 TO LOOK AT WIP 00:15:30.000 --> 00:15:33.000 WAYS WE CAN 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:36.000 EXPAND TRANSPORTATION ADVOCACY BUT 00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:39.000 BE WITHIN THE DEFINED ROLES OF THE SILC. 00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:42.000 THAT WE ARE NOT GOING OUT TRYING TO PROVIDE 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:46.000 ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORTATION. BUT WE CAN 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:50.000 COORDINATE ON 00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:54.000 STATEWIDE CONVERSATIONS ON THE 00:15:54.000 --> 00:15:57.000 ADVOCACY ON ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORTATION, WE CAN 00:15:57.000 --> 00:16:00.000 COORDINATE WITH CENTERS TO 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:03.000 INCREASE TRANSPORTATION TRAINING FOR 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:06.000 CONSUMERS. THERE IS A LOT THAT WE CAN DO. SO 00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:09.000 THAT IS WHERE WE STARTED ON THAT. AND THAT 00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:12.000 ENDED UP EVOLVING OVER TIME INTO 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:17.000 A PROJECT OF 00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:20.000 , A PROJECT OF LOOKING AT 00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:24.000 WAYS THAT WE COULD HAVE AN ANNUAL 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:28.000 STATEWIDE CONVERSATION ON 00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:31.000 TRANSPORTATION 00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:35.000 ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. THAT STARTED OUR 00:16:35.000 --> 00:16:38.000 TRANSPORTATION SUMMITS. THEN WE 00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:41.000 LOOKED AT ANOTHER ADVOCACY TOPIC THAT WE 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:45.000 TALKED ABOUT IN OUR STATE PLAN, THAT IS 00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:48.000 HOUSING. SPECIFICALLY 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:51.000 ACCESSIBLE HOUSING. WE DEFINED IT IN 00:16:51.000 --> 00:16:54.000 THE SPIL OBJECTIVES LISTED THE 00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:57.000 SILC AS A POTENTIAL 00:16:57.000 --> 00:17:00.000 PARTNERED. WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:04.000 WRITTEN, WE DON'T KNOW HOW THE SILC WAS GOING TO 00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:07.000 PARTNER ON THE TOPIC OTHER THAN POTENTIALLY 00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:10.000 FINDING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:13.000 WAYS THAT THE CILS 00:17:13.000 --> 00:17:16.000 CAN CREATE NEW LOCAL 00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:19.000 PARTNERSHIPS WITH HOUSING 00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:22.000 ADVOCATES AND DEVELOPERS. SO THAT 00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:26.000 AGAIN, EVOLVED INTO A 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:29.000 PROJECT THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH SEVERAL CENTERS FOR 00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:32.000 INDEPENDENT LIVING ON ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORTATION 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:35.000 . 00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:39.000 NOT ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORTATION, ACCESSIBLE HOUSING. 00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:42.000 AND SO AGAIN WE JUST, 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:45.000 WE WENT THROUGH OUR SPIL 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:48.000 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND REALLY TRIED TO KEEP 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:51.000 AN OPEN MIND TO SEE 00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:54.000 WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE. AND GO FROM 00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:57.000 THERE. I AM GOING TO, BEFORE I GO ON TO SOME 00:17:57.000 --> 00:18:00.000 OF THE OTHER WAYS THAT WE WORKED ON THIS, I 00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:03.000 AM GOING TO -- SEND IT OVER 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:06.000 TO JEREMY TO TALK ABOUT THE 00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:09.000 ADVOCACY OPPORTUNITIES THAT OHIO DID. >> JEREMY 00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:12.000 MORRIS: THANKS SANDRA. IN 00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:16.000 OHIO, WE STARTED OFF WITH SOME 00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:19.000 VERY SIMILAR APPROACHES. WE REALLY HAD TO 00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:22.000 RESHIFT THE WAY WE LOOKED AT ADVOCACY 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:26.000 AND MAKE IT MORE OF A STRUCTURED 00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:29.000 PROCESS THAT WAS A CONSTANT CONVERSATION. 00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:33.000 AND PART OF THAT WAS OUR COUNCIL 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:37.000 ACTUALLY CREATED A COMMITTEE THAT IS GEARED TO 00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:40.000 ADVOCACY FOR THE FIRST TIME. SO WE HAD 00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:42.000 HADN'T THAT FOCUS FROM A 00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:45.000 COMMITTEE AS OUR STRUCTURE IN THE PAST. SO THAT 00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:49.000 COMMITTEE WAS ABLE TO START LOOKING MORE AT 00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:52.000 DIFFERENT TOPICS THAT WERE COMING UP 00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:55.000 ACROSS OHIO. INVITING 00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:58.000 OTHER STAKEHOLDERS IN, AND TALKING WHAT THEY WERE 00:18:58.000 --> 00:19:02.000 SEEING AND IMPACTS THEY WERE SEEING 00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:06.000 ACROSS THE. THAT IS A 00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:09.000 STRONG START. BRINGING, 00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:13.000 THERE IS OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, BUT 00:19:13.000 --> 00:19:16.000 WE REALIZES, THERE IS OTHER WAYS TO 00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:19.000 STRENGTHENED OUR CAPACITY. AND ONE OF THE 00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:22.000 THINGS WE ENDED UP DOING, 00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:26.000 PARTNERING WITH THE CENTERS FOR THE INDEPENDENT LIVING HERE. THERE IS ONE 00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:29.000 PARTICULAR CENTER THAT HAS A 00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:32.000 STRONG ADVOCACY SUPPORT. THEY HAVE MULTIPLE 00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:35.000 STAFF DEDICATED TO THE ADVOCACY TEAM 00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:38.000 WHICH A 00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:41.000 LOT OF CENTERS DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY AMONG 00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:44.000 THEMSELVES. WE WORKED WITH THEM. AND THEY ARE 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:47.000 ACTUALLY DOING A LOT OF WORK PROVIDING 00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:50.000 US BRIEF ANALYSIS WHAT IS GOING ON WITH 00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:53.000 PIECES OF LEGISLATION, STATE POLICIES, 00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:56.000 REGULATIONS, AND HOW IT IS IMPACTING THE 00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:59.000 COMMUNITY IN OHIO. SO WITH 00:19:59.000 --> 00:20:03.000 THAT, WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE A LOT BETTER 00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:06.000 INFORMATION THAT REALLY EDUCATES AND 00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:09.000 INFORMS OUR ADVOCACY POSITIONS. 00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:12.000 WITH THAT ANALYSIS, WE ARE ABLE TO 00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:16.000 SHARE THAT ACROSS THE NETWORK OF 00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:18.000 CENTERS, SHARE WITH THE ADVOCACY COMMITTEE AND TALK 00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:22.000 MORE EFFECTIVELY ABOUT THE TOPICS AND 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:24.000 WE, DRAFT AND 00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:28.000 SUBMIT PUBLIC TESTIMONY ON DIFFERENT PIECES 00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:31.000 OF LEGISLATION AS AN INTERESTED PARTY. SO WE PROVIDE 00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:34.000 THEM WITH THE FACTS OF HOW IT IMPACTS THE 00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:37.000 DISABILITY COMMUNITY AND WHAT HAPPENED THE 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:40.000 POTENTIAL IMPACTS COULD BE. BUT WE 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:43.000 NEVER TAKE A STANCE OF SUPPORTING OR 00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:46.000 OPPOSING THAT PARTICULAR LEGISLATION WHEN WE ARE 00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:49.000 SUBMITTING THE TESTIMONY. 00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:53.000 WE DON'T WANT TO ENGAGE IN THE LOBBYING 00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:56.000 ON A REGULAR BASIS. WE ARE 00:20:56.000 --> 00:21:00.000 PROVIDING 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:03.000 INFORMATION HOW IT MAY IMPACT THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY. WE 00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:06.000 FOUND AREAS THAT WE DIDN'T EXPECT TO BE 00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:10.000 ENGAGING IN. ONE EXAMPLE THAT I LIKE TO SHARE IS 00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:13.000 THERE WAS A BILL LAST YEAR 00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:16.000 THAT IS GOING TO REGULATE THE ELECTRIC 00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:19.000 SCOOTERS THAT YOU SEE POPPING UP IN THE 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:22.000 METRO AREAS, AND THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT 00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:25.000 WERE PUT INTO THE LEGISLATION THAT IT 00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:28.000 WASN'T THERE FOR ANY BENEFIT 00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:32.000 NECESSARILY OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES BUT IT 00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:35.000 ACTUALLY HAD A GOOD BENEFIT. THERE WERE CERTAIN 00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:38.000 FINES THAT COULD BE CO 00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:43.000 IMPOSED OR PARKING IN THE CURB 00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:46.000 CUTS OR TRAVEL. 00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:49.000 THEY NEEDED AN AUDIBLE SIGNAL FOR 00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:52.000 PEOPLE. WE HIGHLIGHTED THERE WERE POSITIVE 00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:55.000 THINGS FOR THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY IN THE LEGISLATION THAT 00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:58.000 PEOPLE WEREN'T AWARE OF. 00:21:58.000 --> 00:22:01.000 AND THROUGH THIS WORK, THE 00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:05.000 ADVOCACY COMMITTEE HAS REALLY GROWN MUCH 00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:08.000 STRONGER AND IT 00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:11.000 HELP DIRECT THE WORK IN THE STATE NOW. IN OUR 00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:15.000 STATE PLAN, WE CREATED A PROCESS THAT CURTAIN 00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:18.000 ANNUALLY, THE 00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:21.000 ADVOCACY COMMITTEE WILL CREATE A SERIES OF ACTION 00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:25.000 STEPS THAT OUR COMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE WORKING ON 00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:29.000 AND THE SILC IS GOING TO BE WORKING ON SO WE 00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:32.000 CAN BE MORE RESPONSIVE INSTEAD OF WHAT WE HAVE 00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:35.000 DONE IN THE PAST THROUGH THE GOALS AND THE STATE PLAN 00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:38.000 OF REALLY COUNTING HOW MANY HOURS WERE 00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:43.000 SPENT ACROSS THE NETWORK. WE WANTED A LITTLE BIT MORE 00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:46.000 AC 00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:50.000 ABILITY A RESPONSE AND ENGAGING IN BETTER 00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:53.000 ADVOCACY. SO, WITH THAT, I 00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:56.000 AM GOING TO PASS IT BACK TO SANDRA 00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:59.000 . 00:22:59.000 --> 00:23:03.000 >> SANDRA BITTER: I WILL TALK ABOUT THE COORDINATION 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:05.000 THAT WE ARE DOING ON 00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:08.000 STATEWIDE BASIS BOTH WITH OTHER 00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:12.000 ORGANIZATIONS AND CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING. SO 00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:15.000 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ENGAGE IN 00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:18.000 IS DOING COORDINATION 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:21.000 WITH OUR 00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:25.000 PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY 00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:28.000 AGENCY, WHICH IS DISABILITY RIGHT TEXAS 00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:31.000 AND GROUP OF DISABILITY ADVOCATES AS 00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:34.000 ADAPT TEXAS ARC OF 00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:37.000 TEXAS WHERE WE CAN JOIN TOOK ON 00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:40.000 SEVERAL LIKE MINDED 00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:44.000 GOALS AND WE MORE 00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:47.000 ACTIVE IN THE STATE LEGISLATIVE CYCLE. 00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:50.000 AND WE CAN MONITOR THINGS 00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:53.000 TOGETHER. AND KEEP AN 00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:58.000 EYE OUT FOR THE 00:23:58.000 --> 00:24:01.000 PRIORITIES THAT WAS SET AND HELP 00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:04.000 EACH OTHER OUT IN THE 00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:07.000 PROCESS. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES FOR 00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:11.000 FULL TIME POLICY OR LEGISLATIVE 00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:15.000 FOLKS. THIS IS A WAY TO COORDINATE AND 00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:19.000 TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE COLLECTIVE 00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:23.000 INTELLIGENCE OF THE STATEWIDE GROUP. 00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:26.000 NOT ONLY WE WORK WITH SOME OF THE 00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:29.000 ENTITIES BUT THE MORE ACTIVE CENTERS THAT 00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:32.000 ARE ACTIVE ON STATEWIDE 00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:37.000 LEGISLATION AND ADVOCACY PRIORITIES ARE ALSO 00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:40.000 ACTIVE IN THAT GROUP AS WELL. AND SOME OF THE 00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:43.000 OTHER WAYS THAT WE ARE COORDINATING IS THE 00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:46.000 SILC WORKS PRETTY CLOSELY WITH 00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:49.000 AN EMERGENCY 00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:52.000 COORDINATION GROUP THAT MEETS STATEWIDE. AND 00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:56.000 THAT COORDINATES ON 00:24:56.000 --> 00:25:00.000 DISASTER PREPARATION AS WELL AS 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:03.000 COMMUNICATION AND SERVICES DURING THE 00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:06.000 DISASTER. SO, WHEN 00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:10.000 WE ARE NOT ACTIVELY IN A 00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:12.000 DISASTER, WE MEET MONTHLY AND 00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:15.000 QUARTERLY ON A STATEWIDE 00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:18.000 BASIS WITH AGENCIES, STATE AGENCY 00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:22.000 STAFF AS WELL AS OTHER 00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:25.000 STATE DISABILITY GROUPS WHICH IS THE 00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:29.000 DD COUNCIL, AGAIN THE 00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:32.000 ARC OF TEXAS. WE HAVE FOLKS FROM 00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:36.000 VARIOUS GROUP THAT'S COME TOGETHER AND AGAIN 00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:39.000 HELP COORDINATE SOME OF THE EMERGENCY 00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:43.000 MANAGEMENT PRIORITIES AND ADVOCACY ISSUES THAT 00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:47.000 WE'RE SEEING ON A STATEWIDE BASIS. WE 00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:50.000 RECEIVE THE INFORMATION FROM SERVICE PROVIDERS LIKE 00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:53.000 CENTERS OF INDEPENDENT LIVING WHAT THEY ARE SEEING 00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:56.000 ON THE GROUND. IF THOSE 00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:59.000 , POLICIES RECOMMENDATIONS NEED TO COME 00:25:59.000 --> 00:26:02.000 OUT OF WHAT IS HAPPENING, ON THE GROUND, 00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:05.000 THAT WE CAN COORDINATE ON THAT LEVEL. WE 00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:08.000 ALSO REA 00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:12.000 WORK CLOSER OF CLO 00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:16.000 CLOSELY WITH THE GOV'S 00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:20.000 OFFICE AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY COUNCIL. 00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:23.000 MAKE SURE WHERE WE HAVE 00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:26.000 SIMILAR PRIORITIES ON ADVOCACY AND WITHIN THE 00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:30.000 RESPECTIVE PLANS, THAT WE CAN 00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:33.000 COORDINATE AND CREATE SYNERGY 00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:36.000 AMONG THE ENTITIES. -- 00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:39.000 AGAIN, THAT IS WAYS THAT WE LIKE 00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:43.000 TO WORK TOGETHER AND THAT 00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:46.000 WE'RE USING SOME OF THOSE 00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:49.000 AUTHORITIES ON COORDINATION AND BEING MORE ACTIVE THAN 00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:52.000 WE HAVE IN THE PAST BEFORE THOSE 00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:55.000 AS SPECIFIC AUTHORITIES 00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:59.000 WERE OUTLINED. AND ANOTHER WAY, I WILL TALK 00:26:59.000 --> 00:27:02.000 QUICK ABOUT OUTREACH 00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:05.000 ACTIVITIES AND PUT IT OVER TO JEREMY TO TALK ABOUT 00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:08.000 WHAT OHIO IS DOING WITH REGARDS TO 00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:11.000 OUTREACH. BUT, SO WITH 00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:14.000 REGARDS SOME OF THE OUTREACH ACTIVITIES, WE 00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:17.000 LOOKED AT OUR STATE 00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:21.000 PPR'S, AND LOOKED 00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:24.000 WHAT TYPE OF SERVICES WERE PROVIDED ON 00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:28.000 A STATEWIDE BASIS. AND 00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:31.000 THEN ALSO LOOKED AT THE CO 00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:33.000 CONSENSUS 00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:37.000 DATA WHAT THE POPULATION LOOK LIKE FOR THE DISABILITY 00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:40.000 POPULATION, ON RACIAL DATA, 00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:45.000 ET CETERA. AND TRIED TO SEE WHERE 00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:48.000 THERE WERE GAPS AND SOME OF THE GAPS WERE 00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:51.000 IDENTIFIED IN THE STATE PLAN. AND THEN OTHERS WERE 00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:54.000 IDENTIFIED THROUGH INPUT 00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:57.000 THROUGH A TOWN HALL 00:27:57.000 --> 00:28:00.000 PROCESS WITH CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING. AND 00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:03.000 THOSE WERE IDENTIFIED AS 00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:07.000 PRIORITIES WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS SPECIFIC GEO 00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:10.000 GRAPHIC POPULATIONS OR DISABILITY POPULATIONS. AND 00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:13.000 THEN WE DO A 00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:16.000 LOT OF OUTREACH WITH REGARD TO 00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:19.000 SPECIFIC FORMAT WE CALL IT A TOWN 00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:23.000 HALL FORMAT. WE KNOW THE REHAB ACT REQUIRES 00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:26.000 YOU TO HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS, BUT WHEN WE 00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:29.000 STARTED CALLING THEM PUBLIC HEARINGS, PEOPLE 00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:32.000 JUST AUTOMATICALLY FELL ASLEEP BECAUSE 00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:35.000 NO ONE WANTS TO SIT THROUGH A PUBLIC HEARING. 00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:38.000 RIGHT? BUT WE DID WANT TO 00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:41.000 HEAR FROM THE COMMITTEE. SO WE STARTED 00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:44.000 COORDINATING TOWN HALLS WITH CENTERS FOR 00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:47.000 INDEPENDENT LIVING AND HOSTING SOME OF THE TOWN 00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:51.000 HALLS AT THE CENTER IF THEY HAD SPACE OR 00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:55.000 COHOSTING THE EVENTS WITH CENTERS. AND 00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:59.000 WE REALLY USED IT AS A 00:28:59.000 --> 00:29:02.000 N OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR THE NEEDS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AS WELL AS 00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:06.000 HEARING STATEWIDE 00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:09.000 ADVOCACY PRIORITIES OR WHERE THERE WERE 00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:12.000 GAPS IN THE SERVICES. IT REALLY ENDED UP 00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:15.000 BEING A GREAT WAY FOR THE 00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:18.000 COMMUNITY TO COORDINATE AS WELL AS 00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:22.000 TO CONDUCT OUTREACH. AND FOR 00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:25.000 NEW INDIVIDUALS TO HEAR 00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:28.000 ABOUT CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING ON 00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:31.000 THE SELF LEVEL AND THAT HAS BEEN 00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:34.000 SUCCESSFUL FOR US. WE ALSO HAVE 00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:38.000 DUPLICATED THAT INTO A VIRTUAL FORMAT. WE STARTED DOING 00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:40.000 THIS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, REQUIRED 00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:43.000 EVERYTHING TO BE VIRTUAL. IT WAS 00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:46.000 SUCCESSFUL. WE END UP GETTING MORE 00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:50.000 INPUT FROM AREAS THAT WE COULDN'T MEET AND 00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:53.000 REACH IN PERSON. WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS 00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:56.000 BECAUSE THERE WERE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES IN 00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:59.000 RURAL PARTS OF TEXAS OR 00:29:59.000 --> 00:30:03.000 THERE WERE ISSUES WITH 00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:06.000 REGARDS TO TIMING OF OUR 00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:09.000 MEETINGS AND THINGS LIKE, THAT. 00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:12.000 WE STARTED TO DO VIRTUAL 00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:15.000 TOWN HALL DURING THE DAY AND CONDUCTED FEW IN 00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:18.000 THE EVENINGS TO ALLOWED GROUPS 00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:21.000 TO PARTICIPATE. AND IT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL 00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:25.000 AND WE'VE THEN HAD GREAT 00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:28.000 STATEWIDE CONVERSATIONS ON POLICY PRIORITIES. 00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:31.000 SO I AM GOING TO GO AND PASS IT OVER TO 00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:34.000 JEREMY AND HE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE 00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:38.000 DOING IN OHIO. >> JEREMY MORRIS: 00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:41.000 SO, I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS ONE OF 00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:44.000 THE MOST FUN AUTHORITIES 00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:47.000 BECAUSE IT REALLY IS A 00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:50.000 WAY AS A SILC 00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:53.000 CAN REALLY BUILD A LOT STRONGER 00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:56.000 RELATIONSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE CENTERS IN 00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:59.000 YOUR STATE. AND REALLY TO ME, 00:30:59.000 --> 00:31:03.000 THAT IS WHERE A LOT OF WORK ENDS 00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:07.000 UP BEGINNING, YOU DO 00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:10.000 HAVE TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP THAT IS EITHER STRONG OR STRENGTHENED 00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:13.000 WITH THE CENTERS FOR THEM TO WANT TO COORDINATE 00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:16.000 WITH YOU. IT REALLY, 00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:19.000 ONCE THINGS GET STARTED, IT IS A LOT THAT 00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:24.000 CAN COME THROUGH FROM IT. I REALLY 00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:27.000 , I REALLY, I HAVE FUN WITH THE 00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:29.000 IDEA OF FINDING MORE AND 00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:32.000 MORE ORGANIZATIONS OR PEOPLE THAT 00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:35.000 DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CILS ARE 00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:38.000 DOING, AND GETTING THEM IN FRONT OF THE CILS. 00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:41.000 GETTING THEM CONNECTED TO WHAT THE CENTERS 00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:44.000 ARE DOING. SOMETIMES IT IS PARTNERSHIPS ARE NATURALLY 00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:47.000 FORMING. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES 00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:50.000 THAT HAVE BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL. AND 00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:53.000 THEN WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE GETTING OFF THE 00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:56.000 GROUND STARTED. SO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 00:31:56.000 --> 00:32:00.000 WE ARE ABLE TO DO, AS AROUND 2 00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:05.000 TWO YEARS AGO WITH THE STATE OF OHIO ONCE THE 00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:08.000 GRANT WAS 00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:11.000 ENDING, THE STATE WAS REDESIGNING THE PROGRAM. 00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:14.000 THE CENTERS WERE INVOLVED IN THE MONEY 00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:17.000 CALL TO PERSON PROGRAM AND THE WAY 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:20.000 THE STATE WAS REDESIGNING IT, THEY WERE CUTTING 00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:23.000 DOWN TO TWO PROVIDERS FOR THE ENTIRE 00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:26.000 STATE. NONE OF THE CENTERS HAD THE CAPACITY TO GO 00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:29.000 AFTER THAT CONTRACT THEMSELVES. THEY DIDN'T 00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:32.000 MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE LAID OUT 00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:36.000 FOR THE CONTRACT. I WHEN AROUND TRYING TO 00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:39.000 FIND WHO WOULD BE APPLYING FOR THAT. AND I 00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:42.000 WAS ABLE TO FIND 2 00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:45.000 TWO ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE APPLYING FOR IT. 00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:48.000 BROUGHT THE INFORMATION BACK TO THE CENTERS AND I HELPED COORDINATE 00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:53.000 AND WORK WITH BOTH GROUPS AND 00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:56.000 THOSE 2 00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:59.000 TWO ORGANIZATIONS WROTE THE CENTERS INTO THE PROPOSAL WITH THE 00:32:59.000 --> 00:33:02.000 STATE. UNFORTUNATELY ONLY ONE 00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:05.000 WAS FUNNED BUT IT ALLOWED FOR A CHUNK 00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:08.000 OF THE CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING TO CONTINUE 00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:11.000 GETTING FUNDED THROUGH THE STATE FOR NURSING 00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:14.000 HOME AND INSTITUTIONAL TRANSITION SERVICES. 00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:17.000 THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN A LOT 00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:21.000 MORE COORDINATION. IT WAS, IT 00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:24.000 MADE IT EASY AND EFFECTIVE FOR THE SILC TO 00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:27.000 HELP FIND THOSE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ON 00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:30.000 A STATEWIDE 00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:34.000 LEVEL WERE WORKING. AND MOST HAD 00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:37.000 COMMUNICATIONS IN THE PAST. WE HELPED 00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:41.000 PITCH AND SELL THEM ON THE IDEA OF, 00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:44.000 WORKING WITH THE CENTERS, IT IS GOING TO BE BETTER FOR YOUR PROPOSAL IN THE 00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:47.000 END BECAUSE THE CENTERS ARE SO GOOD AT 00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:50.000 THE WORK. SOMETHING THAT IS STARTING 00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:54.000 ACTUALLY THIS MONTH. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW 00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:56.000 IT IS GOING TO WORK OUT. THERE IS A, 00:33:56.000 --> 00:34:00.000 IT IS THE COALITION FOR HOUSING AND 00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:05.000 HOMELESSNESS IN OHIO. THEY RAN A PROGRAM FOR THE LAST 00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:08.000 SEVERAL YEARS THAT TRAINS 00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:12.000 ORGANIZATIONAL STAFF ON THE SOCIAL SECURITY ASK 00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:16.000 AND SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY APPLICATION 00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:19.000 PROCESS. THEY WERE GOING AFTER A GRANT THAT WAS 00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:22.000 GOING TO EXPAND THEIR TRAINING. SO WE WERE ABLE TO 00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:25.000 WORK WITH THEM AND INCLUDED THE CILS IN THE 00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:29.000 PROPOSAL. OVER THE NEXT 3 YEARS 00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:32.000 THREE YEARS OF THEM HAVING THE GRANT, THEY ARE GOING TO BE 00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:35.000 REACHING OUT TO ALL OF THE CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT 00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:38.000 LIVING IN OUR STATE TO GET STAFF 00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:41.000 TRAINED ON HOW TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE THROUGH THE 00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:44.000 PROCESS PROVIDE THEM TECHNICAL SUPPORT ON 00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:47.000 UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS BETTER, BECAUSE ESPECIALLY 00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:50.000 WITH THAT NURSING HOME TRANSITION PIECE, WE HAVE 00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:53.000 SEEN ISSUES, THERE IS NO 00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:57.000 APPLICATIONS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH, AND THERE IS SITUATIONS THAT 00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:59.000 HAVING THAT BASIS OF INFORMATION WILL HELP 00:34:59.000 --> 00:35:02.000 THE CILS BE MORE EFFECTIVE AND THE SERVICES 00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:05.000 THEY ARE PROVIDING. ANOTHER 00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:09.000 ONE THAT JUST STARTED THIS MORNING. 00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:12.000 WE SILC 00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:15.000 WORKING ACTIVELY WITH THE OTHER 00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:18.000 PARTNERS IN THE STATE THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATION 00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:21.000 FOR COMMUNITY LIVING. THROUGH THIS WORK, 00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:24.000 WE, THERE WERE SEVERAL OF US THAT 00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:28.000 CAME TOGETHER AND A NEW COALITION HAS BEEN 00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:31.000 FORMED. OHIO HOME AND 00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:34.000 COMMUNITY BASE COALITION. THROUGH THAT 00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:37.000 ALL THE CENTERS WERE INVITED AND BROUGHT ON, AND THIS 00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:40.000 COALITION'S MAIN FOCUS, 00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:43.000 ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW, WHEN WE KNOW THERE IS GOING TO BE POTENTIAL 00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:47.000 CUTS TO SERVICES AND PROGRAMS, HOW CAN WE AS A 00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:49.000 LARGE COLLECTED GROUP COME TOGETHER 00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:52.000 TO PROMOTE THE NEED FOR 00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:55.000 ACTUAL EXPANSION TO THE HOME AND COMMUNITY BASE 00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:58.000 SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT THE STATE. 00:35:58.000 --> 00:36:02.000 SO, BRINGING THE 12 CENTERS FOR 00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:05.000 INDEPENDENT LIVING ONBOARD THERE IS 50 00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:09.000 ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALSES WHO ARE PART OF THE 00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:12.000 COALITION THAT FROM THE SILC BEING ONE OF 00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:15.000 THE LEADS IN THE TABLE, WE WERE ABLE TO BRING 00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:18.000 PEOPLE ONBOARD AND IT WILL HELP 00:36:18.000 --> 00:36:22.000 COORDINATE THE ACTIVITIES ACROSS THE STATE BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING AT 00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:25.000 CONSISTENT AND COMMON MESSAGING. 00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:28.000 IN TERMS OF OUTREACH, THIS IS SOMETHING 00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:31.000 THAT, IT IS GOING TO BE 00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:34.000 NEW FOR US, WE ARE LOOKING 00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:37.000 COORDINATING WITH CENTERS TO DO FORUMS 00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:40.000 WITH THE LOCAL UNIVERSITIES. AND 00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:43.000 TRY AND GET MORE INPUT FROM THE 00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:47.000 COLLEGE AGE YOUTH WITH 00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:50.000 DISABILITIES ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE SEEING IN THE COMMUNITY. AND TRYING TO 00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:53.000 GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN INDEPENDENT LIVING AT THE 00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:56.000 COLLEGE LEVEL TO TRY AND 00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:59.000 FOSTER MORE LEADERSHIP AND FOR US AS SILC, HOPE 00:36:59.000 --> 00:37:02.000 ANY FIND NEW COUNCIL 00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:05.000 MEMBERS AND GET THEM INVOLVED. FOR THE CENTERS, 00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:08.000 FIND FUTURE LEADERSES 00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:11.000 FOR THE PROCESS. WE ARE DOING THAT TYPE OF 00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:14.000 OUTREACH IN A COORDINATED WAY BECAUSE WE KNOW THE 00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:17.000 CENTERS LOCALLY HAVE A LOT 00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:21.000 BETTER RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE LOCAL 00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:24.000 UNIVERSITIESES THAN WE DO. AND IT 00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:27.000 WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GO IN 00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:32.000 TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT INDEPENDENT LIVING FROM THE LOCAL 00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:35.000 LEVEL AND THE STATE LEVEL. AND 00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:38.000 FROM THAT, I WILL PASS IT 00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:42.000 BACK TO SANDRA TO TALK ABOUT RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT. 00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:45.000 >> SANDRA BITTER: 00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:48.000 YES. HOLD ON, LET ME 00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:51.000 START MY VIDEO. OKAY, SO, I TALKED A 00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:55.000 LITTLE BIT ABOUT RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND 00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:58.000 I KNOW, GIVEN OTHER 00:37:58.000 --> 00:38:02.000 PRESENTATIONS ABOUT WHAT RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT IN TEXAS 00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:05.000 LOOKS LIKE. BUT WE REALLY, I WANT 00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:08.000 TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE IT ALL 00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:11.000 STARTED. AND HOW 00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:14.000 WE LOOK AT THE WAYS THAT 00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:17.000 NEW RESOURCES WHETHER THEY ARE GRANTS OR 00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:21.000 CONTRACTS CAN FIT WITHIN THE 00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:24.000 SILC'S AUTHORITIES AND THE DUTIES. AND IT 00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:27.000 REALLY ALL CIRCLES BACK TO THE STATE PLANNING. 00:38:27.000 --> 00:38:30.000 SO THAT DRIVES ALL OF THE 00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:33.000 RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT. LOOKING AT NEW, 00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:37.000 WHERE ARE 00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:40.000 THERE GAPS IN FUNDING OR CAPACITY. AND WHERE 00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:43.000 THE SILC MIGHT BE ABLE TO 00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:46.000 TRY TO GO AFTER 00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:49.000 ADDITIONAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND PARTNER WITH 00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:52.000 CENTERS ON INDEPENDENT LIVING FOR THOSE. 00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:56.000 MOST OF THE GRANTS THAT WE HAVE, WE ARE 00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:59.000 PARTNERING WITH CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING, OTHER 00:38:59.000 --> 00:39:02.000 DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS, OR WE ARE 00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:05.000 DOING SOME ADVOCACY WORK 00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:08.000 AND COORDINATION OURSELVES 00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:11.000 AS THE SILC. SO, IT IS REALLY, 00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:14.000 IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT 00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:17.000 THE PRIORITIES THAT YOU HAVE SET 00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:21.000 AS A STATE. 00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:24.000 THEN START TO LOOK AT MAYBE THE 00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:27.000 PRIORITIES THAT OTHER FUNDERS HAVE SET. 00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:31.000 FOR EXAMPLE, WE LOOKED AT THE STATE PLAN 00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:34.000 OF OUR DD COUNCIL IN TEXAS 00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:39.000 . AND LOOKED AT THE WAYS WHERE OR LOOKED 00:39:39.000 --> 00:39:42.000 -- THE PRIORITIES THAT WERE 00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:45.000 SIMILAR. FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THEM WAS TRANSPORTATION. 00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:48.000 AND OUR DD COUNCIL, 00:39:48.000 --> 00:39:52.000 ENDED UP 00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:55.000 OFFERING UP 00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:59.000 GRANT FUNDS IN A PROPOSAL ON PROTECTION 00:39:59.000 --> 00:40:02.000 NOT PROTECTION. SORRY, ADVOCATE AND LEADERSHIP. 00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:07.000 WE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND 00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:10.000 SUBMIT A PROPOSAL, FOCUSING ON 00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:13.000 TRANSPORTATION WITH REGARDS TO ADVOCACY FOR 00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:16.000 ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORTATION. AND THAT WAS ABLE TO 00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:20.000 FULFILL OBJECTIVES IN 00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:23.000 OUR STATE PLAN. BUT ALSO IN THE DD 00:40:23.000 --> 00:40:27.000 COUNCIL'S STATE 00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:29.000 PLAN THEY IDENTIFIED TRANSPORTATION AS 00:40:29.000 --> 00:40:32.000 ONE OF THE PRIORITIES AS WELL. THAT IS OUR STRATEGY IS 00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:35.000 TO LOOK AT WHAT IT 00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:38.000 SAYS IN THE CIL. AND SO, IF YOU LOOK 00:40:38.000 --> 00:40:43.000 AT IT RIGHT NOW. YOU WILL LOOK AT 00:40:43.000 --> 00:40:46.000 SOME OF THE ADVOCACY PRIORITIES REGARDING TRANSPORTATION, 00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:49.000 HOUSING, TRANSITION FROM INSTITUTIONS 00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:52.000 WHETHER THEY ARE IN A NURSING HOME OR STATE 00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:55.000 INSTITUTIONS. INTO COMMUNITY 00:40:55.000 --> 00:40:59.000 BASE LIVING AND PROVIDING THE PEER SUPPORT 00:40:59.000 --> 00:41:02.000 . WE HAVE PRIORITIES 00:41:02.000 --> 00:41:04.000 LISTED WITH REGARDS TO EITHER 00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:07.000 MOBILE OR VIRTUAL INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES AND SO THAT IS 00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:12.000 WHERE WE FOCUSED SOME OF OUR 00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:15.000 RESOURCES. AND YOU KNOW 00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:18.000 , RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT IT MEAN 00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:21.000 DIFFERENT THINGS, IT DIDN'T NECESSARY HAVE TO BE 00:41:21.000 --> 00:41:25.000 FUNDS. IT COULD BE DONATIONS OR 00:41:25.000 --> 00:41:27.000 , MONETARY 00:41:27.000 --> 00:41:30.000 DONATIONS ARE NICE. INKIND 00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:34.000 DONATION, VOLUNTEERS THINGS LIKE, THAT THAT IS 00:41:34.000 --> 00:41:36.000 KIND OF WHAT 00:41:36.000 --> 00:41:39.000 TEXAS HAS DONE, AND YOU GUYS CAN ALSO 00:41:39.000 --> 00:41:42.000 ALWAYS REACH OUT AND ASK ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM 00:41:42.000 --> 00:41:46.000 ABOUT THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS. BUT, I WANT TO 00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:50.000 MAKE SURE JEREMY HAS A CHANCE TO 00:41:50.000 --> 00:41:53.000 TALK ABOUT WHAT OHIO IS DOING. > 00:41:53.000 --> 00:41:56.000 > JEREMY MORRIS: THANKS 00:41:56.000 --> 00:41:59.000 SANDRA. THIS WAS A VERY 00:41:59.000 --> 00:42:05.000 NEW AREA FOR US TO GET INVOLVED IN. WE 00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:08.000 REALLY WEREN'T SURE WHERE WE ARE 00:42:08.000 --> 00:42:11.000 STARTING IN A LOT OF WAYS I THINK SOME 00:42:11.000 --> 00:42:14.000 TIPS FOR SOME STATE COUNCILS THAT ARE LOOKING 00:42:14.000 --> 00:42:18.000 INTO THIS TYPE OF RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT 00:42:18.000 --> 00:42:21.000 , THERE IS A LOT OF RESOURCES ON GRANT 00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:25.000 WRITING AND HOW TO SEARCH FOR FOUNDATION FUND 00:42:25.000 --> 00:42:28.000 AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT 00:42:28.000 --> 00:42:31.000 , THAT IS ONE THING WE HAVE 00:42:31.000 --> 00:42:34.000 BEEN LOOKING MORE INTO AND WE REALIZED 00:42:34.000 --> 00:42:37.000 THIS WOULD BE GREAT INFORMATION TO SEND 00:42:37.000 --> 00:42:40.000 OUT TO THE CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING. TO MAKE SURE THEY 00:42:40.000 --> 00:42:43.000 HAVE ACCESS TO THE SAME 00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:46.000 TYPES OF RESOURCES. SO ONE THING 00:42:46.000 --> 00:42:50.000 THAT HAS COME OUT OF THAT NOW IS 00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:53.000 , WE HAVE RESOURCES AND 00:42:53.000 --> 00:42:56.000 INFORMATION ON DIFFERENT FUNDING 00:42:56.000 --> 00:42:59.000 OPPORTUNITIES FROM LOCAL 00:42:59.000 --> 00:43:02.000 FOUNDATIONS THAT WE SEND OUT TO THE CENTER DIRECTORS 00:43:02.000 --> 00:43:05.000 . AND WE ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE THEM WITH 00:43:05.000 --> 00:43:09.000 INFORMATION OF HOW CAN YOU DEVELOP AND 00:43:09.000 --> 00:43:12.000 BUILD THE RESOURCE CAPACITY FOR THE 00:43:12.000 --> 00:43:15.000 CENTER OF INDEPENDENT LIVING. WE ALSO 00:43:15.000 --> 00:43:18.000 BEEN ABLE TO 00:43:18.000 --> 00:43:22.000 UNDERGOING AND TAKE ON 2 00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:25.000 TWO, FOR US LARGE PROJECTS. AND 00:43:25.000 --> 00:43:28.000 BOTH OF THE PROJECTS, THE GOAL WAS, WE WERE 00:43:28.000 --> 00:43:31.000 GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE OVERALL PICTURE 00:43:31.000 --> 00:43:34.000 OF IT. AND THE CENTERS 00:43:34.000 --> 00:43:38.000 WERE GOING TO BE RECEIVING FUNDING THROUGH A SUB 00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:41.000 GRANT AGREEMENT. ONE THING THAT IS IMPORTANT IN BOTH OF 00:43:41.000 --> 00:43:44.000 THOSE APPLICATIONS THAT WE DID FOR 00:43:44.000 --> 00:43:47.000 FUNDING, WE MADE SURE THAT 00:43:47.000 --> 00:43:50.000 BOUNDARY THAT THE SILC WAS NOT GOING TO BE 00:43:50.000 --> 00:43:54.000 PROVIDING OR MANAGING DIRECT SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS 00:43:54.000 --> 00:43:57.000 WAS INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSAL. WE 00:43:57.000 --> 00:44:01.000 MADE SURE THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THERE WAS GOING TO BE 00:44:01.000 --> 00:44:04.000 KIND OF A FIRE WALL THAT SEPARATED 00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:07.000 THE SILC FROM THAT ELEMENT. WE REALLY 00:44:07.000 --> 00:44:10.000 WANTED THE CILS TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY 00:44:10.000 --> 00:44:13.000 TO DEVELOP AND STRUCTURE THE PROGRAMS THAT 00:44:13.000 --> 00:44:16.000 WOULD BEST FIT THE COMMUNITIES, BEST 00:44:16.000 --> 00:44:19.000 FIT THE INDIVIDUALS THEY ARE 00:44:19.000 --> 00:44:23.000 SERVING. THEY HAVE TO REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES 00:44:23.000 --> 00:44:26.000 . THE REPORTING STRUCTURE 00:44:26.000 --> 00:44:29.000 WAS SET UP FOR THEM TO REPORT TO US, 00:44:29.000 --> 00:44:34.000 BASED ON THE OBJECTIVES THEY IDENTIFIED FOR 00:44:34.000 --> 00:44:38.000 THE CENTER. WE MAKE SURE WE GIVE THE CENTER THE 00:44:38.000 --> 00:44:40.000 PROBLEMATIC 00:44:40.000 --> 00:44:44.000 CONTROL AS IT GOES FORWARD. AND THE PROJECT 00:44:44.000 --> 00:44:48.000 IF THERE ARE CONTROLS FOR 00:44:48.000 --> 00:44:51.000 THE PROBLEMATIC ASSISTANCE, WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT 00:44:51.000 --> 00:44:54.000 UNDERSTANDS THAT, THAT IS INVOLVED ALMOST AS A 00:44:54.000 --> 00:44:57.000 THIRD PARTY. BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE 00:44:57.000 --> 00:45:01.000 IF THE CENTERS ARE NEEDING 00:45:01.000 --> 00:45:04.000 ADDITIONAL TYPE OF FEEDBACK, WE PROBABLY 00:45:04.000 --> 00:45:07.000 WOULDN'T HAVE THE 00:45:07.000 --> 00:45:11.000 BEST ANSWERS. ONE OF THE PROJECTS IS 00:45:11.000 --> 00:45:15.000 AROUND SATURDAY 00:45:15.000 --> 00:45:19.000 DISASTER AND PREPAREDNESS. WE KNOW 00:45:19.000 --> 00:45:22.000 ENOUGH, BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW 00:45:22.000 --> 00:45:25.000 THE CENTERS CAN BE 00:45:25.000 --> 00:45:28.000 ENGAGED THE OTHER PROJECT IS THE YOUTH 00:45:28.000 --> 00:45:31.000 LEADERSHIP FORUM. ONE OF THE STAFF FROM THE ABILITY OF 00:45:31.000 --> 00:45:34.000 GREAT TOLEDO, THEY TALKED ABOUT THAT. 00:45:34.000 --> 00:45:37.000 THROUGH THAT PROCESS, IT WAS THE 00:45:37.000 --> 00:45:41.000 DESIGNATED STATE ENTITY, THEY 00:45:41.000 --> 00:45:44.000 WANTED TO SHIFT THE WAY YOUTH LEADERSHIP 00:45:44.000 --> 00:45:47.000 FORUM WAS RUN. WE HAD WORKED WITH THEM 00:45:47.000 --> 00:45:51.000 AND REALLY HIGHLIGHTED THE CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING ARE 00:45:51.000 --> 00:45:53.000 A GREAT PARTNER FOR YOU. BRINGING IN, 00:45:53.000 --> 00:45:56.000 IT IS BRINGING IN ALL THE AUTHORITIES TOGETHER. 00:45:56.000 --> 00:45:59.000 THE CENTERS ARE A GREAT PARTNER. 00:45:59.000 --> 00:46:02.000 THEY CAN PULL THE WORK OFF BETTER 00:46:02.000 --> 00:46:06.000 THAN ANYONE ELSE. THEY RELEASED A REQUEST FOR 00:46:06.000 --> 00:46:09.000 PROPOSALS TO HAVE AN ORGANIZATION THAT COULD 00:46:09.000 --> 00:46:12.000 HELP FACILITATE FIVE REGIONAL 00:46:12.000 --> 00:46:16.000 FORUMS. WE WORKED WITH THE CENTERS ON THE APPLICATION. WE 00:46:16.000 --> 00:46:19.000 MADE SURE THEY HAD INPUT. THEY WERE GIVEN THE 00:46:19.000 --> 00:46:23.000 PROPOSALS AND PART OF THE 00:46:23.000 --> 00:46:25.000 PROCESS. AND MADE SURE FOR EACH OF THE PROJECTS, 00:46:25.000 --> 00:46:29.000 OUR COUNCIL ACTUALLY, THEY HAD A 00:46:29.000 --> 00:46:32.000 DISCUSSION ABOUT IT, AND THEY VOTED TO 00:46:32.000 --> 00:46:36.000 APPROVE THE COUNCIL GOING FORWARD WITH 00:46:36.000 --> 00:46:39.000 APPLYING FOR THE SET OF FUNDING. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE AS 00:46:39.000 --> 00:46:42.000 TRANSPARENT AND OPEN AS WE COULD BE THROUGH THE 00:46:42.000 --> 00:46:45.000 PROCESS WE WERE. AND 00:46:45.000 --> 00:46:48.000 I THINK IT IS STARTED TO WORK OUT 00:46:48.000 --> 00:46:51.000 REALLY WELL AND IT IS HELPING BUILD A 00:46:51.000 --> 00:46:55.000 GOOD PARTNERSHIP WITH US AND THE CENTERS 00:46:55.000 --> 00:46:58.000 TOO. FOR 00:46:58.000 --> 00:47:01.000 OUR OWN RELATED 00:47:01.000 --> 00:47:04.000 FUND RAISING, SORRY, 00:47:04.000 --> 00:47:07.000 RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVE A NEW 00:47:07.000 --> 00:47:11.000 GRANT FROM OUR DD COUNCIL. AND IT 00:47:11.000 --> 00:47:15.000 RELATES TO NOT ONLY THE ADVOCACY WORK BUT THE 00:47:15.000 --> 00:47:18.000 OUTREACH WE IDENTIFIED BECAUSE PART OF IT IS 00:47:18.000 --> 00:47:21.000 THE DD COUNCIL REACHED OUT TO US AND 00:47:21.000 --> 00:47:25.000 SAID WE THINK THERE IS AN ISSUE IN THE WAY 00:47:25.000 --> 00:47:28.000 SELF-ADVOCACY IS BEING 00:47:28.000 --> 00:47:31.000 PROMOTED IN THE DD SYSTEM IN OUR STATE. 00:47:31.000 --> 00:47:35.000 WOULD YOU HELP US TAKE A LOOK HOW THIS IS HAPPENING? 00:47:35.000 --> 00:47:38.000 SO THROUGH THE PROJECT, WE HAVE A GROUP OF 00:47:38.000 --> 00:47:41.000 INDIVIDUALS THAT WE CONVENED THAT ARE 00:47:41.000 --> 00:47:44.000 REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE INDEPENDENT LIVING SIDE SO, 00:47:44.000 --> 00:47:47.000 WE HAVE A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE HAVE 00:47:47.000 --> 00:47:50.000 CIL STAFF AND INDIVIDUALS THAT 00:47:50.000 --> 00:47:53.000 COME FROM THE DD COUNCIL AND THE DD SIDE. THAT ARE 00:47:53.000 --> 00:47:56.000 COMING TOGETHER AND THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT ARE THE 00:47:56.000 --> 00:47:59.000 SYSTEMIC ISSUES THAT PREVENT INDIVIDUALS 00:47:59.000 --> 00:48:02.000 HAVING TRUE 00:48:02.000 --> 00:48:06.000 OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE IN THEIR OWN SELF-ADVOCACY. 00:48:06.000 --> 00:48:09.000 WE ARE HAVING 00:48:09.000 --> 00:48:12.000 GREAT TALK AND COMMUNICATION ABOUT THIS AND 00:48:12.000 --> 00:48:17.000 IT LED TO A REPORT THAT GOT DEVELOPED WITH THE 00:48:17.000 --> 00:48:20.000 , THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE GROUP. 00:48:20.000 --> 00:48:23.000 OF WHAT THEY THOUGHT NEEDED CHANGE IN THE STATE. NOW 00:48:23.000 --> 00:48:26.000 WE ARE WORKING WITH THE DD 00:48:26.000 --> 00:48:29.000 COUNCIL, HOW CAN IT BE IMPLEMENTED 00:48:29.000 --> 00:48:32.000 WHO POLICY CHANGES AND SYSTEMIC CHANGES 00:48:32.000 --> 00:48:36.000 NEED TO HAPPEN TO ALLOW GREATER SELF- 00:48:36.000 --> 00:48:39.000 ADVOCACY. IT IS REALLY HELPING TO PROMOTE 00:48:39.000 --> 00:48:42.000 INDEPENDENT LIVING THROUGH OTHER SYSTEMS WITHIN OUR STATE. 00:48:42.000 --> 00:48:45.000 I 00:48:45.000 --> 00:48:50.000 SEE THERE IS A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 00:48:50.000 --> 00:48:54.000 THE FIRST, IF A SILC IS NOT A 00:48:54.000 --> 00:48:58.000 501C1, 00:48:58.000 --> 00:49:01.000 CAN THEY GET THE GRANT ON THEIR 00:49:01.000 --> 00:49:04.000 BEHALF. I AM NOT ENTIRELY SURE 00:49:04.000 --> 00:49:07.000 . I WOULD 00:49:07.000 --> 00:49:11.000 THINK IT IS POSSIBLE. -- >> 00:49:11.000 --> 00:49:15.000 MAKE SURE THE DSE AND THE SILC HAS A GOOD 00:49:15.000 --> 00:49:18.000 RELATIONSHIP AND THE DSE WOULD ALLOW THE SILC TO 00:49:18.000 --> 00:49:21.000 CONDUCT THAT PROJECT OR PROGRAM 00:49:21.000 --> 00:49:25.000 THE WAY THEY WOULD WANT TO AND MAKE SURE THAT 00:49:25.000 --> 00:49:29.000 AUTONOMY IS NOT INTERFERED WITH. 00:49:29.000 --> 00:49:32.000 I DON'T KNOW IF 00:49:32.000 --> 00:49:35.000 SANDRA HAS INPUT. >> SANDRA BITTER: THAT IS 00:49:35.000 --> 00:49:38.000 POSSIBLE. IT DEPENDS ON THE GRANT. NOT ALL, 00:49:38.000 --> 00:49:41.000 YOU KNOW A LOT OF TIMES THERE ARE GRANTS THAT ARE 00:49:41.000 --> 00:49:45.000 AVAILABLE FOR NON-PROFITS, AND OTHERS THAT 00:49:45.000 --> 00:49:48.000 GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES 00:49:48.000 --> 00:49:51.000 ALLOWED TO APPLY FOR THEM. BUT 00:49:51.000 --> 00:49:54.000 AGAIN I THINK THAT STARTS WITH THE CONVERSATION WITH YOUR 00:49:54.000 --> 00:49:58.000 DSE. AS WELL, THERE MIGHT BE OTHER 00:49:58.000 --> 00:50:01.000 ORGANIZATIONS THAT COULD ASK, ACT AS 00:50:01.000 --> 00:50:05.000 YOUR FISCAL AGENT AS A POSSIBILITY. 00:50:05.000 --> 00:50:08.000 AND SO I WOULD DEFINITELY LOOK 00:50:08.000 --> 00:50:11.000 AT THAT, BUT ALSO KEEP IN MIND THE 00:50:11.000 --> 00:50:15.000 CONVERSATION OF MAKING SURE THERE ARE AUTONOMY. 00:50:15.000 --> 00:50:19.000 WITH THAT PROCESS. LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE 00:50:19.000 --> 00:50:22.000 ANOTHER QUESTION IT SAYS, IF 00:50:22.000 --> 00:50:25.000 YOU ARE AN ORGANIZATION THAT WANTS TO COLLABORATE WITH THE 00:50:25.000 --> 00:50:28.000 SILC YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS HOW TO 00:50:28.000 --> 00:50:31.000 START THAT CONVERSATION OR WAYS THAT YOU CAN CALCULATE 00:50:31.000 --> 00:50:34.000 WITH THE COUNCIL. I THINK ONE OF THE WAYS IS 00:50:34.000 --> 00:50:38.000 , FIRST APPROACHING EITHER SPECIFIC 00:50:38.000 --> 00:50:41.000 BOARD MEMBERS IF STAFF IS NOT AVAILABLE 00:50:41.000 --> 00:50:44.000 . BUT ALSO EACH SILC 00:50:44.000 --> 00:50:47.000 MEETING HAS A PUBLIC COMMENT 00:50:47.000 --> 00:50:50.000 PROCESS. IT IS REQUIRED 00:50:50.000 --> 00:50:53.000 BY LAW. AND SO FOR SOME 00:50:53.000 --> 00:50:56.000 REASON YOU HAVE A HARD TIME REACHING STAFF OR 00:50:56.000 --> 00:51:00.000 INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS, SHOWING UP 00:51:00.000 --> 00:51:02.000 TO BOARD MEETINGS AND TALKING ABOUT YOUR 00:51:02.000 --> 00:51:06.000 WILLINGNESS THE ORGANIZATION'S WILLINGNESS 00:51:06.000 --> 00:51:09.000 TO COLLABORATE AND START IN 00:51:09.000 --> 00:51:12.000 DEPTH CONVERSATIONS IS A GREAT PLACE TO 00:51:12.000 --> 00:51:15.000 START. REACHING OUT TO STAFF AND TO THE 00:51:15.000 --> 00:51:18.000 BOARD AND REALLY LOOKING AT 00:51:18.000 --> 00:51:22.000 WHAT THE STATE PLAN SAYS WITH REGARDS TO 00:51:22.000 --> 00:51:26.000 THE PRIORITIES MIGHT GIVE SOME 00:51:26.000 --> 00:51:29.000 CLUES AS TO WHAT THE PRIORITIES OF THE SILC AND 00:51:29.000 --> 00:51:33.000 THE CENTERS ARE. THAT IS MY RECOMMENDATION 00:51:33.000 --> 00:51:36.000 . I WILL SEND IT OVER TO 00:51:36.000 --> 00:51:39.000 JEREMY. >> JEREMY MORRIS: ONE THING I WILL TELL YOU AS 00:51:39.000 --> 00:51:42.000 SILC STAFF, I LOVE WHEN ANOTHER 00:51:42.000 --> 00:51:45.000 ORGANIZATION COMES AND SAYS, WOULD YOU BE 00:51:45.000 --> 00:51:48.000 ABLE TO SEE IF WE CAN 00:51:48.000 --> 00:51:51.000 PRESENT AT A COUNCIL OR A COMMITTEE 00:51:51.000 --> 00:51:54.000 MEETING AND TYPICALLY THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, 00:51:54.000 --> 00:51:58.000 THEY JUMP ON THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ANOTHER GROUP 00:51:58.000 --> 00:52:01.000 COME IN AND TALK WHAT THEY ARE DOING, 00:52:01.000 --> 00:52:04.000 HOW THEY ARE ENGAGING WITH THE INDIVIDUALS WITH 00:52:04.000 --> 00:52:07.000 DISABILITIES IN OHIO IN WHATEVER WAY IT IS. 00:52:07.000 --> 00:52:10.000 AND IT IS HELPED BRING ABOUT, 00:52:10.000 --> 00:52:13.000 THEY TYPICALLY COME TO THE MEETING AND THEY 00:52:13.000 --> 00:52:16.000 DON'T IMMEDIATELY LEAVE. THEY WILL WILL STAY AND LISTEN IN. 00:52:16.000 --> 00:52:19.000 SO IT HELPS US ACTUALLY, WE 00:52:19.000 --> 00:52:22.000 GET TO HEAR ABOUT THEM, ASK THEM QUESTIONS 00:52:22.000 --> 00:52:25.000 AND TALK, THEY HANG OUT AND STAY AND 00:52:25.000 --> 00:52:29.000 LISTEN WHAT WE ARE DOING, AND HEAR WHAT WE ARE DOING 00:52:29.000 --> 00:52:31.000 THE SILCS AND THE CILS DOING, IT IS 00:52:31.000 --> 00:52:35.000 BRINGING MORE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE 00:52:35.000 --> 00:52:39.000 BECOMING A LOT MORE IMPACTFULS WITH WE 00:52:39.000 --> 00:52:48.000 AS WE GO ON. 00:52:48.000 --> 00:52:51.000 ANY QUESTIONS? 00:52:51.000 --> 00:52:54.000 >> I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IN THE 00:52:54.000 --> 00:52:57.000 CHAT OR THE Q AND A TAB. BUT, I DO 00:52:57.000 --> 00:53:00.000 WANT TO VOICE SOME OF THE CHAT 00:53:00.000 --> 00:53:05.000 COMING IN. SAYING THAT 00:53:05.000 --> 00:53:08.000 FOR WYOMING, WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT 00:53:08.000 --> 00:53:13.000 HERE IN WYOMING CALL THE 00:53:13.000 --> 00:53:16.000 WYDPAC. THE WYOMING DISABILITY PEER ADVOCACY 00:53:16.000 --> 00:53:20.000 COMMITTEE. WE MEET EVERY FRIDAY AND WORK 00:53:20.000 --> 00:53:23.000 ON ADVOCACY AND ADA CONCERNS AND 00:53:23.000 --> 00:53:26.000 SUCH. THAT IS AWESOME, THAT IS A GREAT GROUP. 00:53:26.000 --> 00:53:29.000 ESPECIALLY MEETING WEEKLY. YOU 00:53:29.000 --> 00:53:32.000 ARE REALLY ABLE TO 00:53:32.000 --> 00:53:35.000 SPLIT THE WORK BURDEN ON, 00:53:35.000 --> 00:53:39.000 WITHIN SEVERAL DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND 00:53:39.000 --> 00:53:42.000 REALLY, REALLY COORDINATE WORK TOGETHER. 00:53:42.000 --> 00:53:46.000 THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. 00:53:46.000 --> 00:53:49.000 >> AS A NOTE, IF YOU ARE ON THE PHONE OR HAVE A 00:53:49.000 --> 00:53:53.000 MIKE 00:53:53.000 --> 00:54:00.000 MICROPHONE, 00:54:00.000 --> 00:54:03.000 PRESS STAR NINE AND IT WILL 00:54:03.000 --> 00:54:06.000 ALLOWS TO JOIN IN. >> I 00:54:06.000 --> 00:54:09.000 WILL SHARE THE SCREEN ONE MORE 00:54:09.000 --> 00:54:12.000 TIME FOR THE EXACT 00:54:12.000 --> 00:54:15.000 CONTACT INFORMATION. 00:54:15.000 --> 00:54:18.000 >> SANDRA BITTER: YOU ARE WELCOME TO REACH OUT TO US, SEND 00:54:18.000 --> 00:54:21.000 US A QUICK E-MAIL. LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE 00:54:21.000 --> 00:54:24.000 QUESTIONS OR TALK OUT IDEAS. I 00:54:24.000 --> 00:54:28.000 THINK THAT, YOU KNOW 00:54:28.000 --> 00:54:31.000 WHILE WE CAN'T BE THERE IN 00:54:31.000 --> 00:54:34.000 PERSON THIS YEAR, SOMETIMES WE NEED A LITTLE 00:54:34.000 --> 00:54:37.000 BIT OF PEER SUPPORT 00:54:37.000 --> 00:54:40.000 AMONG SILCS AND BOARD MEMBERS AND THINGS LIKE 00:54:40.000 --> 00:54:44.000 THAT. FEEL 00:54:44.000 --> 00:54:47.000 FEEL FREE TO CALL. YOU HAVE GOOD 00:54:47.000 --> 00:54:50.000 IDEAS THAT I WRITTEN DOWN TODAY. AND I 00:54:50.000 --> 00:54:53.000 WOULD LOVE TO SEE IF THEY WILL WORK IN TEXAS. 00:54:53.000 --> 00:54:56.000 AND LOVE TO HEAR FROM 00:54:56.000 --> 00:54:59.000 OTHER STATES ABOUT WHAT YOU ALL 00:54:59.000 --> 00:55:02.000 MIGHT BE DOING TOO. KEEPING UP THE 00:55:02.000 --> 00:55:05.000 CONVERSATION AND AS WE GO ALONG 00:55:05.000 --> 00:55:09.000 , I THINK IT WILL BE REALLY NEAT TO SEE 00:55:09.000 --> 00:55:11.000 HOW, OTHER STATES ARE USING 00:55:11.000 --> 00:55:14.000 THEIR NEW AUTHORITIES, THEIR NEW, 00:55:14.000 --> 00:55:18.000 IT IS SIX YEARS OLD BUT IT IS NEW TO ME. 00:55:18.000 --> 00:55:21.000 IT IS STILL NEW. SO, I 00:55:21.000 --> 00:55:26.000 APPRECIATE THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY. 00:55:26.000 --> 00:55:29.000 >> JEREMY MORRIS: I WANT TO ADD TOO. ONE THING, 00:55:29.000 --> 00:55:32.000 IT IS REALLY GOOD TO SHARE 00:55:32.000 --> 00:55:36.000 INFORMATION ON WHAT YOU ARE DOING. BUT IT IS ALSO 00:55:36.000 --> 00:55:39.000 GOOD TO SHARE INFORMATION ON THE CHALLENGES AND STRUGGLES THAT 00:55:39.000 --> 00:55:42.000 YOU ARE FACING AS A SILC. I 00:55:42.000 --> 00:55:45.000 KNOW LIKE I SAID EARLIER, WE WENT 00:55:45.000 --> 00:55:48.000 THROUGH SOME MAJOR RESTRUCTURING AND THAT IS 00:55:48.000 --> 00:55:51.000 WHAT HELPED PROMOTE OUR ADVOCACY 00:55:51.000 --> 00:55:54.000 WORK. IF IT IS NOT FOR THE FACT, WE 00:55:54.000 --> 00:55:57.000 WERE NOT THE 00:55:57.000 --> 00:56:00.000 WAY WE WERE STRUCTURED, WE WOULDN'T DO THE 00:56:00.000 --> 00:56:04.000 ADVOCACY. SHARE HOW YOU WILL 00:56:04.000 --> 00:56:07.000 TRY AND OVERCOME THE 00:56:07.000 --> 00:56:11.000 OBSTACLES. IF YOU NEED TO TROUBLESHOOT WITH US 00:56:11.000 --> 00:56:13.000 , HOW WE START DOING SOME OF THIS. BECAUSE 00:56:13.000 --> 00:56:17.000 WE HAVE CERTAIN BARRIERS AND 00:56:17.000 --> 00:56:19.000 CHALLENGES. WE ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO TALK 00:56:19.000 --> 00:56:23.000 THROUGH THINGS. 00:56:23.000 --> 00:56:26.000 >> THIS IS 00:56:26.000 --> 00:56:29.000 SIDNA. THANK YOU JEREMY AND 00:56:29.000 --> 00:56:32.000 SANDRA. I WANT TO REMIND THE PARTICIPANTS, 00:56:32.000 --> 00:56:36.000 FILL OUT THE EVALUATIONS. AS SOON AS THE 00:56:36.000 --> 00:56:39.000 SESSION IS OVER, THE LI 00:56:39.000 --> 00:56:42.000 LINK FOR THE EVALUATION SHOULD APPEAR. IF YOU HAVE 00:56:42.000 --> 00:56:45.000 ANYMORE QUESTIONS, YOU CAN REACH US 00:56:45.000 --> 00:56:48.000 THROUGH THE APRIL CONFERENCE WESTBOUND