webinar: housing for people with intellectual / developmental disabilities
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Welcome to the U.S.C. UCEDD Webinar Series for Individuals with Disabilities & Parents
Funded by grant #90DD0695 from
the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (A.I.D.D.) Administration on Community Living
February 23, 2017
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Your Moderator
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Susan Kanegawa U.S.C. UCEDD Family Support Coordinator [email protected] www.uscucedd.org
The USC University Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (U.S.C. UCEDD) is one of 68 UCEDDs funded to promote systemic change, advocacy, and capacity building in states on behalf of individuals with, or at risk for, developmental, behavioral and/or special health care needs, and their families. The U.S.C. UCEDD Webinar series is designed to educate the community about current policy issues which impact the lives of people we serve and their families. Our primary audience is individuals with special needs and their families. At this time, our webinars are in English only. We are exploring methods to make this series available in other languages in the future.
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Housing For People with Disabilities
Patti Uplinger Consultant/Coordinator for Lanterman Housing Alliance
Kristine McCann
Executive Director of Bay Area Housing Corporation
February 23, 2017
The views and opinions expressed in this presentation are the speaker’s own and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the U.S.C. UCEDD or C.H.L.A.
About Our Speakers
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Patti Uplinger Consultant/Coordinator for Lanterman Housing Alliance [email protected] (916) 549-1044 www.lantermanhousingalliance.org
Kristine McCann Executive Director of the Bay Area Housing Corporation [email protected] (408) 438-7392 www.BAHC1.org
Lanterman Housing Alliance
Housing Options
Subsidized Housing
S.S.I., ABLE Act
Statewide Housing
Plan
Who Can Help and Advocacy
Overview of the Webinar
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Lanterman Housing Alliance
Lanterman Housing Alliance
Housing Options
Subsidized Housing
S.S.I., ABLE Act
Statewide Housing
Plan
Who Can Help and Advocacy
Lanterman Housing Alliance
The Lanterman Housing Alliance is a collaborative of not-for-profit organizations. Our shared goal is to collaborate, network, and share best practices, to provide housing for people with a developmental disabilities.
We foster innovative public policies and public-private partnerships that result in sustainable investment in affordable housing for these individuals. The agencies in the collaborative serve most areas throughout California.
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L.H.A. Member Organizations
• Housing Now (Alta Calif R.C.)
• North Bay Housing Coalition (North Bay R.C.)
• Brilliant Corners (Golden Gate R.C.)
• Housing Consortium of the East Bay (R.C. of the East Bay)
• Housing Choices Coalition (San Andreas R.C.)
• Bay Area Housing Corporation (San Andreas R.C.)
• Tri Counties Community Housing Corporation (Tri Counties R.C.)
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• Home Ownership Made Easy (Westside R.C.)
• Home Ownership for Personal Empowerment (Harbor R.C.)
• California Housing Foundation (Inland R.C.)
• Southern California Housing Collaborative
(San Diego R.C.)
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Find more information about each organization on our web page: www.lantermanhousingalliance.org/memberorganizations
Member Organizations, cont.
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Housing Options
Lanterman Housing Alliance
Housing Options
Subsidized Housing
S.S.I., ABLE Act
Statewide Housing
Plan
Who Can Help and Advocacy
Regional Center Information
• IPP (Individual Program Plan)
• Self Determination
• Center for Medicaid Services: changes to services
• Rights, integrated opportunities and choices
• Limit isolation
• Integration vs. segregation
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Housing Trends
• State Institutions: Developmental Centers and skilled nursing
• Provider Housing Options: Group home model
• Housing controlled by the individual: Living in own apartment or with a roommate or co-housing
• Create own opportunities
• Health and housing are related
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Institutions and Group Homes
• Developmental Centers
• Skilled nursing facilities
• Community care facilities
• Intermediate Care Facilities (I.C.F.)
• Board and care
• Room and board
• Community Placement Plan (C.P.P.)
• Shared housing or co-housing
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Regional Center Supports: I.L.S. and S.L.S.
• Independent Living Services (I.L.S.) o Assessment to determine need o Up to 35 hours a month of support living in own home o Functional skills training: cooking, medication, financial o Recent law: I.L.S. allowed in parent’s home
• Supported Living Services (S.L.S.) o Up to 24 hours a day, 7 days a week o Cannot be provided while living in parent’s home o Assistance with daily living, including hiring attendants
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Family Home Ownership
• If parent owns the home
• Rent to child
• Home in a trust
• Individual owns home
• Legacy Home Program
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Subsidized Housing
Lanterman Housing Alliance
Housing Options
Subsidized Housing
S.S.I., ABLE Act
Statewide Housing
Plan
Who Can Help and Advocacy
Subsidized Housing
1. Housing Authorities
a) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher
b) Public housing
2. State Programs a) HUD 811 (Housing and Urban Development)
b) Tax credit and bond housing
3. Other
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More Subsidized Housing Resources
• Housing and Urban Development website www.HUD.gov
• Local housing authorities
• Non-profit housing developers
• U.S.A. Properties www.usapropfund.com
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S.S.I. Benefits and the ABLE Act
Lanterman Housing Alliance
Housing Options
Subsidized Housing
S.S.I., ABLE Act
Statewide Housing
Plan
Who Can Help and Advocacy
Supplementary Security Income Benefits
• www.SSA.gov Social Security website
• S.S.I./S.S.P. (Supplemental Security Income/ State Supplemental Payment)
• S.S.D.I. (Social Security Disability Insurance)
• Parents’ retirement and death benefits for child with disability
• Maximum savings $2,000, married couple $3,000
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The ABLE Act • www.treasurer.ca.gov/able/ CalABLE site
• Save up to $100,000
• Deposit $10,000 a year
• Use on rent
• Federal law and states choose to enact the program
• California ABLE Act ready in summer 2017
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Statewide Housing Plan
Lanterman Housing Alliance
Housing Options
Subsidized Housing
S.S.I., ABLE Act
Statewide Housing
Plan
Who Can Help and Advocacy
Statewide Housing Plan
• Statewide Housing Assessment draft document from Housing and Community Development (H.C.D.)
• Provide feedback to H.C.D. until March 4, 2017
– http://www.hcd.ca.gov/housing-policy-development/statewide-housing-assessment/
• L.H.A. is working on a Statewide Housing Plan specifically for people with I/D.D.
• Need support from D.D.S. and ARCA and State Council
• Regional Centers should have a goal in I.P.P. addressing future housing
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Lanterman Housing Alliance
Housing Options
Subsidized Housing
S.S.I., ABLE Act
Statewide Housing
Plan
Who Can Help and Advocacy
Who Can Help? and Ways to Advocate for Housing
Who Can Help Me?
• Regional Center case worker
• Housing developers
• Lanterman Housing Alliance
• Autism organizations
• Local housing authorities
• Other parents
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Ways to Advocate for Housing • Housing California website: www.housingca.org
• Speak up!
• Educate local politicians like City Council Members and County Board of Supervisors
• Educate Assembly Members and Senators
• Educate Federal Senators and Congress people
• Organize as parents
• State Council and Regional Advisory Committees
• Building Industry Association (B.I.A.)
• Regional Center Advisory Groups
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Resources
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• Lanterman Housing Alliance www.lantermanhousingalliance.org
• California Department of Developmental Services www.dds.ca.gov
• ABLE Act information www.calable.treasurer.ca.gov
• Achieving Independence for people with disabilities www.achievingindependence.com
• Technical Assistance Collaborative for housing information www.tacinc.org
More Resources
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• Housing California www.housingca.org
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development www.HUD.gov
• Golden State Pooled Trust www.GSPT.org
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services www.cms.gov
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