Introductions/attendance

• DD Coordinator’s Report: Sandra Butts
• On track with contract purchase of service 2005
• Residential service is not in process for new providers at this time due to an already existing vacancies with known providers
• SLO meetings to be reinstated 2005 (schedule out in Dec 2004)
• Case Management agencies continue to focus expecting more contact/flow of communication
• Will be calling for follow up service info and feedback. How funds are supporting individuals
• Toured MCFI new facility – this was a positive change and reflects on our community/system/support environments

Status Marion Franciscan Relocation

15 individuals with 6 weeks left; only 2 individuals who are concerns for ability to relocate; 3 from Northern Center by De/Jan

Community & $ not quite there and this new initiative ICFMR’s to downsize (distance, lack of ability to get to know each indiv. poss. challenges)

ICFMR rebalancing Act) - $ to support people in ICFMR is only amount available to support indiv. In community – posing problems for ability to meet needs of indiv. For these costs.

System perspective: are we ready for this change, personnel support, emotional change and stability.

2006 – or rates to go up? Unsure. Will revisit at later date; Health and Family Services reorganizing capacity team to leave southern WI center and may affect functioning due to teams ability to relocate – changes planned but not yet final.

Should MADDSA take any action on either support or non support?

Let’s get a speaker from state

Who or what can county do to push for more info to plan for such a change?

Judith Brine – a letter RE: the impact this will have on providers and community

Sandra questioned on transportation issues – tickets vs. computer? No resolution.

 

• General Issues: All
• Updated website hopefully corrected – please take a look and let Tom Nowak or Perry know (www.Maddsa.org)
• Family care is staying with Milwaukee County no partner: email Sue Stein? Due to a concern of computer/systems will await for official confirmation on such info.)
• Betty Day: Dungarvin employee: recognized for direct care staff at caregiver conference. Will attempt to do this again 2005 near Halloween.
• Treasurer’s Report: Tom Nowak

 

• Reports
• Milwaukee Training Initiative: Kate Wilson
• December 7 Seizure/First Aid – see new MCFI opportunity
• Calendar for 2005 getting planned
• Hoping for website and survey to be on continually for feedback – in-service ideas
• conference all set 2005
• cleaning up mailing list and will bring to try to convert to email list to save on postal and timing.
• Southeastern WI regional training grp: Martha DeGraw

1. November 3 last 2004 event: 60 people attended Elkhorn

2. 2005 planning

3. 11/18 group meeting 2 PM Ive’s Grove

4. MTI and Southeastern to join for 2005 1-2 events, caregivers with family members at home

C. Transition Committee: No attendance yet: All LEAP (Local Educ. Agency Promoting) – Quad graphics in West Allis; primarily suburban participants from schools – stress the importance of this service.

 

• Transportation sub-committee: Cheri Bruch
• Concerns have increased – majority re: changing times (scheduler); this was a past problem until they had an internal audit and people were standing over staff shoulders monitoring how whole system was functioning. Now audit and eyes/people are gone
• More complaints on Transit Express vs. Laidlaw
• Promote forms/complaints
• Closing service Wed. 24, Thurs., 25, Fri. 26; however, co-pay/ticket allowance – concerns over day services closing and leaving no option for customers to attend if they chose to pay the co-pay. OPEN: GOOD WIIL WED CLOSED:
• Lawsuit update lost 04/05 Federal funding and must rebid ’06. Meeting 11/16 Washington Park Senior Center 4420 W. Vliet Conference rm 1 or A Tom or Rock WCA – find our more info on lawsuit
• Surveys to better understand transit issues everyone is having – hand out
• Concerns over ability to get Transit questions answered at last meeting due to Milwaukee Cty overlapping the MADDSA meeting with mandatory MAPC – Transportation Services December 10, 2006
• Regional Health Care Conference: Patti Mueller, Bob Glowacki
• Groups together to further identify issues of health Care system for persons with disabilities (southeastern focus) . How to address that or those issues to help develop policies.
• MADDSA to financially? support vote and motioned to support YES; Perry will contact for this transaction when/where
• People Can’t Wait: All
• Wasn’t a lot of cuts but also no increases not believed it went through for rate increase
• Talked about consumer involved in leg. Activity
• 12/14 strategic plan meeting with county board supervisor to help get idea what support is needed to help get more funding (ARC) 10-2PM block out
• Spoke of IFMR relocation act
• Group against litigation WCA for addressing on state level on raising awareness of waiting list; RFW: KIP increase efforts – county board passed a resolution to find this but still will need to fight to keep it in system. Federal level: ANCHOR: advocacy campaign for awareness of professionalism and direct care staff Act + with state centers. Hand outs and petitions to hand out to all your staff and return to MADDSA to go to Washington every 100 petitions; sand a letter to governor for support.
• Planning – MADDSA Agenda MTI offerings
• Children Services and changes/recommendations; Autism waiver (Liz) what’s going on in this area
• Licensing/Inspection updates
• Transportation
• Rebalancing issues for community support – mike Linak, Bob Bunk
• MPS or school districts re: transition
• Aging/transitioning from disability services long term council members

 

Lawsuit paper last Tuesday re: location of fair housing

Council re: waitlist and how do they look at us

Work

Waiver input

 

December 9, 2004 next meeting 8:30 AM