Thursday, Dec. 13^th, 2007

UCP

Agenda

 

I.          DD Coordinator's Report                Sandra Butts

            a. Family Care planning

                        1. Providers are being looked into (in terms of delivery levels)

            b. Maureen Conaty is retiring by the end of the year.

1. Kevin Madsen should be contacted during the interim. DSD is 

reconfiguring Maureen's job functions (i.e. Diversion, Respite activities,

Hilltop relocations).

            c. Audit is starting soon.

            d. Case Management

                        1. Lack of resources for clients who are not interested in work, but are

                        at a higher cognitive level. (i.e. Individuals who have just left the school

                        system, are not interested in work and current day programs are not

                        challenging enough). 8 clients have been targeted (in the delinquency

                        category). Computer activities might be of interest.  

                        2. Lack of resources for clients with periodical outbursts who are restricted

                        to home living.

                        *Both CM issues will be looked at in early 2008.

            e. Fee for Service

                        1. QA is willing to sit down and work with current contract. Group

                        session? Individual agency discussions after beginning of the year.

 

II.        General Issues                                    All

           

III.       Brief Reports

·         Treasurer's Report               Tom Nowak

Tom does not have a current balance as checks from Caregivers training will be deposited in checking account.

·         Training Initiative    

MTI did not meet this month.     

·         SE WI Training

Martha DeGraw was not present to report.

·         Transition Committee           Hope Lloyd

-Committee was supposed to meet on Tuesday, 12/11/07 but did not.

-Planning for Spring Forum which provides an open house to Adult Services. -Tour- High school teachers will come to Milwaukee Co disability service agencies. Teachers provide students with information to make the transition more comfortable. Hope asked if any agencies would be interested in being part of the tour.

-Hope asked Sandra if there could be a DSD representative for MCTAB (Mary Jane Eichman used to serve on the committee).

 

·         Transit Committee                Lori Paprocki

-          Lori stated that she did not receive any feedback/reports regarding transit. The transit committee did not meet this month because there was no feedback to disseminate and discuss. Comments good or bad are still encouraged. Feedback should be faxed to Lori at 414-541-4730.

-          Transit is refusing to pick up riders unless walks are clean. At times walkways are not shoveled in a timely fashion, primarily effecting clients living in apartments.

-          Sanctions in current transit contract with DSD were brought into question.

-          It was brought up that agencies being proactive can improve driver's patience with clients (for instance, letting drivers know when clients board that a particular client is having difficulties, etc.). 

-          Volunteers for transit committee were requested.

-          It was discussed that a "bill of rights" be drafted to indicate what's expected between Transit Plus and consumers.

-          An employee from the Epilepsy Society stated that some clients who have Cerebral Palsy are denied Transit Plus eligibility because they are "not disabled enough". Some of ES's clients have frequent seizures and if they can't be transported via specialized transit it therefore creates a problem regarding community employment.

-          T19 vendors- not a lot a wheelchair accessible vans. There is a great need for reliable vans for the DD population for medical transport. Mary Schinkowitch stated that two T19 companies were referred to her (A-1 Transport 414-350-8581 and Carters Transit Plus 414-449-5205). Mary has had some success with A-1, and has not tried Carters to this point. Phoenix Care Systems will look into their van accessibility in order to look into providing T19 medical transit.

·         Health Disparities

-          Meeting was held a couple of weeks ago.

-          Still working on list of psychiatrists and psychologists for DD clients.

-          Transit committee within Health Disparities is focusing on medical rides.

-          Steering Committee meets every other month.

·         People Can't Wait

-     Did not meet this month. Next meeting- January 8^th, 2008.

 

IV.       Membership                                       Tom Nowak

·         Caregiver Recognition

-          100 staff attended.

-          Tom asked if anyone was interested in planning the next event for 2008. Planning will start about 2 months before the event for 2008.

·         Sponsors of recognition event- CCLS, Dungarvin, DSD, Midwest, Pheonix

 

 

 

 

V.        Other Business                                   All

·         Report on Long Term Care Reform Activity

·         Sign up for 2008- Agency treat signup for future MADDSA meetings.

·         Was agreed that UCP will not pay for 2008 MASSDA dues since they provide meeting space.

·         Next year: Update on State Center Activity. Staff from State Centers to attend future meeting?

·         HFS 83- Dec 19^th, HFS 83 rewrite meeting.

 

VI.       Guest Speakers- NA

 

 

**Residential meeting held after MADDSA meeting held today.

 

Next Meeting- Jan. 10^th, 2008 at 9am

 

 

Prepared by Jenny Schulte