Workforce Challenges & DDS Waiver Services Analysis
Using Integrated Supports to Transform Systems
Eligibility-based services are an important part of supporting people, but they must be used tactically. Too many eligibility-based supports can
unintentionally separate a person from their family and community; and they come at high financial and social costs. The goal is for people with
disabilities and their families to have access to an array of integrated supports to achieve their envisioned good life.
COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY
FAMILY
FAMILY
SERVICES
PERSON
PERSON
COMMUNITY
FAMILY
PERSON
A&M's recommendations
will focus on how North
Dakota can develop an
integrated system of
supports for people with
disabilities and their
families that leverages
their strengths, natural
supports, communities,
and technology.
NDCC § 25-01.2- 02 provides that "all individuals with developmental disabilities have a right to appropriate treatment,
services, and habilitation for those disabilities. Treatment, services, and habilitation for individuals with a developmental
disability must be provided in the least restrictive appropriate setting." Using integrated supports will help the state
achieve this promise in a way that is cost effective and supports people in their own families and communities.
Credit: Adapted from Putting People at the Center of the Practices (ndpanda.org) 21
ALVAREZ & MARSAL
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