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Public Meeting: On Needs Assessment of Services for Residents with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) Monday June 11, 2018 4 - 5:15 p.m. 5:30 - 6:45 p.m. Hosted at Laradon, 5100 Lincoln Street, Denver, CO 80216

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Public Meeting:

On Needs Assessment of Services for Residents with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD)

Monday June 11, 2018

  • 4 - 5:15 p.m.
  • 5:30 - 6:45 p.m.

Hosted at Laradon, 5100 Lincoln Street, Denver, CO 80216

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Voices Near and Far

  • 1-877-668-4493
  • Access code

732 060 503#

  • www.facebook.com/

DenverHumanServices

  • bit.ly/milllevy_webex

Call in via phone Facebook Live Via Webex

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Health Management Associates

To conduct a needs assessment evaluating how dedicated funding should be utilized going forward Community engagement: Interviews, survey, focus groups, and public meeting Needs assessment timeline: April–July 2018

Robyn Odendahl, Senior Consultant Michelle Rogers, Senior Consultant Jaime Gilliland, Research Assistant

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Goals for the Public Meeting

Link to agenda: bit.ly .ly/ID IDDmillle llevy

To better understand opinions and perspectives from the community about:

  • What is working regarding access

to services for individuals with I/DD living in Denver

  • The barriers to accessing services
  • What is working and not working

regarding accessing mill levy dollars

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Via phone, we invite you to email comments to rodendahl@healthmanagement.com Via Webex, we invite you to use the chat function to submit comments. Via Facebook Live, we invite you to “comment.”

Someone is actively monitoring and responding to all methods of input

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About the Survey: Dissemination

Colorado Developmental Disabilities Council Rocky Mountain Human Services Atlantis Community, Inc. JFK Partners Denver Regional Council on Governments Denver Health Easterseals Colorado Advocacy Denver The Arc of Colorado Alliance Colorado Parent to Parent Family Voices Colorado Cross Disability Coalition CDHS Office of Early Childhood Colorado Department

  • f Education, Office of

Special Education CO Fund for People with Disabilities Denver Public Schools Samaritan House Mission Supports Mental Health Center

  • f Denver

CDPHE Maternal Health Rocky Mountain Down Syndrome Association Denver Parks and Recreation Ad Comma Mayor's Commission Lutheran Family Services PAD-CO Jewish Community Center Catholic Charities Denver Health and Hospitals Autism Society Sewall Child Development Center Anchor Center Laradon

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About the Survey

  • Still open …

bit.ly/IDDmilllevy

  • 392 responses as of June 11
  • 43% of respondents were

individuals with I/DD or their guardian and family member

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76% 43% 37% 31% 25% 25% 18% 13% 9% 8%

I/DD Autism Children and youth Multiple disabilities Physical disabilities Mental illness Older adults Deaf or Hard

  • f Hearing

Blind Other

What category best describes the population you represent?

(Select all that apply) (n=286)

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Survey Topics

Assess familiarity with mill levy Assess problems and challenges facing individuals with I/DD living in Denver Assess access to services, including case management

Example Question: If you have ever applied for mill levy funds, how was your experience, on a scale of 1-10?

  • Learning about the application process
  • Completing the application for funds
  • Contracting with the Denver CCB
  • Response time from submitting

application to approval of funds

  • Response time from approval of funds

to receiving funds

  • Response to questions or requests for

assistance

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Survey Topics

Assess familiarity with mill levy Assess problems and challenges facing individuals with I/DD living in Denver Assess access to services, including case management

Example Question: We would like you to consider the services and supports in your community for individuals with I/DD and their families.

  • Works well
  • Available, but not enough
  • Needs to be developed (e.g., training,

education, knowledge of community)

  • Do not have access (e.g., no providers, not

currently eligible, cannot afford)

  • Don’t know
  • Don’t use these service for myself or on

behalf of anyone 23 services and supports were assessed

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Survey Topics

Assess familiarity with mill levy Assess problems and challenges facing individuals with I/DD living in Denver Assess access to services, including case management

Example Question: In your opinion, are the following things problems for people with I/DD living in Denver?

  • Accessible gyms and/or options for

swimming

  • Adequate dental care
  • Adequate mental health services
  • Affordable housing
  • Case management
  • Family supports
  • Life skills training
  • Transition to adulthood – transition planning
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Initial Findings: Assess familiarity with mill levy

  • Generally, more than half of the respondents had a none

to fair understanding of the mill levy services.

  • Of those who have applied for mill levy funds (29%), the

experience was positive. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being extremely negative to 10 being extremely positive, the average score was 7.

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The highest number of respondents felt the following I/DD services “work well”:

  • Home and community-based supports
  • Early intervention (services for students 0-3 years)
  • Durable medical equipment
  • Vision services
  • Medical services
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The five services that the fewest number

  • f respondents said “worked well” were:
  • Out-of-home respite (temporary support)
  • Non-emergency medical transportation
  • Transportation provided by Medicaid
  • Crisis/emergency supports
  • Educational services
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For the “biggest problems for people with I/DD living in Denver”, respondents said:

  • Affordable housing
  • Waiting lists for services and supports
  • Adequate mental health services
  • Obtaining employment
  • Transition to adulthood – planning and continuing

education

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Activity 1

Individual Idea Sharing

15 minutes

For participants in the room:

  • On large post-it notes hung around the room, there are “topics” intended for

discussion today.

  • Please use post-it notes at your table to describe challenges and barriers related

to the topics.

  • Stick your post-it notes with challenges on the appropriate topic page around the

room.

  • Once you have contributed all your challenges and barriers, move around the room

to see what others are saying and contribute additional ideas, as needed.

  • As you review what others are saying, identify one topic that you want to

contribute to via in-depth, small group discussion. For those on the phone, Webex, or Facebook Live: The next slide will present the topics. Please contribute via chat or comment function your challenges/barriers for each topic or email rodendahl@healthmanagement.com.

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Please contribute via the chat or comment function your challenge(s) for each topic or email rodendahl@healthmanagement.com.

Topics

1 Affordable housing 2 Waiting lists for services and supports 3 Adequate mental health services 4 Obtaining employment 5 Transition to adulthood

(planning and life skills, including continuing education)

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Activity 2

Table Topic Small Group Discussion

25 minutes

For participants in the room: Select a topic to contribute to a more in-depth discussion and join that table. Each table is clearly marked with each topic. For those on the phone, Webex, or Facebook Live: DHS is monitoring comments and will facilitate a discussion based on comments provided.

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Activity 2

Table Topic Small Group Discussion

25 minutes

Discussion questions:

  • 1. What challenges were the most common? (10 minutes)
  • 2. What recommendations do you have for Denver’s City
  • fficials regarding what to do with the $9M of dedicated

funding available for services to people with I/DD? (10 minutes)

  • 3. How should the dollars be governed (e.g., advisory

committee? Public hearing? Annual community survey?) (5 minutes)

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Report Out

Table Topic Discussion

25 minutes

Each table topic group has 3.5 minutes to report out on key themes from their group discussion. There will also be a report out from remote participants via phone, Webex, and Facebook Live.

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Thanks for your participation!

To continue to provide your feedback, please consider:

I/DD Needs Assessment Survey

  • http://bit.ly/IDDmilllevy

Open-Ended Feedback Form

  • http://bit.ly/IDDmilllevy

Facebook Live

  • Comments will be gathered even after live feed

ends

  • Facebook.com/DenverHumanServices