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This process may take up to 90 days to complete.

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Your Services Coordinator will work with you and your team (family, friends, providers, etc.) to develop goals and create a service plan that is person-centered and to help you find and build your individual gifts and talents.

Specifically, case management services include:

• Assessment of needs and risks
• Support and goal planning
• Access and referral to services
• Monitoring of IDD support services

Case management services can be offered by different providers. Service requirements and authorizations between case management entities are the same.

How services are offered depends on where you live:

24-hour services delivered by a licensed or certified provider.

Supported Living

Allows an individual to have access to supports 24 hours a day, while living in their own home or family home and with choice of who they live with. Things to know: the supported living agency does not provide housing; any lease and tenant agreements are separate from the support provided; selecting supported living replaces many K-Plan services you may have had (discuss with your Services Coordinator).

Foster Homes

Single family homes that offer 24-hour care in a home-like setting. Some foster homes have rotating staff, but many have a provider that lives in the home. Individuals in this setting pay room and board. Each home is licensed to support either children or adults.

Group Homes

Agency-owned homes with rotating staff who provide care 24/7. Individuals in this setting pay room and board. Group homes are licensed by the county and required to meet training and home requirements. Many agencies own more than one group home, and each home is different depending on the lifestyle of those who live there.

Behavior services are centered around the Oregon Intervention System (OIS) and focus on learning the cause of challenging behaviors. Professional Behavior Consultants work with a person's support system to develop new skills and routines that allow the individual to communicate their needs and desires more effectively, to limit challenging behaviors.

Professional Behavior Consultation Services are available through Medicaid to individuals living in their own home, family home, or a residential setting.

Oregon Intervention System (OIS) Training

Delivered by an approved instructor to family members and/or paid support providers. Trainings focus on helping a person's supports understand the cause of challenging behaviors and the philosophies of positive behavior interventions.

Functional Assessment

A Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) is created to find a possible cause of the individual's challenging behavior. An FBA is the starting point for all positive behavior support plans.

Positive Behavior Support Plan

Created to clarify how to reduce the frequency, intensity, severity, or duration of a challenging behavior. Made for the individual and includes directions for family and support staff to use behavior supports.

Maintenance Support

Some Positive Behavior Support Plans may need ongoing support from a behavior professional — looking at data, training on behavior techniques, or changes to the plan.

Support on the Job: Support with finding, getting, keeping, and promoting in a job.

Your Services Coordinator will work with you and your team — which may include school staff or Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) counselors — to develop career goals, consider barriers to employment, and explore available services.

Discovery

A person-centered planning process to find a job that matches a person's interests and strengths.

Employment Path & Small Group Employment

Time-limited services that support a person to gain skills and experience.

Job Development

Professional support to find a job in the community that fits skills and interests. Typically provided through Vocational Rehabilitation.

Job Coaching

Support to learn the job, communicate with the employer, and maintain and/or advance employment.

Transportation allows individuals to go into their community to volunteer, go to appointments (not medical appointments), go shopping, and go to activities and resources in their area.

1:1 care supports designed to be an additional resource to help support a person's needs, goals, and desires while living in their own home or a family home.

Attendant Care

Hourly 1:1 support to assist an individual to receive the care they need and work towards their individual goals and desires.

Respite Care

A service to ensure support for an individual is met, so the primary provider can take a break.

Finding a Care Provider

The above services are approved by your Services Coordinator and provided by the person or agency of your choice.

• Become an Employer of Record — recruit and hire someone you select as a Personal Support Worker (PSW). As the employer, you hire, train, and schedule the PSWs you select.
• Select a provider agency who employs and trains Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) to provide support as approved in the individual services plan. Ask your Services Coordinator for a list of agency providers in the area.