EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE AND
WELCOME.
YOUR INTELLIGENCE I WAS ACTUALLY
TESTIFYING AT SUB ONE. SO.
SO AGAIN.
WE'RE GOING TO BE HEARING. WE
HAVE TWO PARTS UP PART A WE'LL
BE HEARING ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT
OF REHABILITATION AND.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON
TO PART B. WHICH DEALS WITH THE
DEPARTMENT DEVELOPMENTAL
SERVICES.
JUST ALSO.
IN TERMS OF THE AGENDA I AM
GOING TO IN PART BE.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP THE
ISSUE NUMBER SIX FIRST. AND TO
ALLOW CENTERED AWOKE TO COME AND
TESTIFY. AND THEN WILL THEN MOVE
IN.
ISSUE ORDER ONE THROUGH FIVE
AND SO FORTH.
SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT
ANNOUNCEMENT AS WELL.
.
SO AGAIN FOR EACH ITEM WILL HAVE
THE AGENCY.
PRESENTS AN ANSWER QUESTIONS
THAT WILL HAVE AT LEO AND
FINANCE AND THEN WHAT OTHER
PANELISTS AND I WILL ALSO
ANNOUNCE.
WHEN WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT
SO OF COURSE FOR PARTY WILL HAVE
WE ONLY HAVE ONE ISSUE AREAS SO
WE'LL HAVE LOOK COMMENT AFTER.
ISSUE ONE.
THEN WE GET ON TO PART BE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.
A COMMENTS AND. UP AGAIN. BUT WE
HAVE A COMMON ISSUE SIX WHICH
WILL TAKE UP FIRST AND THEN
WE'LL DO ONE THROUGH FIVE AND
THE PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER ONE
THROUGH FIVE. AND THEN.
.
SO AND FULL AND I THINK FOR MOST
OF THE AFT RIPPLES WILL HAVE FOR
THE COMET BILLY AFTER THOSE
PROPOSALS AS WELL SO. PEOPLE GET
A SENSE OF WHEN WHEN THE
OPPORTUNITIES ARE. ALSO
EMPHASIZE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT SO
WE ASK THAT YOU TRY TO KEEP YOUR
COMMENTS TO A MINUTE.
AND ALSO UP THESE.
SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THE ISSUE
THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT
WE TALKED ABOUT AND EDITION OF
SOMEONE ALREADY SAID WHAT YOU
WANNA SAY IT'S CERTAINLY FINE TO
SAY DITTO I SUPPORT THAT. AND
NOT HAVE TO REPEAT. SELL WITH
THAT IOWA WELCOME EVERYONE HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
MOVE ON US BEGIN WITH THE END
PART A ISSUE NUMBER ONE AT
DEPARTMENT REHABILITATION SO ID
LIKE TO INVITE UP.
THAT. THE AGENCY AS WELL AS OF
COURSE ELLIE ON FINANCE. THANK
YOU.
AND BEFORE WE BEGIN.
WE'LL DO OUR.
USUAL ROUND OF INTRODUCTIONS FOR
THE RECORD CELL.
TO SEE.
YEAH.
OKAY WELL WE BEGIN WITH
INTRODUCTIONS.
JOE EXHIBIT DIRECTOR FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION.
THANK YOU HEIDI KELLY HARGREAVES
CHIEF DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION.
HELLO I RING WILL LAY LED A
DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR INDEPENDENT
LIVING COMMUNITY ACCESS DIVISION
AT DEPARTMENT REHABILITATION.
ELIA.
JENNY BELLOW THE LEGISLATIVE
ANALYST'S OFFICE YOU FINANCE
BLUES FOR DRUG DEPARTMENT
FINANCE LIAM OR DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH
SO DIRECTOR AND YOU MAY BEGIN.
OKAY.
GOOD MORNING GERMAN AND SENATORS
ARE. OUT CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME
HERE AND AND CHARTER ISSUES AND.
TOPICS WITH YOU I HAD TODAY WITH
ME KELLY HARGREAVES OUR CHIEF
DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND I REMOTELY
LAW. IS OUR DEPUTY FOR OUR
INDEPENDENT LIVING DIVISION.
CERTAINLY APOLOGIZE FOR CHOOSING
THE WRONG DAY TO LOSE MY VOICE.
SO. THAT YOU GUYS ARE NOT
HEARING TO CROAK AT THE FROG TO
TURN THIS OVER TO A KELLY INTO I
MEAN TO SPEAK TO THE TOPICS AT
HAND.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU GOOD
MORNING HAVE CENTERS PAN MINING
AND STONED OUT WILL BE BRIEF AND
I CERTAINLY INVITE ANY QUESTIONS
THAT YOU HAVE IN LIGHT OF YOUR
SCHEDULE AND THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE.
USED TO BE HERE AND ASK THEM TO
REPRESENT THE DEPARTMENT OF
REHABILITATION AND THAT HASN'T
YOU KNOW VITAL PROGRAMS THAT
SERVE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
TO REMAIN IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND
TO. OBTAIN JOBS AND RETAIN JOBS.
AT COMPETITIVE WAGES IN THE
LAST FEW YEARS THE BIGGEST
CHANGES THAT WE'VE HAD ARE THE
RESULT OF. FEDERAL CHANGES WITH
THE REHABILITATION ACT THE
WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND
OPPORTUNITY ACT. SOME OF THE BIG
CHANGES WERE THE FOCUS ON
PROVIDING. ASSISTANCE TO
STUDENTS SO WE ARE IN THE
PROCESS OF RECRUITING AND
RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION
PROGRAM AVAILABLE. TO STUDENTS
WITH DISABILITIES SO THAT THEY
WILL NOT HAVE A LAPSE BETWEEN
THEIR EDUCATION AND FULL
EMPLOYMENT HAS.
PEOPLE IN THE PAST HAVE HAD BOB
WE ARE REQUIRED TO RE DIRECT
FIFTEEN PERCENT OF OUR BUDGET
WHICH IS ABOUT EXCUSE ME OF OUR
GRANT WHICH IS ABOUT FORTY FIVE
MILLION DOLLARS. TO THESE NEW
SERVICES FOR STUDENTS.
WHICH MEANS THERE IS A SHORTFALL
FOR OUR TRADITIONAL V. ARE WE
ARE MANAGING IT WITHIN OUR MEANS
RIGHT NOW WITH THE ANTICIPATION
THAT. THE OUTRAGE TO STUDENTS
AND THE RESULTS OF THE CHANGES
IN THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION
OPPORTUNITY ACT WILL RESULT IN A
GREATER DEMAND FOR OUR RESOURCES
PRIMARILY WHICH IS. WHICH IS
TUITION.
.
AND ANOTHER ONE OF THE CHANGES
IN THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION
OPPORTUNITY ACT IS THE.
EMPHASIS ON COMPETITIVE
INTEGRATED EMPLOYMENT WE BEGAN
EFFORTS TO INCREASE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS
WITHDEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
ELECTORAL DISABILITIES RIGHT
BEFORE THAT CHANGE HAPPENED AND
WE'RE CONTINUING. IN THAT VEIN
OB I THINK AT THIS POINT I'LL
TURN IT OVER TO OUR REMOVAL AND
OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR
INDEPENDENT LIVING AND COMMUNITY
ACCESS DIVISION TO ADDRESS THE
INDEPENDENT LIVING A DRAMATIC
BRAIN INJURY PROGRAMS THAT
YOU'VE ASKED ABOUT.
THANK YOU THANK YOU.
THANK YOU OF GERMAN PAN AND
SENATOR MINING AND SENATOR
STONE.
AND WE APPRECIATE THAT THE
COMPREHENSIVE AGENDA THAT
ADDRESSED.
SO MANY. PARTS OF OUR PROGRAM
AND THE ISSUES AT HAND VERY
WELL.
WE DO WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION AND
RESPOND TO SOME SPECIFIC
QUESTIONS ON TBI.
THE SEVENTY B. I. PROGRAM SITES
ARE CURRENTLY AS OF.
SET A STATUS QUO YOU'RE SIXTEEN
SEVENTEEN.
EACH RECEIVED THEIR GRANT
FUNDING OF ONE FIFTY ONE OR
FIFTY THOUSAND PER SITE. AND
THAT THEY COLLECTIVELY
COLLECTIVELY PROVIDED.
INDIVIDUALIZED SERVICES TO
EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY THREE
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE TBI
SURVIVORS.
BUT ALSO PROVIDED INFORMATION
AND REFERRAL TO ABOUT SEVENTY
EIGHT HUNDRED INDIVIDUALS WITH
FAMILY MEMBERS CARE GIVERS AND
OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES OTHER
SURVIVORS.
AS WELL AS PUBLIC AND
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION SERVICES.
TO ABOUT FORTY SIX HUNDRED
INDIVIDUALS WITH THAT FUNDING.
ARM THE.
THE SEVEN SITES SERVE ABOUT.
SERVE TWENTY OF THE FIFTY EIGHT
COUNTIES WITH WITHIN THEIR
CATCHMENT AREAS.
AND SO THE TBI SURVIVORS AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. THAT.
MAY NOT BE SERVED OR CERTAINLY
OUTSIDE OF THOSE TWENTY
COUNTIES.
FOR CONTEXT OF THE EPICENTER FOR
CALIFORNIA INJURY DATABASE SHOWS
US THAT.
.
THE I. INJURIES OCCURRED IN
TWENTY FOURTEEN.
AND THIS DATA DOES NOT.
THE FULL PICTURE. BECAUSE THERE
ARE MAY BE.
UNDER REPORTED OR SECONDARY
DIAGNOSES FROM SPORTS INJURIES
OR INJURIES RESULTING IN.
INCARCERATED POPULATIONS OR
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATIONS.
THERE'S ALSO SOME CASES OF
MISDIAGNOSIS DUE TO MENTAL
HEALTH DISABILITIES. ARM.
AND THEN LASTLY THAT THE WE DO
NOT COLLECT THE SPECIFIC DATA ON
THE CAUSES OF. INDIVIDUALS TO BE
ICE THAT THAT ARE IN THE SEVEN
PROGRAMS. HOWEVER THERE IS
COLLECTION BY THAT A DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC HEALTH EPICENTER FOR
CALIFORNIA INJURY DATABASE.
THAT REPORTED A SEVENTY FIVE
HUNDRED INCIDENCE OF TB I AS A
PRIMARY DIAGNOSIS JOB DUE TO
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS IN
TWENTY FOURTEEN WHICH IS THE
MOST RECENT YEAR THAT WE. WE
HAVE THAT DATA FOR.
SO THERE ARE THERE IS EVIDENCE
TO SUPPORT CERTAINLY THAT THERE
IS A LARGE POPULATIONS OUT
THERE.
AND.
.
GOING ON TO THE FUNDING WE ARE
ARE WE WANT TO THANK THE
LEGISLATURE AND THE AND THE
GOVERNOR FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIPS
OVER THE LAST. SEVERAL YEARS.
SINCE TWENTY FOURTEEN ON THE
GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE OF
WORK TOGETHER. AND IMPROVED
STATE DOLLAR TRANSFERS UP OF A
TOTAL OF. TWO POINT FOUR SIX
MILLION DOLLARS. OVER THOSE%
YEARS TO SUPPORT THE THE TB I
FIND DUE TO DIMINISHING REVENUES
IN THE STATE PENALTY FUND.
AND SO THAT SUPPORT IS GREATLY
ACKNOWLEDGE.
WITHIN THE DEAL ARE WE ARE
CONTINUING OUR. ONGOING RESEARCH
TRACKING TWENTY EIGHT FEDERAL
DEPARTMENTS FOR POSSIBLE GRANTS
ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED GRAND
ANNOUNCEMENTS A MONTH.
AND JUST RECENTLY. AN
ANNOUNCEMENT CAME FROM THE
ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY
LIVING. ACTUALLY FEBRUARY
FOURTEENTH.
AND WE SENT A LETTER OF INTENT
TO APPLY FOR A. GRANT.
THAT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED BY
APRIL SIXTEENTH GRANT
APPLICATION.
THIS IS A. COMPARATIVELY SMALL
GRANT THAT WOULD FIND A TBI
ADVISORY BY OUR BOARD. TO
CONDUCT RESEARCH ON THE IDEA OF
A REGISTRY AND THE VALUE OF DATA
COLLECTION TO SUPPORT. THE
RESEARCH INTO.
SERVICES.
AN ANNUAL TV I PLAN.
AS WELL AS BEING MATCHED WITH A
STATE THAT HAS A MORE.
CONSIDERED FROM THE FEDERAL
LEVEL MORE DEVELOPED PROGRAM SO
IN A MENTORSHIP RELATIONSHIP. SO
WE WILL BE SUBMITTING THAT
APPLICATION BY APRIL SIXTEENTH.
IT IS AN ANNUAL.
GRANT THAT COULD BE UP TO A
HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND.
BUT THE.
CLEARLY THEY GRANT WILL RESTRICT
THE USE OF FUNDS TO THOSE
PARTICULAR ACTIVITIES. WHICH
WOULD SUIT OUR SUPPORT BUT NOT
PROVIDING SERVICES.
AND IT CAN BE RENEWED FOR UP TO
THREE YEARS.
SO THAT'S.
THAT'S THE UPDATE ON FINDING
THAT WE HAVE.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR SHALL I
GO ON.
OKAY.
BECAUSE I ALSO HAVE THE I. ELSE
OKAY. OKAY.
WELL IT WELL ARE ABOUT FIVE
SINCE WE'RE TALKING A T. BY WHAT
WE GO AHEAD AND TAKE QUESTIONS
YOU I KNOW WHY HE FELT FINISH UP
WITH THE. I'LL I'LL SEE.
SO MANY JUST BEFORE WE MOVE UP
TO QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE
ANY COMMENTS. FOR THE TEST ME
TODAY FROM FIVE.
HELLO.
DEVELOP LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S
OFFICE IN OUR REVIEW OF THE
BUDGET FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
REHAB WE DIDN'T KNOW ANY NEW
MAJOR PROPOSALS IN FRONT OF YOU.
THE BUDGET IS ABOUT SIXTY FIVE
MILLION GENERAL FUND WHICH IS
ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AS IT WAS
IN TWENTY SEVENTEEN EIGHTEEN.
TO FINANCE.
WE HAD NOTHING THEN OKAY
ALRIGHT.
REMEMBERS US OUR MONEY.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN AGAIN
I WANT TO.
THANK THE DEPARTMENT FOR
PROVIDING THE INFORMATION. I AM
CURIOUS YOU MENTIONED OUT REACH
LOOKING FOR.
DIFFERENT FUNDING FROM. THE
OPTIONS YOU MENTION THE PURSUIT
OF THIS.
COMMUNITY LIVING GRANT THAT
SUPPORT AN ADVISORY BOARD AND
DATA COLLECTION.
COULD YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT
MORE WHAT OTHER OUT REACH YOU'RE
DOING TO TRY TO GET SUPPORT FOR
THE PROGRAMMATIC SERVICES.
CERTAINLY THANK YOU FOR THE
QUESTION. THAT WHAT WE DO IS WE
ARE REVIEWING GRANT
ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT COME TO US
THROUGH ABOUT TWENTY EIGHT
FEDERAL DIFFERENT DIFFERENT
FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS. TO LOOK FOR
OPPORTUNITIES TO PUT TOO FINE
SERVICES. IN THE LAST FEW YEARS
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED ONE THAT WAS
ODD.
MEANT TO SUPPORT SERVICES AND WE
DID PROVIDE A LETTER OF SUPPORT
FOR IT BECAUSE THAT NEEDED TO
BE.
APPLIED FOR BY SERVICE PROVIDERS
NOT BY THE DEAL ARE SO WE DID
PROVIDE A LETTER OF SUPPORT TO
THAT. WE CONTINUE THAT VERY.
RIGOROUS. RESEARCH.
AND REVIEW THOSE.
OPPORTUNITIES. EVERY MONTH. IS
THE IT MINISTRATION FOR
COMMUNITY LIVING INSIDE A
FEDERAL GRANT. IT IS THANK YOU
FOR CLARIFYING THAT IN.
IN THE PAST YOU RECEIVED THE ONE
TIME TRANSFER FROM THE DRIVER
TRAINING PENALTY ASSESSMENT OF
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND. IS THAT
AN OPTION IN.
FOR THE FUTURE.
THEY THEY ARE MY UNDERSTANDING
IS IS THAT THAT OPTION WAS
EXERCISED A FEW YEARS BACK. AND
THAT THE CURRENT OPTION THAT'S
IN THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET IS THE
EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND.
AND BUT IS THERE ANY LOOK AT
SUPPLEMENTING THAT WITH FROM THE
DRIVER TRAINING PENALTY
ASSESSMENT. I I WOULDN'T HAVE.
DOES LA OVER TO FINANCE KNOW IF
IF THAT IS STILL A.
A VIABLE FUND FROM WHICH.
FURTHER SUPPORT COULD BE DRAWN
FOR TB I SERVICES.
I DON'T KNOW THAT ABOUT A
SPECIFIC FUN BUT WE ARE
EXPLORING OPTIONS TO FUND THE TV
I PROGRAM AS PART OF OUR MISSION
BASED REVIEW.
SO THAT'S DISCUSSIONS ARE
ONGOING.
I THINK THE GOVERNOR'S FUNDING
IS THE AUGMENTATION TO THE STATE
PENALTY FUN.
RIGHT AND WE HAVE PROVIDED A
HUNDRED THOUSAND.
FAN TWENTY EIGHTEEN NINETEEN
FROM THE STATE PAL DEFINED AND
THOSE REVENUES CONTINUE TO
DECLINE YEAR ON YEAR RIGHT UP
WITH LITTLE HARMLESS IN IN THE
REASON I RAISE AND I KNOW THE
GOVERNOR'S INCLUDED IT IN THE
BUDGET AT. AT LEVEL FUNDING FOR
WHAT WAS COMMITTED LAST YEAR.
AS YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR OPENING
THE CENTERS.
PROVIDE CRITICAL SERVICES FOR
THOSE IN THE SERVICE AREAS.
INCREASINGLY I THINK YOU CITED.
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS OR A LEADING
CAUSE WE ALSO RETURNING VETERANS
SOME OF WHOM GET SERVICE TO
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION BUT
DEPENDING ON THEIR GEOGRAPHIC
LOCATION.
CAN ALSO DEPEND ON THESE TBI
SITES FOR SUPPORT.
WHEN TBI SERVICES WERE TRANSFER
FROM MENTAL HEALTH. TO
DEPARTMENT OF REHAB. THE
RATIONALE FOR THAT WAS THAT.
TB I IS NOT A MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUE WAS NOT APPROPRIATELY
ADDRESSED AS A MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUE BUT AS. A PHYSICAL.
BRAIN DAMAGE FOR WHICH
REHABILITATION SERVICES CANNON
IN ARE NECESSARY AND USEFUL. IN
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE EACH BUDGET
CYCLE. WERE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO
KEEP THIS PROGRAM GOING AND I
JUST LIKE TO GET A SENSE.
FROM THE DEPARTMENT.
TO WHAT EXTENT.
IS THE CONTINUATION OF TBI
SERVICES AND SUPPORT A PRIORITY
FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
BUT YOU KNOW I CERTAINLY THANK
YOU FOR YOUR QESTION SENATOR.
CERTAINLY WE HAVE THAT
COMMITMENT TO THE PROGRAM WE
HAVE BEEN WORKING AS WE
HIGHLIGHTED EARLIER TO. KEEP THE
PROGRAM MOVING WE CERTAINLY.
WISH THAT WE HAD LANDED ON THE
STABLE FUNDING SOURCE TO
CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM BUT AS AS
OF YET WE HAVE NOT DONE SO.
CERTAINLY CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR
THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND SEE IF
THERE IS A PLACE WHERE WE CAN DO
WITHOUT. AS WELL AS TO LOOK AT.
YOU KNOW WHERE OTHER SERVICES
MAY LIE THAT CAN BENEFIT THE
POPULATION AT WHEN THIS PROGRAM
MOVED OVER. TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
REHABILITATION ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WE VERY MUCH. WORKED ON WAS
TO USE.
THE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION
DOLLARS TO SUPPORT THE
PROVIDERS.
BUT THAT'S ONLY FEASIBLE WAY OF
THE RESPECTIVE INDIVIDUAL IS IN
PURSUIT OF AN EMPLOYMENT GO ALL.
OUT AND THAT MAY NOT ALWAYS BE
THE CASE. FOR THE INDIVIDUAL
CERTAINLY AT THE OUTSET. OF
THEIR ADDRESSING THEY'RE THERE
TO BE OUT.
I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT THE GRANTS
THAT.
IRENE MENTIONED WERE HOPEFUL
THAT IT'S A RECOGNITION THERE
ARE TWO GRANTS FOR.
TBI AND WE'RE HOPING THAT IT'S
A RECOGNITION AT THE FEDERAL
LEVEL OF THE NEED FOR THIS AND
THAT THE GATHERINGTHE DATA. AND
CREATING AN ADVISORY BODY MIGHT
BE THE START OF MAKING A MORE
COMPELLING ARGUMENT FOR THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE
SOME FUNDS WE ARE REALLY
COMMITTED WE'D WE SEE THE
BENEFITS AND WE. AND WE DO
SUPPORT THE PROGRAM.
THANK YOU AND I DO WANT
KNOWLEDGE MISTER CHAIR THAT IT.
THE LEVEL OF FUNDING IS INCLUDED
IN THE PROPOSED EIGHTEEN
NINETEEN BUDGET.
WHEN YOU BREAK IT OUT AMONG THE
SEVEN CENTERS IT'S.
IT'S.
IT BARELY SUSTAINS THE SERVICES
BEING OFFERED SO I JUST.
THANK THE DEPARTMENT DID
ENCOURAGE THE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE
FINDING THESE OTHER SOURCES A
PRIORITY. IN. THE
ADMINISTRATION.
MAINTAINING IT IN IN THIS YEAR'S
BUDGET AT THAT LEVEL FUNDING
BUT.
I THINK WE'LL HEAR FROM SOME
PROVIDERS AND RECIPIENTS TODAY
THAT.
WITH.
TO JEOPARDIZE TO HAVE THIS BE A
YEAR TO YEAR. FUNDING CHALLENGE
DOES NOT PROVIDE PREDICTABILITY
AND STABILITY FOR THE COMMUNITY
THING SERVICE SO.
WITH THAT THANK YOU MISTER
CHAIR.
SO I'M ACTUALLY JUST A COUPLE
QUESTIONS ON PARTNER WHAT THINGS
ARE MINE FOR.
DISCUSSION. TO ONE OF THE
REASONS I WAS ASKING ABOUT I
KNOW YOU'VE CITED IN TERMS OF
THE NUMBER OF. PEOPLE WHO HAVE
TO BE EYES RESULTS OF MOTOR
VEHICLE. COLLISIONS.
IS BECAUSE WE'RE BASICALLY I
MEAN IN SOME SENSE OR FUNDING
STREAM IS.
BASED ON WEALTH SEATBELT
PREVENTION RIGHT SO THE PENALTY
RIGHT SO THEY'RE DEAD IMPLICITLY
THAT SAYING THERE'S A
CORRELATION BETWEEN OF COURSE
PEOPLE OT WEARING SEAT BELTS
PERHAPS AND THEN GETTING TV I
IN.
CERTAINLY THAT MAY BE YOU KNOW
THAT'S CERTAINLY ONE POTENTIAL
SOURCE AND CERTAINLY MTV ON.
MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS IS ONE
OF THE.
CERTAINLY OE OF THE ECOLOGIES
OF DEVELOPING TRACK BRAIN INJURY
BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF THINKING
ABOUT OTHER FORESTS SORT OF
FUNNY I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
DEPARTMENT IS SEEKING AND AND
AND. DISNEY'S GRANTS TO SEE
WHETHER HE GET MORE FEDERAL
MONEY AS WELL AND I THINK THAT'S
VERY IMPORTANT. BUT ALSO TO
RECOGNIZE THAT WHAT PERCENTAGE
OF TV I ACTUALLY NOTHING TO DO
WITH MOTOR VEHICLES RIGHT.
BECAUSE.
.
I THINK THAT SHOULD OPEN A
DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT GREAT WE
HAVE SOME MONEY FROM HERE BUT
MAYBE WE SHOULD BE LOOKING THAT
SHOULD BE THE SOLE SOURCE OF
FUNDING SO I MEAN WE'RE LOOKING
AT DRIVER TRAINING PENALTY AND
AND. AND SEATBELT BELT ISN'T
ACTUALLY YOU KNOW FOR A PUBLIC
HEALTH STANDPOINT I ACTUALLY
CELEBRATE THE FACT THAT.
HOPEFULLY MORE PEOPLE I SEE
DULCIMER GETTING FEWER PENALTIES
I MEAN THAT'S A GOOD THING.
AND HOPEFULLY IT ACTUALLY DOES
MAKE SOMEWHAT OF A DENT IN THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE ACTUALLY DO TBI
SERVICES BUT. ALSO I. OTHER
THERE OTHER IDEOLOGIES FOR TV I
THAT THAT ALSO OCCUR AND MAYBE
WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT SOME OF
THOSE.
ARE THERE OTHER FUNDS THAT
RELATED THAT THAT SHOULD BE
SOURCES OF SUPPORT AS WELL
BECAUSE CERTAINLY THIS IS. YOU
KNOW AS AS A CONSEQUENCE SO I
DON'T KNOW THE ANY COMMENTS
ABOUT THAT I KNOW YOU'VE CITED
THE C. PH ON THE NUMBER WHO ARE
FROM HEAVY AS I'M CURIOUS ABOUT
HOW MANY PEOPLE ON THE.
ENTERPRISE GRAHAM MARK OFFER THE
PROGRAM OR NOT.
WHAT PERCENTAGE?
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION THE
THE THE PROGRAMS ARE NOT
TRACKING THE THE. IDEOLOGY OF
THE SPECIFIC INJURIES SO WE'RE
RELYING ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH
DATA WHICH DOES SHOW US THAT THE
THE LARGEST MAJORITY OF OUR.
CAUSE FOR TBI AS REPORTED IN
CALIFORNIA ARE FALSE.
WHICH IS A VERY BROAD CATEGORY.
BUT THAT ONE OF THE.
INTEREST IN A TBI REGISTRY
APPROACHES THAT THAT KIND OF
DATA COLLECTION AND AND DRIVEN
BY.
ADVISORY BODY COULD GIVE US
BETTER INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE
CAUSES AND.
AND POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES.
OKAY I APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY AS
SAYING THE OTHER COMMITTEE
QUESTIONS WILL YOU GO AHEAD AND
MOVE AND STUFF THAT YOUR
PRESENTATION REGARDING BENEFIT
LIVING CENTERS AND THEN AFTER WE
HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT
WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ALL
THE ITEMS FOR DEPARTMENT
REHABILITATION.
OKAY THANK YOU THANK YOU.
AND THE AGENDA REFLECTED THAT
THE. THE INDEPENDENT LIVING
CENTER OF FINDING CONCEPT WAS
THE THE NEXT TOPIC.
THE INDEPENDENT LIVING NETWORK
AS. A GROUP OF OUR PARTNERS THAT
CONSISTS OF THE CALIFORNIA
FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT LIVING
CENTERS. THE STATE INDEPENDENT
LIVING COUNCIL THE TWENTY EIGHT
INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTERS IN
CALIFORNIA AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
REHABILITATION. AND WORKING
TOGETHER THERE'S BEEN A
RECOGNITION THAT THE. AGGREGATE
PUBLIC FUNDING STREAMS WHICH
TOTAL OF ABOUT TWENTY TWO
MILLION DOLLARS.
ARE HAVE NOT BEEN DISTRIBUTED BY
BON AND EQUITABLE FORMULA
AMONGST TE TWENTY EIGHT
INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTERS.
THERE BEEN ONGOING DISCUSSIONS
THAT I'VE IDENTIFIED THE FACTORS
OF BASE. OF POPULATION AND
GEOGRAPHY AS CRITICAL FACTORS
FOR A FUNDING FORMULA.
A COMMITMENT THAT NO
INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTER SHOULD
BE. REDUCED IN THEIR FUNDING AS
A RESULT OF ANY NEW FORMULA.
AND ALSO AN INTEREST IN
ADDRESSING PERIODIC COST OF
LIVING ADJUSTMENTS AND OR
REGIONAL.
AUSTIN LIVING.
FACTORS.
THE MAIN.
ISSUE HERE IS TO NOTE THAT THE.
AGGREGATING ALL THE FEDERAL AND
STATE FUNDS BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL
USED TO PROVIDE THE SAME
MANDATED CORE SERVICES.
IT WOULD NOT CONSIDER OTHER
PRIVATE OR NON PUBLIC FUNDS.
SPECIFIC TO IN IT ADD TO ONE I
LC OR A SPECIFIC I'LL SEE.
AND THE FORMULA THAT'S BEING
DISCUSSED IS ABOUT FORTY PERCENT
FOR BASS FIFTY PERCENT PER
POPULATION. TEN PERCENT FOR
GEOGRAPHY.
AND CONSIDERATION FOR OTHER
PERCENTAGES THAT COULD BE
DIRECTED TO A SPECIFIC
INITIATIVE OR AREA LIKE SERVICES
TO YOUTH.
AS ASKED THE DEAL ARE HAS BEEN
ACTIVELY ENGAGED WITH ALL THE
OTHER PARTNERS IN THE NETWORK.
PARTICIPATING IN MONTHLY
MEETINGS WITH THE STATE
INDEPENDENT LIVING COUNCIL THEY
HAVE AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND
A. STATE PLAN FOR INDEPENDENT
LIVING COMMITTEE.
THAT MEET MONTHLY AS WELL AS
THIS CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION FOR
INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTERS HAS A
PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEE.
.
WE WERE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE.
GREATLY TO THE CONVERSATION AT
THE CF FILE SEE STATEWIDE IN
FEBRUARY.
AND WE ARE. ON THE AGENDA FOR
THAT SILK STATEWIDE IN APRIL.
AND HOSTING AT A CONFERENCE FOR
IT AS TELECONFERENCE FOR ALL
TWENTY EIGHT CENTERS TO DISCUSS
THIS TOPIC IN APRIL AS WELL.
THERE ARE BEGINNING TO BE.
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE IDEA OF
A FORMULA. AND HOW THAT MIGHT BE
IMPLEMENTED.
SPECIFICALLY.
IN.
LOOKING AT THAT AS PART OF THE
NEXT STATE PLAN FOR INDEPENDENT
LIVING WHICH WOULD BEGIN AT
TWENTY NINETEEN.
AS WELL AS OF THE IMPACT
POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON DEBBIE AND
I COACH. BUT THE CONVERSATIONS
ARE I'M GOING AND.
.
A GREAT DEAL OF ENGAGEMENT WITH
EVERYONE IN THE NETWORK.
OKAY WELL THANK YOU ANY COMMENTS
FROM LA O. ON THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU THIS ISSUE OF THE
FUNDING ALLOCATION METHODOLOGY
FOR THE INDEPENDENT LIVING
CENTERS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR
YEARS AND SO WE ARE ENCOURAGED
TO HEAR THAT THE DEPARTMENT. IS
WORKING WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO
REALLY LOOK AT WHAT HAS BECOME
SORT OF THIS LAYERING OF
MULTIPLE METHODOLOGIES FOR
MULTIPLE FUNDING STREAMS OVER
THE YEARS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO
STAY ENGAGED THE DEPARTMENT IS
COMMITTED TO INCLUDING
LEGISLATIVE STAFF AND UPDATES ON
THESE.
CONVERSATIONS THAT THEY'RE
HAVING IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING
THAT ULTIMATELY WHATEVER THE
FINAL PRODUCT MAYBE OR THE
CHANGE WILL LIKELY NEED
LEGISLATIVE CHANGES THAT WILL BE
ABLE TO SEE THAT AND REVIEW THAT
AT THAT TIME.
THANK YOU FINANCE.
YES WE SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF
THE ALL NETWORK TO FIND A MORE
EQUITABLE FUNDING FORMULA AND WE
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE FINAL
CONCEPT AS. THEY DEVELOP IT.
THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FROM
COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
OKAY WELL SIDES WITH.
LOOKING FOR TO THE PROGRESS OF
COURSE PLEASE KEEP A SURPRISE I
APPRECIATE YOU.
AND KEEPING OUR OUR STAFF
FORMED SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WE
TRY TO LAND THIS THING. THANK
YOU. OKAY SO WITH THAT WE'LL
TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON. THE.
A REVIEW AND ALL THE UPDATES ON
THE PART REHABILITATION. AT THE
MICROPHONE PLEASE US INTRODUCE
YOURSELF YOUR NAME THE
ORGANIZATION YOU'RE REPRESENTING
IF YOU ARE AND AGAIN.
STATEMENT.
WITHIN A MINUTE THANK YOU
WELCOME.
MORNING SIR CHAIRMAN.
HAN AND SENATORS MY NAME IS
HUNTER CONTROLLERS. AND WITH
CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION FOR
INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTERS.
ARE WE STRONGLY SUPPORT. THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW AND MORE
EQUITABLE FUNDING FORMULA.
FRAGILE CEASE.
WE ALSO SUPPORT. INCREASED
REPORTING AND DATA COLLECTION.
ABOUT THE SERVICES THAT I'LL
SEIZE PROVIDE TO CONSUMERS.
THE LACK OF SUCH DATA HAS
IMPAIRED OUR ABILITY AS FAR. TO
OFFER EMPIRICAL PROOF.
BUT THE NEED AND VALUE OF
INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES.
THE DATA AND METRICS DERIVE FROM
IMPROVED REPORTING AND DATA
COLLECTION. WILL ENABLE I'LL
CEASE TO DEMONSTRATE.
THAT WE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO
CALIFORNIA'S CURRENT AND FUTURE
HEALTH CARE AND LONG TERM
SERVICES AND SUPPORT SYSTEMS. AS
A VALUABLE AN INTEGRAL PART OF
ANY MARKS OF CARE.
EDITION TO INCREASE IN
PARTNERSHIPS AND INVESTMENTS THE
STUDY RESULTS.
COULD EASILY AMPLIFIED THE
INDUSTRY LEVEL CASE WHEN
EFFECTIVE STRATEGY FOR HEALTH
SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT.
PROMOTE NEW WAYS OF THINKING AND
DEALING. WITH AN INITIAL FOCUS
ON SERVICE DESIGNED.
POSITION THE NETWORK. ACTIVE
PARTNERS WERE RECOGNIZED FOR
LIVED DISBELIEF EXPERIENCES
PROFESSIONAL HEALTH SERVICES AND
EXPERTISE. AND IMPROVE QUALITY
OF LIFE OUTCOMES FOR CONSUMER.
IT WOULD ALSO CREATE CONDITIONS
WERE CALIFORNIA'S HEALTHCARE
SYSTEM ACKNOWLEDGES THE VALUE.
AND INVEST IN MODELS OF CARE
THAT INCLUDE OIL CITIES THAT ARE
INTEGRATED. PERSON CENTERED AND
COST EFFECTIVE.
AND FINALLY THOSE RESULTS WILL
ALSO ENABLE PILE CEASES SECURE.
NEW REVENUE STREAMS OF REVENUE
HEALTHCARE LONGTERM SERVICES AND
SUPPORTS ENTITIES THANK YOU VERY
MUCH THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
GOOD MORNING THANK YOU SENATORS
FOR A CHANCE TO SPEAK. I AM
SUSAN MILLER ALSO KNOWN AS PINK
MILLER I'M THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF PLASTER INDEPENDENT
RESOURCE SERVICES IN AUBURN.
THE INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTER
SERVING PLASTER ELDORADO AN
ALPINE COUNTIES.
COMPRISES FOUR THOUSAND SQUARE
MILES ACROSS THE SIERRA
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS SO IT'S
A HUGE AREA TO SERVE.
AND WE ONLY HAVE ONE SMALL
OFFICE IN AUBURN. AND
CONSEQUENTLY WE ARE ONE OF THE
THREE CENTERS THAT ARE RECEIVING
THE SPECIAL ALLOCATION OF FUNDS
TO. THE GOVERNOR'S. BUDGET HAS
PROVIDED IN AND IT'S INCLUDED IN
THE BUDGET FOR THE COMING YEAR
AND WE'RE VERY VERY GRATEFUL FOR
THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW THE NEED IS
THERE.
WERE USING THOSE FUNDS TO
ESTABLISH AN OFFICE IN
PLACERVILLE THEM AND. THAT WILL
ENABLE US TO SERVE THE THE
PEOPLE IN EL DORADO AN ALPINE
COUNTIES.
AND I WANT TO SAY WE WE DO
SUPPORT THAT THE BUDGET PROPOSAL
AND AND THE INITIATIVES THAT THE
DEPARTMENT IS MAKING.
PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO TV I
SERVICES AND THANK YOU SENATOR
MINING.
CRITICAL CRITICAL SERVICES AND
AND WE DO NEED TO FIND FUNDING
FOR THAT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
THANK YOU GOOD MORNING. MY NAME
IS CHERYL CONSIGN AND I AM WITH
THE STATE INDEPENDENT LIVING
COUNCIL THE SILK. WE'RE VERY
CLOSE PARTNER. WITH DEPARTMENT
OF REHABILITATION AND THE
INDEPENDENT LIVING NETWORK.
HERMAN SUPPORTS AN EIGHTEEN
MEMBER GOVERNOR. ADVISORY BODY.
THE REPRESENTS THE DIVERSE
DISABILITY CULTURE ACROSS
CALIFORNIA AND WE WHOLEHEARTEDLY
SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION.
AND SECURING AND MAINTAINING A
FUNDING FOR BOTH A TRAUMATIC
BRAIN INJURY AND THE INDEPENDENT
LIVING CENTER PROGRAMS. THANK
YOU.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME'S ON ACTIN
WITH FREED CENTER FOR A LIVING
WERE ALSO TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
PROGRAM SITES I'M GONNA TRY TO
COVER BOTH POINTS AND MY MY
MINUTE HERE. WE USED TO SUPPORT
THE DEVELOPMENT OF OF AN ALCOHOL
FUNDING FORMULA FOR INDEPENDENT
LIVING CENTERS.
AND A PILOT STUDY FOR I'LL
SEIZE AND HEALTH CARE TO LOOK AT
HOW WE CAN HELP ADDRESS SOCIAL
DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH WE
PROVIDE CRITICAL SERVICES AND
SUPPORTS AND HELP PRODUCE. GOOD
HEALTH OUTCOMES WITH THOSE THAT
WE SERVE.
IT FREED WE SERVE ABOUT
THIRTEEN HUNDRED INDIVIDUALS
ANNUALLY WITH THE PERSON
CENTERED WHOLE PERSON CARE YOU
KNOW KIND OF PHILOSOPHIES.
WE HELP TO REDUCE HOME AND
HOPELESSNESS AND OUR COMMUNITIES
WE IMPROVE ACCESS TO LONG TERM
SERVICES AND SUPPORTS.
AND HEALTHCARE WE ACTUALLY WORK
WITH HOSPITALS REDUCE EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT AND.
HOSPITAL READMISSIONS.
BUT WE THOSE THAT WE WORK WITH.
HAVE IMPROVED EIGHTY AL'S
OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE AND.
ARE MORE ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS
ABOUT THE SERVICES AND SUPPORTS
THAT CAN HELP THEM LIVE
INDEPENDENTLY.
WE HELP REDUCE
INSTITUTIONALIZATION THROUGH
KEEPING PEOPLE OUT OF NURSING
HOMES BUT ALSO.
.
HELP ME PEOPLE TRANSITION OUT OF
OUT OF NURSING HOMES.
SO QUICKLY ON TBI. I WOULD LIKE
TO SAY THAT I AM I AM ONE OF MY
QUESTIONS IS THAT WITH THE EIGHT
HUNDRED NINETY TWO THOUSAND
DOLLAR.
AUGMENTATION.
IF I DO THE MATH THAT'S A
HUNDRED FORTY ONE PERCENT OF
THOSE THAT
WE SERVE WITH TBI ARE HOMELESS
AND ANOTHER FIFTEEN PERCENT. ARE
IN IMMINENT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS
WE SERVE AT LEAST TEN PERCENT OF
OUR POPULATION OUR VETERANS AND
ANOTHER TEN PERCENT ARE SENIORS.
SO REALLY THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT
WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT AND
DECIDE YOU KNOW IT'S BEEN
BASICALLY THIS PILOT FOR MANY
YEARS WE NEED TO DECIDE AS A
STATE IS THIS SOMETHING THAT
WE'RE GOING TO INVEST IN AND
MAKE SURE CONTINUES. BECAUSE
IT'S CREDIBLE CALL FOR
COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
THANK YOU MARTY EMOTO CALIFORNIA
DISABILITY. SENIOR COMMUNITY
ACTION NETWORK TV CAN ALSO A
FAMILY MEMBER ALSO A FORMER
BOARD MEMBER OF A LOCAL
INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTER HERE
IN SACRAMENTO FOR THE PAST.
TWELVE YEARS JUST WANNA SAY ON
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.
THAT PROGRAM IN THAT EFFORT
THAT. STRONG SUPPORT FOR IT
IDENTIFYING MORE FUNDING AND
STABLE FUNDING FOR THAT.
BUT ONE OF THINGS YOU HAVE
SENATOR PAN OR OR AND ALSO
SENATOR MOANING ABOUT. THE ISSUE
ABOUT WHAT OTHER.
CAUSES OR OTHER CAUSES OF
GENETIC BRAIN INJURY THAT THEY
WERE BEING. IF THERE'S OTHER
FUNDING SOURCES THAT COULD BE
FOUND FOR THAT AND I DON'T KNOW
IF YOU MENTIONED OR IF IT WAS
MENTIONED OUT. TRAUMATIC BRAIN
INJURIES OF THROUGH AT ATHLETICS
LIKE FOOTBALL. AND SO DEFINITELY
IN THE NEED IS THERE AND THE
FUNDING IS JUST. IS JUST NOT
ENOUGH AND I WAS PART OF A
STAKEHOLDER GROUP. WITH
DEPARTMENT OF REHAB. ON TRYING
TO FIND A FEDERAL WAIVER MONEY
FOR THAT AND THAT WAS
UNSUCCESSFUL I JUST THINK WE'VE
GOT TO GET FEDERAL FUNDING AND
MORE FUNDING FOR THIS. AND AGAIN
I WANT TO APPLAUD THE DEPARTMENT
FOR DOING A GREAT JOB IN TRYING
TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER ON THIS
LASTLY STRONG SUPPORT. FOR
FINDING AN EQUITABLE SOLUTION TO
THE INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTERS
SAY DO IT TREMENDOUSLY GOOD JOB
THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
WELCOME I AM THE CHANCE. I'M
HERE RIGHT NOW AS A FAMILY
MEMBER IN TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR.
SIX MY HUSBAND WAS. INJURED IN A
CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT WHEN A
MOTORCYCLE STRUCK HIM AS A
PEDESTRIAN.
AND HE SUFFERED MANY THINGS BUT
ONE OF WHICH WAS A TRAUMATIC
BRAIN INJURY IN TWO THOUSAND AND
NINE I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO GET
HIM INTO A PROGRAM BUT IT WAS IN
BAKERSFIELD. AND NOW THAT'S
THREE YEARS LATER. WHERE BEFORE
HE WAS TREATED FOR HIS DRAMATIC
BRAIN INJURY? AND HE WAS IN
BAKERSFIELD WE LIVE IN
SACRAMENTO AND. THAT JUST ADDED
TO HIS ANXIETY WAS LIVING
PROGRAM BUT IT WAS WHERE WE
COULD GET HIM INTO.
.
I DON'T THINK MY STORY IS UNIQUE
OF BUT I I THINK WE HAVE TO
REALLY REALLY LOOK FOR EXPANDED.
FUNDING FOR FOR DRAMATIC BRAIN
INJURY I I THINK WE NEED MORE
THAN SEVEN CENTERS I THINK WE
NEED TO FIND MORE MONEY. ENDS
AND STABLE FUNDING SO I'M HERE
IN STRONG SUPPORT OF OF
INCREASED IN NOT STABLE I MEAN
NOT FLAT INCREASED FUNDING THANK
YOU. THANK YOU.
WELCOME. HELLO THANKS ON MY
KNEES THEN CLARK I'M A COMMUNITY
ADVOCATE OF PRIOR TO THIS I'VE
BEEN A VOCATIONAL REHAB
COUNSELOR NETWORK PART IN REHAB.
NIGHT PRETTY MUCH UNDERSTAND
THIS PROGRAM AND.
SO I WANT TO THANK BOTH THE
LEGISLATURE AND DEPARTMENT FOR
THE WORK THEY DO. HE GOT GOOD
PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES ARE TRYING
TO WORK BUT I STILL THINK WE GOT
SOME REAL PROBLEMS.
I DO THINK WE NEED TO GET SOME
MONEY RIGHT NOW TO BRING THIS
PROGRAM UP TO HOLD FOR NEXT YEAR
AND FOR THE HAVING A. REDUCED
AMOUNT OF MONEY BUT MORE
IMPORTANTLY.
AS YOU KNOW SENATOR PAN WE
SPENT A LOT OF MONEY AND MOST OF
YOU GUYS YOU DEAL WITH MEDICARE
MEDICAID ELEMENTAL. SPELL OUT OF
MONEY KEEPING PEOPLE KEEPING
THEM HERE TO HAVE A QUALITY OF
LIFE.
WITH A LOT OF MONEY BUT WHEN YOU
LOOK AT THE OTHER END WHEN YOU
STOP AT THE END AND THEY WALK
OUT THE DOOR TO GO HOME.
IT'S THERE IT'S NOT THERE IN THE
END THAT TYPE OF SUPPORT IS
NEEDED BY FAMILIES AND
CONSUMERS.
IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND.
AND ALSO SOME MONEY I WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT
YOU'VE DONE OVER THE YEARS.
BUT I HAVE TO SAY I THINK THEY
KNOW WE HAVE A SAYING THAT SAYS
THAT YOU KNOW YOU DO DO THE SAME
THING OVER AND OVER TO GET THE
SAME RESULTS.
MAYBE IT'S NOT WORKING.
AND WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW
THAT I CAN SEE IS THAT. I THINK
BOTH THE LEGISLATURE AND THE OUR
NEED TO LOOK CLEARLY HAVE AN
HONEST DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT IT
TAKES TO WHAT MAINTAINS PROGRAM
NOT NOT ONLY.
TO FUND IT AS IT IS NOW BUT TO
ADMINISTER IT BUT ALSO TO GET
RESOURCES SO IT CAN GO ON. AND
LOOK AT AND DO A COMMUNITY HAVE
A COMMITTEE AFTER THE GROUP.
WHEN BROWN CAME IN HE SAID LOOK
WE CAN'T AFFORD IT BECAUSE THE
TWO THOUSAND EIGHT. WE CAN'T DO
HAVE THESE COMMITTEES AND
EVERYTHING ELSE WE DON'T HAVE
THE FUNDS TO DO THAT THEY HAVE A
GOOD DIALOGUE DEVELOP A. LONG
TERM STRATEGIC PLAN AT THE
DEPARTMENT RE HAVE NOW NEEDS TO
BE DONE. MY LAST PLUG IS THAT
MAYBE WE LOOK AT A FEE WITH.
DMB AS A SERVICE FEE TWENTY
FIVE CENTS A CAR WHATEVER SOME
LIKE THAT MIGHT HELP BRING SOME
MONEY ON THE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
WELCOME. CENTERS WILL SUFFER
WITH FEATURES EXPLORED I LIKE TO
MAKE COMMENTS RELATED TO THE
CHIEF DEPUTY HARGRAVES COMMENTS
REALLY TO COMPETITIVE RATE
EMPLOYMENT AND THEIR FOCUS ON
YOUTH. AND THE ALIGNMENT OR LACK
THERE OF WITH THE LONG TERM
SUPPORT FOR FOLKS INTELLECTUAL
DEVELOPMENT DISABILITIES OTHER
REGIONAL CENTER SYSTEM. LAST
YEAR WE PUT IN THAT THE PAID
INTERNSHIP PROGRAM COULD BE
SUPPORTED DOWN EIGHTEEN TO
TWENTY TWO SOME GOT A JOB WE
COULD SUPPORT THEM. THERE OTHER
FOLKS COMING OUT OF SCHOOL WHO
DON'T WANT TO STAY IN SCHOOL
THREE EIGHTEEN TWENTY TWO. THEY
WANT A JOB. BRIBERY HAVE WILL
SUPPORT HIM. THEY CAN'T GET THE
LONG TERM SUPPORTS SO IT IS IN
ALIGNMENT ISSUE I THINK WE HAVE
TO REALLY TALK ABOUT AFRICAN
TRULY HIT COMPETITIVE ANGRY
IMPLEMENT FAR FOLKS THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
THANK.
LEVEL AND I WILL HAVE SOME
DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA I'M
JUST ONE ECHO MANY OF THE
COMMENTS. THAT YOU JUST HEARD
AND ALSO ON THE TBI AND I'LL SEE
FINDING VERY CRITICAL PROGRAMS
FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES SO
CERTAINLY SUPPORT INCREASED
FUNDING FOR TB I AN EQUITABLE
FUNDING FOR THE I'LL SEIZE. ON
THESE ARE CRITICAL PROGRAM TO
HELP PEOPLE MAINTAIN
INDEPENDENCE AND STAY IN THE
COMMUNITY AND CERTAINLY WERE
SUPPORTIVE OF THAT AS A COST
ACROSS DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS
THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS MICHELLE
CALLIN I HAVE HAD THE GREAT
HONOR OF BEING INVOLVED IN VERY
DIFFERENT CAPACITIES WITH
INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTERS AND
WITH SOME OF OUR ID DD COMMUNITY
AS WELL.
I'VE PLAYED THE PART OF A
VOLUNTEER AN EMPLOYEE AND A
CONSUMER SO I CAN TELL YOU
PERSONALLY. THAT INDEPENDENT
LIVING CENTERS IN TBI SITES HAVE
HAD SUCH A CRITICAL.
HER IN MY LIFE PERSONALLY BUT
ALSO ON IT EMPLOYMENT LEVEL.
THESE AGENCIES FIVE. BEEN SO
CRITICAL IN HELPING PEOPLE NOT
ONLY TRANSITION OUT OF. CENTERS
AND INSTITUTIONS EXCITER I KNOW
FREED ALONE IS HELPS MORE THAN
FOUR HUNDRED PEOPLE I'M
DUPLICATED WITH HOUSING ISSUES
OUT LOAN IN THE PAST YEAR.
AND THAT'S JUST HOUSING.
THESE PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES FOR THE MOST PART
WHO WORK AT THESE CENTERS THEY
ARE ABLE TO WORK WITH FATE
CONSUMER AS A PEER. AS A PERSON
WHO HAS AT MANY TIMES ALREADY
GONE UP AND GOTTEN THEIR
BACHELOR DEGREE THEIR MASTER
DEGREE AND IT'S SUCH AN
IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT THEY GO AND
WORK AT A NONPROFIT. AND THEY
HELP THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE
TO AND IMPROVE INDEPENDENCE OF
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND ARE
ABLE TO GET THEM. TO NOT BE ON
AS MANY SERVICES THEY CONNECT
WITH SERVICES EXCITER SO. I
THINK THAT THESE AGENCIES SHOULD
BE NOT ONLY SUPPORTED AT THIRD
BASE LEVEL THAT. THEY'RE GETTING
RIGHT NOW THEY NEED TO BE
EXPANDED THEY NEED TO BE AROUND
RIGHT NOW WE'RE ONLY HELPING
SEVEN CENTERS WITH TRAGIC BRAIN
INJURY. AND THEY'RE SERVING
TWENTY COUNTIES WE NEED TO SERVE
ALL COUNTIES WE NEED TO HAVE
BETTER SERVICES INTEGRATED AND
THAT COMMITTEE. ARE THE ADVISORY
BOARD IS A GREAT START BUT WE
NEED TO GROW. AND WE NEED TO
HELP MORE PEOPLE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
I'M WILLIAM ROBINSON AND I'M
REPRESENTING FREED AND.
I WANTED TO SAY THAT.
FREDA'S HELP ME.
.
WITH SOME OF MY DISABILITY
ISSUES AS FAR AS THE B. B.
GROUP.
IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL AND.
WE NEED TO KEEP THESE PROGRAMS
GOING.
SO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES HAVE
THE INDEPENDENCE THAT THEY
DESERVE THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME CENTERS.
MY NAME'S LOWING KEYS ANDERSON
AND IN TWO THOUSAND FOUR I WAS
STRUCK BY A TRUCK.
AND IF IT WASN'T FOR PROGRAMS
LIKE FREED WHICH I'M CURRENTLY
CONSUMING THEIR.
BENEFITS SYRUP ASSISTANCE.
I'D BE.
OUT WITH WITH NOTHING BARELY
ABLE TO FEED MYSELF SO I
APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU
GUYS ARE COMING TOGETHER ANSWER
ASKING MORE QUESTIONS. TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THINGS
WORK FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T MAKE
IT WORK FOR THEMSELVES.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU WELCOME HI I'M BROOK
RUNNING ON THE DRAMATIC BRAIN
INJURY SPECIALIST FOR FREED IN
GRASS VALLEY AND I JUST WANNA
SAY LIKE WHAT A GREAT NEED THIS
SAYS FOR PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY
AND WE HAVE A WAIT LIST OF
PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO
CURRENTLY SERVE. THERE'S A GREAT
DEMAND FOR THE SERVICES AND I
FEEL VERY PASSIONATELY ABOUT THE
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY PROGRAM.
MY MOM HAS A DRAMATIC BRAIN
INJURY AND RECEIVE SERVICES
THROUGH FREED AND I CAN'T TELL
YOU. WHAT SERVICES AND EDUCATION
ON THIS PRO ON THESE PROGRAMS
WHAT KIND OF DIFFERENCE THAT
WOULD HAVE MADE AND MY YOUNGER
YEARS BUT THAT'S? ABOUT THE FACT
THAT THEY'RE AVAILABLE TODAY HAS
MADE AN IMMENSE.
WHICH. AMENDS CHANGES PEOPLE'S
LIVES AND IT'S. SUCH A GREAT
MAN.
THANK YOU THANK YOU.
YEAH.
WELCOME.
MY NAME IS JOE THEM IN ALL. OF
OUR ECONOMY.
OTHER CARS IN TWO THOUSAND FIVE
SUFFERED A SEVERE BRAIN INJURY.
A RULER HAD REALLY NO TALKY EVEN
WALK OZON WILDER FOR EIGHT
MONTHS.
AND MY MOM WORE MANY HATS IN ONE
DAY TO HELPING ME RECOVER AND
STILL GO ON GOING.
AND I'M THE MOM I'M THE CHIP IN
THE KNOW ALSO GRASS VALLEY
NEVADA COUNTY AND. JONATHAN'S
CAR ACCIDENT HAPPENED AT AGE
TWENTY SO THERE'S A LOT OF
SERVICES THEY DON'T RECEIVE. IF
THEY'RE ABOVE AGE EIGHTEEN AND
FREED HAS REALLY BEEN THAT LINK
FOR US FOR.
CONNECTIONS OTHER GROUP GROUP
THERAPY.
PEOPLE THAT HE CAN CONNECT WITH.
MADE US FEEL PART OF THE
COMMUNITY.
AND IT'S BEEN REALLY HELPFUL SO
PLEASE KEEP THE FUNDING AND WE
NEED MORE TB EYES IS A SERIOUS
ISSUE AND THERE'S A LOT OF. THEY
DIDN'T KNOW JONATHAN COULD WALK
AGAIN AND I'VE PUT A LOT OF TIME
AND ENERGY AND HIS RECOVERY. AND
THESE PROGRAMS HELP PEOPLE THAT
REALLY NEED IT AND THEY'RE
VULNERABLE. ONLY.
SO PLEASE THANK YOU. THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR SHARING PERSONAL
STRENGTH THANK YOU.
RIGHT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
NO OKAY.
.
ANY IDEA ANY.
NO COMMENTS FROM THE. THE AT.
DEPARTMENT.
YEAH THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO COME HERE AND
CERTAINLY SHARE WITH YOU OUR
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AND ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. OKAY ALL
RIGHT WELL I JUST WANNA THANK
ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO TESTIFIED
AND I DO I THINK THE PART
REHABILITATION I KNOW THAT YOU
DO SOME.
.
CHALLENGING WORK FOR SOME OF
THEIR MOST VULNERABLE HERE IN
CALIFORNIA AND I APPRECIATE THAT
YOU'RE WORKING VERY HARD ON THE
DRESSING MADE THE ISSUES.
IT'S CERTAINLY OUR JOB IN THE
IN THE BUDGET COMMITTEE WORKING
WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO THINK
ABOUT WHAT KIND OF RESOURCES WE
CAN MAKE AVAILABLE ON. THE HOUR
AND SO.
.
THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND
WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN TRY TO DO.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE
DOING THE BEST YOU CAN WITH WHAT
YOU GOT SO FAR MAYBE WE MAYBE WE
CAN BE. YOU'LL FIND A LITTLE
MORE. SOMEWHERE. THANK YOU
THANKS VERY MUCH THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
OKAY.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO PART B. AND.
WAS I MENTIONED AT THE OUTSET
OF THE HEARING WE'RE GOING TO
TAKE ITEM NUMBER SIX OUT OF
ORDER BECAUSE IT CENTER WILL
CARE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
PATIENCE.
SO WOULD LIKE TO DO IS HAVE THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL
SERVICES AND THE APPROPRIATE
PEOPLE FROM LA JOH AND. FINANCE
TO OR ASSOCIATE WITH. ISSUE
NUMBER SIX WHICH IS THE
EXPANSION OF I WOULD REALLY
RECEIVE SERVICES.
COME UP TO THE TABLE AND.
WE WILL NEED TO LEAVE SOME ROOM
HERE FOR THE PRESENTERS WHO ARE.
PRESENTING AT ISSUE NUMBER SIX.
AND THAT'S OUR LOOK AT THIS.
OKAY.
OKAY SO I THINK WE HAVE SEVERAL
WOKEN EASTER SEALS FOLKS WILL
HAVE YOU THERE WILL MAKE A
LITTLE ROOM FOR THE AGENCY MAY
BE ON THE SIDE OF THAT AND IT'S
FINALLY YOU CAN ALWAYS HAVE YOUR
BACK TO ME WAS FOR. THE QUARTER
HERE. SO. I KNOW IT'S.
OKAY AND THAT WE WILL BE HEARING
FROM THE DEPARTMENT AS AN
OVERVIEW LATER SO I REALIZE
WON'T HAVE THAT CONTEXT BUT I
APPRECIATE TO.
AND AND THANK YOU SIR WOKE FOR
YOUR PATIENCE.
RE HERE OKAY SO ACTUALLY BEFORE
WE BEGIN I LET'S DO THE QUICK
ROUND OF INTRODUCTIONS FOR THE
RECORD SO WE'LL START WITH THE
AGENCY.
OUR MEMBERS HERE.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR NANCY
BARGE FROM FROM DTS YOU.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS
JOHN DOYLE DDS OKAY.
HELLO.
ONE.
SONY PEDIGO SHOW OKAY FINANCE.
CHRIS CUPPED PALM IN FINANCE
BECOME LAMP DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE OKAY. ALL RIGHT SO A
GOOD HEAD THAT PRESENTATION JUST
FOR THE RECORD PLEASE INTRODUCE
YOURSELF BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR
TESTIMONY SO. I SAID LOOK.
EATING MEAT TODAY BUT FOR
ACTUALLY GENDAI SEEING AT THIS
REQUEST.
WHICH.
IS CALLING ON THE CHANGE OF AGE
OF ONSET DEFINITION OF
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY FROM A
DISABILITY THAT ORIGINATES.
BEFORE AGE OF EIGHTEEN. THAT
ONE THAT ORIGINATES PRIOR TO AGE
TWENTY TWO.
THIS MODIFICATION WILL CONFORM
TO THE FEDERAL AGE OF ONSET
DEFINITION WHICH WAS CHANGED
FORTY YEARS AGO.
THIRTY STATES HAVE ALSO UPDATED
THEIR AGE OF ONSET DEFINITION TO
TWENTY TWO. WHY IS THAT?
MODERN SCIENCE AND UNANIMOUS
MEDICAL CONSENSUS LONG AGO
CONCLUDED THAT THE BRAINS
DEVELOPMENT PHASE IS NOT
COMPLETE AT AGE EIGHTEEN BUT
CONTINUES TO LEASE AGE TWENTY
TWO.
INDIVIDUALS MAY NEWLY ELIGIBLE
FOR JUST A DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITY SERVICES BY BY THIS
AGE OF ONSET MODIFICATION. WOULD
ALMOST ENTIRELY FALL WITHIN THE
LATTER MEN ACT CATEGORY FIVE.
WHICH STATES OTHER HANDICAPPING
CONDITIONS FOUND BE CLOSELY
RELATED TO INTELLECTUAL
DISABILITY OR TO REQUIRE
TREATMENT SIMILAR TO. THAT
REQUIRED FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AN
ELECTORAL DISABILITY. AND THIS
SITE CATEGORY CONTAINS BRAIN
INJURIES WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO
BE THE PRIMARY GROUP OF NEW
ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS. BRAIN
INJURED AND INJURIES ARE DIVIDED
INTO SUB CATEGORIES ACQUIRED
BRAIN INJURY INJURY AB I. OR
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY TBI.
ARE SOURCED RESEARCH CONCLUDES
THAT AN ESTIMATED THREE HUNDRED
AND NINETY FOUR NEW INDIVIDUALS
BETWEEN THE AGES OF EIGHTEEN AND
TWENTY ONE. WOULD BECOME
ELIGIBLE FOR REGIONAL CENTERS
SERVICES UNDER THIS BUDGET
REQUEST IN THE FIRST YEAR.
THIS SOURCE TO RESEARCH WAS
PROVIDED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES THE LA
OO.
AND THE COMMITTEE. THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL
SERVICES SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET
REPORT OF FISCAL YEAR TWENTY
SIXTEEN SEVENTEEN WITH THE
AVERAGE ANNUAL REGIONAL CENTER
PER CLIENT EXPENDITURE AT
FIFTEEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY FIVE. ACCORDING TO THE
TWENTY ONE INDIVIDUAL REGIONS
REGIONAL CENTERS EXPENDITURE
REPORTS FOR THE SAME FISCAL
YEAR.
THE AVERAGE ANNUAL EXPENDITURE
FOR THE FIFTH CATEGORY CLIENTS
IS THIRTEEN THOUSAND AND FORTY
DOLLARS ABOUT SEVENTEEN PERCENT
LESS.
WITH THIS AVERAGE ANNUAL PER
CAPITA EXPENDITURE ROUNDED UP TO
TOOK THIRTEEN THOUSAND FIVE
HUNDRED AND THE NUMBER OF
INDIVIDUALS MAY NEWLY ELIGIBLE
BY THIS BUT REQUESTS ROUNDED UP
TO FOUR HUNDRED. THE TOTAL
ANNUAL FUNDING. INCREASES
ESTIMATED AT FIVE POINT FOUR
MILLION DOLLARS. THIS WOULD
INCLUDE FORTY ONE PERCENT
MATCHING FEDERAL FUNDS IN FIFTY
NINE PERCENT FROM STATE GENERAL
FUNDS FOR TOTAL STATE
EXPENDITURE OF.
THREE POINT TWO MILLION DOLLARS
WHICH IS LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF
ONE PERCENT OF THE REGIONAL
CENTERS FIVE POINT FIVE BILLION
DOLLAR ANNUAL BUDGET.
OUR REGIONAL CENTERS AS YOU KNOW
SPECIALIZE IN PROVIDING
COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES WHICH
ENABLE INDIVIDUALS WITH
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES SUCH
AS ARE ACQUIRED AND DRAMATIC
BRAIN INJURY. TO ACHIEVE THEIR
FULL POTENTIAL AND HIGHEST LEVEL
OF SELF SUFFICIENCY THE EVIDENCE
IS CLEAR THAT IF WE GIVE THESE
INDIVIDUALS THE MEDICAL
UNNECESSARY TREATMENTS THEY
NEED.
THEIR LKELIHOOD OF
REHABILITATION LEADS TO HIGHER
LEVELS OF SELF SUFFICIENCY WILL
BE GREATER AND THEY WILL
ULTIMATELY BE MUCH LESS OF A
FINANCIAL BURDEN TO THE STATE.
ALSO IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT TB I
INCIDENCES ARE DECLINING
GRADUALLY AND HAVE BEEN FOR
YEARS LIKELY DUE TO GREATER
AWARENESS AND PREVENTION.
CHANGING AGE OF ONSET DEFINITION
WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO
EQUITABLY SERVE ALL OF OUR.
DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED
DISABLE CALIFORNIANS. NOT JUST
SOME.
ALSO LIKE TO DRESS SAID THE ELIO
CONCERNS AND STAFF COMMENT NOTED
IN THE COMMITTEE NOW SAYS ALSO
WANT TO REALLY THINK THAT LEO
FOR FOR WORKING WITH OUR OFFICE.
FIRST CONCERN THAT THEY LISTED
AS TO THE D. S. DATA SHOWS AN
ESTIMATED A HUNDRED SIXTY THREE
THOUSAND CLIENTS EIGHTEEN OR
OLDER AT AN AVERAGE PER CAPITA
COSTS TO SIXTEEN THOUSAND. YET
FIFTH CATEGORY CLIENTS ARE. ARE
EVEN LESS COSTLY ON AVERAGE SO
HIGHER AGES DO COST MORE.
BUT EARLY INTERVENTION EARLY
INTERVENTION SERVICE TO REDUCE
THE GREATER DISABILITY AND
THAT'S ULTIMATELY WILL REDUCE
THOSE COSTS IN LATER YEARS.
THEIR SECOND CONCERN IS THAT ANY
INCREASE IN REGIONAL CENTER
POPULATION WILL HAVE A
CORRESPONDING OPERATIONS COSTS
AND OBVIOUSLY THIS HAPPENS EVERY
YEAR FOR REGIONAL CENTERS FOR
ALL CLIENTS. SO AGAIN LOOKING AT
THEIR.
THEIR SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET FOR
FISCAL YEAR SIXTEEN SEVENTEEN IT
SHOWED THAT OPERATIONAL COSTS
WERE THIRTEEN PERCENT ADDED TO
THE. TO THE PURCHASE OF SERVICE
COSTS SUPPLYING ADDITIONAL
THIRTEEN PERCENT. ONTO THE FIFTH
CATEGORY CLIENTS THAT WOULD
RAISE THAT COSTS SO WE LISTED AT
THIRTEEN THOUSAND AND FORTY
DOLLARS. TO FOURTEEN THOUSAND
SEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE.
SO AGAIN LOOKING AT THE FOUR
HUNDRED MORE CLIENTS THAT'S ADDS
ABOUT TWO HUNDRED FORTY THOUSAND
MORE TO THE BUDGET FOR TOTAL
COST OF THREE POINT OUR.
MILLION DOLLARS AND IN THE FINAL
CONCERNED THAT LEO HAD WAS ABOUT
THE NUMBER OF PAST CASES AND
OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T KNOW THAT. I
THINK COMMON SENSE TELLS US IF
SOMEBODY'S FORTY FIFTY OR SIXTY
YEARS OF AGE THEY'VE BEEN
ACQUIRING SERVICES FOR DECADES
NOW AND I THINK IT'S HIGHLY
UNLIKELY THAT THOSE PEOPLE WOULD
WOULD COME BACK. TO THE REGIONAL
CENTERS.
AND AND ALSO SOME OF THOSE
PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY UNFORTUNATELY
PROBABLY NOT NOT SURVIVE. SO
AGAIN ABOUT THOUGH IT'S
UNLIKELY.
ALTHOUGH WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
COST THE KNOWN CASAR IS LIKELY
NOT TO BE A SIGNIFICANT.
ALSO SOME INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
DENIED SERVICES. INTO THEIR AGE
OF ONSET WILL HAVE FALLEN
OBVIOUSLY INTERVIEWED TO GREATER
LEVELS OF DISABILITY THAN THEY
WOULD HAVE IF THEY'D BEEN GIVEN
TIMELY US SUPPORT SERVICES. AND
SO. MAY NOW HAVE GREATER US
STATE EXPENDITURES BEING SPENT
ON THEM IN LONG TERM FACILITIES
SOMETHING IS BUDGET REQUEST
WOULD ADDRESS GOING FORWARD IN
THE FUTURE.
WE EXPECT THE MAIN BENEFIT OF
THIS BUDGET REQUEST WILL BE TO
PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES FOR
THOSE WHO SUSTAIN INJURIES IN
THE FUTURE. REGARDING THE THE
COMMITTEE STAFF COMMENT WITH THE
DDS INDICATING THAT IT WOULD
NEED TO EXPAND OR DEVELOP NEW
SERVICES TO ACCOMMODATE THE
NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH WITH TBI.
I WOULD SAY THAT WHAT AUTISM WAS
ADDED AS A AS A CONDITION
ELIGIBLE FOR REGIONAL CENTER
SERVICES IT WAS A NEW CONDITION
WITH NEW KINDS OF SERVICES. TV I
CLIENTS ARE ALREADY BEING SERVED
BY REGIONAL CENTERS AND SO THAT
THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY NEW.
SERVICES JESS MORE AND AND
THAT'S WHY WERE REQUIRED WE ARE
REQUESTING FINDING THAT WERE
THAT WE ARE. WITH PERMISSION THE
CHAIR I HAVE TWO WITNESSES TO
TESTIFY HAVE CARLY HOLDEN WITH
EASTER SEALS ON THE CALIFORNIA
AND KATHERINE GRAHAM A MOTHER OF
A SON WITH TBI. WHAT WILL COME
AND ASK IF YOU CAN TRY TO KEEP
YOUR MARKS TO UNDER THREE
MINUTES?
AND THAT HE WAS A CLASS THAT I
THINK CENTER WORKS BEEN PRETTY
THOROUGH.
THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED AS
WELL THANK YOU WELCOME. MINUTES
WILL BE A CHALLENGE BUT ALWAYS
HAPPY TO DO MY BEST.
COMING HOLDING WITH EASTER SEAL.
EASTER SEAL WAS STARTED BACK IN
NINETEEN NINETEEN AS A RESULT OF
AN ACCIDENT. SO WE HAVE A LONG
HISTORY LITERALLY ONE OF THE
FIRST REHAB HOSPITALS IN THE
COUNTRY SO WE HAVE A VERY MUCH
OF A STAKEHOLDER IN THIS.
WE THINK THAT THIS ISSUE IS
PRIMARILY ABOUT PARITY.
YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE RESEARCH
IS CONFIRMING TE BRAIN
CONTINUES TO DEVELOP WHEN YOU
TAKE A LOOK AT. THE MEDICARE
WILL BE PST T. EARLY PERIODIC
SCREENING TREATMENTS THAT'S
GOING UP TO A HIGHER AGE YOU
LOOK AT SPECIAL ED IT'S GOING UP
TO HIGHER AGE. IT SEEMS TO US
THAT. MOST ALL OF THE PUBLICLY
FUNDED SERVICES ARE RECOGNIZING
THE RESEARCH AND WOULD LIKE
CONFORMITY AND THE ABILITY TO.
I HAVE THIS BE A SIMILAR AGE
LIMIT.
I'D LIKE TO SPEAK BOTH ON
BEHALF OF US SOME PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCES AS WELL AS SOME
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES. OF MY SON
GRANDSON. HAD AN EMBOLISM. AND
SO WE WENT THROUGH IT. THOUGH
PROCESS OF MANY SURGERIES AND
PROCESS A REHAB HOSPITALS IN THE
PROCESS OF THE. INDEPENDENT
LIVING PROGRAM A CATHOLIC
KALINA.
I THINK TE.
PART THAT SAY A QUESTION HERE
IS A REGIONAL CENTER AND WHAT
THE REGIONAL CENTER SERVICES HOW
ALIGNED WE ARE. I THINK WHAT
YOU'RE GOING TO END UP HAPPENING
IS IN IS A NICE WARM HAND OFF
FROM THE REHAB FACILITIES TO
THOSE WHO NEED LONG TERM CARE
AND SUPPORT SERVICES AND
SUPPORTS. SO FOR EXAMPLE AS A
FAMILY MEMBER OF VISITING MY
RELATIVES VERY VERY FREQUENTLY
THERE MY GRANDSON FREQUENTLY
THERE CASSOCK KALINA.
I THINK THEIR SERVICE MODEL WAS
VERY ALIGNED WITH OUR SERVICE
MODEL AND I THINK THAT WHEN
THEY'RE FINISHED WITH THE REHAB
PART PORTION. OF THEIR
TRANSITION TO THE LONG TERM CARE
AND SUPPORT SERVICES ARE VERY
ALIGNED WITH THE SERVICES AT
EASTER SEAL ALREADY OPERATES.
.
MY OTHER EXPERIENCE WAS BEING
WITH LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF
PARENTS AND I'VE GOT TO SAY
THESE ARE CHILDREN.
AND YOU KNOW THEY MIGHT BE
NINETEEN THEY MIGHT BE TWENTY.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH
ALL THE SURGERIES. THE
GIRLFRIENDS GUIDE TO FALL AWAY
AND.
YOUNG WHITES DON'T KNOW HOW TO
HANDLE THAT IT'S REALLY THE
PARENTS WHO ARE DOING ALL THE
HEAVY LIFTING. AND THESE ARE
CHILDREN AND.
I GOTTA GIVE CREDIT TO THE
PARENT'S BOY ARE THEY THERE AND
THEY'RE THERE FOR A LIFETIME.
AND SO NEXT WE WILL HEAR FROM
ONE OF THE PARENTS THANK YOU FOR
YOUR CONSIDERATION.
Q. WELCOME.
TO.
MY NAME IS KATHERINE GRAHAM I
LIVE IN UKIAH AND.
RIP ON BOTH THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF MY LOCAL A REGIONAL
CENTER WAS AWARE OF SENATOR
WILKES WORK AND. ENCOURAGE ME TO
CONTACT HIM AND I'M VERY EXCITED
TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE AND SPEAK
TO. MY SON SITUATION HE
EXPERIENCED A BRAIN INJURY WHEN
HE WAS TWENTY ONE. AND IF HE HAD
HAD REGIONAL CENTER.
ELIGIBILITY HIS LIFE WOULD BE
VERY DIFFERENT THAN IT IS NOW
SIXTEEN YEARS LATER.
HE FOR EXAMPLE.
HE SPENT NINE MONTHS IN A REHAB
FACILITY IN HOSPITAL AND WHEN WE
CAME BACK FOR A COMMUNITY
REINTEGRATION. IS ME HE WANTED
TO PARTICIPATE IN A DAY PROGRAMS
OF FOUR GOAL SETTING FOR
SOCIALIZATION FROM.
BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION ALL THOSE
KINDS OF THINGS WHICH YOU NEED
AS YOU COME BACK IN AND HE WAS
NOT. ALLOWED IN BECAUSE HE
WASN'T REGIONAL CENTER FUNDED
AND HE SPENT HIS DAYS AT A
SENIOR CENTER PLAYING BINGO
INSTEAD.
WHEN WE TRIED TO GET HIM A JOB
HE WAS VERY WORK AT A MOTIVATED.
WE HAD DEPARTMENT OF REHAB
FACILITIES I MEAN SERVICES BUT.
THEY ONLY HAVE. JOB COACHES FOR
SIX MONTHS FOR SIX WEEKS AND SIX
WEEKS WAS JUST ENOUGH TIME TO
GET HIS ATTENTION REALLY AND SO
HE'S HE LOST THE JOB AFTER FOUR
OR FIVE MONTHS AND.
AS PUT OUT HUNDREDS OF
APPLICATIONS AND GOT NOTHING WE
THEN CAME TO SACRAMENTO AND WERE
TO GET MORE OPTIONS AND MORE
VERY BLESSED TO BE A PART OF THE
EASTER SEAL PROGRAM HERE WHICH
IS FABULOUS. WE ALSO FOUND THAT
A.
REGIONAL CENTER WHICH WAS OF.
WHICH DID ALLOW JOE TO BE ON
THEIR WORK CREW AND HE WAS ABLE
TO CONSTRUCT FURNITURE ON A WORK
CREW AND AND HE THRIVED IT WAS
FABULOUS BUT WE COULDN'T GET THE
COMPONENT OF A RESIDENCE.
BECAUSE REGIONAL CENTER WOULD
NOT ALLOW HIM INTO ANY OF THE
REGIONAL CENTER GROUP HOMES AS
MANY OF THE PARENTS HERE CAN
ATTEST TO. AND HE.
YOU TELL ME A TWENTY ONE YEAR
OLD THAT REALLY LIKES HIS MOTHER
TO CONTROL HIS LIFE NOT
HAPPENING.
BUT HE DID YOU KNOW IT WORKS
BUT IF SERVICES COULD BE ALLOWED
FOR HIM. OR IF HE HAD BEEN
ELIGIBLE IF THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN
TO TWENTY ONE HE COULD BE A
PRODUCTIVE INDEPENDENT.
WORKING.
NEVER GIVE UP KIND OF PERSON
AND RIGHT NOW HE'S ROBABLY AT
HOME PLAYING ON THE COMPUTER
PLAYING CANDY CRUSH AND.
PRETTY.
.
US SOCIALLY ISOLATED AND.
I REALLY. ASK FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION IN THIS EIGHTEEN
TO TWENTY ONE THEY'RE STILL
CHILDREN AND THEIR AGES ARE
STILL DEVELOPING. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU THANKS VERY MUCH.
ACTUALLY ANY COMMENTS FROM THE
APARTMENT ON SERVICES THIS
PROPOSAL.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR AM WE
APPRECIATE THE THE GOOD
INTENTIONS BEHIND THIS PROPOSAL
BUT WOULD NOTE A COUPLE OF
CONCERNS.
AS THE TESTAMENT OF.
FOR THIS PROPOSAL NOTES THE OUT
YEAR.
COSTS FOR OLDER CASES ARE WHAT
ARE KIND OF DIFFICULT TO PUT
YOUR FINGER ON.
IT'S UNCERTAIN HOW MANY PEOPLE
MAY COME INTO THE SYSTEM WHO.
ACQUIRED A DRAMATIC BRAIN
INJURIES WHEN THEY WERE BETWEEN
EIGHTEEN AND TWENTY TWO WHO ARE
NOW. FORTY FIFTY SIXTY YEARS OLD
WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO ESTIMATE
THAT NUMBER SO WE'RE CONCERNED
ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN. THE OTHER CONCERN THAT
WE HAVE IS THAT IN THE EVENT
SERVICES ARE EXPANDED.
WHAT KINDS OF SUPPORTS WITH THE
DEPARTMENT NEED TO PROVIDE THAT
WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE?
ET.
EVEN THOUGH WE DO PROVIDE AS THE
SENATOR SAID EVEN THOUGH WE DO
PROVIDE SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS
WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY NOW.
THOSE SERVICES MAY BE DIFFERENT
FOR SOMEONE WHO IS LOOKING TO
REHABILITATE WHO IS OLDER AND
NEEDS A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF CARE
SO. WE WOULD JUST NOTE THOSE
CONCERNS WITH THE PROPOSAL THANK
YOU.
I.
YEAH.
LEO COMMENTS.
GOOD MORNING SENATOR SONYA
PETTED FROM THE LEGISLATIVE
ANALYST'S OFFICE I'M AS SENATOR
WILL BE NOTED WE ARE WORKING
WITH THE SENATOR'S OFFICE TO
REFINE THE FISCAL ESTIMATE OF
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROPOSAL.
AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE
SENATOR'S RESPONSE TO SOME OF
OUR CONCERNS AND.
WILL BE HAPPY TO CONTINUE
WORKING WITH YOUR OFFICE TO TO
REFINE THOSE ESTIMATES ARE
BEFORE THE MAY. REVISION.
OKAY OCCURS AND WE'RE ALSO HAPPY
TO IF THE IF THE SUBCOMMITTEE
HAS ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT
WE CAN HELP OUT WITH WERE HAPPY
TO DO THAT AS WELL THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
AT EVERY SHOW YOU WORKING WITH
SENATOR WOKE ON THIS ISSUE AND
DIE I SAY THAT CERTAINLY.
ESTHER'S SUBCOMMITTEE WERE
EQUALLY INTERESTED IN AND THE
WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AS WELL
WHAT'S OUR WALK GIVE. A FINANCE.
JACOB WHEN DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ECHO THE
FISCAL CONCERNS RAISED BY THE
DEPARTMENT AND WOULD ALSO LIKE
TO NOTE THAT THE ONGOING COST
THE PROPOSAL OR INDETERMINATE
THIS TIME HAS MORE PEOPLE ROLL
INTO THE PROGRAM THOSE COSTS
WILL LIKELY INCREASE IN THE OUT
YEARS. THANK YOU.
OKAY I QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE
MEMBERS A YES CENTER SO THANK
YOU.
STREET HERE AND THANK YOU ALL
FOR YOUR YOUR PRESENTATIONS AND
CENTER WILL COME ON A THANK YOU
FOR BRINGING THIS.
PROPOSAL FORWARD AND KIND OF
HITS HOME WITH ME.
BECAUSE I HAVE A WIFE THAT HAD
A SIGNIFICANT TRAUMATIC BRAIN
INJURY. ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO AND
SO I UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES
THAT THE THE FAMILIES HAVE. AND
TRYING TO GET THE REHABILITATION
SERVICES THAT YOU NEED FOR THE
USE OF SIGNIFICANT INJURIES AND.
AND WE HEAR THE ARGUMENTS AND
ESPECIALLY PUBLIC SAFETY ABOUT
THE BRAIN MATURATION PROCESS AND
IT DOESN'T REALLY FULLY MATURE
UNTIL TWENTY FIVE YEARS OLD.
AND.
YOU KNOW AND I UNDERSTAND THE
FISCAL CONCERNS.
BUT YOU KNOW. IF THIS WAS
DIABETES AND YOU HAD TO HAVE
DIABETES DIAGNOSED BY THE TIME
YOU'RE TWENTY TWO YEARS OLD ARE
YOU CAN GET SOME SIGNIFICANT
SERVICES IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA BUT YOU GET IT LATER
IN LIFE JUST BECAUSE YOU GOT A
LATER LIKE WE SHOULD BE ENTITLED
TO THE. SAME.
WE HAVE SOME. SOME SEVERELY
IMPACTED THE FAMILIES AND
INDIVIDUALS OUT THERE THAT THEY
NEED OUR HELP AND. ESPECIALLY
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE EARLIER
INTERVENTION EITHER NOW OR YOU
PROBABLY PAY MORE LATER. SO.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO LOOK
AT THIS AS A PILOT PROJECT BUT I
WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO KNOW HOW
MANY PEOPLE HAVE TRAFFIC BRAIN
INJURY THAT ARE. OLDER THEY'RE
NOT GETTING THE THE KINDS OF
SERVICES HEY NEED TO ADAPT TO.
GETTING BACK TO WORK TO BE
GETTING INTO INDEPENDENT LIVING
BUT. YOU KNOW IF THAT'S NOT THE
ROLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE I MEAN
THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT
DESPERATELY NEED OUR HELP. AND.
AND I FOR OF OF SEEING THIS AND
THAT AND
HAVING YOU KNOW A GOOD REPORT
BACK NEXT YEAR TO FIND OUT WHAT
THE TRUTH. OF FISCAL IMPACTS ARE
ON THE PROGRAM AND I HOPE THAT.
WHAT WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF
THAT GAP BETWEEN EIGHTEEN AND
TWENTY TWO I AM ALSO A VERY
ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT SAYING THE
PERSPECTIVE?
INTEREST IN THE PROGRAM BY
PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING TROUBLE
FINDING THE APPROPRIATE SERVICES
SO THEY CAN HAVE A QUALITY OF
LIFE. HERE IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA AS WELL. SO.
.
THIS IS A FINE MAYBE A FINAL
QUESTION LMAO. WHAT DO YOU WHAT
DO YOU ESTIMATE THAT YOU HAVE
ANY IDEA? WHAT THE FISCAL
IMPACTS WILL BE IF IT'S?
OPEN UP IN AN OPEN ENDED WAY
WITH.
ALL THAT MAY NOT BE GETTING.
SIGNIFICANT SERVICES UP THE
COMMUNITY TODAY WHICH ARE THE
RANGE OF WHAT YOU THINK WE MIGHT
BE LOOKING AT. WE WILL CERTAINLY
BE LOOKING AT.
IN A WAY WHAT SORT OF THE
MAXIMUM THAT WE COULD EXPECT AND
RIGHT NOW I DON'T I DON'T HAVE
NUMBERS TO GIVE YOU.
BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY BE
LOOKING AT CDC. DATA AND TRYING
TO EXTRAPOLATE TO THE CALIFORNIA
POPULATION HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE
STILL LIVING AS YOU NOTED AND.
AND AND WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO
EXPECT IN TERMS OF WHAT THE
UPPER BOUND WOULD BE ON COST YOU
KNOW THAT THERE IS A* WILL
BE PREPARING ANOTHER INSTITUTION
THAT DOES A LOT OF WORK.
WITH DRAMATIC RANCHERIAS SMILE
CLINIC.
I WAS FORTUNATE TO TAKE MY WIFE
TO ARIZONA. FOR.
EVALUATION.
BY A DOCTOR GO DICK WHO'S ONE
OF THE.
WORLD AUTHORITIES ON A DRAMATIC
BRAIN INJURY MIGRAINE HEADACHES
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I'M SURE THAT THEY HAVE
INFORMATION THAT THEY BE WILLING
TO HOPEFULLY SHARE WITH US TO
GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY
SEE.
IN THEIR CLINICS A NATIONWIDE
BECAUSE THEY HAVE QUITE AN
ATTRACTION THERE BUT.
I'D BE ANXIOUS TO SEE WHAT SOME
OF THAT DATA IS AND HOPE THAT WE
CAN. PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER. AS
A COUPLE HEALTHCARE
PROFESSIONALS AND AN ATTORNEY
THAT WE CAN NOW PUT TOGETHER
SOME KIND OF A PILOT PROGRAM AT
LEAST FOR THAT DELTA OF EIGHTEEN
TO TWENTY TWO AND KIND OF SEE
THE IMPACTS AND AND GET THESE
PEOPLE IN FOR EARLY INTERVENTION
WITH THE HOPES OF MAYBE ONE.
AFTER INVESTING MUCH IN THE
FUTURE AND. AT AND THEY DON'T
WANT TO BE THAT I WANT TO BE
DEPENDENT ON THE STATE A LOT OF
THESE PEOPLE THAT I'VE
INTERVIEWED THEY WANT. THEY WANT
TO BE INDEPENDENT THEY WANNA GET
JOBS AND SO IT'S JUST GONNA TAKE
A RE DIRECTION AND I HOPE THE
STATE CAN BE IN A POSITION TO
PROVIDE EVERY DIRECTION.
THANK YOU MR.
THANK YOU I SHOULD.
HIS NAME WAS MENTIONED THAT.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ALSO HAS
A DEFINITION RIGHT THAT.
HAS AGE OF ONSET TWENTY TWO
YEARS.
SO I TEST QUESTION IS THERE ANY
FEDERAL FUNDING OR THAT WE KIDS
THAT THAT'S AVAILABLE THAT WE'RE
NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF BECAUSE
WE'RE NOT GOING TO TWENTY TWO
FOR EIGHTEEN TWENTY TWOS OR SOME
UP AT OR SOME. FISCAL
OPPORTUNITIES THERE TO DRAW DOWN
FEDERAL FUNDS. FOR ANY OF THESE
SERVICES.
MR* NANCY BIRDMAN.
DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES WE CAN
CERTAINLY TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT.
FEDERAL WAIVERS ARE AVAILABLE
AND PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
YEAH I THINK THAT'D BE
APPRECIATE PERHAPS A I MEAN ON
ONE LEVEL OF COURSE WE WANT TO
DO IT TRY TO THE STATE BUT IF WE
CAN GET OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS TO
TO HELP OUT. I MEAN AS I THINK I
THINK THE CASE IS PRETTY CLEAR.
THAT.
.
AS WITH ALL THE OTHER STATES AND
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT I MEAN
I'D CERTAINLY DOES ARGUMENT FOR
SAYING WHY ARE WE DESTROYING
AGED WINE AT ALL I MEAN IT'S
IT'S A DIGITAL IS THERE BUT.
ALSO.
YEAH BUT SEE WHAT OTHER
RESOURCES WE COULD PULL
TOGETHER.
AS WELL THAT.
WOULD WOULD WOULD HELP OUT YOU
KNOW WHEN WE ARE CONSTRAINED IN
OUR STATE OF COURSE BECAUSE WE
HAVE TO PUT A BALANCED BUDGET
EACH YEAR LET'S IT'S IT'S. YOU
KNOW IT'S VULNERABLE TO ECONOMIC
CHANGES AS THE GOVERNOR'S
POINTED OUT BUT. IF WE CAN THE.
PARTNER WITH OTHERS LIKE THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHO DON'T
HAVE THOSE CONSTRAINTS MAYBE
THERE'S A. THERE'S A WE COULD
COME OF THE MORE RELIABLE
FUNDING STREAM. AND THEN MAKE
THIS HAPPEN SO.
SO I WANNA THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR PRESENTATION AND FOR ALL OF
YOU.
AND BEFORE.
YOU GO WE DO HAVE PUBLIC
COMMENT SELF A.
PEOPLE WISH TO MAKE PUBLIC
COMMENT AGAIN PLEASE TRY TO KEEP
THE MINUTE NAME.
AND FEATURES OF NAME
ORGANIZATION AND THANK YOU.
THANK YOU UGH CATHOLIC FOR
DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA AND
A TWO QUICK COMMENTS THE FIRST
IS THAT WE ARE WE ARE
PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT
WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY. AND THE
ABILITY TO SERVE THOSE
INDIVIDUALS AND THINK IT IS
APPROPRIATE TO EXPAND THE AGE
FOR AT LEAST THAT GROUP OF
INDIVIDUALS.
WE WE WOULD WANT THAT TO COME
OF COURSE WITH ADDITIONAL
FUNDING SO THAT IT ISN'T UP TO
THE DETRIMENT OF CURRENT
INDIVIDUALS IN THE SYSTEM.
SECOND THING IS FROM OUR WORK AS
ADVOCATES IS THAT WE KNOW
NUMBERS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY ARE
SERVED WITH IN THE MEDIC HEALTH
SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA. AND GET
SORT OF THEIR MEDICAL NEEDS MET
AND WE HAVE DONE SOME WORK TO
MOVE INDIVIDUALS ON TO WAIVERS
INTO OTHER PROGRAMS WHICH ARE
NOT QUITE AS COMPREHENSIVE AS
WHAT ON THE REGIONAL CENTER
PROVIDES BUT I MENTION THAT
BECAUSE I THINK A DATA SOURCE TO
LOOK AT IS WERE. SOLVING THIS IS
WHO IS SERVED ALREADY WITHIN
MEDIC HELL WHAT IS THAT ABOUT
FUNDING. ARM AND THAT WOULD HELP
IN SOME WAYS BALANCE THE SHIFT
OF THE ABOVE SERVICE TO THE
REGIONAL CENTER FOR ALREADY
GETTING FEDERAL FUNDING AND IF
YOU WANT TO BE EXAMPLES OF THE
WORK THAT E'VE DONE OR WE CAN
PROVIDE. YOU ASSISTANCE TO THE
COMMITTEE OR THE LA OO WE'RE
COURSE I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK WITH
YOU THANK YOU.
YEAH. THANK YOU WELCOME. DOCTOR
PANDAS SENATOR STONES AND
REMINDING DISTINGUISH STAFF
RICKROLLING TRIPS IN ARCA THE
SITUATION REGIONAL CENTER
AGENCIES WE'VE BEEN WORKING
CLOSELY WITH. SENATOR WELCOME ON
HIS BILL FROM LAST YEAR AND ON
THIS PROPOSAL AND. JUST KIND OF
CUT TO THE CHASE IS ALL ABOUT
THE MONEY.
AND THIS PROPOSAL WOULD NOT
ONLY RAISE THE AGE FOR FOLKS
BEING ADDED WITH DRAMATIC BRAIN
INJURY AN ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY
BUT ALSO ALL THE FOLKS THAT WE
SERVE IN OUR SYSTEM. SO OUR
POSITION IS FUNDED AND GET RID
OF THE MEDIAN RATE SO WE CAN
PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO FOLKS.
IN OUR SYSTEM THANK YOU.
THANK YOU YES IF YOU IF YOU HAVE
SIGNAL THE DEMONSTRATIONS HERE
WE CAN DO THIS IF YOU LIKE
SOMETHING THAT RIGHT. OKAY YEAH
WELCOME HI NANCY CHANCE. CHOICES
PERSON CENTERED SERVICES AND.
AS I STATED EARLIER TRAUMATIC
BRAIN INJURY IS SOMETHING THAT'S
VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
I AM HERE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF
SENATOR WILKES PROPOSAL. UP TO
THE AGE OF TWENTY TWO CERTAINLY
WOULD LOVE TO SEE A WAY TO
EXPAND THAT EVEN FURTHER OF
COURSE BUT. I THINK THAT WE NEED
TO DEFINITELY DO THIS THANK YOU.
YOU'RE WELCOME MARTY MOTO
CALIFORNIA DISSIPATING YOU
COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK ALSO A
FAMILY MEMBER JUST WANT TO. ECHO
THE WORDS OF CARLENE THAT THIS
IS ABOUT PARODIES ABOUT FAIRNESS
ABOUT JUSTICE. AND FOR KATHERINE
GRAHAM YOU KNOW FOR YEARS FOR
YOUR SON TO SIDS ABOUT JUSTICE
FOR MY WORK WITH MANY. PEOPLE
YOUTHS WHO READS. GOT THEIR
DRAMATIC BRAIN INJURY AFTER AGE
EIGHTEEN. AND THEY NEED HELP AND
I THINK THIS IS WHAT WE'RE HERE
FOR THANK YOU.
MISTER CHAIRMAN MEMBERS ERIN
CARUTHERS WITH A STATE COUNCIL
ON DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
THE STATE COUNCIL EXIST IN
FEDERAL AND STATE LAW AND WE
FOLLOW BOTH DEFINITIONS OF WHAT
A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY IS. A
RISE IN SUPPORT OF THE SENATOR'S
BILL FROM LAST YEAR AND ALSO TO
CONFIRM THAT.
NOW WHAT IS PROPOSING REALLY
DOES CONFORM WITH FEDERAL
LAWSUIT THANK YOU FOR THAT
EFFORT.
THANK YOU. WELCOME THANK YOU
MISTER CHAIR AND MEMBERS JORDAN
LINDSAY WITH THE ARK IN UNITED
CEREBRAL PALSY CALIFORNIA IN
SUPPORT OF THE CENTER'S PROPOSAL
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU WELCOME AFTERNOON
MISTER CHAIR MAJORED IN
CALIFORNIA DISABILITY SERVICES
ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT CENTER
WORKS PROPOSAL THIS IS A MATTER
OF FAIRNESS AND WE THINK THAT IT
SHOULD BE SUPPORTED THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
ON A ACT DAN WITH FREED CENTER
FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING
INDIVIDUALS OF ALL AGES WITH
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY MADE THE
SAME ACCESS TO SERVICES I'M IN
STRONG SUPPORT. OF MR WILKS
BELLS SENATOR WORKS BILL.
AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY AN
OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE PRIOR
DISCUSSION WITH THE TBI SITES
AND SEE HOW WE COULD ACTUALLY.
CREATES.
A PROGRAM FOR THOSE WITH TBI IN
CALIFORNIA WHETHER THEY GET
INJURED BEFORE THE AGE OF TWENTY
ONE WITH LOOKS PROPOSAL. OR FOR
US TO BE I SAID TO BE ABLE TO
SERVE THOSE THAT GET INJURED
AFTER SO THIS IS REALLY EXCITING
OPPORTUNITY I THINK.
I THINK YOU.
WELCOME.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS MICHELLE
COLIN AGAIN I WOULD LIKE TO.
SECOND WHAT MISS ACTING JUST
SAID ABOUT.
MERGING AND WORKING TOGETHER
WITH THAT THE TRAUMATIC BRAIN
INJURY GROUPS BUT I WOULD ALSO
LIKE TO COMMENT TO THE FACT
THAT.
WE NEED TO. AND CHANGE THE
DEFINITION OF THE PROGRAM TO
INCLUDE ALL BRAIN INJURIES NOT
JUST DRAMATIC BUT ACQUIRED IN
OTHER WAYS. AND AT THE AGE LIMIT
SHOULD BE REMOVED.
ANYBODY WITH A BRAIN INJURY
SHOULD GET EQUAL ACCESS. AND I
WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT. I
AM ONE THING THAT HAS NOT BEEN
MENTIONED AT LEAST THAT I
HAVEN'T HEARD. IS THERE ARE
OTHER WAYS OF GETTING BRAIN
INJURIES SUCH AS DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE AND I AM PERSONALLY A
VICTIM AT HAND SURVIVOR I'D LIKE
TO SAY. OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WHO
ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY BECAUSE OF
THAT AND THOSE FINES THEY ARE.
I AM ACQUIRED BY THOSE
OFFENDERS.
IT IS A POTENTIAL FINDING A
SOURCE FORWARD BRAIN INJURY
PROGRAMS IF I HAVE GOTTEN A
BRAIN INJURY AND MY OFFENDER.
HAS BEEN GIVEN FINES AND COURT
FAN THOSE FUNDS SHOULD BE TAPPED
INTO TIP SUPPORT THE PROGRAM
SUCH AS THIS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME. MY NAME IS STEVEN
HECKLE DISABILITY RIGHTS AT THE
CUT. I WANT TO SAY I SUPPORT THE
PROPOSAL. QB I AND OTHERS BRAIN
THINGS FOR EIGHTEEN TO TWENTY
TWO. INJURIES LIKE THIS CAN
HAPPEN AT BIRTH AND THEY CAN
HAPPEN IN ADULTHOOD.
AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
THOSE.
THAT HAPPENED OLDER OR DID
DIAGNOSED WITH THIS ALL OLDER
AGES.
OF.
GET THE SERVICES THEY NEEDED THE
SUPPORT THEY NEED. TO HAVE OUR
QUOTE GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO
SUPPORT THIS UNDER BEAT BRING
CALIFORNIA.
WE'VE BEEN A LEADER.
AND IN A LOT OF THINGS TO BE IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDS BANKS.
AND EVERY MONEY WE SPEND ON
SERVICES. INCREASES ONE'S LIVES.
GETS RECTIFIED EARNED IN A
FUTURE PROJECT.
WHEN THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO
SUCCEED THANK YOU. THANK YOU
THANK YOU WELCOME ITT MARK FROM
DISABILITY VOICES UNITED AND
PARENT OF A TWENTY ONE YEAR OLD
WHO HAS AUTISM AND AND IS. ABLE
TO RECEIVE SERVICES FOR THE
REGIONAL CENTER I JUST WANT
EXPRESS MY SUPPORT SENATOR FOR
YOUR PROPOSAL AS A MOM.
BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU THATMY
SON IT TWENTY ONE IS STILL.
YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE. A
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY OR ANY
KIND DISABILITIES STILL
YOURLITTLE CAT. AND HE'S STILL
NEEDS
HELP AND SO I REALLY THINK THAT
THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARILY
IMPORTANT PROPOSAL I HOPE THEY
ALL SUPPORTED.
THANK YOU AU CONTRAIRE REMEMBER
MISTER CHAIRMAN MEMBERS CARL
LONDON ABOUT FOOD. ALLIANCE
PARTY PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL
DEVELOPMENT DISABILITIES ALSO
STRONG SUPPORT OF CENTER WHAT'S
PROPOSAL THINK.
THANK YOU WELCOMED CLARK COULD
HAVE GOOD I JUST WANTED I
SUPPORT EVERYTHING WHATEVER HE
SAID BUT I PARTICULARLY THE ONE
ABOUT ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY I
THINK WE HAVE TO. BROADEN OUR
DEFINITION LIKE FOR EXAMPLE IN
THE TBI PROGRAM AT THE. LIMITED
OF.
CATEGORY FOR H. I THINK WE HAVE
TO MAKE IT ACQUIRED BECAUSE.
THIS NOW TBI COMES FROM MANY
MANY AREAS SELF.
THANK.
THANK YOU.
RIGHT THE OTHER QUESTIONS NOW
OKAY WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR A PRESENT YOUR PROPOSAL AND
I. AND.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE TESTIMONY
AT THIS POINT TIME WE'RE GOING
TO HOLD THE ITEM OPENED AND.
CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT I
THINK THE DEPARTMENT SAYING A
LOOK IN THE COUPLE THINGS IN LA
DOES WELL SO. DID I I APPRECIATE
THE COMMITTEE'S TIME AND AND FOR
YOU AGE AND DOES THINGS THAT
MATTER THANK YOU.
BUT IT'S VERY MUCH OKAY SO WE'RE
GOING TO NOW RETURN TO THE TOP
OF THE AGENDA FOR.
PART BE SO WE'RE GONNA DO ISSUE
NUMBER ONE THE BUDGET OVERVIEW.
AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD ACTUAL
WOULD DO IS HOLD.
GO THROUGH THE FIRST FIVE ITEMS
ISSUES ONE THROUGH FIVE
SEQUENTIALLY AND THEN WE'LL TAKE
PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER THE END OF
ISSUE FIVE. SUCH AS FOR THOSE
WHO. JUST IN PUBLIC COMMENT AND
MAKING PUBLIC COMMENT. AND SO
AGAIN.
FOR THE.
RECORD.
WILL SERVE EVERYONE INTRODUCE
THEMSELVES FOR THE BUDGET
OVERVIEW AND.
AND THEN NOW WILL BEGIN WITH
TESTIMONY FROM DIRECTOR SO ALL
RIGHTS OF THE AGENCY WISHES TO.
GET INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AGAIN
FOR THE RECORD.
GOOD MORNING MISTER CHAIR NANCY
PARCHMAN DIRECTOR THE.
DEPARTMENT A DEVELOPMENTAL
SERVICES AND THANK YOU SENATOR
STONE AND SENATOR MONEY.
I HAVE SEVERAL BUT IT'S GOOD TO
THE QUICK ROUND THAT
INTRODUCTION AND THEN WE'LL HAVE
YOU BEGIN SO YET SEVERAL INCHES
OF THE ROUND TABLE THANK YOU.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR JOHN
DOYLE DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES.
YES.
YEAH.
BRAIN MENTAL DEVELOPMENT
SERVICES.
WHEN THE FUND DEVELOPMENTAL
SERVICES.
HI JIM KNIGHT DEVELOPMENTAL
SERVICES. ELIA ANY PARTICULAR
GO.
AND MARK NEWTON LAEL. FINANCE.
JAIL WHEN THE PART OF FINANCE.
CHRIS CUPPED PALM IN FINANCE
GREAT THANK YOU DIRECTOR BIRDMAN
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH SEND AGAIN
GOOD MORNING.
I'VE BEEN ASKED TO PROVIDE JUST
A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE.
PROPOSED. BUDGET ON ISSUE ONE
TIME AND. AT THE AGENDA.
THAT PROVIDES A NICE OUTLINE
BUT I'LL PROVIDE YOU.
TO SOME HIGHLIGHTS ON FOR OUR
DISCUSSION TODAY.
AS AS THE AGENDA OUTLINES AND
CERTAINLY AS AS WE'VE.
.
WE KNOW THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES.
IS A DEPARTMENT THAT PROVIDE
SERVICES IN TWO WAYS.
ONE IS THROUGH STATE OPERATED
SERVICES AND THEN ALSO THROUGH
ON THE REGIONAL CENTERS.
AND I'M GOING TO PROVIDE YOU
JUST A REALLY QUICK OVERVIEW ON
THAT THAT FISCAL PROJECTIONS SO
WITH THE PROPOSED UPDATED BUDGET
OF SIX POINT FOUR BILLION
DOLLARS FOR FISCAL FISCAL YEAR
SEVENTEEN EIGHTEEN. THE
DEPARTMENT IS CONTINUING TO.
THE GROWTH IN OUR CONSUMER
POPULATION AND WE'RE PROJECTING.
THREE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN
THOUSAND INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING
SERVICES UNDER ANY POPULATION
FOR THE STATE OPERATED SERVICES
ON BY JUNE. THIRTIETH TWENTY
EIGHTEEN IS PROJECTED TO BE FIVE
HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN.
REGIONAL CENTERS CONTINUE TO
VARY IN SIZES AS FAR AS THE
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY
SERVE WITH THE SMALLEST REGIONAL
CENTER AT ABOUT FOUR THOUSAND
INDIVIDUALS AND THE LARGEST
REGIONAL CENTER AT ABOUT THIRTY
FOUR THOUSAND INDIVIDUALS. WE
CONTINUE TO SEE GROWTH YEAR OVER
YEAR.
IN THE SERVICES AS FAR AS THE
NUMBER O INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE
SERVING.
BY ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF
PERCENT ON EACH YEAR OR ON AN
AVERAGE OF ABOUT THIRTEEN TO
FOURTEEN THOUSAND INDIVIDUALS.
THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET
FOR FISCAL YEAR EIGHTEEN
NINETEEN PROPOSES A TOTAL BUDGET
OF SEVEN POINT THREE BILLION
DOLLARS IN TOTAL FUN. AND FOUR
POINT FOUR BILLION IN GENERAL
FUND THIS IS REFLECTING A FIVE
POINT THREE PERCENT INCREASE
OVER CURRENT YEAR.
THAT GENDER CORRECTLY STATES
THAT THE PRIMARY DRIVERS FOR THE
PROPOSED CHANGES IS REALLY
PRIMARILY DUE TO UPDATE A
CASELOAD UTILIZATION AS WELL AS
ON THE STATE MANDATED. OUR
REALLY MINIMUM WAGE FOR THE FULL
YEAR. WHICH WAS THE FACT IF ON
JANUARY FIRST TWENTY EIGHTEEN
AND THEN WHAT'S PROJECTED FOR
JANUARY FIRST TWENTY NINETEEN.
AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN
ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY AT
THIS TIME.
OKAY INCOMES FAMILIAL.
ANY PARTICULARLY.
WE WOULD JUST ECHO WHAT
DIRECTOR BARGE BEEN SAID ABOUT
THE PRIMARY DRIVERS OF GROWTH IN
THE BUDGET BEING CASELOAD AND
COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STATE
MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES. AND WE
WOULD JUST NOTE THAT FOR THE
PAST SEVERAL YEARS CASELOAD HAS
INCREASED AT A AT A. SIZEABLE
RATE OF CLOSE TO FIVE PERCENT
EACH YEAR IN THIS FAR OUTPACES
GENERAL POPULATION GROWTH AND SO
WHETHER THIS IS A. CASE OF
INCREASED INCIDENCES OF
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES OR
BETTER IDENTIFICATION DIAGNOSIS
IS STILL. A SORT OF A QUESTION
IN THE SYSTEM.
ALL RIGHT FINANCE.
OKAY.
OPTIONS FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
OKAY NOTHING SO OKAY WHEN WE GO
AHEAD AND.
THEN MOVE ON TO.
ISSUE NUMBER TWO.
WHICH IS THE ESSENTIAL I STATE
MY ACTIVITIES FOR TORONTO
SERVICES.
OKAY THANK YOU FOR ISSUE TWO
IT'S A.
BUDGET CHANGE PROPOSAL FOR THE
CENTRALIZED ON DEVELOPMENTAL
CENTER POSITIONS. IF THIS IS A
SHIFT POSITIONS THAT IS
CURRENTLY BUDGETED IN THE
DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER BUDGET.
AND MOVING THEM OVER TO
HEADQUARTERS AS THE AGENDA HAS
NOTED THAT WE REALLY HAVE BEEN
OPERATING IN A VERY
DECENTRALIZED MANNER OVER THE
YEARS WHEN WE'VE BEEN OPERATING
THE STATE. OPERATED FACILITIES
AND NOW THAT WE'RE CLOSING THE
DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS AND REALLY
MOVING SERVICES INTO THE
COMMUNITY BY MAKING SURE THAT
WE'RE TAKING THE POSITIONS THAT
ARE PERFECT PROVIDING THAT BROAD
OVERSIGHT. ON TO ALL SERVICES TO
HEADQUARTERS.
SO WE ARE PROPOSING.
IN THE PIECE BC PAID FIFTEEN
POINT FIVE POSITIONS.
PRIMARILY SEVEN OF THEM ARE
WITH THE OFFICER PROTECTIVE
SERVICES THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO
THE WORK.
OF.
THAT THEY DO OUT AT THE SECURE
TREATMENT PROGRAM AT PORTER BILL
AS WELL AS OTHER BACKGROUND
CHECKS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH
A STATE MANDATES. AND THEN ALSO
FOUR POINT FIVE ON POSITIONS
RELATED TO FISCAL COMPLIANCE
PROGRAM SUPPORTS TO INCLUDE
QUALITY ASSURANCE CONTRACT
MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT. AND THEN
ALSO FOR POSITIONS TO SUPPORT
FROM THE COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
THAT WE'RE DOING IN RELATIONSHIP
OF BUILDING SERVICES FOR FOLKS
THAT ARE TRANSITIONING FROM
DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS.
OKAY.
THE SMELL.
NO FINANCE.
JACQUELYN APARTMENT OF FINANCE
WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW THAT
THIS IS A NET ZERO SHIFT OF
RESOURCES FROM THE DEVELOPMENTAL
CENTER BUDGET TO THE
HEADQUARTERS BUDGET. OKAY.
QUESTION FOR ME YES CENTER
SOMETHING I THINK YOU.
YOU KNOW WE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
THE.
CLOSING.
CINEMA AND THE CENTER IN ORANGE
COUNTY.
I THINK IT WAS KIND OF
UNANIMOUS ON THIS COMMITTEE THAT
WE ONE OF THOSE FUNDS TO BE USED
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT DISADVANTAGE
COMMUNITY. YEAH WHILE I AGREE
THIS IS A SHIFT IT JUST SEEMS
LIKE IT MIGHT BE UPPER AND
EMPIRE BUILDING INSTEAD OF
GETTING MORE.
PROFESSIONALS INTO THE REGIONAL
CENTERS AND I HEAR HE THOUGHT
ABOUT THE IDEA OF AN OMBUDSMAN
OR. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT MIGHT
BE A DUPLICATION OF WHAT WILL
BECOME I HAVE OR WANT IN THE IN
THE REGIONAL CENTERS AND.
CAN WE DO WE DO WITH OUR
EXISTING STAFF MORE WITH LESS
AND GET IT BECAUSE OUR OUR
REGIONAL CENTERS OR SING AND
IMPACT OF. A LOT MORE.
DEMAND AND YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S
HARD TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND HAD
THANK YOU SENATOR COUPLE THINGS
REGARDING THE POSITIONS THAT ARE
MOVING FROM.
THAT BUDGET.
WHILE THE POSITION AUTHORITY IS
MOVING TO HEADQUARTERS THE
POSITIONS ARE ACTIVE POSITIONS
AT THIS TIME IT'S NOT A A NEW
POSITION REQUEST. SO THE
POSITIONS FOR EXAMPLE IN THE.
OFFICER PROTECTIVE SERVICES SO
WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE TO DO
BACKGROUND CHECKS INVESTIGATIONS
AND THE ACTIVITIES THAT WILL
STILL NEED TO HAPPEN AT OUR
STATE OPERATED FACILITIES. I'M
SO BEING MINDFUL THAT WE WANT TO
MOVE THAT FORWARD ADDITIONALLY
THE.
POSITIONS THE OFFICER
PROTECTIVE SERVICES WE HAVE A
FAMILY HOME AGENCY MODEL THAT'S
OUT IN THE COMMUNITY ON THIS
MANDATED REQUIREMENT FOR THAT IS
ALSO DOING BACKGROUND CHECKS. SO
THE POSITIONS WE CONTINUE TO BE
ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE
WHICH IS A SUPPORT TO THE
COMMUNITY AS WELL.
AND THEN WITH THE.
OVERSIGHT AND THE POSITIONS
THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED IT REALLY
IS TO CONTINUE BASED ON THE
STATE OPERATED SERVICES THAT
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE POST
CLOSURE.
WE CONTINUE TO EVALUATE WHAT
THE NEEDS ARE WITH THE REGIONAL
CENTERS AND CONTINUE TO EVALUATE
THE NEEDS AS FAR AS BUILDING THE
COMMUNITY RESOURCES WHAT. IT
WHAT WILL CERTAINLY HAVE OUR
PRISON TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE
DEVELOPMENT AND WHERE WE ARE IN
THAT.
SO NOT NOT IGNORING THE FACT
THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO
EVALUATE IT BUT WE ALSO WANT TO
BE MINDFUL OF OUR CONTINUED OFF
OPERATION. NICER IN AN EXTENDED
TO CONTINUE THOSE VITAL SERVICES
OF EITHER OR NOT PEOPLE ALREADY
PERFORMING THOSE DUTIES WITHIN
YOUR OFFICE TODAY THEY ARE
CURRENTLY DOING IT TODAY YOU'RE
YOU'RE YOU WANT TO HIRE MORE
BECAUSE YOU THINK THE WORKLOAD
IS. ACTUALLY NOT ADDITIONAL
POSITIONS THIS TRULY IS.
EXISTING POSITIONS SO WE HAD TO
BUDGET. THAT WE HAVE.
.
WE HAVE THE HEADQUARTERS BUDGET
WE HAVE THE REGIONAL CENTER
BUDGET AND THEN WE HAVE THE
DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES BUDGET.
SO CURRENTLY THOSE POSITIONS THE
AUTHORITY IS WITHIN THE
DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES WHILE
THEY'VE CONTINUED TO. PROVIDE
THE SERVICES BROADLY WORD TAKING
THAT AUTHORITY OVER TO.
HEADQUARTERS OKAY.
FINE THANK YOU.
AND I ACTUALLY JUST TO FOLLOW UP
IS SAID DC AND THE PROCESS OF.
CENTRALIZING SHIFTING. SOME
OPPORTUNITIES FOR EFFICIENCIES.
AND IN DOING THAT.
WE CONTINUE TO EVALUATE WHAT
THOSE NEEDS ARE AND WE'VE ONLY
IDENTIFIED THE POSITIONS THAT
ARE ARE REQUIRED TO CONTINUE THE
OPERATIONS THAT WERE PROJECTING.
I'M JUST THINKING AS YOU ARE
GALLERY ESSENTIALLY RESTRUCTURE
AND YOU'RE MOVING SOME POSITIONS
IN TERMS OF LOCATION AGAIN THESE
ARE NOT NEW POSITIONS IS.
OBVIOUSLY THINKING ABOUT
ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCIES OF
HAVING PEOPLE AND WHATEVER
WHETHER PHYSICAL OTHER PROXIMITY
TO EACH OTHER TO. AND AND TERMS
OF.
STAFF BE ABLE TO. IMPROVE THEIR
PRODUCTIVITY.
YES SENATOR WHAT WE WE DO OFTEN
LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE POSITIONS
AS FAR AS THE THE WORK THAT
THEY'RE DOING AND WHAT ARE THE
THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO MANY
TIMES MANY INDIVIDUALS WERE
MULTIPLE HATS. I WILL CONTINUE
TO.
PAY ATTENTION AND SEE YOU KNOW
WHERE WHERE FOLKS CAN CONTINUE
TO DO THAT THE GOOD WORK AND AND
THE MULTIPLE AREAS THAT THEY
WORK ON.
WELL THANK YOU I KNOW THAT WE
HAVE ONE OF THE.
CLOSE RATIO OF STATE WORKERS TO
POPULATION SO WE ARE VERY HARD
WORKING ESTATE WORKFORCE AND I
JUST WANT TO. TELL US. THOUGH.
ALRIGHT LET'S MOVE ON TO ISSUE
NUMBER THREE THERE'S NO THE
QUESTIONS SO THAT'S CLINICAL
STAFF FOR COMMITTEE HOMES
OVERSIGHT.
YES THANK YOU THIS IS THE.
.
THE PAY THAT WE HAVE.
PROPOSE FOR THREE POSITION OR
FOR I'M SORRY FOR NINE POSITIONS
THESE ARE.
NEW ADDITIONAL POSITIONS ARMOR
REQUESTING THE AUTHORITY FOR
CLINICAL STAFF WITH EXPERTISE AT
HEADQUARTERS.
THE RELATIONSHIP TO THE
POSITIONS COMING TO
HEADQUARTERS.
I'LL START WITH THE NURSING
CONSULTANTS ARE THREE NURSING
CONSULTANTS THAT ARE PROPOSED IN
THE ON BCP WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
FIVE POSITIONS FOR NURSES FOR
THE OVERSIGHT OF THE.
ADULT RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES
FOR PERSONS WITH SPECIAL
HEALTHCARE NEEDS SO THOSE ARE
THE HOMES AS A REMINDER THAT
WERE DEVELOPED DURING THE
AGNEW'S CLOSURE IS A CONCEPT AND
SO WE'VE BEEN DEVELOPING THEM.
TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS MOVING
FROM THE DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS
TO THE COMMUNITIES. ON BECAUSE
OF THE ADDITIONAL CLOSURES I'M
NOT ONLY WITH AGNEW'S BUT
CERTAINLY WITH THE CLOSURE OF
LATTER MEN AND THEN NOW WITH.
CINEMA AND FOR IT FAIRVIEW
IMPORTER BILL WE HAVE ABOUT
FIFTY ONE ADDITIONAL HOMES THAT
WERE DEVELOPING. THE REQUIREMENT
FOR US AS A DEPARTMENT IS TO
PROVIDE OVERSIGHT NOT ONLY ON
THE PLAN OF OPERATIONS AND
DEVELOPMENT. DOING THE VISITS
EVERY SIX MONTHS TO MONITOR THE
SERVICES ON MAKING SRE THAT WE
HAVE THE NURSES AVAILABLE TO DO
THAT AND SO THE PROPOSAL BECAUSE
OF THE GROWTH IS TO.
AT THE POSITIONS TO SUPPORT
THAT OVERSIGHT. ADDITIONALLY
WITH THE NEW.
ENHANCE THE HERO SUPPORTS HOMES
WE HAVE.
PROPOSED FOR BEHAVIOR
SPECIALIST ON AS A REMINDER THAN
HAS BEEN HERE WILL SUPPORT HOMES
WERE MODELED AFTER THE ARE
FICTIONS ON BUT FOR INDIVIDUALS
WITH VERY COMPLEX BEHAVIOR
CHALLENGES.
AND BECAUSE O THAT WE ALSO HAVE
THE SAME REQUIREMENT FOR EVERY
SIX MONTHS.
AT A MINIMUM TO GO OUT ON TO
THE HOMES WE DO FIND THAT BOTH
WITH OUR PHYSICIANS IN THE
HANDS.
OF SUPPORTS HOMES.
THAT THIS THE STAFF THAT WE
HAVE GO AND RESPOND TO QUESTIONS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SUPPORT SO
FREQUENTLY THEIR VISITS ARE
SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN EVERY
SIX MONTHS. ALSO THEN THE I'M
REQUIREMENT FOR DOING THE
OVERVIEW OF THE PLAN OF
OPERATIONS. AGAIN JUST AS A.
REMINDER THAT THE HOMES HAVE TO
BE CERTIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF DEVELOPMENTAL ERVICES WHILE
THEY'RE LICENSED BY. ON
DEPARTMENT SOCIAL SERVICES SO
THESE WOULD BE THE STAFF THAT
WOULD ALSO BE DOING ALL THE
CERTIFICATION AND MONITORING OF
THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
ADDITIONALLY WE'RE PROPOSING A
SENIOR SUPERVISING SENIOR
PSYCHOLOGIST THAT WOULD BE
PROVIDING THE.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND CLINICAL
SUPPORT NO OVERSIGHT FOR THE
INDIVIDUALS THAT WE'RE BRINGING
ON FOR THE BEAT ON BEHAVIOR AND
HAS BEEN ABLE SUPPORTS HOMES.
ALSO THEIR TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
OF MAKING SURE THAT WERE ON
BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE
REQUIREMENTS AND.
PROVIDING THE OVERSIGHT AND
SUPPORT TO THE REGIONAL CENTERS
TO THEIR REQUIREMENTS FOR
OVERSIGHT OF THOSE HOMES AS
WELL.
WERE ALSO FINDING THAT BY
BRINGING ON MOST OF THE SERVICES
BACK TO THE COMMUNITY WE DO NOT
HAVE AT THE AT THE HEADQUARTERS
LEVEL AND MEDICAL DIRECTOR. AND
SO AS WE'VE BEEN BUILDING OUR
CLINICAL STAFF IS WE'VE BEEN
BUILDING THAT CLINICAL EXPERTISE
HAVING A MEDICAL DIRECTOR THAT
IS ABLE TO BE THAT DOTTED LINE
THAT SUPPORT THAT IS ABLE TO BE.
ON VERY.
PROACTIVE IN LOOKING AT WHAT
IT'S A WORK THAT EVERYBODY'S
DOING THERE'S A SINGLE POINT OF
CONTACT THAT HAS THAT LEVEL OF
EXPERTISE IT'S GOING TO BE ABLE
TO HELP. GUIDE ON NOT ONLY THE
THE THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING
WITHIN OUR STATE OPERATED
SERVICES BUT ALSO.
FOR HEADQUARTERS TO. REALLY
EVALUATE WHAT'S NEEDED ACROSS
THE BOARD AND USING THAT THAT
VERY CRITICAL AND AND CLINICAL
I.
HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS. THANK
YOU. COMES FROM OHIO.
SO ANY PARTICULAR SO WE JUST HAD
ONE.
ISSUE THAT WE THOUGHT THE
VILLAGES THE SUBCOMMITTEE MAY
WANT TO ASK THE DEPARTMENT WHICH
IS JUST WHETHER THE REGIONAL
CENTERS THEMSELVES HAVE ENOUGH
STAFF. TO CONDUCT THEIR PART OF
THE COMPLIANCE.
WITH THESE NEW REQUIREMENTS AND
IT'S SORT OF SIMILAR TO WHAT
SENATOR STONE BROUGHT UP IN THE
LAST ISSUE. OF.
FINANCE.
TAKE AWAY THE PART OF FINANCE
WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW THAT
THESE RESOURCES ALL WHAT THE
DEPARTMENT MAINTAIN THEIR
CURRENT OVERSIGHT.
CASO RATIOS FOR THESE HOMES
THANK YOU OKAY QUESTIONS FROM
COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
AS ARE SOME.
A FOLLOW UP NOTICES ABOUT
DUPLICATION OF WHAT HAPPENS IN
THE REGIONAL CENTERS AND WHERE
WE WOULDN'T WANNA HAVE
COMMENSURATE US STAFF THERE.
SO IT'S IT'S NOT A DUPLICATION
AS FAR AS WHAT THE THE WORK IS
BECAUSE WE HAVE DISTINCTIVE
DIFFERENT ROLES REGARDING THE
OVERSIGHT. SO THE REGIONAL
CENTERS AS.
DAILY.
HAS NOTED THAT THEY DO HAVE AN
OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITY AND
SUPPORT.
AND THE WAY THAT WE'VE BEEN
DEVELOPING THE SUPPORT FOR THEM
THROUGH THEIR OPERATIONS IS
WITHIN THE COMMUNITY PLACEMENT
PLAN. SO AS WE'RE LOOKING AT.
REVIEWING THAT THE HOMES THAT
THEY'RE DEVELOPING WHEN THE
REGIONAL CENTER SUBMITS A
PROPOSAL TO US SAYING THAT
THEY'RE PROPOSING AND THE
DEVELOPMENT OF AN R. FISSION OR
ENHANCE BE ABLE SUPPORTS HOME.
WE ARE VERY MINDFUL ME LOOK AT
DO YOU HAVE THE NURSES WITHIN
YOUR.
ORGANIZATION OR DO YOU HAVE A
REQUEST TO ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT.
THE OPERATION SIDE AND SO WE DO
HAVE THE OPERATIONS FUNDING
THROUGH CP PAID THAT WE CONTINUE
TO PRIORITIZE.
FOR THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT
AT THE REGIONAL CENTERS HAVE AND
WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT
EVALUATION AS WELL. FROM
BEGINNING TO END WHAT IS THE
APPLICATION PROCESS.
TIME WISE FOR THESE NEW HOMES
THAT ARE COMING ONLINE TO FILL
IN THE GAPS.
SO.
THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND MY
ANSWER IN TWO DIFFERENT PATHS OF
DEVELOPMENT.
SO FOR THE HOMES WHEN YOU LOOK
AT THE KIND OF THE BRICKS AND
MORTAR FROM THE POINT OF OF
HAVING TO IDENTIFY THE HOME. SO
WHEN THE REGIONAL CENTER
RECEIVES APPROVAL FOR FUNDING TO
DEVELOP THE HOME.
IT MAY TAKE THEM YOU KNOW
THIRTY SIXTY DAYS FROM THE POINT
THAT THEY RELEASE A REQUEST FOR
PROPOSAL TO IDENTIFY A HOUSING
ORGANIZATION TO DEVELOP THE
HOME.
AT THAT POINT IT IT DEPENDS
ALMOST BASED ON GEOGRAPHIC AREAS
HOW LONG IT TAKES TO IDENTIFY
THE HOME WERE NEVER REALLY.
COMPETITIVE MARKET AT THIS
POINT SO DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIC
AREAS YOU KNOW BUT IT MAY TAKE
TWO MONTHS TO IDENTIFY A HOME
BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY UNIQUE YOU
WANT TO FIND A HOME THAT IS THE
SINGLE STORIED SO THAT. THE
CHARACTERISTICS ARE OURS
SOMETHING THAT THAT HAS TO BE
MINDFUL OF IN OTHER GEOGRAPHIC
AREAS THE MARKET IS EXTREMELY
DIFFICULT SO IT MAY TAKE THEM
SIX MONTHS TO EIGHT MONTHS. TO
IDENTIFY A PROPERTY AND BE ABLE
TO CLOSE ON THAT AT THAT POINT
IT TAKES TIME TO BE ABLE TO DO
RENOVATION IT CAN TAKE. YOU KNOW
PROJECTIONS YOU KNOW THEY
ALWAYS.
DO THEIR BEST AND I AND MY HAT'S
OFF TO EVERYBODY WHO'S IN THE
PROCESS IT'S. THEIR PRODUCTION
IS NINETY DAYS BUT THEN IF YOU
HAD DELAYS AND PERMITTING IF YOU
HAD DELAYS AND ANY OTHER AREAS
THAT THEY NEED TO DO IN
DEVELOPMENT IT COULD TAKE SIX
MONTHS TO EIGHT MONTHS. AND
SOMETIMES ON THE VERY RARE
OCCASIONS IT CAN TAKE UP TO A
YEAR DEPENDING ON. YOU KNOW SOME
OF THE COMPLEXITIES THAT CAN
HAPPEN.
AND THEN IN ADDITION SO
PARALLELING THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE
THAN THE REGIONAL CENTERS
WORKING WITH THE SERVICE
PROVIDER. AND HAVING A SERVICE
PROVIDER DEVELOP THEIR PLANS OF
OPERATIONS ARE POLICIES AND
PROCEDURES TRAINING THEIR STAFF.
YOU KNOW IN IDENTIFYING THAT SO.
NOTHING'S DONE IN A SILO
EVERYTHING'S DONE PARALLEL ON SO
FROM START TO FINISH YOU CAN
TAKE A LOOK AT.
PROBABLY EIGHT TO TWELVE MONTHS
FOR DEVELOPMENT AND AGAIN IT'S
ALL VARIABLE DEPENDING ON THE
THINGS THAT INFLUENCE THAT
DEVELOPMENT.
SO IT'S A COMPLICATED PATH IT'S
A VERY COMPLICATED PROCESS. YES
THANK YOU.
I'M CONCERNED WITH.
AN ACTION THAT ANY SORT OF
ANSWER ABOUT MEASURED TERMS OF.
LA AS QUESTION ABOUT SONG BY SEA
IS A REQUEST FOR CLINICAL FOLKS
WHO NEEDS TO DO THEIR OVERSIGHT
WHICH CERTAINLY MAKES A LOT OF
SENSE BUT.
ON THE REGIONAL CENTER SIGN
TERMS OF SPORTS NOW THEY'RE
TAKING ON THIS. NEW ROLE THE
TIONAL ROLE. EXPANDED ROLE SO
WHAT WE DOING.
WHAT WE DOING FOR THEM TO BE
SURE THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO
DO THERE WHAT THEY'RE REQUIRED
TO DO?
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR YES.
WHEN WE WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY
PLACEMENT PLAN ON.
THERE'S ON IN A START UP
DOLLARS. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO
DEVELOP THE. THE RESIDENTIAL
SIDE OR OTHER I MEAN IT'S NOT
JUST RESIDENTIAL BUT WE HAD THE
ABILITY TO USE START UP DOLLARS
FOR THE SERVICE PROVIDER HOUSING
ETCETERA. BUT WE ALSO HAVE
OPERATIONS DOLLARS AVAILABLE
WITHIN COMMUNITY PLACEMENT PLAN
AND SO WE TAKE A LOOK AT AND WE
APPROVE WITH THE REGIONAL
CENTERS NURSES OR I'M. BOARD
CERTIFIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSTS ON
THAT WOULD FILL THE ROLE FOR
OVERSIGHT. OF THE HOME SO WE
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE
REGIONAL CENTERS TO SEE WHAT
THEIR NEEDS ARE AND WE
PRIORITIZE WITHIN THE.
CPP OPERATIONS TO MAKE SURE
THAT WERE SUPPORTING THE
REGIONAL CENTERS EFFORTS.
NOT ONLY FOR DEVELOPMENT BUT
ALSO FOR.
OVERSIGHT.
SO JUST REMIND YOU WHICH PORTION
THE BUDGET IS THAT FUNDING LAND
INTO. ITS IN THE REGIONAL CENTER
BUDGET UNDERTINY PLACEMENT PLAN
OKAY SO THAT'S PLACE WE LOOK FOR
IT OKAY. THANK YOU.
RIGHT NEARLY QUESTIONS ALRIGHT
SOMEONE LET'S MOVE ON THEN TO
ISSUE NUMBER FOUR INTERNAL AUDIT
UNIT.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR THIS
THIRD BUDGET CHANGE PROPOSAL
REQUESTS ARE TWO HUNDRED NNETY
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS A HUNDRED
AND SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
GENERAL FUND. INTO POSITIONS TO
BEGIN THE START UP IN PLANNING
ACTIVITIES TO ESTABLISH AN
INTERNAL AUDIT UNIT WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT.
THE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T CURRENTLY
HAVE AN INTERNAL AUDIT UNIT. TO
COMPLETE INTERNAL AUDIT
ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH
AUDITS FROM THE CALIFORNIA STATE
AUDITOR OR THE STATE
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE. OF WE'VE
BEEN RE DIRECTING STAFF FROM OUR
AUDIT SECTION. WE HAVE THIRTY
FIVE STAFF AUDITORS AND MANAGERS
AND THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
AUDITING THE TWENTY ONE REGIONAL
CENTERS AND APPROXIMATELY.
THIRTY THOUSAND SERVICE
PROVIDERS. SO THEIR PLATE IS
ALREADY VERY FULL THE WHAT WHAT
WE'RE HOPING TO DO WITH THESE
TWO POSITIONS IS TO EVALUATE
WHAT WILL BE NEEDED GOING
FORWARD.
FOR A.
WELL FUNCTIONING INTERNAL AUDIT
UNIT THE TWO POSITIONS THAT WERE
PROPOSING OUR SENIOR MANAGEMENT
AUDITOR. THAT INDIVIDUAL BILL
WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
COORDINATING AND OVERSEEING THE
ACTIVITIES OF THE TWO POSITIONS
IN WORKING ON PLANNING WORKING
WITH. THE AUDIT SERVICE SECTION
AND EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT. ON
SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS.
THEY'LL BE MANAGING THE DAY TO
DAY ACTIVITIES. THE JANITOR THE
GENERAL AUDITOR THREE POSITION.
WILL ASSIST IN DRAFTING AN
AUDIT PLAN AND SUPPORT PLANNING
ACTIVITIES FOR THE NEW UNIT.
THEY'LL DEVELOP A DEPARTMENTAL
INTERNAL AUDIT CONTROL
FUNCTIONS.
AND WILL PERFORM AUDITS
EVALUATIONS AND PROGRAM REVIEWS
ALSO CONDUCT FOLLOW UP REVIEWS.
TO VERIFY THAT CORRECTIVE ACTION
HAS BEEN TAKEN.
.
THE AGENDA ALSO ASKS HOW DOES
THIS UNIT DIFFER FROM THE FISCAL
AND PROGRAM RESEARCH UNIT.
IT IS THE AGENDA NOTES THE
INTERNAL AUDIT UNIT EVALUATES
FISCAL AND PROGRAMMATIC INTERNAL
CONTROLS. IT IDENTIFIES AREAS
FOR IMPROVING PROGRAMMATIC
EFFICIENCIES. AND ON.
VICE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR.
ADDRESSING INTERNAL
DEFICIENCIES.
THE FISCAL OF.
I AM PROGRAM RESEARCH UNIT.
PERFORMS A WIDE VARIETY OF
FUNCTIONS THEY. PROVIDE
INFORMATION TO OUR EXECUTIVE
MANAGEMENT ON SERVICE ACCESS AND
UTILIZATION.
THEY.
PROVIDE INFORMATION ON CONSUMER
AND PURCHASE A SERVICE TREND
ANALYSIS WHICH HELP INFORM THE
DEPARTMENT'S TESTAMENT PROCESS.
THEY PROVIDE AD HOC REPORTS. FOR
THE PUBLIC THE LEGISLATURE AND
LA A REQUEST.
AND THE
FUNCTIONS OF THE.
THE FISCAL ONE PROGRAM RESEARCH
UNIT ARE GONNA BE FURTHER
ADDRESSED IN ISSUE NUMBER FIVE
ON ITS AGENDA.
I COMES FROM LOL. FINANCE.
QUESTION REMEMBERS NASSER STONE
ELSA AGAIN MISTER CHAIR I I
RECOGNIZE THAT.
A LOT OF OUR EMPLOYEES IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAVE A LOT
OF WORK ON THE PLATE YOU KNOW
WITH SERVICING THIS AND.
IN PUBLIC SAFETY ARENAS WITH
PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGETS AND OUR.
LOCAL JURISDICTIONS THAT ARE.
HAVING TO. DO MORE WITH LESS.
IF WE WERE TWO THOUSAND NINE
WOULD BE AT WHAT WOULD YOU BE
ASKING FOR THESE TWO POSITIONS
NUMBER ONE. AND TWO IF WE DIDN'T
FIND THESE TWO POSITIONS WHAT
WOULD BE THE RAMIFICATIONS OF
THE STATE.
YEAH I THINK YOU'RE CORRECT
SENATOR IF WE WERE IN TWO
THOUSAND NINE WE DEFINITELY
WOULD NOT BE FINDING THESE
POSITIONS. HOWEVER OUR
DEPARTMENT NOW HAS A BUDGET OF
SEVEN POINT THREE BILLION
DOLLARS.
OF FOR ABOUT A DEPARTMENT THAT
SIZE IN IN GOVERNMENT CODE DOES
SPECIFY THE DEPARTMENT WITH
BUDGETS OF FIFTY MILLION
DOLLARS.
SHOULD CONSIDER INTERNAL AUDIT
FUNCTIONS. AND SO WE'RE WE'RE
CONCERNED THAT WITHOUT THIS
FUNCTION.
THERE WILL BE ISSUES THAT ARISE
AND THAT WE'RE NOT TRACKING
BECAUSE. THERE'S JUST NO ONE
PAYING ATTENTION TO IT JUST
BECAUSE OF LACK OF RESOURCES. SO
WE DO WANT TO HAVE THE ABILITY
TO MONITOR OUR PROGRAMS MAKE
SURE WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH
THE LAW AND THEY WERE
PERFORMING.
THE TASKS THE BEEN ASSIGNED TO
US BY STATUTE AND BY THE
LEGISLATURE. BY I APPRECIATE
THAT. YOU KNOW I THINK I THINK
TWO THOUSAND NINE TAUGHT US A
LESSON THAT. YOU KNOW.
.
WE NEED TO WE NEED TO DO MORE
WITH LESS IN GOVERNMENT AND.
TAKE ON RESPONSIBILITY MORE
RESPONSIBILITIES AT TIMES. AND
WE NEED TO TRY TO RUN LEAN
BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW OUR ECONOMY
IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS
VOLATILE. AND THE GOVERNOR'S
BEEN SAYING IT'S COMING IT'S
COMING THAT BEING A RECESSION
THANK GOODNESS IT HASN'T
HAPPENED YET.
BUT I WORRY AS I SAID ON A LOT
OF COMMITTEES SO WE KEEP ADDING
YET. MORE STAFF. ARE PROBABLY
THE GROWTH IN STATE GOVERNMENT
OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS HAS
BEEN.
QUITE SIGNIFICANT AND I WORRY.
IT'S GOOD AND WE WERE RECORD
REVENUES ARE COMING IN BUT I
WORRY AT A TIME WHEN WE DON'T
HAVE RECORD REVENUES COMING AND
THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE.
HAVING TO TO TO CUT BACK SO I I
APPRECIATE YOR YOUR
ARTICULATION OF THE NEED OF THIS
AND SERVING AUDITING IS A VERY
IMPORTANT FUNCTION. WHEN IT
COMES TO THIS DEPARTMENT BUT.
I WOULD JUST IMPLORE. YOU AND.
OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT WE
OVERSEE TO. BE VERY CAUTIOUS
ABOUT TRYING TO ADD YET MORE
EMPLOYEES WHO WE HAVE STAFF THAT
WE THINK DO A GREAT JOB AND NOT
KNOW.
NAMI'S COMMUNICATIONS THERE BUT.
SOMETIMES WE NEED A LITTLE
PRESSURE ON TO DO A LITTLE BIT
MORE. NOR TRY TO PRESERVE SOME
OF THE REVENUES THAT WE HAVE SET
UP APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS
SENATOR AND THAT'S THE REASON WE
ARE PROPOSING TO POSITIONS TO
START THIS FUNCTION WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE. THAT WE'RE.
EVALUATING THE NEED IN MAKING
SURE THAT WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR
MORE IN THE FUTURE THAN WE
REALLY NEED TO DO THIS. THANK
YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU.
JUST SO WHAT IT.
IS THE CLEAR FIVE AM.
YOU'RE MAKING A REQUEST FOR HIS
INTERNAL I AM SELF CURRENTLY YOU
ARE I UNDERSTAND. ARE YOU HAVING
TO RE DIRECT ABOUT IT OTHERS
FROM THE REGIONAL CENTERS.
THAT'S CORRECT CENTER WE HAVE
ARE ON.
OUR AUDITS UNIT HAS IS BROKEN UP
INTO TWO GROUPS WE HAVE AUDITORS
WHO PERFORM AUDITS OF THE TWENTY
ONE REGIONAL CENTERS. AND WE
HAVE AUDITORS WHO PERFORM VENDOR
AUDITS AND WE HAVE.
APPROXIMATELY THIRTY THOUSAND
VENDORS IN THE DEVELOPMENTAL
SERVICES SYSTEM. SO WHAT WE DO
RIGHT NOW IS WE RE DIRECT
AUDITORS WHEN WE HAVE TO RESPOND
TO.
ON AUDITS FROM FOR EXAMPLE OF
THE CALIFORNIA STATE AUDITOR. OR
THE STATE COMPTROLLER'S WE WE RE
DIRECT AUDITORS TO WORK ON
THOSE.
AND THEN THERE'S THIS AUDITORS.
YOUR EMPLOYEES ARE THEY YES SET
SO THEY SUCK AT ITS PREVIOUS
EDITOR HONORS AT THE ROOM
REGIONAL AT I THIRTY.
NO THERE THERE WE HAVE THIRTY
FIVE AUDITORS THAT STAFF THE
REGIONAL CENTER. AUDITS AND THE
VENDOR AUDITS OKAY BUT BASICALLY
THEY HAVE TO BE TAKEN OFF BETTER
REDIRECTED TO WORK ON THESE
TYPES OF THNGS THAT WOULD BE
MORE APPROPRIATELY HANDLED. BY
AN INTERNAL AUDIT FUNCTION OKAY
SELLERS THEY WOULD HAVE YOU
TAKEN OFF THEIR THEIR.
SIGN JOBS TO DAN.
TAKE ON THIS A DISH WHATEVER
REQUEST OKAY.
AND.
IN TERMS OF DEVELOPING I GUESS
WHAT WON THE ROLE OF THE NOT AT
OUR AUDITOR IS TO. ESTABLISH YOU
KNOW.
THE SCREEN.
BOUGHT FRAC THIS IS A TICKET TO
THE YELLOW RIVER SITE AND ALSO.
THE NO A A GOOD PRACTICES I
DETERMINE WHAT THE TERM IS RIGHT
THAT THAT.
WHO PERFORMS AS FUNCTIONS RIGHT
NOW TERMS ASSURING THAT YOU HAVE
SPOKE WITH THIS GUY LIKE ALL
FINANCIAL CONTROLS IN PLACE TO
TO DETECT? ERRORS OR FRAUD OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THE
DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY DOES THAT
THROUGH A NUMBER OF POSITIONS
THAT FOCUS ON IT ON. AS CHIEF
EPUTY I AM INVOLVED IN THOSE
KINDS OF THINGS ARE. ON
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DEPUTY
IS INVOLVED OUR LEGAL OFFICES
AND ALSO WE ARE ALL. MONITORING
OF A VARIETY OF ISSUES TO MAKE
SURE THAT YOU KNOW WE'RE IN
COMPLIANCE.
I WOULD WAIT INTERNAL AUDIT
UNIT.
THIS.
HE ENGAGED IN THAT FUNCTION OKAY
AND BRING CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
EXPERTISE. OKAY ALL RIGHT WELL
CERTAINLY I THINK.
YEAH I DO SHARE CENTER STONES
OVERALL CONCERNED ABOUT BEING
SURE THAT YOU KNOW WE. THERE ARE
FUNCTIONS NEED TO BE DONE WE
UNDERSTAND THAT THAT YOU KNOW WE
DON'T WANT TO JUST KEEP
EXPANDING THE OVERHEAD PART
RIGHT AND THE ENEMY OF SCARCE
RESOURCES WHY DIRECT AS MUCH AS
WE CAN TO. SERVICES BUT ALSO
YASSER AND I THINK WE. CAN SAY
WE BOTH ALSO UNDERSTAND NOW WHAT
WE WE ACCOUNTABILITY IS
IMPORTANT AND WE NEED TO HAVE
THIS MECHANISM PLAYS AND WE NEED
TO BE SURE WE HAVE. GOOD
PROCESSES IN PLACE AND THOSE
THAT JUST MAGICALLY HAPPNED
THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE YOU HAVE
GOOD PEOPLE WHO. ARE SIGNED TO
DO THAT WORK CELL. OKAY
APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY.
AND ACTUALLY SEE I THINK I ASKED
ELLAR NO COMMENTS FROM LA OR
FINANCE ON THIS ONE RIGHT. I
THINK I WENT AROUND OKAY
DISPLEASURE OKAY WELL SINCE WE
ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT THE
SCHOOL PROGRAM RESEARCH UNIT.
NOW'S THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT
THAT UNIT.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE UPDATE ON THE
FISCAL PROGRAM RESEARCH UNIT.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR I ALSO
HAVE.
DOCTOR LEVEL WHO'S GOING TO BE
JOINING ME SHE IS.
PROVIDES OVERSIGHT OF OUR OUR
RESEARCH I'M TEAM BUT JUST REAL
QUICKLY I'D LIKE TO JUST SHARE
WITH YOU THAT.
IN.
TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN WERE ABLE
TO ESTABLISH ON THIS NEW UNIT.
AND THE THE INTENT AND AS.
WE HAD PRESENTED IN AS IT WAS
APPROVED WAS TO BE ABLE TO
PROVIDE KIND OF SOME BROAD TASK
OVER SO YOU KNOW THE WORK THAT
THEY WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO
BUT CERTAINLY. WE'VE ALSO HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK
AT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER
EFFORTS THAT THEY. THE FUNCTION
OF THE RESEARCH TEAM COULD
PROVIDE. THE BROADCAST WERE
AROUND THE ABILITY TO INFORM THE
POLICY MAKING FOR THE
DEPARTMENT.
TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO ANY
OTHER REQUESTS THAT WE COME AND
WE HAD MANY MANY REQUESTS THAT
COME IN FOR.
ANALYSIS OF THE DATA THE
SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE HAS
BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL TO BE
ABLE TO HAVE A TEAM ON THAT'S
BEEN ABLE TO FOCUS ON SOME VERY
IMPORTANT INITIATIVES OVER THE
LAST COUPLE YEARS.
ONE OF WHICH IS WITHIN THE WORK
UNDER DISPARITY WHICH WILL BE
TALKING ABOUT LATER WITH THE
FUNDING AND THE WORK THAT WE'VE
BEEN DOING.
TO ADDRESS INEQUITIES AND
SPENDING.
BUT ALSO WITH A DEVELOPMENTAL
CENTER CLOSURES THE DEVELOPMENT
OF THE RESOURCES IN THE
COMMUNITY.
AND THEN AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT
OUR CASELOAD INVESTMENTS AND
LOOKING AT HOW TO HAVE QUALITY
DATA THAT'S GOING TO BE
INFORMING US. IT'S JUST FOR FOR
MYSELF AS A DIRECTOR I'M HAVING
A TEAM THAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO
PROVIDE THAT FOCUS HAS BEEN JUST
ABSOLUTELY INVALUABLE AND ARE
ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH POLICIES
AND DECISION MAKING ON.
IMPLEMENTING AN OPERATIONALIZED
IN SOME OF THOSE INITIATIVES SO
WITH THAT ALL ALTERNATE OVER TO
DOCTOR LOVELL. THANK YOU
WELCOME.
THANK YOU VICKI LEVEL DS
RESEARCH SECTION.
I'M GOING TO GIVE A QUICK
SUMMARY OF THE OF SOME OF OUR
COMPLETED PROJECTS SOME OF OUR
CURRENT PROJECTS AND PRIORITIES
AND HAPPY DANCE TO PROVIDE MORE
DETAILS AND QUESTIONS.
THE COMPLETED PROJECTS THAT THE
RESEARCH SECTION HAS ARE HANDLED
IN THE LAST A. YEAR AND A HALF
THAT WE'VE BEEN IN PLACE IS TO
ESTABLISH A SET OF.
MONTHLY ONLINE REPORTS ABOUT
STATUS PROGRESS TOWARD CLOSURE
WHICH WAS REQUESTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE WE'VE BEEN PROVIDING
DATA ABOUT DEVELOPMENT OF MOM.
HOUSING PROJECTS AND CONSUMER
TRANSITION SINCE AT MONTHLY
SINCE DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND
SIXTEEN ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ABX TO ONE
DISPARITY FUNDS PROGRAM IN TWO
THOUSAND SIXTEEN SEVENTEEN WE
CONSULTED WITH REGIONAL CENTERS
TO HELP THEM IDENTIFY MEASURES
OF THE SUCCESS OF THE PROJECT
THAT THEY.
STARTED IN THAT YEAR AND WE
PARTICIPATED IN REVIEW OF THE.
PROPOSALS FOR THE SEVENTEEN
EIGHTEEN ROUNDUP OF PROPOSALS.
WE HAVE DONE A NUMBER OF
ANALYSES FOR INTERNAL USE ABOUT
DISPARITIES WITHIN THE REGIONAL
CENTER SYSTEM. THAT HAVE HELPED
TO INFORM THE DIRECTOR AND
EXECUTIVE STAFF IN UNDERSTANDING
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF OUR
POPULATION AND SERVICE GAPS IN
SERVICE NEEDS.
WE HAVE PREPARED REPORTS FOR A
NUMBER OF QUARTERLY MEETINGS SO
QUICKLY LEGISLATOR BRIEFINGS FOR
THE.
REQUIRED FOR THE THREE PUBLIC
THIS DISPARITY STAKEHOLDER
MEETINGS THAT WERE HELD IN TWO
THOUSAND SIXTEEN AND THREE A AND
TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN WE
PREPARE DATA. AND ANALYSIS FOR
THOSE.
AND WE'VE ASSISTED THE DIRECTOR
WITH PRESENTATIONS FOR A NUMBER
OF OTHER MEETINGS AT THAT SHE
HAS PARTICIPATED IN.
IN TERMS OF CURRENT PROJECTS
SOME OF THESE ARE ONES THAT HAVE
BEEN STARTED THEM PAST ARE
CONTINUING ON ONGOING BASIS FOR
THE DISPARITY FUNDS PROGRAM
AGAIN WE WILL WE ARE COMPILING
AND ASSESSING THE REGIONAL
CENTERS REPORTS OF THE SUCCESS
OF THEIR SIXTEEN SEVENTEEN
PROJECTS. WE ARE WORKING WITH
SEVENTEEN EIGHTEEN A WORD USED
TO HELP THEM TO FIND MEANINGFUL
OUTCOME MEASURES FOR THE WORK
THAT THEY'RE DOING. WE WILL
ASSESS THE QUARTERLY REPORTS ON
SEVENTEEN EIGHTEEN PROJECTS AT
ALL THE WORRIES WILL BE
SUBMITTING IT ON.
ONGOING BASIS AND WILL BE
PARTICIPATING IN INTERNAL
PROJECTS.
TO DRAFT GUIDELINES WITH
EIGHTEEN NINETEEN AWARDS AND.
CONTINUE AND REVIEWING OF
PROPOSALS.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH
MULTIPLE UNITS IN THE DEPARTMENT
TO IMPROVE THE ACCURACY AND
TIMELINESS OF DATA THAT'S
AVAILABLE IN OUR DEPARTMENT AND
AND ALSO THAT'S PROVIDED
EXTERNALLY. BY IMPROVING ON DATA
QUALITY CHECKS AND.
RECONCILIATION AMONG DIFFERENT
UNITS IN THE DEPARTMENT SO
DISTANT SO WE HAVE MORE
CONSISTENT DATA TO PROVIDE ARMS
ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON.
DID JUST. THAT ANALYSES OF
DISPARITIES OF DIFFERENT SORTS
OF PROJECTS WE'VE BEEN DONE A
LOT OF WORK FOR INSTANCE ON
LOOKING AT SOCIAL RECREATION
PROGRAMS. AND AND RESPONSIBLE
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL REQUEST.
WE ARE DEVELOPING AN ANALYSIS OF
THE IMPACT OF LIFTING OF THE
REST OF THE CAP ON. RESPITE
SERVICES EFFECTIVE IN JANUARY OF
THIS YEAR SO THAT THE DEPARTMENT
CAN FOLLOW ON A MONTHLY BASIS
THE IMPACT OF THAT HOW THAT'S
AFFECTING USE OF. RESPITE
SERVICES BY DIFFERENT GROUPS OF
CONSUMERS AND WHETHER WE'RE
SEEING ANY. IMPACT ON
DISPARITIES AND SERVICE ACCESS
FROM THAT PROGRAM. AND WE ARE.
DEEPENING OUR COLLABORATION
WITH OUR ESTIMATE SECTION SO
THAT WE CAN ASSIST WITH ANALYSIS
OF.
CASELOAD AND EXPENDITURE TRANS.
WE ARE ALSO AND THIS YEAR NOW
THAT WE HAVE A MORE ESTABLISHED
RESEARCH TEAM WE ARE GOING TO BE
EXPLORING USE OF MORE
SOPHISTICATED STATISTICAL
METHODS THAT WILL ALLOW US TO
HELP SEPARATE. MORE CLEARLY IT'S
THE IMPACTS OF SOME FACTORS
THAT.
SUCH AS DEMOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES
FROM DIFFERENT GROUPS IN OUR
POPULATION THAT A FACT
DIFFERENCES IN SERVICE ACCESS
FROM.
.
FROM DATA THAT AND THAT
INDICATES THAT THAT CHALLENGER
OR BARRIER TO SERVICE. IMPACTS
SERVICE ACCESS.
AND OUR PRIORITIES AND IT'S.
LIVES ARE REFLECTED IN THAT
PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING
ON OBVIOUSLY THE OF OUR LARGEST
ABOUT BIGGEST PRIORITY IS
LOOKING AT SERVICE ACCESS AND
UTILIZATION AND INFORMING
EXECUTIVE STAFF AND THE REST OF
THE DEPARTMENT ABOUT. ON THOSE
ISSUES INCLUDING ANALYSIS OF
REGIONAL CENTER PURCHASE OF
SERVICE.
DATA.
LENDING EXPERTISE TO VARIOUS
ANALYSES AND PROJECTS THROUGHOUT
THE DEPARTMENT RESPONDING TO
DATA REQUESTS. AND PROVIDING
INFORMATION FOR. THE DEPARTMENT
DIRECTORS THIS VERY DEVISE
REGROUP. AND.
ANOTHER PROBLEM EFFORTS WITHIN
THE DEPARTMENT.
WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON STAFF
DEVELOPMENT AND RECRUITMENT AND
ENSURING THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS
THE RESEARCH EXPERTISE THAT IS
NEEDED FOR ITS CURRENT NEEDS.
AND PROVIDING OTHER SUPPORTIVE
FUNCTIONS SUCH AS.
LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS AND
REQUESTS.
ALRIGHT THANK YOU INCOMES
MILIEU.
A CINEMATIC LA I'D JUST LIKE TO
KNOW ONE COMMENT THAT WERE I'M
PLEASED TO HEAR THAT THE
DEPARTMENT'S CONSIDERING ADDING
ADDITIONAL STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
TO THEIR RESEARCH EFFORTS.
THEY HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
TO USE THIS RESEARCH TEAM TO
REALLY TRY TO UNDERSTAND ROOT
CAUSES OF ISSUES ARE REALLY
TARGET.
TARGET PARTICULAR ISSUES TO
AMELIORATE SITUATIONS AND WE
THINK THIS COULD HELP BOTH THE
LEGISLATURE AND THE DEPARTMENT
MAKE SPENDING DECISIONS IN THE
FUTURE.
THANK YOU FINANCE.
OKAY QUESTIONS NOW SIGH A FEW
QUESTIONS THE BEING HAVING
BACKGROUND IN RESEARCH SO ALWAYS
VERY INTERESTED. ACTUALLY
SELLING TO START OFF WITH
ACTUALLY IN IN THE VERY
BEGINNING OF THIS.
PRESENTATION OF THE OVERVIEW
THE PART MEANT TO ACTUALLY A
RESEARCH QUESTION CAME UP FOR
AIR AS A. WE ARE.
SEEING A EXPANSION IN OUR CASE
LOAD HERE AND.
.
THE QUESTION IS IS THAT WHAT'S
CAUSING THAT IS.
SO IS IT BETTER DIAGNOSIS IS IT
ACTUALLY HIGHER RATES OF
DISABILITIES AND SO FORTH SO.
IS IS THAT A QUESTION THAT THE
THIS UNIT WILL HELP EXPLORE
BECAUSE OF THAT CERTAINLY WE
NEED TO BUILD TRY TO PROJECT
WHAT ARE WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE FOR
THE STATE FOR FOR THIS
PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT.
YES THAT IS A QUESTION THAT WE
ARE EAGER TO EXPLORE WHERE DID
ON BUILDING THE FOUNDATION FOR
DOING THAT WE HAVE. ON OUR STAFF
WE HAVE A RESEARCH MANAGER WHO
HAS A CONSIDERABLE EXPERIENCE IN
FORECASTING AND.
LOOKING AT EXPENDITURE TRANS AM
CASE WHAT TRENDS AND SO WE
AREN'T THAT IS ONE OF THE. FIRST
THINGS THAT WERE WORKING ON ALL
NOW WITH OUR ESTIMATES ARMY UNIT
IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THOSE.
THOSE THOSE QUESTIONS OKAY SO
PERHAPS THE RECORD YOU HAVE
SOMETHING. YES I THINK IN
ADDITION TO THAT I'M CERTAINLY
TO THE.
OPENING OUR OUR DISCUSSION AS
FAR AS THE CASE LOAD GROWTH THAT
WE'VE HAD YOU KNOW AND AND
CONTINUING TO RESEARCH AND
UNDERSTAND KINDA WORD WHAT'S
DRIVING THAT AND LOOKING WHAT'S
INFORMATIVE TO US IS TO REALLY
TAKE A LOOK AT. WHERE THE
POPULATION IS GROWING WITHIN OUR
CASELOAD HOW DOES THAT MERE YOU
KNOW?
POPULATION ONLY CALIFORNIA BUT
NATIONALLY HERE BECAUSE WE DO
KNOW THAT YEAR OVER YEAR WE ARE
SEEING THAT INCREASE WERE SEEN.
.
A CONSISTENT INCREASE.
BUT AGAIN I THINK BEING ABLE TO
USE A TEAM THAT IS ABLE TO.
DRILL INTO THAT DETAILS NOT
ONLY GOING TO INFORM US AS FAR
AS OUR ESTIMATES BUT ALSO HELPS
INFORM US AS TO WHERE DO WE NEED
PROJECT. DEVELOPMENT OF
RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO THE THE BENEFIT OF DOING
THAT.
SEARCH OR EXPLORING THAT CAUSES
IT BEHIND IT THAT'S GOING TO
HELP INFORM US IS GOING TO BE.
SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO LOOK
AT.
OKAY. AND I ALSO HOPE THAT
THERE'S A WAY TO TRY TO EXPLORE
THE IMPACT OF THE SERVICES WERE
DELIVERING BECAUSE SOFTENED ONE
VERSE HERE AND BUDGET COMMITTEE.
OR TRY TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT
PRIORITIES AND.
SOMETIMES WHAT HAPPENS TO
SOMEONE'S AS WELL MAYBE CUT BACK
SOMETHING A LITTLE OR NOT
PROVIDE ENOUGH OF THAT BECAUSE
WE HAVE A BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS
BUT.
BE ABLE TO FIND AND WHAT ARE
THE BUDGETARY CONSEQUENCES.
OR WHAT OF NOT PROVIDING
SERVICES.
RIGHT I THINK THAT THAT'S THAT'S
AN IMPORTANT QUESTION TO
EXPLORE.
BECAUSE THE. I MEAN THE PEOPLE
ARE THERE RIGHT DO NOT GOING
AWAY AND SO TO TO TO SAY THAT WE
DON'T FIGHT SERVICE WE SIMPLY
DON'T ARE SPENDING THE MONEY.
MAY NOT THE REAL ANSWER MAYBE
THAT ACTUALLY IT JUST PUSHES
EXPENSES AND OTHER PLACES AND.
AND WE ARE ACTUALLY SPENDING
MORE SO. AS WE PREPARE FOR.
OUR BUDGET ADVERSE ECONOMIC
CYCLES WE WANT ALSO BE SURE WE
HAVE.
A YOU KNOW A BETTER IDEA USING
DATA DATABASE APPROACH TO
LOOKING AT WHAT IS. YOU KNOW
WHAT ARE REALLY ARE TRUE
ALTERNATIVES. EVEN FROM JUST A
PHYSICAL SAMPAI CERTAINLY I CARE
ABOUT THE HUMAN COST AS WELL I
THINK THAT SHOULD ALWAYS BE IN
THE FOREFRONT BUT AS BUDGETS OF
COULD BE WE SHOULD ALSO
UNDERSTAND THE FUTURE. FISCAL
AND I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT
I'VE TALKED TO THE OTHER SO A
LOT ABOUT BUT IT'S GREAT IF WE
COULD HAVE. SOME RESEARCHERS AND
DATA ABOUT ABOUT THAT AS WELL AS
OF THAT IS SOMETHING HE HAS YOU
CAN SORT OF INCORPORATE INTO
YOUR EVALUATIONS AND. SO FORTH
THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING BE VERY
HELPFUL. THE OTHER THING
ACTUALLY A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE
THAT'S COME UP NUMEROUS TIMES IN
THE LAST YEAROF THERE IS A
WHOLE YOU KNOW THE COMEDIAN
IMAGE SERVICES ADDRESS THIS AND
WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION HERE IN
THIS BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE.
THE THE.
DISPARITIES. THAT WE SEE AND.
SERVICES.
THE RACIAL DISPARITIES AND I
THINK THAT CERTAINLY. TO ME
THAT'S A VERY HIGH PRIORITY WE
NEED TO TRY TO ELIMINATE THESE
TYPES OF DISPARITIES SO CAN YOU
PERHAPS ELABORATE ON.
AND.
OFFEND YOU SAID DID YOU DID THE
FIRST ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS ABOUT
WHAT WE WHAT WE FINDING AND.
WHAT WHAT WHAT WE'RE FINDING
FOR THE DATA ON ON WHY THESE
DISPARITIES ARE ARE OCCURRING?
THANK YOU WE HAVE THEN BEEN
LOOKIN AND VERY INTENSIVELY AT
EXACTLY WHERE DISPARITIES ARE
OCCURRING. AT THIS POINT MORE
THAN THAT WHY THEY'RE OCCURRING
AND THIS IS HAPPENING.
A LOT OF THE WORK IS HAPPENING
THROUGH OUR DEVELOPMENT OF
MEASURES THAT ALLOW US TO TRACK
PROGRESS IN REDUCING DISPARITIES
AS REQUESTED BY THE SENATE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE LAST SPRING.
SO WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE
CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY
STAKEHOLDERS CONSUMERS AND
FAMILIES ABOUT.
THEIR EXPERIENCES AND NOT
ACCESSING THE SERVICES THAT THEY
FEEL THAT THEY NEED. AND THEN
TURNING TO OUR DATA TO SEE WHAT
IT TELLS US ABOUT WHAT THE DAY
ACTUAL DIFFERENCES ARE AND
PURCHASE OF SERVICE. SPENDING
AND. AND AND THEN LOOKING AT
THE.
THE POPULATION.
GROUPS TO CUT TO COMPARE WHAT'S
THE WHAT'S THE BEST COMPARISON
OF POPULATION GROUPS IS TO SERVE
AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON.
THAT.
TAKES INTO ACCOUNT DIFFERENCES
AND AND DEMOGRAPHICS SO FOR
INSTANCE.
WE HAVE HEARD FROM.
STAKEHOLDERS AND FAMILIES THAT
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE AND ACCESS
TO RESPITE SERVICES AMONG
DIFFERENT MEANINGS OF COLOR AND
AND WHITE MEANS CONSUMERS. SO
WHEN WE WHEN WE LOOK AT.
THOUGH THE SPECIFIC SERVICE FOR
RESPITE IN OUR SERVICE SYSTEM.
WE DON'T SEE A DISPARITY THAT.
WE MIGHT DISCUSS THAT
WITH CONSUMERS AND FAMILIES TO
BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT SPRING
SUSPECT FAMILIES ARE HAVING THAT
WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN OUR DATA.
THAT LED US TO LOOK AT OTHER
RELATED SERVICE CODES THAT MIGHT
HAPPEN PULLS A SIMILAR FUNCTION
FOR MY FAMILY'S PERSPECTIVE TO
WHAT GOES INTO THIS THE SERVICE
CODE OF RESPECT.
AND TO LOOK DOWN AT THOSE OTHER
SERVICE CLOSE TO LOOK AT.
CONSUMERS ARE ACCESSING IT AND
THEN I WENT ABOUT CONSUMERS WHO
DO ACTS AT THAT SERVICE WITH
THEIR PURCHASE OF SERVICE LEVEL
IS. AND. A LOT OF OF DISPARITIES
THAT WE HEAR ABOUT FROM
CONSUMERS AND FAMILIES IS THAT
IF WE LOOK AT THE DATA WE NEED
TO LOOK COMPARE FOR CERTAIN AGE
GROUP RATHER THAN THE WHOLE
POPULATION. OR WE NEED TO. LOOK
AT WHAT CONSUMERS WHO ARE LIVING
AT HOME AS OPPOSED TO ALL
CONSUMERS BECAUSE THESE ARE SOME
MAJOR FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE.
ON AVERAGE WITH PURCHASE OF
SERVICE EXPENDITURES ARE FOR.
FOR FAMILIES BUT I THINK THE
STAGE WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW IS TO
BETTER UNDERSTAND WHERE THE KEY
DIFFERENCES ARE ESPECIALLY ONES
THAT WE CAN USE KIND OF AS A AS
A.
.
HAS AN INDICATOR FOR A LARGER
SET OF.
DISPARITIES ARE ISSUES AND AND
THEN I WANT TO IDENTIFY THOSE
THEN LOOK AT. LOOK MORE DEEPLY
AT THE ROOT CAUSES OF THOSE
PARTICULAR DIFFERENCES.
AND ART ARE DATE AS MUCH IT'S
MUCH BETTER AT TELLING US WHAT
THE DIFFERENCES ARE THEN WHY THE
DIFFERENCES ARE THERE BECAUSE OF
WE HAVE SUCH LIMITED INFORMATION
ABOUT THINGS LIKE. I AM A NUMBER
OF IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS OF
FAMILIES WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND
OF INFORMATION IN OURDATA.
WE DON'T HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT
GENERIC SERVICES THAT ARE
PROVIDED AS WELL. THOUGH SO I
THINK WE'RE I THINK WE'RE GOING
DOWN THE ROAD TO THAT QUESTION
THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AND
CERTAINLY AGREE THAT TO A VERY
IMPORTANT PRIORITY.
OKAY WELL CERTAINLY IT'S SAID
FROM FOR HIM SOMETHING WE NEED
TO ADDRESS WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE
IT BASED ON DATA OF CEDAR DATA
GAPS SOUNDS LIKE SO WE WILL NEED
TO LOOK AT HOW WE ADDRESS THOSE
SO WE CAN GET. THE. ANSWERS WE
NEED BECAUSE IT CERTAINLY.
ENSURING THAT PEOPLE OF
EQUITABLE ACCESS TO SERVICES IS
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND.
AND WE AND SO WHAT PEOPLE ARE
TELLING MISTER DISPARITIES AND
WE IDENTIFY THEM A EVEN IF WE
DON'T KNOW THE WHY HE AT.
THERE'S A PROBLEM SO THEN THE
QUESTION IS WHERE IS THE PROBLEM
RIGHT AND SO WE SHOULD THINK
ABOUT HOW WE HOW HOW WE GO ABOUT
IDENTIFYING THEM. DIRECTOR.
YES THANK YOU SENATOR THIS IS
IT'S CERTAINLY A PRIORITY.
FOR THE LEGISLATURE IN FOR MANY
AND AND ABSOLUTELY FOR THE
DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT FOR
MYSELF.
WITH I KNOW AN ISSUE TEN E'RE
GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK
THAT'S BEEN.
PUT FORWARD WITH THE FUNDING
THAT'S AVAILABLE.
.
I AM I LOVE THE INFORMATION
THAT.
DOCTOR LEVEL AND THE DETAIL
THAT WE'RE GETTING BECAUSE THAT
IT HAS BEEN VERY INFORMATIVE TO
US. BUT ALONG WITH THAT HAVING
THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
COMMUNITY HAS BEEN SO CRITICAL
YOU KNOW SO WE DO NOT YOU KNOW
WHILE WE MAY HAVE YOU KNOW HAS
THAT WE NEED TO TAKE WITHIN THE
DATA THAT TO HELP US INFORM US.
WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH THE
COMMUNITY AND WILL CONTINUE AND
HAVE THAT COMMITMENT TO DO SO
BECAUSE IT'S A COMMUNITY THAT'S
GOING TO. INFORM US AS TO THE
BARRIERS THAT THEY ARE FACING
AND SO WE CAN KIND OF BRING ALL
OF THE. TOOLS INTO OUR TOOL TEST
HERE AND SAY OKAY NOW WHAT OUR
STRATEGIES TO TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO RIGHT YOU KNOW WHEN WE HAVE
YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE
DISCUSSION ABSOLUTELY.
BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT.
IT'S IT'S RECOGNIZED THE THE
WORK THAT'S BEING DONE IS IS IN
PARALLEL TO MANY MANY EFFORTS.
WORK'S NOT DONE IT HAS TO
CONTINUE.
ENDS NUMBER LOOK FORWARD TO
HAVING SOME.
DISCUSSIONS AT AT ANY POINT
THAT THAT WOULD BE OF INTEREST
TO YOU.
NO NO THANK YOU I KNOW THAT
THERE WERE CERTAIN FOCUSING ON
THE DATA AND IT IS A BIGGER
ISSUE THAN JUST JUST THE DATA AS
WELL BUT CERTAINLY DATA HELPS
CAN HELP INFORM VERY IMPORTANT
CONVERSATIONS. YOU TO HAVE. THE
OTHER QUESTION I HAD BECAUSE
UNDER OTHER PRIORITY PROJECTS
UNDER CONSIDERATION LOOKS LIKE A
COUPLE ITEMS RELATED TO.
NCI SURVEY DATA AND ACTUALLY
CAN YOU JUST ELABORATE A LITTLE
BIT SO AND IT SAID THAT IN THE
NC IDEA THAN NATIONAL CORE
INDICATORS OR IS THAT. A IS THAT
DATA THAT WERE GATHERED AT THE
TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S
GATHERING NOW WE'RE ANALYZING SO
WHAT WHAT. WHAT IS THAT EXISTING
DATA SET OR IS THAT SOMETHING
WERE? COLLECTING OURSELVES OF
GAUGES LEVEL ABOUT WHAT NCI IS.
YES IT IT IS AN EXISTING DATA
COLLECTION EFFORT THAT'S.
CORDING TO THE FEDERAL LEVEL
AND SO WE.
THE DEPARTMENT.
COORDINATES AND HAS ANALYZED
DATA FROM. EACH OF THE REGIONAL
CENTERS AND IT'S. A LOT OF THE.
INFORMATION COLLECTED IN THE
NATIONAL CORE INDICATORS DATA IS
REGARDING OUR FAMILY AND
CONSUMER SATISFACTION WITH A
NUMBER ASPECTS OF THE SERVICE
THAT THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE
RECEIVING THEIR. RELATIONSHIP
WITH THEIR REGIONAL CENTER.
THEIR ABILITY TO ACCESS WORK
PROGRAMS AND AND THINGS OF THAT
NATURE.
IT'S A IT'S A GOOD BIG PICTURE.
LOOK AT OR HIGH LEVEL LOOK AT
CONSUMER SATISFACTION.
.
AND THAT IT DOES HELP BUT WE
WILL WE HAVE EXPLORED WHETHER
THERE'S FLEXIBILITY AND THAT
DATA COLLECTION AND TWO ZERO AND
MORE ON SOME OF THE FRONT AND ON
SOME OF THE DISPARITIES THE
REASONS FOR THE DISPARITIES WE.
HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT
WHETHER THAT IS A WOULD BE AN
APPROPRIATE. MEDIUM FOR
GATHERING THAT KIND OF
INFORMATION.
AT THIS POINT I THINK THE THE
JURY'S STILL OUT ON WHETHER THAT
IS IN THE PULPIT APPROPRIATE
INSTRUMENT OR AFTER OTHER BETTER
WAYS FOR US TO GET INFORMATION
ABOUT. FAMILIES AND CONSUMERS
EXPERIENCES.
AND THE ANSWER IS THAT SOMETHING
THAT EACH STATE FUNDS THEMSELVES
AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
COMPILES OR IS THAT SMETHING
THAT ANY FEDERAL RESOURCES THAT
GO INTO THAT.
FOR THE NATIONAL CORE
INDICATORS THAT.
AS A STATE WE ADOPTED THE
NATIONAL CORE INDICATORS AS OUR
MEASURE OF OF QUALITY AN
INSTRUMENT THAT WE CAN USE
STATEWIDE. AND SO WE DO HAVE.
A CONTRACT TO BE ABLE TO.
INTERVIEW IN THE AREAS WHERE
THERE'S FACE TO FACE INTERVIEWS
OUR SURVEY QUESTIONS AND.
ANNUALLY THERE'S ALWAYS.
THERE ARE SURVEYS THAT ARE
BEING COMPLETED BUT THEY'RE ALSO
COMPLETED WITH DIFFERENT
POPULATIONS WITHIN OUR CONSUMER
BASE SO IT'S ADULTS CHILDREN AND
FAMILY. SO IT'S NOT A FEDERAL
CAUSE I'M COMPONENT BUT IT'S
DONE AND IT IS A NATIONALLY
RECOGNIZED.
INSTRUMENT AND SO STATES.
ARE USING THE NATIONAL CORE
INDICATORS. AND OVER THE MANY
YEARS THAT IT'S BEEN DEVELOPED.
NATIONALLY BETWEEN DIFFERENT
STATES THAT HAVE DEVELOPED IT.
IT'S BECOME A RESOURCE THAT WE
CAN ALSO THEN DO SOME I'M
COMPARISONS TO WHAT IS HAPPENING
WITH NATIONAL TRENDS ON
SATISFACTION FOR SERVICES WHAT
WERE ABLE TO COMPARE WITHIN THE
TWENTY ONE REGIONAL CENTERS.
SO WHILE. WE'RE STILL I'M
CONTINUING TO GET THE YEAR OVER
YEAR COMPARISONS IT IS SOMETHING
THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO USE.
WITH OUR COUNTERPARTS WITH
OTHER STATES.
THANK YOU AND AND THEN SOMETIMES
CAN BE HELPFUL TO BE ABLE TO SEE
HOW WE'RE DOING COMPARISONS
ALLEY OFF YES. I WAS JUST GONNA
ADD BECAUSE I KNOW SENATOR YOU
HAVE A SOCIAL SCIENCE.
BACKGROUND THE NCI SURVEY IS A
REPRESENTATIVE SURVEY WITH ABOUT
A TWENTY PERCENT RESPONSE RATE
SO IT'S REPRESENTATIVE ACROSS
THE REGIONAL CENTERS.
TOYS THAT RESPONSE RATE.
IS TRY TO WORK OUT WE GET PEOPLE
TO FILL OUT SURVEYS. ALL RIGHT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OKAY.
SEEN ALL THE QUESTIONS SO. WHAT
WE'LL DO NOW IS TO TAKE PUBLIC
COMMENT ON ITEMS ON ISSUES ONE
THROUGH FIVE IF THERE'S ANY AND
PUBLIC COMMENT ON?
THOSE ISSUES.
THE MICROPHONE INTRODUCE
YOURSELF.
TRY TO KEEP COMING I NOTIFIED
ITEMS BUT TRY TO KEEP THE
CONTENT WITHIN A MINUTE THANK
YOU. WALK UP. AGAIN MY NAME IS
STEPHEN HENN CALL.
AND I HAVE CONCERNS OVER.
BUILDING SEPARATE HOMES FOR.
PEOPLE FOR THE CLOSURE OF THE
DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS I'M A BIG
SUPPORTER THE DE
INSTITUTIONALIZATION DON'T GET
ME WRONG THAT'S GREAT TEACHER
CLOSING THEM.
BUT THE REALITY IS WHY NOT HAVE
THEM GET SUPPORTED LIVING
SERVICES. THROUGH THE REGIONAL
CENTER.
AND AND SELF DETERMINATION. AND
BE ABLE TO EARN SOME MONEY PUT
SOME MONEY TOWARD HAVING THEM
LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. WITH
THEIR HEARERS AND EVERYTHING
ELSE OF THEIR CHOOSING. I WOULD
BE ABLE TO CHOOSE TO LIVE WITH.
WHO MAY LIKE OR LOVE?
WHETHER THAT BE FAMILY WHETHER
IT BE FRIENDS WHETHER IT BE
DATING WHATEVER.
AND BE ABLE TO ENJOY LIFE WITH
THE RIGHT SUPPORTS AND SERVICES.
RATHER THAN BUILD MANY
INSTITUTIONS.
AND.
AND ENABLE THEM TO HAVE INSTEAD
ENABLE THEM TO HAVE THEIR
AUTONOMY. AND BE ABLE TO HAVE A.
A QUALITY LIFE IN THE COMMUNITY
LIKE YOU AND ME. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
WELL SUMMER FEATURES EXPORT
QUESTIONS NUMBER FIVE IS THE
CONCERN ARE WE RESEARCH INTO THE
TEST.
DO WE HAVE A BUDGET TARGET DO WE
HAVE EXPENSES AND THINGS WE'VE
DONE ALWAYS HAVE A RESURGENCE
SEE WHETHER THOSE ARE THE RIGHT
THINGS TO DO. WITH FIFTY YEARS
OF HISTORY IN THE LANHAM ACT
THINGS A BUILT UP OVER TIME WE
HAVE SYSTEMS WE HAVE REGULATIONS
WE HAVE LAWS.
WE DO TAKE A TURN LOOK BACK AND
SAY WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES THAT
WE AS A STATE REALLY WANT PEOPLE
DO. LIVE WORK PLAY IN THE
COMMUNITY IS THAT REALLY THE
OUTCOME IN OUR WE ACTUALLY
MEASURING THOSE OUTCOMES AND
REPORTING THEM.
I THINK THAT'S A VERY WORTHY AND
THIS YEAR I WAS REALLY HOPEFUL
WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT. THOSE
BECAUSE THAT'S A QUESTION WE
ALWAYS ASK ARE WE GETTING THE
MOST FROM HOW WE SPEND OUR
MONEY.
THANK YOU THAT'S A VERY
IMPORTANT POINT THANK YOU
WELCOME. AND HOPE GLASS
STROMBUS.
.
GOING. THAT WAS A LOT THAT YOU
COVERED FIVE DIFFERENT TOPICS
AND USE IT JUST GONNA ADDRESS
BROADLY BUDGET OVERALL.
WHAT DO WE HAVE CERTAIN SERVICE
PROVIDERS KNOW WHAT WE DO NOW IS
WE KNOW THE CURRENTLY THE
ECONOMY IS GOOD AND WE KNOW THE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES ARE ACTUALLY
ALMOST AT RECORD LOWS?
WE KNOW THAT PRIVATE INDUSTRY IS
INCREASING WAGES AND PROVIDE A
AND SALARIES BUT WE ALSO KNOW
THE PROVIDER RATES HAVE NOT KEPT
UP WITH THE COST OF BUSINESS. WE
KNOW THE DIRECT SERVICE
PROVIDERS DON'T MAKE A LIVING
WAGE.
WE KNOW THAT WE ARE LOSING OUR
STAFF
TO OTHER SECTORS AND WE KNOW THE
PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE ARE
SUFFERING FOR IT. WE KNOW THAT
OVER THREE BILLION DOLLARS IS.
BEING PUT ASIDE IN THE STATE'S
RAINY DAY FUND AND WE KNOW THAT
IN DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES THIS
IS OUR RAINY DAY. SO WHAT WE
NEED.
WE NEED THE DEPARTMENT TOOK
KNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE UNDER
FUNDED ACROSS THE BOARD AN
ADVOCATE FOR PROGRAM SERVICE
PROVIDERS NOT JUST GROWTH.
IN CASE LOADS AND NOT JUST
MINIMUM WAGE INPUT THE IMPACTS
WE NEED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT THE
WORK. THAT DIRECTS CARE SERVICE
PROVIDERS DO IS NOT MINIMUM WAGE
WORK.
DD I SHOULD BE DEVELOPING BUDGET
PROPOSALS THAT INCLUDE THESE
SENTIMENTS. AND IT'S A SHAME
THAT WE THAT THE AMERICAN
ASSOCIATIONOF INTEL ON
INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES IN THEIR ANNUAL
STATE OF THE STATE'S TWO
THOUSAND SEVENTEEN REPORT. RANKS
CALIFORNIA THIRTY SEVENTH. IN
FUNDING FOR ID BE SERVICES.
WE NEED TO CHANGE NOW.
THANK YOU THANK YOU.
WELCOME. TO THE MARK FROM
DISABILITY VOICES UNITED I AM I
KNOW THAT YOU'RE HAVING BY A
PANEL ON DISPARITIES BUT I FELT
LIKE I NEEDED TO JUST MAKE A
COMMENT ON THE DATA THAT WAS
PROVIDED TO YOU. ON ONE OF THE
CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE IS WHEN
YOU. FIRST OF ALL DATA ON ACTUAL
LEVEL OF SERVICES THAT PEOPLE
GET LIKE IF YOU LOOK AT RESPITE
OR IF YOU LOOK AT. INDEPENDENT
LIVING SERVICES ARE ARE NOT
PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA WE KNOW
HOW MUCH. SERVICES ACT PEOPLE
RECEIVED BY AGE BY ETHNICITY BY
DISABILITY BUT NOT BY THEIR
SERVICE SO I WOULD RECOMMEND
THAT BEES OUT PUBLICLY MADE THE
DATA.
.
LAUGHTER AND WHEN THE RESULTS
ARE TOP AIRPORT THEIR POS DATA.
SECOND OF ALL.
I HAVE SOME CONCERNS WHEN YOU
SAY WHEN YOU LOOK AT LATINOS WHO
RECEIVE OUR. RESPITE VERSES
WHITE TO RECEIVE REST BUT
THEY'RE RECEIVING ABOUT THE SAME
YOU'RE NOT COUNTING ALL THOSE
LATINOS WHO WERE RECEIVING NO
RESPITE AT ALL IT'S ONLY THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY
RECEIVING RESPITE MAY BE ON PAR.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT THAT
STATISTIC IS AS VALID AS LOOKING
OVERALL AT WHAT PEOPLE ARE
RECEIVING. AND IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT TO COMPARE APPLES TO
APPLES AS WAS SAD BECAUSE. YOU
KNOW THEY'RE THERE WE WILL HEAR
ON THAT AT THAT THERE ARE A LOT
OF REASONS WHY THERE ARE
DISPARITIES AND WE CAN ENUMERATE
THEM. ON VERY CLEARLY BUT THE
BOTTOM LINE IS IS THAT WE AS AS
AS DIRECTOR PARCHMENT SAID WE
NEED TO LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY.
ON DATA IS GREAT BUT WE NEED TO
HEAR THE STORIES OF WHY PEOPLE
ARE FACING DISPARITIES AND THE
MULTITUDE OF BARRIERS AT THE
RATE THAT THEY ARE FACING. AND
THIS IS SOME OF THE WORK THAT
WE'VE BEEN DOING ON AND I. ARE
WORKING ON AND I REALLY
ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT OUR
REPORT THAT WE WROTE ON
DISPARITIES THANK YOU THANK YOU.
AND I THINK CERTAINLY IT'S A
GOOD POINT THAT IF YOU'RE
LOOKING AT FOR EXAMPLE RESPITE
IT YOU HAVE TO COUNT ALL THE
PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY DID YOU GET
ANY. RIGHT I MEAN THAT'S THE
BASELINE OF WHAT'S THE NUMERATOR
US SO THE THE NUMERATOR ISN'T
JUST THE PEOPLE GOT IT AND
DIDN'T REALLY GET THE SAME BUT
ACTUALLY WHO'S OKAY EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU
THANKS VERY MUCH. SO.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FIVE
MINUTE BRIEF. BREATHER BREAK.
AND AND I WILL RESUME WITH ISSUE
NUMBER SEVEN SO. I SOLD TO A
STRETCH BREAK. THANK YOU
SHORTLY SO THAT PEOPLE CAN TAKE
THEIR SEATS.
YEAH. YEAH. YEAH.
THIRTY MINUTES AT A THIRTY
SECOND WARNING I GUESS
.
OKAY HALL I THINK OF GOING BACK
AND THE ODDS AGAIN FOR THE
RECORD.
THIS ISSUE WILL START WITH
ISSUE NUMBER SEVEN WHICH IS OUR
VIEW THAT A MENTAL CENTER
CLOSURE.
I KNOW THAT MOST THE SAME PEOPLE
BUT THEY WOULD JUST DO A QUICK.
ROUND ABOUT FOR THE RECORD AND
THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN AN
ISSUE NUMBER SEVEN SO.
THE PRODUCTIONS PLEASE ANTI
PARCHMENT DIRECTOR DDS YOU.
JOHN DOE WELL DEVELOPMENT
SERVICES YOU.
DOING A FINE DEVELOPMENTAL
SERVICES L. L. PHONY PEDICLE AO.
IN MARKET IN LA ON FINANCE CHRIS
COOK DEPARTMENT FINANCE JEKYLL
AND APART OF FINANCE. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT SO.
ISSUE NUMBER SEVEN.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR.
.
ISSUE NUMBER SEVEN IS AN UPDATE
REGARDING THE CLOSURES OF THE
DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS.
ALL PROVIDE AN UPDATE REGARDING
WHERE WE ARE WITH INDIVIDUALS
THAT ARE TRANSITIONING AND THEN
SOME THE DEVELOPMENT.
MISTER THE FUND WILL PROVIDE AN
UPDATE REGARDING STAFFING AND.
MISTER DOYLE WILL PROVIDE AN
UPDATE REGARDING THE LANDS OKAY
SO.
IN MAY OF TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN
WE ANNOUNCED THE CLOSURE OF. THE
DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER CINEMA
DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER CENTER AND
THEN SUBSEQUENT TO THAT WE
ANNOUNCED. A PROJECTED CLOSURE
DATES FOR FAIRVIEW AND FOR
PORTER VEIL AS OF MARCH SEVENTH
OUR POPULATION AND THREE.
STATE DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS OF
ALL POPULATION INCLUDING ON THE
NON CLOSURE FACILITIES TO SIX
HUNDRED AND THREE. THE CLOSURE
POPULATION FOR THE THREE
DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS WHICH IS
CINEMA FAIRVIEW AND THE GENERAL
TREATMENT AREA OF PORTERVILLE.
AS OF.
THE SEVENTH OF MARCH IS THREE
HUNDRED FORTY FOUR. ON THAT
BREAKS DOWN TWO HUNDRED TWENTY
SEVEN INDIVIDUALS AT FAIRVIEW
SEVENTY SEVEN INDIVIDUALS AT
PORTER VILLE AND A HUNDRED FORTY
INDIVIDUALS.
AT CINEMA.
ARE PROJECTED TO.
ENDS THE CURRENT YEAR WITH A
POPULATION FOR CLOSURE OF TWO
HUNDRED SIXTY INDIVIDUALS THAT
WOULD BE REMAINING FOR
TRANSITIONING TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND JUNE THIRTIETH TWO THOUSAND
NINETEEN. MORE PROJECTING
SEVENTY FOUR INDIVIDUALS WILL
BE.
AT THE REMAINING TWO
DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS GENERAL
TREATMENT AREA OF PORTERVILLE
AND AT FAIRVIEW.
REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT.
TO SUPPORT THE INDIVIDUALS
TRANSITIONING FROM THE
DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS.
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS
THERE'S BEEN PROJECTIONS OF
DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE
COMMUNITY PLACEMENT PLAN
DEVELOPMENT FOR RESOURCES WERE.
WITH RESIDENTIAL I'M INCLUDED
THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSE SCENE
FOR SUPPORTING THE LICENSE
SETTINGS AND.
ALSO FOR THE MEDICAL SERVICES
AND SUPPORTS THE DAY SERVICES
AND OTHER SUPPORTS THAT HAVE
BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE REGIONAL
CENTERS AND THE COMMUNITY.
SUPPORTED LIVING SERVICES WAS
PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
AS WELL AS TO EXPAND THOSE
OPTIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS MOVING
FROM THE DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER.
FOR RESIDENTIAL SERVICES.
WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT AT THE
DEVELOPMENT WE HAD.
FOR FAIRVIEW FIFTY FIVE HOMES
THAT WERE IN DEVELOPMENT FOR
SUPPORTING THE INDIVIDUALS
TRANSITIONING.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWENTY ONE OF
THE HOMES THAT ARE STILL IT
BETTER AND RENOVATION AND
FINALIZING TOWARDS.
DEVELOPMENT THIRTY FOUR FOR
PORTERVILLE AND THEN A HUNDRED
EIGHT HOMES.
FOR CINEMA DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER
SO I'VE GOT A HUNDRED EIGHT ON
RESIDENTIAL SETTINGS AND
SERVICES.
WE ARE NOW AT ONLY THIRTY THREE
OF THEM THAT ARE IN SOME AREA OF
RENOVATION LOOKING TO HAVE
COMPLETION OF RENOVATION AND
SERVICES AS FAR AS LICENSE
SETTINGS AND SERVICES NO LATER
THAN JULY FIRST OF THIS YEAR.
I'M SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE
PROJECTION OF THE TRANSITION OF
EVERYBODY FROM CINEMA WITH THE
CLOSURE DATE OF DECEMBER TWENTY
EIGHTEEN. BASED ON THE.
DEVELOPMENT AND BASED ON THE
TRANSITION CAN YOU TO NOTE THAT
THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING OF THE
TRANSITION AND THE CLOSURE OF
THE DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS IS THE
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE MOVING. ON
FROM A PLACE THAT THEY PLAYED
FOR MANY YEARS AND IDENTIFYING
WHAT THOSE SERVICES ARE THAT ARE
NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY.
TRANSITION PLANNING AND MAKING
SURE THAT IS OUR TRANSITION INTO
THE COMMUNITY THAT THE SERVICES
AND SUPPORTS ARE A READY FOR
THEM TO TRANSITION TO THE
COMMUNITY. I'M AND DEVELOP THOSE
RESOURCES THAT MAY NOT BE
AVAILABLE.
SO IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS
REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT WE CAN
HAVE MISTER OMNIFIND PROVIDE AN
UPDATE REGARDING THE STAFFING AT
THE DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS AS ITS
ASSOCIATED TO THE CLOSURE.
AFTERNOON.
WE HAVE BEEN. TRACKING THE STAFF
AS A PLACEMENT OF OCCURRED THAT
THE DOWNSIZING HAS OCCURRED AT.
PRETTY MUCH ACCORDING TO PLAN SO
AS THE PLACEMENT OF POPULATION
REDUCTIONS AT THE DEVELOPMENTAL
SAYS OCCUR. WE REVIEW OUR
STAFFING ALLOCATION AND THE
FORMULA THAT GOES WITH THAT
ALONG WITH ANY ADDITIONAL
TREATMENT NEEDS BASED ON THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE STILL HAVE
LEFT. AND THEN DETERMINE THE
NUMBER OF STAFF WE NEED TO
RETAIN REDUCE. I'M IN THE LAST
COUPLE OF YEARS WHAT WE'VE BEEN
DOING IS JUST TAKING MITIGATION
MEASURES HAVING STAFF TRANSITION
OVER SO WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF
STAFF TRANSITION TO OTHER
DEPARTMENTS OF STATE HOSPITALS
MOSTLY. AND WE'VE ALSO HAD
INDIVIDUALS RETIRE WE'VE OPENED
CHRIS SUPPORT CENTERS AT THE
DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS AND BRING
IN. OUR STATE PARTNERS LIKE
CALPERS AND.
EDT AND OTHER AT.
GROUPS TO HELP STAFF LOOK FOR
OTHER JOBS BUT WE ARE AT THE
POINT NOW WITH WHERE WE'RE
PROJECTING THE POPULATION WILL
BE BY JULY. AND THAT WE HAD WERE
ARE GOING TO HAVE SURPLUS STAFF.
WHEN YOU HAVE SURPLUS STAFF AND
THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE HEADING
INTO A LAYOFF WERE REQUIRED TO
GIVE. AS STAFF A NEW STATUS OF
STATE RESTRICTION ON APPOINTMENT
THEM IN ORDER TO DO THAT YOU
HAVE TO HAVE A HUNDRED AND
TWENTY DAY PRIOR TO THE LAYOFFS
SO. WE HAVE ACTUALLY NOTIFIED
STAFF AT ALL THREE DEVELOPMENTAL
CENTERS THAT HAVE CLOSURE
POPULATIONS. AT THAT WE ARE
GIVING THEM STATE RESTRICTION ON
APPOINTMENTS STATUS. THEY
RECEIVE THEIR PACKETS. EARLY
THIS MONTH AM THAT WILL GIVE
THEM A HUNDRED AND TWENTY DAYS
FOR THE ANTICIPATED LAYOFF DATE
IN JUNE AT THE END OF JUNE. AT
THIS FISCAL YEAR SO. MA'AM WE
HAVE GOTTEN EACH OF THE
DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS DOWN TOWN
HALLS WITH THEM. I'M JUST SO YOU
KNOW THAT WHEN YOU GIVE.
INDIVIDUAL STATE RESERVE STATUS
STAGE DIRECTIONS STATUS YOU
ACTUALLY HAVE TO NOTIFY THREE
TIMES AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU
ACTUALLY PLAN ON LAYING OFF
BECAUSE THAT GIVES MORE PEOPLE
THAT STATUS TO GO FIND JOBS
ELSEWHERE. TO BE TRANSFERRED
SAID THE S. R. A STATUS GIVES
THEM THE ABILITY TO.
TRANSFER INTO OTHER DEPARTMENTS
ON THE LIST THAT THEY'RE IN BUT
IT ALSO GIVES THEM THE CHANCE TO
LOOK FOR ANY OTHER POSITIONS
THAT THEY'RE QUALIFIED FOR AND
USE THEIR STATUS FOR THAT. SO WE
HAVE DONE THAT WE ARE WORKING
WITH THEM. AS I SAID WE MET WITH
EACH GROUP AT TOWN HALLS AT THE
CENTERS. AND HE GAVE THEM
SINOPSIS SAID THAT THEY COULD
COME IN FOR ONE TO ONE
APPOINTMENTS WITH THEIR
PERSONNEL. SO WE'RE GOING TO
THOSE RIGHT NOW PEOPLE ARE
COMING IN ONE TO ONE SO THEY CAN
UNDERSTAND THEIR OWN PERSONAL
QUESTIONS. SITUATION AND ASK
QUESTIONS OF THE PERSONNEL FOLKS
THERE TO HELP THEM. AND SO
THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW. WE'RE
KIND OF REDOUBLING OUR EFFORTS
AT THE CAREER CNTER TO HELP
PEOPLE BE ABLE FILL OUT THEIR
APPLICATIONS AND GET ON CAL
CAREERS WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT
STEP. AT TO UNDERSTAND THE
CLOSURE PROCESS WE'RE ALSO
CONTINUING TO GIVE THEM UDATES
ABOUT COMMUNITY STATE STAFF
PROGRAM. WE STILL HAVE ABOUT AS
I AGAIN SAVE FIFTY THREE
POSITIONS FILLED IN THE
COMMITTEE STAGE STAFF PROGRAM.
BUT WE STILL HAVE TWO HUNDRED
SIXTY EIGHT POSITIONS IN THE
CONTRACTS AVAILABLE WE HAVE
TWENTY SEVEN POSITIONS ACTIVELY
ADVERTISED RIGHT NOW ON THE DDS
WEBSITE WITH ELEVEN DIFFERENT
PROVIDERS. SO WE'RE STILL
LOOKING TO FILL THOSE
IMMEDIATELY.
AND SO OUR MUSIC STAFF PEOPLE
ARE GOING TO THE CAREER CENTER
CITY TO THE PC'S AND DOING
PRESENTATIONS TO ALL THE STAFF
WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THAT. WE
WILL AGAIN STILL BE BRINGING
CALPERS AND BEGINNING TO WORK
WITH THE LOCAL EDT FOR THEIR
ASSISTANCE AS WELL.
AND THEN.
WE CONTINUE TO REPORT ON THE
CHRISTIAN AND USAGE AT OUR
QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS AND WE'LL
KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THAT AS WE
MOVE ALONG BUT THAT'S PRETTY
MUCH WHERE WE ARE WITH THE STAFF
RIGHT NOW.
REGARDING THE PROPERTY AT
CINEMA.
HE.
ONE. IS THE AGENDA CORRECTLY
NOTES WE'VE A PROPOSED AN
ADDITIONAL SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS. OR FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND THAT WOULD COME FROM
THE GENERAL FUND FOR ADDED
SECURITY. WE'RE PROPOSING TO PUT
IN ADDITIONAL FENCING AND
SECURITY CAMERAS AT CINEMA WE.
ARE IN THIS WOULD OCCUR AFTER
THE LAST RESIDENT TRANSITIONS
OUT IN DECEMBER OF TWENTY
EIGHTEEN. WE LEARNED OUR LESSON
WITH THE CLOSURE OF THE LAND ARE
MEN.
DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER THE AFTER
THE CENTER CLOSED WE DID NOT
HAVE. A COMPLETE TWENTY FOUR
SEVEN SECURITY AND WE HAD A LOT
OF. ISSUES WITH VANDALISM AND
THEFT SO THIS PROPOSAL WILL
HELP.
RESOLVE SOME OF THOSE ISSUES.
THE ARM.
THE PROPERTY IS BEING ASSESSED
AT A CON A CONTRACTED DEPARTMENT
OF GENERAL SERVICES HAS WITH
WALLACE ROBERTS TODD. THERE THE
OF THE ENTITY THAT'S DOING THE
ASSESSMENT OF THE SITE.
AND IT'S IT PROVIDES A. CURRENT
CONDITIONS UP.
ASSESSMENT OF WHAT CINEMA THE
CONDITION AT CINEMAS IN THE
INFRASTRUCTURE THE BUILDINGS
THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND UP W. R. T. HAS HAD THEIR
FIRST THEY HAD THEIR FIRST. OF.
STAKEHOLDER MEETING.
BACK IN SEPTEMBER THE END OF
SEPTEMBER OF TWENTY SEVENTEEN.
WHEN THE FIRES HIT CINEMA
FOLLOWING OUT THERE TO FOLLOW UP
MEETINGS THAT WERE PLANNED.
THOSE MEETINGS WERE POSTPONED.
THE NEXT HOUR COMMUNITY
STAKEHOLDER MEETING IS NOW
SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK MARCH
TWENTY SECOND. AND THEN A PUBLIC
A COMMUNITY MEETING WILL BE
SCHEDULED. SOMETIME IN LATE
APRIL. EARLY MAY TO.
FIVE THE. PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE
CINEMA AREA WITH THAT. THIS SITE
ASSESSMENT INFORMATION.
AND THE ADMINISTRATION HAS
COMMITTED IN THE ORIGINAL.
CINEMA CLOSURE PLAN TO WORKING
OUTSIDE THE TRADITIONAL LAND
SURPLUS PROCESS IN THAT
COMMITMENT CONTINUES ON WERE
WORKING. WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
GENERAL SERVICES. WITH A CINEMA
COUNTY WITH INTERESTED MEMBERS
OF THE LEGISLATURE AND. ON.
INTERESTED PARTIES WHO ARE ON
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND
CINEMA COUNTY. ON OF MOVING THIS
PROCESS FORWARD AND WHAT KINDS
OF ALTERNATIVES MAY WORK NOT
ONLY FOR THE STATE BUT FOR THE
COMMUNITY AS WELL.
OKAY COMES FROM LA RAIL.
SO YOU BETTER KALLIO THAT LEO
WAS ASKED TO BRIEFLY.
PRESENT FINDINGS FROM A REPORT
THAT WE RELEASED PURSUANT TO
SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT LANGUAGE
PASSED AS PART OF LAST YEAR'S.
BUDGET.
WE WOULD JUST NOTE THAT THE
CLOSURE OF THE DEVELOPMENTAL
CENTERS REALLY PRESENTS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE LEGISLATURE
TO DIRECT ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL
SERVICES IF IT SO CHOOSES. OUR
REPORT TAKES A LOOK AT THE
SOURCES OF POSSIBLE SAVINGS.
THIS COULD COME FROM NET
OPERATIONAL SAVINGS THAT IS IF
IT COSTS THAT THE STATE LESS TO
SERVE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY
THAN IT DOES TO SERVE PEOPLE IN
STATE RUN INSTITUTE. STATE RUN
INSTITUTIONS THEN THERE WILL BE
A NET OPERATIONAL SAVINGS. WE
ESTIMATE THAT THE POTENTIAL
SAVINGS AFTER THE FINAL CLOSURE
IS COMPLETE COULD BE A MAN.
UP TO A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS
GENERAL FUND ANNUALLY.
WE THINK THIS IS PROBABLY THE
HIGHEST THAT THE SAVINGS CAN BE
IN AS A HIGHLY VARIABLE I'M
ESTIMATE BUT THIS DOES TAKE INTO
ACCOUNT THE COSTS THAT WILL THE
DEPARTMENT WILL STILL IN COURT
INCURRED TO SERVE PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITY. AS WELL AS COSTS TO
OTHER STATE PROGRAMS SUCH AS
MEDICARE ALL.
THE STATE SHARE OF EXERCISES P.
AN IN HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
ON THE PROPERTY SIDE THIS IS THE
OTHER POTENTIAL SOURCE OF.
SAVINGS IT'S REALLY THE
REVENUES THAT COULD BE GENERATED
FROM THE SALE OF RE PURPOSING OF
THE DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER
PROPERTIES.
HERE IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT
THE STATE'S ULTIMATE GOAL IS IS
THE STATE'S GOAL TO MAXIMIZE THE
REVENUE POTENTIAL AND IF SO IT
MAY WANT TO CONSIDER SELLING OFF
SOME OF THE PARCELS OF LAND. BUT
IT WILL HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND
SOME OF THE UNIQUE
CHARACTERISTICS PRESENTED AT
EACH OF THE THREE PROPERTIES
SUCH AS THE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE
AT CINEMA OR THE LOCATION OF.
BILL.
AND AS MISTER DOYLE NOTED TO
MAXIMIZE STILL POTENTIAL WELL HE
DIDN'T SAY THIS AS A WAY TO
MAXIMIZE CELL POTENTIAL BUT IF
THE STATE DID WANT TO MAXIMIZE
STILL POTENTIAL IT WOULD LIKELY
HAVE TO WORK OUTSIDE OF THE
TYPICAL SURPLUS STATE PROPERTY.
PROCESS WHICH DOES NOT ALWAYS
THE THE GOAL AND THAT IS NOT
ALWAYS TO MAXIMIZE ON. A SALE
PROCEEDS. OF ANOTHER OPTION THAT
THE STATE HAS IS TO RELEASE THEM
INTO VISUAL PARCELS OF DEVELOPED
THE DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER
PROPERTIES.
AGAIN IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE
GOALS HERE SO FOR EXAMPLE THE
STATE COULD DECIDE TO. LEASE THE
PROPERTY TO DEVELOP AFFORDABLE
HOUSING FOR BOTH DDS CONSUMERS
AS WELL AS OTHER CALIFORNIANS
LOW INCOME AND OTHERWISE.
IF IT WERE TO DO THIS HOWEVER
THERE ARE SOME IMPORTANT
CONSIDERATIONS SUCH AS IF IT
WERE TO DEVELOP HOUSING FOR DDS
CONSUMERS AT THE CINEMA
PROPERTY.
CINEMAS NOT IN CLOSE PROXIMITY
TO THE OTHER TYPES OF SERVICES
AND SUPPORTS THAT DDS CONSUMERS
NEED.
AT FAIRVIEW THERE IS ALREADY A
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS
AND THERE'S ONE CURRENTLY IN THE
WORKS SO WHETHER OR NOT LOCAL
VOTERS WOULD APPROVE A THIRD
HOUSING. PROJECT THERE IS A OPEN
QUESTION.
FINALLY I WOULD JUST NOTE THAT
THERE ARE A COUPLE ADDITIONAL
CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE
LEGISLATURE.
ONE IS WHETHER IT WANTS TO
EARMARK. OF THE POTENTIAL
SAVINGS IN THIS WAY IT SORT OF
LIMITS THE ABILITY OF FUTURE
LEGISLATIVE LEADERS TO MAKE.
DECISIONS ON THIS MIGHT BE A
PRIORITY FOR THE LEGISLATURE BUT
WE DO KNOW THATTHE LEGISLATURE
ALWAYS HAS THE OPTION TO
INCREASE SPENDING ON
DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES
REGARDLESS OF THIS PROPOSAL. THE
SECOND POINT THAT WE WOULD MAKE
IS IT MAY BE. WORTH WHILE FOR
THE LEGISLATURE TO RECOMMEND A
COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF
SERVICE GAPS IN THE DDS SYSTEM
AT LARGE. SO WHAT I MEAN BY THIS
IS. CURRENTLY THERE IS NO.
COMP AWAY TO COMPREHENSIVELY
AND QUANTITATIVELY ASSESS WHAT
SERVICE GAPS ARE IN THE SYSTEM
WE KNOW A LOT ANECDOTALLY WE
KNOW THAT HOUSING IS A PROBLEM
WE KNOW THAT.
ACCESS TO OTHER TYPES OF
SERVICES ARE PROBLEMS BUT
THERE'S. NOT CURRENTLY A GOOD
MECHANISM FOR UNDERSTANDING
THIS.
FROM A QUANTITATIVE PERSPECTIVE.
SO ANYWAY JUST CONCLUDE BY
SAYING THAT AGAIN.
THE CULTURES OF THE
DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS PRESENT AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE LEGISLATURE
BUT THERE ARE SOME
IMPLEMENTATION CONSIDERATIONS
THE LEGISLATURE MAY LIKE TO
MAKE.
THANK YOU COMES FINANCE.
JAKE ONE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
WITH RESPECT TO THE LA ALSO
QUESTIONING SAVINGS REPORT.
WE APPRECIATE THE ELLA LA
ANALYSIS WOULD JUST LIKE TO NOTE
THAT THE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR
FIGURE CITED IS AT THE HIGH END
OF POTENTIAL SAVINGS.
DUE TO THE VARIABLE COSTS THAT
THIS POPULATION MAY HAVE IN THE
COMMUNITY. ESTIMATE IS BASED OFF
OF THE POPULATION THAT HAS
ALREADY TRANSITIONED OUT OF
DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS. AND
GENERALLY THOU POPULATION IS THE
POPULATION DOESN'T HAVE AS ACUTE
NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY OR IN THE
D. SEES. THE REMAINING
POPULATION WILL LIKELY HAVE A
HIGHER PER SERVICE UTILIZATION
COSTS.
I WOULD ALSO JUST LIKE TO NOTE
THAT ANY CHANGES IN THE. STATE'S
SURPLUS PROPERTY PROCESS WILL
REQUIRE STATUTORY CHANGES THAT
WILL ALLOW ANY.
MONEY PRODUCED THROUGH THAT
PROCESS TO GO TO.
OF.
THE DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES THANK
YOU.
THANK YOU. CEREMONY.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN
PRECIADO. THE INFORMATION AND
INSIGHT.
ON THE POTENTIAL HUNDRED MILLION
SAVING SOME.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT.
WOULD.
YOUR MARKET DATA FOR
DEVELOPMENTAL.
SERVICES UNLESS THE LEGISLATURE
DIRECTION THERE IS THAT CORRECT
I'M LOOKING TO ELIO YES. BUT I
WOULD THINK IT IS A MATTER OF.
.
PRINCIPAL IN CONTINUING TO BUILD
OUR CAPACITY FOR SERVICES OF A
CHANGING DYNAMIC THAT. THAT
WOULD. SHOULD BE SERIOUSLY
CONSIDERED IN A PRIORITY IN
IDAHO THE DEPARTMENT WOULD FIGHT
FOR THAT SAVINGS TO STAY.
AS WELL I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON
THE EMPLOYMENT. TRENDS.
AND I MIGHT HAVE MISSED THIS IN
YOUR PRESENTATION BUT.
DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF HOW MANY
WHO ARE LEAVING THE CENTERS ARE.
PURSUING EMPLOYMENT IN THE
COMMUNITY.
HOME SINCE SETTINGS.
YES NOT LOOM LARGE NUMBER UNLESS
THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THE STATE
STAFF PROGRAM.
BUT ALL GO BACK IN WILL RE
REPORT THAT FOR THE QUARTERLY
BRIEFING AND GET THAT
INFORMATION TO YOU. YET A PRE
SHE THEN I THINK YOU TOUCHED ON
MY QUESTION BECAUSE.
IN THE CENTERS EMPLOYEES OR
MEMBERS OF BARGAINING UNITS IN
AFFORDED CERTAIN BENEFITS.
DOES ANY OF THAT FOLLOW THEM IF
THEY COMMIT TO WORK IN A
COMMUNITY BASED CENTER.
IF THEY SAY IN THE COMMUNITY
STATES THAT PROGRAM THEY RETAIN
THEIR STATE EMPLOYMENT AND THEIR
REPRESENTATION.
AND HOW ABOUT WAGES AND BENEFITS
TO THOSE STAY THE SAME YES
THAT'S PART OF THE CONTRACT IN
THAT PROGRAM.
IN THIS.
SO WHAT WITH THAT.
INCENTIVE ARM.
WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES OF
PEOPLE NOT MAKING THAT
TRANSITION IF IF THEY HAVE THAT
OPTION OF RETAINING BENEFITS IS
IT? GEOGRAPHICAL IS IT.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES?
IF WE FOUND WITH THE LANHAM
CLOSURE FOR INSTANCE THAT. AND
THE GEOGRAPHICAL ISSUE WAS THE
MAIN ISSUE.
WITH AGONY IS NOT SO MUCH SO IT
REALLY DOES DEPEND AGAIN KIND OF
ON THE UNIQUE. SITUATION OF EACH
OF THE DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS AND
WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED AND WHERE
THE SERVICES AROUND THEM ARE
LOCATED. SO WE ARE FINDING THAT
IN THE CINEMA AREA. WE'RE DOING
PRETTY WELL BUT THE SERVICES ARE
QUITE A BIT MORE SPREAD OUT WITH
THE CLOSURES SO WE ARE GOING TO
HAVE SOME ISSUES THAT MAY BE
FEELING SOME OF THE POSITIONS
JUST BECAUSE OF THE. COMMUTE FOR
SOME PEOPLE.
THANK YOU DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING
TO ADD TO THAT.
YES THANK YOU SENATOR IS THAT.
IN TALKING WITH A COUPLE THE
STAFF BECAUSE I'VE I'VE WAS I'M
TALKING WITH SOME OF THEM TO ASK
THEM ABOUT THEIR INTEREST AS FAR
AS A COMMUNITY STATE STEP
PROGRAM AND. IT WAS INTERESTING.
WHILE THIS IS NOT BROAD IT WAS
AS SEVERAL OF THEM HAVE
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AS FAR AS
KIND OF WHERE THEY WANT TO BE
ABLE TO CONTINUE THEIR NEXT STEP
THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO.
CONTINUING TO WORKING IN A
LARGER SETTING AS OPPOSED TO
SMALLER YEAH WE HAD SOME THAT
REALLY WANTED TO LOOK AT OTHER
GEOGRAPHIC AREAS AND SO AGAIN
THAT CAREER CENTER THE
OPPORTUNITY THAT. IS AVAILABLE
AND CERTAINLY WE DO FIND THAT
WITH THE NOTICES IT DOES.
IT'S AN INDICATOR AT THAT POINT
THAT THE STAFF ARE TRIGGERED TO
START HAVING SOME CONVERSATION
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING
MORE CONVERSATIONS AND MAKING
SURE. THAT THEY KNOW EVERY
OPPORTUNITY THAT'S AVAILABLE TO
THEM AND THE CHOICES THAT ARE
AVAILABLE TO THEM WILL
APPRECIATED THAT DIALOGUE IS
HAPPENING I THINK IS YOU WILL
KNOW FOR SOME OF THE FAMILIES
THAT CONTINUITY OF CARE.
SOMETIMES BUILT UP OVER A PERIOD
OF YEARS OR DECADES BETWEEN.
A RECIPIENT OF SERVICES AND
PROVIDER.
FOR THE INDIVIDUAL TRANSITION
PLAN I WOULD THINK THAT
CONTINUITY OF SERVICE CAN BE.
PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT.
COMPONENT OF A SUCCESSFUL
TRANSITION.
US SO ANY FURTHER INFORMATION
COMPRISES IN WAYS TO
INCENTIVIZE.
IF IT'S RELOCATION FEES ONE TIME
FEES MAY BE A USE OF PROJECTED
SAVINGS IS.
YEAH UNDERSTANDING.
WHAT IS PREVENTING A CURRENT
EMPLOYEE FROM CONSIDERING? THAT
TRANSITION IF THEY'RE ALE TO
RETAIN BENEFITS IN WAGES THEN.
IS IT RE LOCATION ISN'T MOVING
PIECES AT HOUSING.
ETCETERA AND THEN I JUST WANNA
CLOSE MISTER CHAIR WITH.
TECHNOLOGY IN A TREMENDOUS WORK
AT THE TIME OF THE EVACUATION
DURING THE FIRE.
EVERYTHING I'VE HEARD IS THAT.
.
IN VERY TRYING CONDITIONS SOME
SOME SOME REAL HEROISM WAS.
MANIFEST BY BY EVERYBODY
INVOLVED SO.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US PLANS IN
PLACE AND FOR. MAKING SURE THERE
WAS NO LOSS OF LIFE.
THANK YOU.
I THANK YOU AND I TOO WANT TO
THANK THE DEPARTMENT YOUR STAFF
FOR. WORK DURING THE FIRST
EFFECT YOU DID MAKE THE NEWS.
ACTUALLY IS A GOOD THING. AND.
THAT THAN THAT AND SO WE SHOULD
PUBLICLY IN KNOWLEDGE EVEN THE.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE WAS
ANYTHING PUBLIC TO TALK ABOUT
TERMS OF BAD THINGS HAPPENING
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY
SHOULD BE PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT A LOT HARD WORK MUST GOT
INTO MAKING THAT HAPPEN AND BE
SURE THAT THE. THE RESIDENTS
WERE SAFE OF THANK YOU.
I TO JUST ONE FOLLOW UP ON AN
ELBOW. ON THE BREAK DURING THE
STAFFING SO. I KNOW YOU'RE GOING
THROUGH THE PROCESS YOU'RE
TRYING TO. THAT ALL THE STAFF
NOTES ARE I MEAN.
TERMS OF EVENTUALLY WHEN YOU
FINALLY GET DOWN THE CHAIN I
MEAN OUR END AND AND ACTUALLY
GOT A. I MEAN WE'RE GONNA HOW
MANY LAYOFFS TO EXPECT WE'RE
GOING TO END UP HAVING TO DO
THAT PEOPLE JUST.
THIS OPTION IN WORK THAT OPTION
IN MARKETS THAT ARE I MEAN I
READ IT ARE MOST PEOPLE LOOKING
AT.
PURSUING AND THESE DAYS I KNOW
THERE'S SOME MENTION WAS MADE
WELL THEY'LL SOME PEOPLE I
GUESS.
CSS P. WORKED OTHERS THAT DIDN'T
OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT JUST RETIRE
IT'S UNDER A MEAN OR HOW DO WE
HAVE A SENSE OF.
WAR GONNA END UP WITH HOW MANY
PEOPLE BASICALLY JUST GOING TO
LET GO AND.
.
JUST SO WE NOW HAVE A SENSE OF
THE SCALE.
YES SO FAR WE'RE HOLDING PRETTY
TRUE TO WHERE WE WERE ITS
PREVIOUS CLOSURES WHERE ABOUT A
THIRD OF THAT STAFF OUT DO END
UP RETIRING IN ABOUT A THIRD
TRANSITION TO OTHER STATE
EMPLOYMENT AND THEN A THIRD. GO
EITHER INTO THE COMMUNITY OR
ULTIMATELY GET LAID OFF. AND NOW
THAT WE HAVE ANNOUNCED S. R.
AWAY IT ALLOWS US TO TALK MORE
OPENLY TO PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT
THEIR POTENTIAL PLANS ARE SO
WILL START GATHERING THAT
INFORMATION NOW. AS IT JUST TO
FOLLOW UP ON SENATOR MINING TOO
THAT THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT.
RELOCATION THAT COMES AS PART
OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
THAT OCCURS AS YOU GET INTO THE
IMPACT OF THE LAYOFFS. AS SO ALL
THE LABOR UNION BEEN NOTICED
ABOUT THAT. AND WILL BEGIN TALKS
ABOUT THAT SHORTLY AS WELL SO I
THINK WE'LL GET A BETTER SENSE
OF THAT AND THE NEXT TWO THREE
MONTHS SO YOU'RE GONNA BE IN.
THE STARTING THAT CONVERSATION
WITH THE BEARS COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING UNITS AS WELL OKAY
THAT'S GOOD. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN
IN TERMS OF THE.
DOES THE DISPOSITION OF
PROPERTY AND I'M SURE I'M SURE
WE'LL HEAR ABOUT AND PUBLIC
COMMENT AS WELL.
I KNOW WE'VE HEARD SOME
DIFFERENT SKETCH ABOUT DIFFERENT
OPTIONS AND SO FORTH THAT THOSE
MADE ILLUSION THAT WERE.
DISTRIBUTED SOMEWHAT DIFFERENTLY
THAN WHAT SERVES AS THE STANDARD
SURPLUS PROPERTY IS THERE. AND.
SIGN UP FOR THE DEPARTMENT FROM
FINANCE.
IS.
BEFORE THIS PROPERTY IS A
DECISION IS MADE ABOUT THIS
POSITION.
IS.
WELL THEMSELVES SAY I THINK THE
LEGISLATURE WANTS TO HAVE A SAY
IN THAT. BEFORE WE DECIDE
WHETHER TO SELL IT OR TO DO
SOMETHING ELSE THE PROPERTY IT'S
A TOPSY VERY IMPORTANT. PIECE OF
PROPERTY FOR CITY CALIFORNIA IS
OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE. WE NEED TO
HAVE OTHER THINGS DISCUSSION OF
VARIOUS GOALS RIGHT ONE BACK
REVENUE WHETHER ITS REVENUE
MAXIMIZATION ARE ENSURING THAT.
HELP I MEAN PROBABLY OVERALL IS
GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE
APPRECIATE THAT CONCERN MISTER
CHAIR.
IS MENTIONED THE THE CLOSURE
PLAN DOES MAKE A COMMITMENT TO
HAVING A FULL.
A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS ISSUE TO
MAKING SURE THE COMMUNITY IS
INVOLVED THE LEGISLATURE
OBVIOUSLY WILL BE INVOLVED.
BUT I THINK IT IS DISCUSSIONS
MOVE FORWARD. AND AS THE THE
PLAN IS ROLLED OUT ON A TO
PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE
CURRENT CONDITION OF THE
PROPERTY. I THINK THAT'LL HELP
INFORM THOSE DISCUSSIONS MOVING
FORWARD.
WELL IT THAT DAY AT THE
INFORMING IS GOOD BUT THE. AT
THE FORMING DOESN'T.
THE WAY I'M SURE WE DON'T JUST
GO OKAY NOW WE JUST DECIDED IN.
WORDS LINE YOU KNOW NOW I
UNDERSTAND THAT CONSENT AS WELL
FINANCE COMMENT ON THAT.
TAKE AWAY THE PART OF FINANCE I
THINK THE PROCESS THAT. MR
BELL'S LAID OUT IS REALLY
INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY STAKE
HOLDERS IN THE LOCAL. OFFICIALS
INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS WE HEAR
YOUR CONCERN. OF.
DEPENDING ON THOSE CONVERSATIONS
WILL DEFINITELY WORK WITH YOUR
STAFF AND WITH DELAY ON ALL
INTERESTED PARTIES TO TRY TO.
FIGURE OUT DISPOSITION OF THE
PROPERTY MOVING FORWARD SUCH AS
THE CLEAR FACTS THAT DEPENDING
ON THOSE FINDINGS WHATEVER THE
FINDINGS ARE YOU WILL BE TALKING
THE FINDINGS CORRECT
THAT IS CORRECT WE'VE MADE THAT
COMMITMENT THROUGH THE CLOSURE
PLANS THANK YOU THANK YOU GOOD
NOW. ANY FOR THE CALLER FROM LA
I KNOW YOU PRESENTED YOUR REPORT
OKAY. ALL RIGHT WELL WITH THAT
I'D LIKE TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND AGAIN I WOULD ASK THAT YOU.
TRY TO KEEP IT UNDER A MINUTE
SELF WELCOME. THANK YOU MISTER
CHAIRED A JORDAN INTO THE ARK
AND UNITES RIPPLE THE ALSO
SPEAKING TO NOW IS THE CHAIR OF
THE LANHAM COALITION REPRESENTS
A BROAD COALITION OF
ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED STATEWIDE
AGASSI ADVOCACY FOR THE. DD
SYSTEM OUT WHEN WE CONVENES
DURING THE SUMMER THE COALITION
DETERMINED THAT OUR TOP PRIORITY
IS WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DISCUSSING
AND THE ONCE AND THEN IT IS GONE
OPPORTUNITY. THAT THE CLOSURE OF
THE DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS
PROVIDES TO. TO GIVE CRITICAL
RESOURCES TO COMMUNITY SERVICES
AND THE TOP NEED THAT WE
IDENTIFIED IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING
FOR PEOPLE TO MENTAL STABILITY
THROUGHOUT THE STATE. AND SO
WHAT THE LABOR COALITION HOPES
IN WHAT WE APPRECIATE THE
CEREMONIES COMMENTS REFLECTING
IS THAT WE ARE IN HOPE THAT ONCE
THE DEVELOPMENT CENTERS TO CLOSE
TWO POTS OF MONEY. WON THE
OPERATION DOLLARS WHICH ELLIE
OVER VERY WELL. DID IN THEIR
EYES SHOWED THE REPORT START THE
COUNT NOW TO PROVIDE.
RESOURCES TO DEVELOP NEW
AFFORDABLE HOUSING HIM FILL THE
NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. WELCOME
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR AARON
CARUTHERS FROM A STATE COUNCIL
ON DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
WANT TO THANK BOTH SENATORS
STONE AND MONEY FOR THEIR
COMMENTS DURING THIS HEARING
REGARDING THEIR COMMITMENT TO
KEEP THE DOLLARS. FROM THESE
RESOURCES IN THE SYSTEM THEY
WERE ESTABLISHED INDICATED BY
THE STATE FOR THE CARE AND
HOUSING OF PEOPLE WITH IT.
INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT
DISABILITIES MISTAKE COUNCIL
URGES THIS COMMITTEE TO TAKE
THOSE ACTIONS TO KEEP BOTH THE
OPERATIONAL AND THE FACILITIES
DOLLARS IN THE SYSTEM THANK YOU.
THANK YOU WELCOME. EVEN HEIKO
FROM DISABILITY VOICES UNITED.
COUPLE THINGS WITH REGARD TO
CLOSING THE DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THEY
ARE SOLD. THE REVENUE TO STAY IN
THE DISABILITY SYSTEM AND BE
USED UP ON. PEOPLE MEETING
SERVICES.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY AS
TO FUTURE USE OF THOSE
PROPERTIES.
IF YOU DECIDE TO BUILD HOUSING
AUTUMN. ALL BUILD SOME HOUSING
BUT IT IS A GREAT SO PEOPLE WITH
AND WITHOUT DISABILITIES LIVE
TOGETHER.
NEXT THING I THINK IS IMPORTANT.
IS ANOTHER POSSIBLE USE I THINK
WOULD BE FOR ONE OF ALL MY WHITE
BEARD CONSIDER A LEAST A PORTION
OF IT A DISABILITY RIGHTS
MUSEUM.
SO PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND AND SEE
THE NEXT GENERATION HOW POOR THE
LIVES WAR. OF
INSTITUTIONALIZATION AND MAY BE
ABLE TO CHOOSE COMMUNITY LIFE
WHEN THEY WHEN THEY GROW UP AND
THEN I ALSO WANT TO SEE. THAT.
WE MAKE SURE THAT.
THE THIRD JOB TRANSITION FOR THE
PEOPLE WHO GET OUT OF A MAN WHO
GET LAID OFF. TO MAYBE WORK IN
SUPPORTING PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES AND ASK FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ONE OF THE
PROBLEMS WE HAVE. IS.
HOWEVER KEEP WRAP OF SOME OF THE
ELIGIBILITY PROGRAMS. SO WE
OFFENSIVELY ONE WAY IS TO TRY TO
HELP PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
GET OUT OF POVERTY.
AND TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD MARKET
RATE IN THE FUTURE.
OPENING MORE DOORS FOR THEM
THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
I'M JUST ONE BRIEF COMMENT
EVELYN APPLE HASN'T WITH
DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA WE
CERTAINLY AGREE THAT ANY
PROCEEDS ANY ANY OPTIONS LIKE A
CHOSEN THAT THE PROCEEDS STAY IN
THE COMMUNITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF
PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES WE DO UNDERSTAND
THAT.
THIS IS TRUE IS QUITE COMPLEX
THERE ARE YOU KNOW COMPLEXITIES
BOTH AT THE STATE AND LOCAL
LEVEL ONE WEEK WE WELCOME THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF THOSE
CONVERSATIONS IN THE FUTURE.
THANK YOU. DO.
THIS.
WELCOME. HI AND JAMIE DAVIS FROM
OUR INVENTORS I ASK MARCIA TO
COME ND TALK SHE MOVED OUT THE
DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER LAST YEAR.
AND CAME TO OR ADVENTURES AS OUR
DAY PROGRAM.
A.
MINUTE MORE.
YEAH.
OKAY.
A.
ODE TO PURCHASE.
I WAS SO I. WOULD.
THE WHOLE.
MY NAME IS.
SO.
MY. NOSE.
IT.
OKAY.
SO THROUGH ART.
TO ALL OUR EFFORTS TO.
CORPORATE.
MOVIE.
MORE.
AT THE. PEAK OF THE DOLLAR
STORE.
AND.
GO THE TARGET OF.
RIGHT.
AND I DO.
I'D DO IT ALL WORKED. OUT DID.
WHY THE TICKET WINDOW EVERY
NIGHT? BUT TOM.
OKAY.
THANK YOU I'D.
pI THINK MARCIA WOULD MIND IF WE
SAY THAT SHE'S OUR OLDEST CLIENT
AT EIGHTY TWO.
AND FOR MARCIA.
.
WE DID A PROGRAM OF ABOUT A
HUNDRED FIFTY PEOPLE IN THE
INTEGRATED SIX PEOPLE FROM HOME
IN SANTA FELL. INTO OUR DAY
PROGRAM. THEY'RE ACTUALLY.
MOST THEM ARE SOMEWHAT EASIER
TO SERVING THE PEOPLE WE'VE
ALREADY BEEN SERVING. AND.
I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT
WE'RE NOT GETTING ONE PENNY MORE
FOR THEM THAN FOR THE OTHER
PEOPLE. AND SO I REALLY WANT TO
ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT IN
PRINCIPLE THE SAVINGS. BECAUSE.
WE'RE APPROACHING A MILLION
DOLLARS A PERSON IN THE
DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER NEXT YEAR'S
BUDGET. AND WE GET ABOUT TWENTY
ONE THOUSAND FOR MARCIA I DON'T
KNOW WHAT OUR HOME GETS. YOU
KNOW SHE'S CERTAINLY GOING TO
THE DOCTOR AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT STILL THERE'S A HUGE GAP
BETWEEN A COUPLE OF HUNDRED
THOUSAND. AND A MILLION.
SO.
I I REALLY IN PRINCIPLE
ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE
SAVINGS AS A REINVESTMENT IN
PROGRAMS LIKE MORE ADVENTURES
ANOTHER. LIKE MARSHA'S HOME
WHERE SHE LIVES THANK YOU.
I'M NOT SURE.
JORDAN TOLD. HI MY NAME IS
JACKIE DELAYED FOSTER WITH THE
CALIFORNIA SUPPORTED LIVING
NETWORK AND I'M WITH THE
STRATEGIES TO EMPOWER PEOPLE
HERE IN SACRAMENTO. A LOT OF OUR
ADVOCATES HAD TO LEAVE BECAUSE
ONE IT WAS LUNCH TIME AND.
THERE'S A SCHEDULE TO BE CAPPED
AND THEN THERE IS
TRANSPORTATION.
BUT MOST OF THEM CAME TO TALK
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THEIR HOUSING
CRISIS.
THEY ARE ALL LIVING IN THEIR OWN
HOMES IN THE COMMUNITY LIKE WE
ALL WANT EXCEPT THEIR APARTMENT
RENT IS FOURTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS
A MONTH FOR A TWO BEDROOM.
AND I THINK SOMETIMES I LOOK AT
THE CINEMAS BEING CLOSED
EIGHTEEN SEVENTY ONE EIGHTEEN
SEVENTY ONE CORRECT EIGHTEEN
NINETY ONE THAT PEOPLE WITH
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES LIVE
ON THAT LAND AND WE'RE ARGUING.
IF IT SHOULD STILL VALUE OR HOLD
VALUE TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY
THE OVER THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND.
AND I SOMETIMES I WAS TELLING
PEOPLE AT THE OUR CONFERENCE.
STATED THAT WE HAVE TO BEG TO DO
WHAT'S RIGHT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
IS THAT I'M HESITANT A GENTLEMAN
THAT'S A CINEMA DEVELOPMENTAL
CENTER AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE
NUMBER ONE HUNDRED TO HAVE IT
MOVE OUT RIGHT NOW IT IS
SUPPORTED LIVE IN HIS HOUSE
SEAT.
I GOT AN EMAIL FROM NORTH BAY
REGIONAL CENTER FOR A MAN WHO
LOST HIS HOUSING. AND HE'S NOW
LIVING WITH HIS FATHER AND THEY
SAID. SORRY HE'S NOT GONNA BE
ABLE TO GO BACK AND IS SUPPORTED
LIVING BECAUSE WE CAN'T HELP HIM
WITH HIS RENT STILL HAVE TO GO
TO A GROUP HOME.
WHEN IS THIS OKAY.
THIS IS WHAT THE HOUSING PRICES
AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT HOMELES SO
WE'RE NOT VETERANS THANK GOD
THEY'RE NOT HOME LIST.
THANK GOD BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE
INDEPENDENT LIVING THERE ARE
HOMELESS SO IT'S THE REAL LIFE
ISSUE. AND IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT
IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD YOU WOULD
WELL DRIVE DOWN ONE SIXTY YOU'LL
SEE THE PROBLEM. WILL COME TO MY
AGENCY AND SEE THE PEOPLE BEG
BECAUSE I AM I GOING TO HAVE
ENOUGH MONEY FOR FOOD OR RENT
AND WE'RE FIGURING EVERYTHING
OUT.
YOU GUYS HAVE TO GO AND SAY PUT
ASIDE YOUR NUMBERS AND THINK
PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES LIVE AT FAIRVIEW.
THEY LIVED A CINEMA THAT LANDED
THE VALUE OF THAT LAND BELONGS
IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THE PEOPLE
THAT LIVE THERE AND DIED THERE
SO IT'S TIME FOR US TO DO THE
RIGHT THING THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
THE CHAIR OF RICKROLLING TRIPS
ANY HARKIS SITUATION REGIONAL
CENTER AGENCIES WE HAVE ONE LAST
OPPORTUNITY ESSENTIALLY TO TRY
TO CAPTURE SOME OF THE VALUE OF
THE.
WITH THE CLOSURE OF NOW THE TWO
TWO AND A HALF REMAINING
DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS AND. ARCO
STRONGLY SUPPORTS THE EFFORTS OF
THE LAMB AND COALITIONS BE IN A.
PROUD MEMBER OF THAT.
ASSOCIATION BUT ALSO. WE REALLY
BELIEVE THAT THE HOUSING CRISIS
IS WHAT IS. THE SORT OF PICK
YOUR POISON SITUATION FOR US AS
YOU KNOW IN OUR SYSTEM WAS SO
MANY. PROGRAMS IN SO MANY NEEDS.
IN OUR IN OUR SYSTEM BUT WE
BELIEVE THAT.
THE HOUSING CRISIS IS THE
NUMBER ONE ISSUE FOR FOR OUR
SYSTEM RIGHT NOW I WOULD LOVE TO
SEE.
THIS MONEY. STAY IN OUR SYSTEM
HOW IT IS ALL GENERAL FUND MONEY
AS IT COMES COMES TO PLAY. IN.
THE WITH THE INFUSION OF OF
FUNDING FOR.
TO DIRECT TOWARDS THE HOUSING
CRISIS IN OUR SYSTEM. THANK YOU
SIR.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
HI I'M PATTY ANGER FOR HALF
POINT AND I ALSO SUPPORT. OF.
MOVING THAT MONEY FROM THE
DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS BACK INTO
THE COMMUNITY OPT FOR
DESPERATELY NEEDED. INCREASES I
DID WANT MENTION THAT A HUNDRED
MILLION DOLLARS. INTO THAT PUT
BACK IN TO THE SYSTEM IS MUCH
MORE THAN A HUNDRED MILLION
DOLLARS. BECAUSE FOR EVERY
DOLLAR THAT IS SPENT ON SERVICES
AS MENTIONED EARLIER FORTY ONE
PERCENT.
IT'S PAID FOR BY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT SO THAT HUNDRED
MILLION DOLLARS IS MUCH MUCH
LARGER IF IT'S PUT BACK INTO THE
COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU WELCOME.
AN INTERVIEW RIGHT WITH THE
SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL
UNION WE WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE
THE DEPARTMENT IN THE COMMITTEE
TO CONSIDER LEASING PORTIONS OF
THE PROPERTY.
FOR ONGOING SUSTAINABLE FUNDING
WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THERE'S YES
WE WOULD AGREE THAT THE
IMMEDIATE NEED CURRENTLY IS
HOUSING.
BUT IN THE OUT YEARS IS GOING
TO BE OTHER SERVICES AND
SUPPORTIVE NEEDS FOR THE
COMMUNITY SO WE WOULD JUST
ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO KEEP THE
FUNDING WITHIN THE SYSTEM. AS TO
BOTH THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF
THOSE PROPERTIES THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. WELCOME THANK YOU
GOOD AFTERNOON VERY JOURNEY THE
CALIFORNIA DISABILITY SERVICES
ASSOCIATION JUST WANT TO
REGISTER A STRONG SUPPORT FOR
THE LAMB COALITION PROPOSAL TO
KEEP THE. ART TO REVERT THE
VALUE OF THE PROPERTIES INTO DID
THE DEVELOPMENT OF IN A GREAT
COMMUNITY HOUSING. I THINK
EVERYONE ELSE HAS SPOKEN TO THE
NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING WE
KNOW THAT IN THE STATE AND IT'S
PARTICULARLY ACUTE FOREIGN
OFFICIALS DISABILITIES WEB
ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES AND
DIFFERENT THINGS. SO WOULD
REALLY BE A HELP TO KEEP THOSE
FUNDS HERE. SECOND POINT IS THE
OPERATIONAL SAVINGS THE HUNDRED
MILLION I THINK.
MISS PICKED A NICE JOB
DETERMINING WHAT MIGHT BE
AVAILABLE WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE
NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY. I KNOW
THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY HAVE
THE ADMINISTRATION IS
TRADITIONALLY BUDGETED THEY'VE
THEY'VE YOU KOW SEPARATED.
THE DC BUDGET FROM THE
COMMUNITY SIDE BUT THERE HAVE
BEEN TIMES IN THE PAST WHERE THE
MEN SHORTFALLS IN THE
DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER BUDGET
WHERE THE BACK FILLED WITH
PURCHASE OF SERVICE DOLLARS FROM
THE COMMUNITY SIDE BUT IT'S SO.
AS WE LOOK AT IT THIS YEAR THE
BUDGETS HAVE BEEN PUT TOGETHER
AND I AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO
OR JUST TO CONSIDER KEEPING THAT
HUNDRED DOLLARS HUNDRED MILLION
DOLLARS IN THE IN THE OVERALL
DDS BUDGET FOR SERVICES. THANK
YOU.
THANK YOU.
OKAY. I DOWN HER GLASS STROMBUS
ON. WHAT'S TRUMPETS WE
SUCCESSFULLY OPEN TO SEE PP
HOMES OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
IT MOVING EIGHT INDIVIDUALS
INTO THE COMMUNITY AND DURING
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LAST TIME
CPP HOME WE TRIED WORKING WITH
THE DEPARTMENT AND THE REGIONAL
CENTER ON TRANSITIONING STAFF
OUT OF THE. DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER
INTO THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT WE
FOUND WAS AND THE REGIONAL
CENTER AGREED WITH US WAS MOVING
TO THE STAFF OVER INTO.
INTO SORT OF A TEAM LEAD
POSITION BECAUSE OF THE
QUALIFICATIONS THAT THE THE JOB
DESCRIPTION AND MATCHING WITH
THE STATE. THAT IT WOULD. IT
ACTUALLY BLEW THE MEDIAN RATE
CCP P. BUDGET AND WE REALIZE
THAT IT WAS ABSOLUTELY
IMPOSSIBLE TO DO. TO STAY WITHIN
THE MEDIAN RATE OF THE CPP
BUDGET SO CLEARLY THAT EIGHTY
SHOWS A GREAT DISPARITY IN STATE
FUNDING FOR A OR STATE EMPLOYEE
FINDING VERSUS COMMUNITY FINDING
BUT IT ALSO SHOWS. THAT. WHAT IS
IT WE CAN'T IF WE WANT TO
INCENTIVIZE INDIVIDUALS TO MOVE
INTO THE COMMUNITY WE'VE GOT TO
DO SOMETHING ABOUT OUR RATES
THEM SO WE CAN ACTUALLY SUSTAIN
THAT? SECOND SECOND OF ALL I
AGREE WITH THE LETTERMAN
COALITIONS A PROPOSAL WE NEED
HOUSING WE ALSO PROVIDE
SUPPORTED LIVING SERVICES. AND
OVER THE LAST YEAR WE'VE HAD A A
FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO BEEN EVICTED
FROM THEIR PLACE BECAUSE THE TIP
THE. THE THE. LAND TO. THE
PROPERTY OWNER REALIZES THEY
COULD MAKE A LOT MORE MONEY.
NOT PROVIDING SECTION EIGHT
HOUSING TO THE INDIVIDUALS THAT
WE HAVE. SOME THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
MY NAME IS MARTINE WELLS AND I'M
THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR CREATIVE
LIVING OPTIONS AND I'M HERE TO
BE AN ADVOCATE FOR SOME OF THE
FAMILY THAT WE SUPPORT I'M NOT
GOING TO USE THE TITLE OF.
PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE OR WHETHER
IT'S OURSELVES SOMEONE THAT HAS
SPECIAL NEEDS. ARE WHAT WE ARE
CURRENTLY DEALING WITH IS TO
PART WAYS AN EXPERIENCE LIVING
INDEPENDENTLY THEY WERE NOT ABLE
TO DO SO. ARM THEY CURRENTLY
LIVE IN THE ROSEVILLE AREA AND
THE RATES STARTING FOR STUDIO
WITH FIFTEEN HUNDRED ENOUGH.
THAT IS UNREALISTIC WE ALSO
CATER IN SERVICE TO A GENTLEMAN
THAT WORKS EIGHT HOURS A DAY AND
ROUGHLY BRINGS HOME FORTY TWO
DOLLARS WHAT FOR TWO WEEKS AND
CANNOT EVEN ENJOY GOING OUT TO
EXPERIENCE. A RESTAURANT OR A
MOVIE SO I JUST WANT TO STIR UP
YOUR PURE MINE AND LET YOU KNOW
WHAT REALISTICALLY IS GOING ON.
I LISTEN THOROUGHLY INTENTLY
WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT
STATISTICS OF COMMUNICATING WITH
THE COMMUNITY BUT I DON'T KNOW
IF YOU'RE AWARE THAT THE
COMMUNITY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
IS HERE. AND MOST OF THEM HAD
GOT UP AND WALKED OUT THIS IS
VERY SERIOUS IS VERY SEVERE AND
THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING DONE
THIS PROPERTY THAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT HAS ANYONE CONSIDERED WHEN
IT SOLD. STARTING TRUST FUNDS
FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS A LOT OF
THEM DON'T HAVE FAMILY AND THE
PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR THEM THE
SUPPORT STAFF. THAT IS
CONSIDERED MEDIOCRE ARE THE ONLY
FAMILY THAT THEY KNOW THAT AS AN
OPTION TO CONSIDER THANK YOU
HAVE A GREAT DAY.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
HI LINDA FLOORED WITH BABY VERY
INK AND THE.
THE BUDGET BY NORTH BAY REGIONAL
CENTER RIVER COAST REGIONAL
CENTER. OF.
WHENEVER YOU COME UP HERE I
ALWAYS HAVE TO SAY FIRST THIS IS
SUCH AN OLD CONVERSATION RIGHT
WITH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS
FOR.
THE LAST TWO DECADES WHEN I
FIRST UNDER THE REGIONAL CENTER
SYSTEM. BOMB IT STILL IS
CRITICAL TODAY AS IT WAS BACK
THEN ACTUALLY MORE CRITICAL THE
HOUSING IS HORRIBLE I AS WELL
HAVE A COUPLE. OF EXAMPLES I'D
LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU HAVE A
GENTLEMAN WHO LIVES IN VALLEJO
HIS. HIS HOUSING.
.
IT MEANT IS ABOUT SIX HUNDRED
SQUARE FEET VERY TINY HE HAS
MOBILITY ISSUES CAN'T GET
AROUND.
HE HAS FALLEN BECAUSE HE RUNS
INTO THINGS OTHERS JUST NO ROOM
TO MOVE.
HE DOESN'T WANT TO HAVE
ROOMMATES HE.
HE PREFERS NOT TO HE DID HAVE A
ROOMMATE BEFORE. SOMEBODY HE
DIDN'T HE DIDN'T KNOW. AGAIN HE
WOULD HAVE TO MOVE IN WITH
SOMEONE HE DOESN'T KNOW NOT TOO
MANY OF US DO THAT.
HE'S CHOOSING NOT TO HAVE
ROOMMATES.
THEREFORE HE CAN'T AFFORD TO
HAVE A PLACE OF HIS ARM.
ANYTHING BIGGER THAN SIX
HUNDRED SQUARE FEET SOMETHING
THEY'LL BE SAFER FOR HIM HAVE A
GENTLEMAN WHO'S.
ROOMMATE PASSED AWAY THE HOUSE
WAS OWNED BY HIS ROOMMATE.
AND UP THE HOUSE WAS SOLD BY
THE ROOMMATE'S BROTHER THIS
GENTLEMAN HAS BEEN LIVING IN A
HOTEL ROOM WITH WERE SUPPORTING
HIM AT A HOTEL ROOM HE DOES NOT
HAVE THE FUNDS. TO TO GET AN
APARTMENT AND SO THAT STORY
NUMBER TWO JUST REAL QUICKLY ONE
MORE. IN LAKE COUNTY DUE TO THE
FIRES HOUSING HAS GONE UP
DRASTICALLY AND.
FINDING HOUSING FOR A FOR
INDIVIDUALS USED TO BE
AFFORDABLE PERHAPS THEY PAY FOUR
HUNDRED A MONTH. NO LONGER EIGHT
HUNDRED TO TWELVE HUNDRED A
MONTH EVEN IN LAKE COUNTY SO ON
ASKING YOU TO PLEASE HAVE THE
MONEY FOLLOW. OFFER HOUSING
NEEDS PROGRAM NEEDS BUT
PARTICULAR HOUSING NEEDS THANK
YOU THANK YOU.
CARLY NOTED WITH EASTER SEALS
JUST SIMPLY CONFIRMING BAY ACUTE
CRISIS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
FOR PEOPLE COULD WE WANT
EVERYONE TO LIVE AS
INDEPENDENTLY AS POSSIBLE. AND
OUT THE HOUSING CRISIS IS
ESPECIALLY ACUTE FOR THE PEOPLE
THAT WE SUPPORT SO. IF WE CAN
CONSIDER THIS OPTION UP CLEARLY
WERE IN SUPPORT A LEMON.
LETTERMAN PROPOSAL THANK YOU.
THANK YOU WELCOME PARTY EMOTO
CALIFORNIA DISABILITY COMMUNITY
ACTION NETWORK AND ALSO A FAMILY
MEMBER JUSTFIRST WANT TO
COMPLIMENT THE DEPARTMENT AND
ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS ALL OF
THIS.
IN IS PRETTIEST THREE
DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS ARE
CLOSING AND WITHIN A FEW YEARS.
AND WHEN MY SISTER WAS STILL
ALIVE AND WHEN SHE WAS GROWING
UP THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE. IN THE DEVELOPMENTAL
CENTERS OF MY SISTER ACTUALLY
COULD HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF
AGNEW'S AT ONE TIME. SO THIS IS
AN HISTORIC MOMENT BUT.
REGARDING HOUSING TOTALLY
SUPPORT THE NEED AND THAT WE
SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERY
OPPORTUNITY INCLUDING THEN. CASA
SOCIALLY WITH HOUSING FOR PEOPLE
ON SSI THERE'S A PROPOSAL TO
INCREASE THE COLORS PRESSES P..
NUMBER.
TWO THREE GOING BACK TO THE
ALLEY OWES RECOMMENDATIONS OR
DENNIS FUNG OPTIONS ARE REALLY
LIKE ONE OF YOUR OPTIONS AT YOU
ADVANCE WHICH IS. LEGISLATURE
CAN SIMPLY DECIDE TO INVEST MORE
RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY I
THINK YOU DON'T NEED THE CLOSURE
OF THE DC IS TO DO THAT. THE
LEGISLATURE NEEDS TO DO THAT
THANK YOU.
SO ACTUALLY. GIVEN THE PUBLIC
TESTIMONY I REALIZE THAT THIS
ITEMS ABOUT. ENCLOSURE
DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS.
PART OF OF COURSE BEING IN THE
NY THE CENTERS WAS NOT ONLY OF
COURSE THE SERVICE YOU RECEIVED
YOUR HOUSE RIGHT.
SO NOW WE'RE MOVING PEOPLE OUT
THE COMMUNITY AND. SO UP AND
DOWN WIND SO CERTAIN LEVEL WE
SAID WELL WE CAN DO IT. BETTER
AND.
MAYBE EVEN LESS EXPENSIVE THAT
THAN WE ARE DOING BY HOUSING
THEM IN THE CENTER BUT.
THE HOUSING. AND A SENSE OF
FORMER SERVICES YOU CAN CALL IT
THAT RIGHT I MEAN WITHOUT PLACE
TO LIVE IS THOSE ARE SOME
THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW TO DRESS.
THE HOUSING ISSUE THAT THAT SO
MANY PEOPLE TALK ABOUT.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR.
.
THE SECRETARY DULY.
BACK IN TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN.
BROUGHT TOGETHER A GROUP OF
STAKE HOLDERS.
AND DEVELOP THE DEVELOPMENTAL
CENTER.
.
TASK FORCE AND THAT INVOLVED TO
DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES TASK
FORCE AND.
REALLY STARTED WRESTLING WITH
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS YOU KNOW A
WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THE
DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS BUT THEN
MOVING FORWARD TO THE COMMUNITY
WHAT IT'S THE KIND OF THAT NEED
TO THE SUPPORTS AND SERVICES
THAT ARE NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY
ONE OF THE WORK GROUP THAT'S
PART OF THE. DEVELOPMENTAL
SERVICES TASK FORCE.
TOUCHES ON HOUSING AND
EMPLOYMENT.
SO AGAIN WE WE REMAIN VERY
COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING THE
SUPPORTED THAT OF A LITTLE
SERVICES TASK FORCE ON GOING
WORK. AND LOOKING AT THE ISSUE.
YOU KNOW AND EXPLORING WHAT ARE
THE THINGS THAT WE HAD AS FAR AS
OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO US ON
RECOGNIZING THAT WE HAVE HEARD
FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WELL THE
CHALLENGES AS FAR AS HOUSING.
FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LOOKING
TO BE IN SUPPORTED LIVING.
BUT ALSO LOOKING AS WE HAD
TALKED ABOUT EVEN SOME OF THE
RESIDENTIAL SETTINGS AS WELL.
WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD
THROUGH THE BUDGET LAST YEAR
RECOGNIZING THAT WE NEEDED TO
EXPAND OPTIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT
OF RESOURCES. SO AS WE START
CLOSING THE DEVELOPMENTAL
CENTERS.
THE COMMITTEE PLACEMENT PLAN
FUNDS THAT WERE AVAILABLE TO
DEVELOP RESOURCES FOR
INDIVIDUALS MOVING FROM THE
DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS AND FOR
INDIVIDUALS WITH CHALLENGING
SERVICES NEEDS. USING THE FUNDS
THEY'RE BEING ABLE TO RETAIN THE
FUNDS NOW TO FOCUS ON COMMUNITY
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT. I'M SO WE
ARE NOW FINALIZING THE
GUIDELINES FOR THIS NEXT
EIGHTEEN NINETEEN YEAR.
FOR BEING ABLE TO USE SOME OF
THE FUNDS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE
FOR ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WE
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE
DIFFERENT STAKE HOLDERS IN THE
REGIONAL CENTERS AND IDENTIFYING
PRIORITIES IN THE COMMUNITY. OF
WHICH.
PART OF THAT COULD BE WITHIN
HOUSING ADDITIONALLY LAST YEAR
WE'RE ABLE TO ADD ADDITIONAL
POSITIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT WITH
SOME EXPERTISE AND HOUSING.
AND AGAIN BEING ABLE TO EXPLORE
WITHIN OUR SISTER AGENCIES AS
WELL WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES.
THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
SO THESE ARE IN COMMON IN
INCREMENTAL STEPS.
BUT RECOGNIZING THAT WE WILL
CONTINUE TO EVALUATE WITHIN ON.
THE EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE AS TO
HOW WE CAN START MOVING SOME OF
THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FORWARD SO
WE'LL CONTINUE TO EXPLORE AS
WELL.
OKAY SO JUST STAY APPRECIATE HE
EXPLORATION BUT ALSO HEARING
PEOPLE HAVE PROBABLY YOU SAID
THAT THERE'S FUNNY FOR.
CAN REDEVELOPMENT I JUST TWO
IDEAS THAT INCLUDE HOUSING. IT
DOES IT DOES SO FOR EXAMPLE
BUDDY FOR HOUSING YEAH SO
THERE'S.
AND AGAIN SO IT'S.
I'M NOT SAYING IT'S A A LARGE
SCALE.
WE JUST REVIEWED ONE OF THE
PROPOSALS THAT CAME IN FOR.
SUPPORTING A SET ASIDE FOR
MULTI FAMILY SO THERE'S A MULTI
FAMILY PROJECT AS AN EXAMPLE IN
OVER THE YEARS THERE'S BEEN
SEVERAL THAT HAVE BEEN
DEVELOPED.
AND WITH SOME OF THE START OF
DOLLARS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE
SOME OF THE FUNDS GO TO BE A
PART OF THE ENTIRE. HAD A
PORTFOLIO OF DOLLARS TO SUPPORT
THE MULTI FAMILY.
SO AGAIN IT'S BEEN.
AS PARTICULAR UNITS THAT WE'VE
BEEN ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.
SO AGAIN LOOKING AT A A BROADER.
I THINK THE WORK THROUGH THE DS
TASK FORCE IS ALSO GOING TO HELP
IDENTIFY WHERE SOME OF THOSE.
GAPS ARE AND AND LOOKING AT
STRATEGIES TO MOVE FORWARD AS
WELL.
OKAY WELL LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR
HOUSE.
THESE CONVERSATIONS GO AND
HOPEFULLY WE CAN AND I THINK I
THINK WE'RE ALL AWARE OF THIS IS
THAT IF SOMEONE DOESN'T HAVE
HOUSING OR DOESN'T HAVE A.
THIS IS A IS A POSITION IN A
REPUTATION DOESN'T HAVE AN
ADDRESS IT'S VERY HARD TO GET
ANY OTHER HELP.
RIGHT I MEAN. ALL OUR SERVICES
ARE BASED ON WHAT YOUR ADDRESS
WHERE YOU LIVE WHICH
JURISDICTION ARE YOU AND ALL ITS
CENTER I MEAN THAT'S. HOW DO I
GET MY BROTHER TO NURSE SOCIAL
WORKER WHERE DO THEY GO WOULD I
FIND YOU?
AND SOURCES.
PILOT HERE ONE NIGHT SO THAT I
CAN TELL YOU WHERE I'M GONNA BE
IN ANY PARTICULAR NIGHT IT GETS
VERY DIFFICULT SO AND OF COURSE
IS YOU KNOW THE BETTER AND I DO
YOU KNOW THIS IS A. EXTREMELY
FROM FALL POPULATION IT'S OUR
SERVICES SO.
GOT IT FIGURED OUT THAT THAT
PIECE OF IT OTHERWISE ALL THE
REST OF IT DOESN'T COME TOGETHER
CELL OKAY.
IT.
FROM OKAY BEFORE MOVED ISSUE
EIGHT I GUESS JUST TO BE SURE
FOR. THE FORM OF A BOOK KEEPING
SO ON ISSUE NUMBER AT SAM'S CAN
GO BACK AND JUST BE STRAIGHT.
TAKE CARE THE SO.
ISSUE NUMBER ONE WHICH WE'VE
HEARD TESTIMONY IS THE OF
REVIEWS WERE HOLDING OPEN ISSUE
NUMBER TWO WHICH HAS TO DO WITH
REQUESTS. TO CENTRALIZE
STATEWIDE. ACTIVITIES WERE
HOLDING THAT OPENED. THE
CLINICAL STAFF COMMITTEE
OVERSIGHT WILL HOLD THAT ITEM
OPEN. AND INTERNAL AUDIT UNIT.
GONNA HOLD THAT ITEM OPEN AS
WELL. AND AVERY HELD OPEN NIGHT
ISSUE NUMBER SIX THREE NOTES
THAT SO. I THINK THIS WAS FOR
INFORMATIONAL SO WRITES ON THE
JURY HAVE THAT ON THE RECORD
OKAY. OKAY SO WE'RE GOING TO.
NOW TACK. TACKLE ISSUE NUMBER
EIGHT AND THEN NINE SO WE'LL DO
ISSUE NUMBER EIGHT AND THEN WHEN
THE ISSUE NUMBER NINE I KNOW
THERE'S SOME.
.
SOME STAKE HOLDERS WHO HAVE YOU
COMING UP TO TESTIFY AND THEN
WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON
EIGHT AND NINE. AFTER IT'S
COMPLETE ISSUE NUMBER NINE SO.
ISSUE NUMBER EIGHT IS A CUTE
SAT CRISIS SERVICES TRAILER
BOWLING WHICH.
WHEN THE FINAL CDS. AT THIS SITE
TRADABLE LANGUAGE IS IT YOU'LL
FIND ON PAGE EIGHTEEN OF THE
AGENDA. IS THE PURPOSE IS TO
ALLOW US TO START THE TRANSITION
FROM THE SAFETY NET SERVICES
THAT WE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET
THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET. FOR
SAFETY NET ALLOWED US TO DEVELOP
HOMES IN THE COMMUNITY. AT AND
RIGHT NOW THE CURRENT STATUTE
ONLY ALLOWS FOR CRISIS SERVICES
TO BE PROVIDED ON THE. CAMPUS AT
THE CINEMA AND FAIRVIEW
DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS SO WHAT
THIS DOES IS MODIFIED THE
STATUTE SO THAT THE SERVICES CAN
BE PROVIDED IN THE COMMUNITY AS
WELL.
EXCELLENT.
COMMENTS. FINANCE COMMENTS. NOW
OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD ALRIGHT TIMES.
LET'S MOVE ON TO ISSUE NUMBER
NINE AND.
SO THAT SAFETY NET FACILITIES
ACUTE CARE SERVICES AND WE MAY
NEED TO MAKE SOME ROOM AT THE
TABLE SO MAY HAVE STILL SHUFFLE
BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.
STAND DOCTOR BRAD BRACH SYSTEM
SENIOR SURPRISING PSYCHOLOGIST
DOCTOR LEE AND CHRISTIANS SAFETY
NET SPECIAL CONSULTANT FOR DDS
AND THEN CAPTAIN BLAKE MORE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
ELEVENTH. DISABILITY RIGHTS
CALIFORNIA CARLOS FLORES IS A
DOCTOR SAN DIEGO REGIONAL
CENTER.
COPULATE AND BOARD MEMBER
DISPLAY VOICES UNITED.
AND SO.
SO WE HAVE THOSE FOLKS OKAY SO
WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE.
THE DIRECTOR BERGMAN'S GONNA
OPEN UP AND THEN.
WE'RE GONNA.
HAVE OUR.
AND TEST FIRES TO ALSO OKAY.
THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
THE DIRECTOR OF THE NORTH YES
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR OOPS LET
ME FIND MY SPOT AGAIN.
YES THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR A
NANCY BIRDS MEN AND I ALSO HAD
DOCTOR.
BREAD BACKSTROM HERE AND I HAVE
DOCTOR LEE AND CHRISTIAN WHO
WILL PROVIDE A COUPLE OF BRIEF
UPDATES.
IS SO JUST TO START WITH SOME
BACKGROUND ON REGARDING THE
SAFETY NET AND.
HISTORY OF OF MOVING FORWARD
WITH THAT SAFETY NET PLAN THAT
WAS SUBMITTED ON LAST YEAR. WHEN
WE.
DEVELOPING RESOURCES GOING
COMMUNITY HAS BEEN.
A FOCUS FOR REGIONAL CENTERS ON
FOR MANY MANY YEARS YOU KNOW
CERTAINLY AS OUR POPULATION HAS
CHANGED CERTAINLY AS.
POLICIES HAVE CHANGED THE NEED
AS FAR AS DEVELOPING RESOURCES
HAD TO SHIFT AS WELL. BACK IN
TWO THOUSAND TWELVE WITHERS AND
OUTSIDE OF THE MORATORIUM OF
CLOSURES AT THE DEVELOPMENTAL
CENTERS AND THEN ALSO MAKING
SOME CHANGES AND OTHER RESOURCES
FOR EXAMPLE RESTRICTING THE USE
OF. IBM DIS STANDS LOOKING AT ON
MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING
SERVICES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY
AND SUPPORTS. I'M AT THAT TIME
BUT THERE IS REALLY LOOKING AT
HOW DO WE START DEVELOPING A
PARALLEL IN SOME OF THAT
DEVELOPMENT. WITH THE
SECRETARY'S TASK FORCE WITH THE
D. C. AND D. S. TASK FORCE.
THE WORK WAS THROUGH THAT
STAKEHOLDER PROCESS OF MAKING
SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS
PROVIDING INPUT. IN PROVIDING
GUIDANCE AS TO WHAT THOSE NEEDS
WERE.
MANY RECOMMENDATIONS WERE
PROVIDED OF DEVELOPING NEW
MODELS OF SERVICE.
BUT THEN FAST FORWARD INTO OUR
PLAN LAST YEAR ON THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A NUMBER OF
RESOURCES TO START ADDRESSING
SOME OF THE ISSUES.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS
ASKED AS FAR AS WHAT IS THE
DEPARTMENT DOING TO REDUCE.
AND ADDRESSING THE EXTENDED
STAY FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE
ADD I AM DES I'M CERTAINLY SHARE
THAT CONCERN AND IT WAS AN AREA
IN WHICH IN LOOKING AT
RESTRICTING. KIND OF MOVING
FORWARD IN TWO THOUSAND TWELVE
BUT CERTAINLY SOME PROGRESS HAS
BEEN MADE AND AND HAVING FOLKS
MOVE TO THE COMMUNITY OR
RECEIVING SUPPORTS ANOTHER
SETTINGS HAS OCCURRED.
BACK IN TWO THOUSAND TWELVE
THIRTY TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO
INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING SERVICES
PURCHASE OF SERVICE NOW THERE
ARE SOME ADDITIONAL INPUT
INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY BE AND I AM
DES. THAT WE HAVE NOT TRACKED
THAT MAY NOT HAVE PURCHASED A
SERVICE STATUS I DO WANT TO PUT
THAT CAVIAR ON THAT. TODAY WE
HAVE ABOUT SIXTY INDIVIDUALS ON
THAT SAID IT'S STILL EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT ISSUE WE HAVE A NUMBER
OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE STILL.
ON THAT HAD BEEN IN THE I AM DES
FOR.
MORE THAN A COUPLE YEARS.
LAST YEAR THROUGH THE SAFETY
NET PLAN WE WERE ABLE TO
INTRODUCE A NUMBER OF CONCEPTS.
DEVELOPED BEING.
SPECIALIZED HOMES FOR HOMES
THROUGHOUT THE STATE IN
DEVELOPING THOSE RESOURCES ON TO
ADDRESS THAT TRANSITION TIME
WHERE FOLKS COULD MOVE FROM AN
EYE MD. HAVE THE SUPPORT
SERVICES TO GO TO THE HOME TO DO
THE COMPREHENSIVE TRANSITION
PLANNING.
TO ALTERNATIVE SERVICES FOR
THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT DON'T
NEED TO GO THROUGH THE
TRANSITION HOMES. HAVING THE
INTENSIVE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT
SERVICES FOR THOSE FOLKS SO
DEVELOPING THE RESOURCES.
RECOGNIZING THAT THE COMMUNITY.
AN IMPORTANT ISSUE ONE THAT
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
MAINTAIN AS A PRIORITY. FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF DOCTOR CHRISTIANS
GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU
AN UPDATE REGARDING THE.
BE ABLE SUPPORT SUMS GUIDELINES
AND THE DOCTOR BAXTER WILL BE
ABLE TO PROVIDE TO UPDATE. ON
REGARDING THE MOBILE CRISIS TEAM
I'M AN IN AND THE QUALIFIED
STAFF QUESTION THAT'S OUTLINED
IN THE AGENDA TODAY.
WELCOME. GOOD AFTERNOON.
THE DEPARTMENT WAS REQUIRED TO
DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR THE USE
OF RESTRAINT AND ENHANCE BE REAL
SUPPORT HOMES BY DECEMBER FIRST
TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN. AND
DEVELOPING THE GUIDELINES THE
DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO REQUIRED TO
CONSULT WITH APPROPRIATE
PROFESSIONALS.
MONEY IS A RESTRAINT AND WITH
DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA
REGARDING THE PROTECTION OF
INDIVIDUALS RIGHT. EFFORTS ON
THE EVACUATION EVERY POPULATION
OF CINNAMON DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER
DURING THE FIRES CONTRIBUTED TO
SOME DELAYS AND ENGAGING THE
STAKE HOLDERS AND THAT PROCESS.
AND.
VASTLY AND COMPLETING THAT.
GUIDELINES BY DECEMBER FIRST.
AND THE DEPARTMENT DID CONSULT
WITH ROFESSIONALS INCLUDING
DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA IN
LATE NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND
SEVENTEEN.
I AM FOR THOSE CONSULTATIONS.
THE RESULTS WHY AS A STRONG
RECOMMENDATION BY BY THE STAKE
HOLDERS AND DISABILITY RIGHTS
TO.
EXPAND THE SCOPE OF THE
GUIDELINES BEYOND THAT SPECIFIC
FOCUS ON THE USE OF RESTRAINT.
AT THE DEPARTMENT I'M BASED ON.
I'M NOT IMPLY AND AND A VARIETY
OF INPUTS RECEIVED IN THE WORKER
PROCESS PRIDE AND THE DEPTH AND
BREADTH OF THE GUIDELINES. TO
FOCUS NOT ONLY ON THE USE OF
RESTRAINT BUT ALSO AND THE
EFFECTIVE USE OF LEFT LESS
RESTRICTIVE STRATEGIES TO
PREVENT AND MINIMIZE THE USE OF
RESTRAINT. THE GUIDELINES ALSO
FOCUS ON BEST PRACTICES IN
CONDUCTING COMPREHENSIVE
FUNCTIONAL BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENTS
AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF
INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIORAL SUPPORT
PLANS THAT ARE GROUNDED IN
PERSON CENTERED PRACTICES TRAUMA
INFORMED CARE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR
SUPPORT AND CULTURAL
SENSITIVITY.
THEY ALSO HAVE EXPANDED TO
ADDRESS STAFF TRAINING
MONITORING AND REPORTING.
SO THE GUIDELINES ARE CURRENTLY
UNDER INTERNAL REVIEW AND THE
TARGET DATE TO POST THEM AS
MARCH THIRTY ASKED. I'D GIVEN
THE DELAY IN COMPLETING AND
POSTING THE GUIDELINES THE
DEPARTMENT'S BEEN ENGAGE MORE
CLOSELY WITH THE THREE EXISTING
IN HOUSE. SUPPORT HOMES AND
THEY'RE VENTURING REGIONAL
CENTERS. IN ADDITION TO OTHER
DEPARTMENT STAFF DOCTOR BAD
BACKSTROM AND I HAVE HAVE BOTH
VISITED THOSE THREE HOMES AND
WE'VE PARTICIPATED IN THE
REQUIRED SIX MONTH MONITORING
VISITS.
BY THE DEPARTMENT AND IN
ADDITION TO THAT DOCTOR BAT DR
BACKSTROM I REFUSE THE PLANS OF
OPERATION FOR THOSE ENHANCE
BEHAVIOR SUPPORT HOMES ARE UNDER
DEVELOPMENT TO ENSURE THAT THEY
ALIGN WITH THE FRAMEWORK OF THE
GUIDELINES. I'M EVEN BEFORE
THEY'RE PUBLISHED.
RIGHT BACK FROM SENIOR
PSYCHOLOGIST A DDS GOOD
AFTERNOON.
REGARDING THE I AM DES ARE THOSE
BEGINNING N DECEMBER TWO
THOUSAND SEVENTEEN OF DOCTOR
CHRISTIAN AND I ALONG WITH THE
COMMUNITIES OF DIVISION.
IN TDS BEGAN CORLEY CALLS WITH
THE REGIONAL CENTERS TO GO CASE
BY CASE WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO
HAVE BEEN AS I AM TO USE FOR
SHORT TERM BUT ALSO THE.
FOCUS AND PRIORITY ON
INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE
FOR. SOMETIME AND WE HAVE USE
THOSE ANTI CALLS. FOR A
CHRISTIAN I TO INFORM BUT THE
GAPS IN SERVICES ARE FOR SAFETY
NET. AND TO NOTE IDENTIFY WHAT
THE THE NEEDS ARE FOR THIS
SPECIFIC POPULATION IS ALSO
HELPED INFORM US ON DEVELOPING
THE IMT STEP DOWN HOMES IN THE
IMT TRANCE INTENSIVE TRANSITION
SERVICE THAT IS IN DEVELOPMENT
THROUGH DDS IT'S PART OF THE
SAFETY NET.
WE ARE ENSURING THAT THERE ARE.
APPROPRIATE TRANSITION PLANS IN
CONGRESS HAS A COMPREHENSIVE
ASSESSMENTS IN PLACE AND I'D ASK
IN REGIONAL CENTERS IDENTIFY
WITH YEARS. MAY BE IN PLACE FOR
THE INDIVIDUALS WITH SEVERE.
CHANNEL AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT
THIS
CITY THAT CERTAIN SERVICES THAT
ARE AVAILABLE COULD HELP IN
ADDRESSING THOSE BARRIERS.
WE'RE ALSO ASKING THAT THEY
UTILIZE THE STATEWIDE SPECIALIZE
RESOURCE SERVICES AND ENSURING
THAT THAT HAS BEEN DONE AS WELL.
IN REGARDS TO THE CAST OF THE
CRISIS ASSESSMENT STABILISATION
TEAM.
IN THE CITY FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET
THERE WAS ADDITIONAL MONEY TO
ADD TO THIS THE STAR EXISTING
STAR SERVICES A MOBILE CRISIS
SERVICE. AND TO DEVELOP THE
SERVICE WE WOULD.
MEMBERS THAT STAKEHOLDERS A
EXISTING MOBILE CRISIS SERVICES.
AND REGIONAL CENTERS TO TRY TO
IDENTIFY WHAT.
SECONDARY SERVICES NEEDED A
REGARDING BOOK MOBILE CRISIS. IT
WITHIN THE EXISTING SAFETY NET
SYSTEM AND.
WE DEVELOPED A PROGRAM THAT IS
A SECONDARY SERVICE TO REGIONAL
CENTERS OF IT SERVES INDIVIDUALS
WHO ARE AGE TWELVE AN UPWARD
BIAS FOR LOSING PLACEMENT AND
THEIR HOME WHETHER THAT'S A
FAMILY HOME OR. ANY OTHER TYPE
OF PLACEMENT. AND THEY MAY HAVE
ALREADY.
IT RECEIVED SERVICES FROM A
MOBILE CRISIS SERVICE. OR OTHER.
.
SPECIALISTS RATHER ASTUTE TYPES
OF ASSESSMENTS. AND.
THEY WILL BE REFERRED THEY ARE
REFERRED TO THE. DIE CAST.
AND.
WE RESPOND WITHIN THE.
IMMEDIATELY WITHIN.
WITH BEGINNING WITH AN
ASSESSMENT AND DO AN ONSITE
ASSESSMENT WITHIN THREE DAYS.
AND SO FAR WE HAVE PARTNERED
WITH THE REGIONAL CENTER OF
ORANGE COUNTY SANDEEP MONA
REGIONAL CENTER FOR THE SOUTH
STAR CASTING. AND OF REGIONAL OF
EAST BAY AND VARSITY REGIONAL
CENTER FOR THE NORTH STAR
CASTING.
AND WE HAVE RECEIVED IS.
SOME REFERRALS FROM THE NORTH
BAY REGIONAL CENTER AND HAVE.
BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING ON OF
THOSE REFERRALS AND ONE FROM
REGIONAL SYNERGIES PAY. AND
THREE FROM SANDY PRAMANA
REGIONAL CENTER AND ONE FROM
RESULTS ARE LARGE COUNTY.
ALRIGHT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR TESTIMONY.
FOR YOU GET TO THE.
THE SURVIVING ITS PROPOSALS
COMMENTS FROM OHIO.
SONYA PARTICULARLY.
WE JUST HAVE SOME A BRIEF.
COMMENT OR SUGGESTION TO THE
LEGISLATURE WHICH IS TO
UNDERSCORE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
LEGISLATURE GETTING.
REGULAR AND DETAILED
INFORMATION.
ABOUT HOW THE SAFETY NET
SERVICES ARE WORKING IT'S BOTH
TO HELP THE LEGISLATURE
UNDERSTAND WHETHER THE
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS THAT ARE
BEING MADE ARE EFFECTIVE. AND TO
HELP ANTICIPATE WHAT FUTURE
NEEDS MIGHT BE SOME OF THIS
INFORMATION MAY.
COME OUT THROUGH THE QUARTERLY
UPDATES THAT THE LEGISLATURE
THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS PROVIDING
TO LEGISLATIVE STAFF AND WE WE
ALSO NOTE THAT THE DEPARTMENT
PROVIDED A GREAT DEAL OF
INFORMATION TO LEGISLATIVE STAFF
AT.
RECENT WORK GROUP MEETING.
IN ANY CASE SO SOME OF THIS MAY
HAPPEN ON THE NATURAL OR THE
LEGISLATURE MAY WISH TO
FORMALIZE SOME OF THESE REQUESTS
BUT FOR JUST FOR EXAMPLE.
IT MAY WISH TO KNOW HOW OFTEN
THE MOBILE CRISIS UNITS ARE
ENGAGED IN WHETHER THEY'RE
THEY'RE ABLE TO RESPOND TO ALL
OF THE CALLS. HOW OFTEN THE
SAFETY NET HOMES REACH CAPACITY
IN STATE CAPACITY?
WHETHER THE DEPARTMENT AND HOW
THE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING WITH
REGIONAL CENTERS TO COORDINATE.
CRISIS SERVICES AND THEN
INFORMATION ABOUT THE MORE
RESTRICTIVE PLACEMENTS AT THE
INSTITUTIONS FOR MENTAL DISEASE
AND WHETHER THAT. ALSO PUTS
CONSUMERS AT RISK OF LOSING
THEIR HOMES IN THE COMMUNITY
WHEN THEIR PLACE THERE.
YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
COUNT FINANCE.
OKAY IN ACTION BEFORE IT AS ANY
COMES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
SOME OF THE QUESTIONS BELIAU
THOSE. OR MOVE TO THE ADVOCATES.
CERTAINLY WITH THE OPPORTUNITY
TO GIVE UPDATES.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH.
THE LEGISLATIVE STAFF ON A
QUARTERLY BASIS AND PROVIDE
UPDATES ON THE CRITICAL AREAS.
WE DID HAVE AS IT WAS NOTED BY
THE LA O. THAT WE.
RECENTLY HAD A. SMALLER
WORKGROUP MEETING AND AGAIN
THAT'S A SUB WORKGROUP FROM THE
DS TASK FORCE.
OF HAVING THAT DIALOGUE IS JUST
INVALUABLE THAT CONTINUES TO BE
A PROCESS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO.
I'M HERE.
WHERE A POTENTIAL GAPS ARE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO ASSESS SOME
OF THE GAPS IN MAKING
RECOMMENDATIONS TO START
ADDRESSING THAT SIGNIFICANT
ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY? AS WELL
AS MAKING SURE THAT WERE
REPORTING BACK TO THE WORK THAT
WE'VE BEEN DONE. WERE DOING
REGARDING THE.
THE FUNDING THAT'S BEEN
AVAILABLE TO EXPAND THE SERVICES
REGARDING THE REFERRALS TO THE.
CRISIS THE MOBILE CRISIS TEAM.
AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BASED ON
THE REFERRALS THAT WE'VE HAD WE
BEEN ABLE TO RESPOND TO THEM.
BUT AGAIN AS WE DID WITH THE
ACUTE CRISIS HOMES WE'VE HAD TO
MONITOR OVER TIME WAS TO USE
WITH THE REFERRALS AND AS THAT
INCREASES. KIND OF WHAT IS THE
NEED GOING TO BE SO WERE SO
EARLY IN THE INFANCY AS FAR AS
THE IMPLEMENTATION THAT WE NEED
TO CONTINUE TO.
WORKED AS CAST THAT DEBT TO TO
IDENTIFY WHERE THOSE NEEDS ARE.
SO WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT BACK
AS AS THAT PROGRESS IS MADE.
OKAY SO I KNOW WE HAVE SOME.
THE PUZZLES HERE SO WHEN WE GO
AHEAD AND BEGIN. I GUESS. SERVER
DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA. AT
HIGH SO IF YOU CAN ASK ME ASK
EACH PRESENTER TO KEEP THAT THEY
CAN KEEP WITHIN THREE MINUTES
BUT THANK YOU.
I WILL TRY MY NAME IS CONNIE
LAT THEN AND.
I WAS EDUCATED AS SPEECH
PATHOLOGISTS BUT I'M PROUD TO
SAY I'M ONE OF THE FOUNDERS AND
DIRECTORS OF. A NEW ORGANIZATION
CALLED DISABILITY VOICES UNITED.
MISTAKE RIGHT ORGANIZATION THAT
IS DIRECTED BY AND FOR PEOPLE
WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR
FAMILIES BUT MOST IMPORTANT I'M
A MOM. I HAVE THREE SONS AND MY
MIDDLE SON HAS THE CHALLENGE OF
AUTISM AND IS NOW DUALLY
DIAGNOSED. I I WANT TO GIVE IT A
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE I PROMISE
IT'LL BE BRIEF. HE WAS THE FIRST
POSTER CHILD IN THIS COUNTRY.
IN NINETEEN SEVENTY THREE AND
THE GOAL WAS TO EDUCATE THE
WORLD ON AUTISM. I'M I'M SAD TO
SAY THAT HE IS THE POSTER CHILD
AGAIN AND IN TWO THOUSAND AND
EIGHTEEN OF WHAT CAN GO WRONG HE
HAS LOTS OF CHALLENGES. AND.
ONE OF THEM MAKES ME VERY SAD
AND I FEEL A RESPONSIBILITY TO
TALK ABOUT IT IS THAT IN HIS DAY
THE. BEHAVIOR THERAPY CONSISTED
OF SHOCK AND ABUSE. AND I
PHYSICAL PAIN IS TREATMENT AS
EVIDENCE BASED BEST PRACTICES.
JOHN IS BASICALLY NONVERBAL HE'S
AN ADULT AND HE WILL STILL SAY
AND I NEED TO SAY THIS IS NOT
JUST MY SON. IT'S PEOPLE THAT
WERE EXPOSED TO THAT KIND OF
TREATMENT HE WILL STILL SAY
ISN'T A DOUBT NO PULL HAIR BAD
BOY.
I AM SO AT THE AGE OF THREE OUR
FAMILY WENT TO CAMARILLO STATE
HOSPITAL WHICH I'M GLAD TO SAY
DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE.
TO ADMIT HIM AND THE DIRECTOR
LOOKED AT HIM AND OUR FAMILY
NEEDS SAID YOU KNOW WHAT. I WANT
YOU TO GO HOME AND FIGURE THIS
OUT AND THAT'S WHEN I BECAME
WHAT I CALL A TERMINAL ADVOCATE
I THINK I WILL DIE OF IT.
I HAVE BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR
FORTY EIGHT YEARS WHY FORTY
EIGHT YEARS BECAUSE IN NINE DAYS
MY SON. IS GOING TO TURN FIFTY.
I I CAN'T OLDER THAN ME RIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SAFETY
NET AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING
DISABILITY VOICES UNITED STATES
SIMONI IN THE AGENDA I REALLY
REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND THANK
YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.
CENTER PANDA SAY. WHAT ARE THE
CONSEQUENCES WHEN WE DON'T
PROVIDE SERVICES I I WANTED TO I
DID THIS?
IDEA. MY SON WAS BORN IN SIXTY
EIGHT THE LANHAM ACT HAPPENED IN
SIXTY NINE SO WE GREW UP WITH
THE PROMISES AND HOPE. AND AS
YOU KNOW AT THAT TIME PEOPLE
WERE DISENFRANCHISED AND
POWERLESS.
WE DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN
ANYMORE WE WANT TO BE IN CHARGE
OF OUR LIFE. WE DON'T WANT THE
SAFETY NET AND AND I'VE HEARD
IT.
TO BE THE JAIL'S HOSPITAL THE
EMERGENCY ROOM AND I AM THE I
CAN'T EVEN SAY THAT OUT LOUD
INSTITUTE FOR MENTAL DISEASE.
AND.
SO YOU ASKED US TO ANSWER TWO
QUESTIONS. ONE IS DO WE FEEL
THAT WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED
IS-ADEQUATE. I AM THRILLED AND
GRATEFUL ABOUT WHAT IS BEING
PROPOSED. BUT I HAVE TO GIVE YOU
A DIFFERENT RESPONSE I I I HAVE
TO SAY NO IT'S NOT ADEQUATE. THE
ANSWER IS NO THERE IS NOT
ENOUGH.
PROPOSED IMMEDIATE CRISIS
SERVICES TO SUPPORT AN
INDIVIDUAL IN THEIR OWN HOME
THERE IS A LACK OF LOCAL YOU'RE
HEARING IT MOBILE CRISIS TEAMS I
KNOW WE'RE TRYING I DON'T WANT
TO BE THE BEARER OF. BAD NEWS
BUT ON THE REALITY FACTOR.
THERE STILL IS NOT A PLACE.
THAT CAN'T SAY NO TO MEET THAT
TO TO OUR KIDS ON THAT WILL.
USE. IT PROVIDE THOSE RESOURCES
EVEN IN THE PLANTS AND EVEN IN
THE FUTURE.
SO.
.
I. WE ARE FINDING PLACES BUT WE
KNOW THAT THAT TAKES A VERY LONG
TIME SOMETIMES FOR THESE HOMES
TO IT TO OPEN. SO WHAT ARE THE
SERVICE MODELS WE WANT TO LOOK
AT WHAT I HAVE WHEN I'VE HAD IT
FOR A WHILE THE TWO DC CLOSURE
PLAN. IF WE COULD PUT THAT INTO
THE COMMUNITY. AND HAVE A
COMMUNITY HAVE THOSE RESOURCES
IT WOULD BE GOOD.
.
IF I ASK YOU FOR ONE TAKE AWAY
THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
TAKEAWAY. IS A SAFETY NET.
IS ABOUT A PERSON. NOT A PLACE.
I SAFETY NET IS ABOUT SUPPORT
FOR A PERSON. IN THEIR OWN HOME
AND THAT'S GOT TO BE THE HIGHEST
PRIORITIES.
DO YOU REALIZE THAT.
I WILL FINISH. I'M SORRY. IT'S
HARD BECAUSE I'VE HAD SO MUCH
EXPERIENCE THAT A PROVIDER CAN
GIVE YOU THIRTY DAYS NOTICE. AND
THAT PERSON DOESN'T HAVE A
PLACEMENT.
WE'VE SUBMITTED TESTIMONY AND
I'D LIKE YOU TO.
USE IT I I DO WANT TO SAY IS A
DOCTOR THAT.
HEALTH MATTERS AND WE NEED
ENHANCED MEDICAL SYSTEM. I'M
HERE STILL TODAY AT MY AGE
SEVENTY EIGHT BECAUSE I STILL
HAVE HOPE AND I WON'T STOP
FIGHTING AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT
YOU WILL MAKE A SAFETY NET
THAT'S REALISTIC THANK YOU.
THANK YOU THANKS VERY MUCH THANK
YOU. NEXT OF.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
CATHERINE BLAKEMORE DISABILITY
RIGHTS CALIFORNIA.
I WANT TO JUST TOUCH BRIEFLY ON
A COUPLE OF THINGS AND I WILL
TRY MY BEST TO STICK TO YOUR.
YOUR TIME LINE.
FIRST TO SAY IT IS REALLY
REMARKABLE THAT THE
DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS ARE
CLOSING AND I APPLAUD THE CARE
YOU TOOK IN LISTENING TO WHAT IS
HAPPENING WITH THAT. AND WITHOUT
POSITIVE IT ALSO MEANS WE REALLY
NEED TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS AN
ADEQUATE COMMUNITY SAFETY NET.
BECAUSE WE WILL NO LONGER HAVE
THAT RESOURCE IN A VERY SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME. ARMS SO WHAT I
WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS WHAT DOES
THAT SAFETY NET LOOK LIKE AND
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CONCERNS
THAT WE AS THE ADVOCATES AND THE
LAWYERS WHO HAVE. HELPED ENSURE
THAT THE DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS
CLOSE WANT TO SEE IN THE
COMMUNITY. SO THE FIRST THING I
WILL SAY IS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE START AT A PLACE OF
LOCAL COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONSE
IT IS NOT A GOOD OUTCOME WHEN WE
SAY. PEOPLE SHOULD GO TO THE
EMERGENCY ROOM AVERSION SEE
DOCTORS WILL TELL US THAT
REGIONAL CENTERS WILL TELL US
THAT WHAT WE NEED IS LOCAL
COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONSE.
REGIONAL CENTERS HOW SOME OF
THOSE I THINK IT IS TIME FOR US
TO LOOK AT THAT AND ENSURE THE
AVAILABILITY OF THOSE. LOCAL
REGIONAL CENTER SPECIFIC CRISIS
SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE STATE SO
THAT NO MATTER WHERE A PERSON IS
LIVING WHO MIGHT BE IN CRISIS
CAN GET ACCESS TO THOSE. BUT
SECOND IS THAT WE NEED BAND
SUFFICIENT NUMBERS OF COMMUNITY
CRISIS CAPACITY HOMES SO THAT
INDIVIDUALS WHOSE CRISIS CANNOT
BE MAINTAINED IN THEIR OWN HOME.
THEY GO TO A CRISIS HOME AND
THEN THEY NEED TO LEAVE THERE
HAS TO BE SOME PLACE THAT THEY
CAN GO TO IF THEY CAN'T RETURN
HOME OTHERWISE WE END UP WITH A
SYSTEM WHERE. THE COMMUNITY
CRISIS HOME BECOMES THEIR HOME
AND THEN THERE'S NOT A CRISIS
HOME FOR THE NEXT PERSON SO
WE'RE CERTAINLY DEVELOPING THOSE
MODELS BUT WE NEED TO ENSURE
THAT THERE'S A SUFFICIENT NUMBER
OF THOSE. THROUGHOUT THE STATE
AGAIN.
THE NEXT THING I WANT TO TALK
JUST BRIEFLY ABOUT IS.
INSTITUTIONS FOR MENTAL DISEASE
AND I WANT TO RAISE THREE.
THREE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS
ABOUT BOTH FIRST OF ALL IS THE
COST. SECOND OF ALL IS THE ON
THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN THERE AND THE THIRD IS
ABOUT THE QUALITY. SO WHAT WE
HAVE TO REMEMBER IS WHEN A
PERSON IS IN AND I AM D. IT IS
ONLY STATE DOLLARS THAT IS
PAYING FOR THAT BECAUSE OF AN
EXCLUSION IN THE MEDICAID
STATUTE THAT SAYS. IF YOU WERE
THERE BETWEEN THE AGES OF
EIGHTEEN AND SIXTY FIVE YOU ARE
NOT ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL MATCH
SO IT IS NOT A VERY COST
EFFECTIVE MODEL FOR US. SECOND
WHILE WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS IN
HELPING PEOPLE LEAVE WHICH IS
REALLY COMMENDABLE AND I'M I'M
GRATEFUL FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
THERE NOW MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN
THERE FOR FAR TOO LONG. ARM
THERE'S FORTY FIVE PEOPLE THAT
HAVE EXCEEDED THE STATUTORY
DEADLINE A BRIEF EXAMPLE OF A
CLIENT A FAR SHE HAS BEEN THERE
FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS. SHE
WAS TOLD INITIALLY WERE IN THE
PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A PLACE
FOR YOU NECK SHE WAS TOLD SORRY
SOMEONE ELSE IS GOING TO THAT
PLACEMENT MOST RECENTLY AND
OUTRAGEOUSLY FROM MY PERSPECTIVE
SHE WAS TOLD. YOU AREN'T READY
TO MOVE OUT OF AN EYE MD WELL
WHAT HAVE WE BEEN DOING FOR
THREE AND A HALF YEARS OF YOUR
NOW NOT READY RIGHT SO. IT'S IT
IS PEOPLE BEING STOCK AND OUR
NEED TO DEVELOP. OTHER KINDS OF
PLACES FOR PEOPLE THAT IS WHAT
OUR WORK IS TO DO AND THAT ISN'T
TO SAY THAT THERE ARE PLACES
COMING WERE CERTAINLY DEVELOPING
A TRANSITION MODEL IT'S. FROM
THE DEPARTMENT'S CHART NOT READY
UNTIL THE FALL OF TWENTY
EIGHTEEN I'M SO WE NEED TO DO
THAT FINAL WORD ON THAT.
IS ALSO JUST CONCERNS ABOUT THE
QUALITY THE USE OF RESTRAINTS
IS.
HIGHER AT I AM DES BENNETT ISN'T
STATE OPERATED FACILITIES SO
REAL CONCERNS ABOUT THE QUALITY
AND I WILL AND THERE.
OKAY.
SO THIS THING ON HIS. ARM.
I'LL TRY TO KEEP MY REMARKS TO
THREE MINUTES I I DID LEAVE
COPIES OF MY REMARKS FOR EITHER
THE LAWN AND THREE MINUTES SO
YOU CAN GET FULL VERSION THERE.
CARLOS FLORES ON THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE SAN DIEGO
REGIONAL CENTER I'VE BEEN AT SAN
DIEGO FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS A
LITTLE BIT OF MY BACKGROUND.
I'VE BEEN THE DIRECTOR FOR
ELEVEN I'VE WORKED IN THE SYSTEM
FOR FORTY YEARS THIS IS MY
FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY.
THANK YOU THREE YEARS.
TREATED THE THEM OR PARTICULAR
REGIONAL CENTERS.
FOR THE FORMALLY THE AREA
BOARDS NOW STATE COUNCIL
REGIONAL OFFICE IN LOS ANGELES
AND I WORK FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR FOR
AWHILE. SO REGIONAL CENTERS DO
HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF
PROVIDING.
CRISIS SERVICES.
AND EXAMPLES GIVES SOME
EXAMPLES OF A CLUE CRISIS HOMES
CRISIS SUPPORT SERVICES
WRAPAROUND SERVICES. OF STEP
DOWN A TRANSITIONAL SERVICES
BUT.
ALWAYS SERVICES DON'T CURRENTLY
EXIST AT ALL REGIONAL CENTERS
SURGE OF NOTE.
OUR EFFORTS ARE COLLECTED EVERY
TAB HAVE CREATED MORE
OPPORTUNITIES THAN WE EVER HAD
BEFORE. ON MY OPINION TWO
FACTORS.
WERE REALLY IMPORTANT CREATING
THESE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
AND ABLE TO MENTION TODAY ONE IS
THE CLOSURE OF DEVELOPMENTAL
CENTERS AND THE OTHER ARM OUR
SECRETARY TO LEE'S. ARM
TASKFORCE'S ON DEVELOPMENTAL
SERVICES AND.
ON. THE DRUM SET ISN'T
AVAILABLE SERVICES EXAMPLES OF
SOME OF THE THINGS PRODUCE FROM
THOSE EFFORTS ARE NOT RESIDENTS
SELLS FOR FOR PERSONS WITH
SPECIAL HEALTH NEEDS. RESERVE A
RESIDENTIAL HOMES WITH THE LADY
GRASS NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN
STARS COMMUNITY CRISIS HOMES
ENHANCE BE ABLE SUPPORT HOMES.
AND THESE HAVE PRODUCED REALLY
GOOD OUTCOMES FOR A LOT OF OUR
CLIENTS OVER THE YEARS.
SENDING THE REGIONAL CENTER WE
HAVE. WE WE HAD THREE CLIENTS
THAT WERE SERVED AT THE SOUTHERN
STAR. AND LET ME TELL YOU THE
THE COORDINATION AND COOPERATION
BETWEEN MY STAFF AND THE BAND
DEPARTMENT STAFF WAS OUTSTANDING
IT STARTED WITH THE ASSESSMENT.
TO DETERMINE IF THE PERSON WAS
ELIGIBLE OR THE PEOPLE ARE
ELIGIBLE FOR ADMISSION TO THE
STAR AND A CONTINUED FROM DAVID
OF ADMISSION TO DAVE'S CHARGE
EXCELLENT COOPERATION AND
COORDINATION.
THE CPP. HAS PROVIDED THE
FUNDING TO DEVELOP CURRENT AND
FUTURE SAFETY NEEDS. EXAMPLES IN
NORTH BAY REGIONAL CENTER HAS
DEVELOPED THE FIRST ATTORNEY
CRISIS HOME. TEN REGIONAL
CENTERS ARE PROCESS OF
DEVELOPING EIGHTEEN CUNY CRISIS
HOMES WITH SIX EXPECTED TO OPEN
THE DOORS BY JUNE THIRTIETH TWO
THOUSAND EIGHTEEN. THREE
REGIONAL CENTERS HAVE DEVELOPED
AND HAVE TO BE A REAL SUPPORT
HOMES AND THIRTY EIGHT MORE
HOMES ARE ARE CURRENTLY BEING
DEVELOPED BY TWELVE REGIONAL
CENTERS.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SAFETY NET.
SERVICES.
UNFORTUNATELY CATHERINE IT CAN
INCREASE WITHOUT AND UNLESS WE
ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES AND
OBSTACLES WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN
THE SYSTEM.
FOR EXAMPLE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE
THAT WERE SERVING IS INCREASING
THAT SAN DIEGO ARE UP TO TWENTY
SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED.
WHERE AE OUR AVERAGE GROWTH IS
ABOUT FIFTEEN HUNDRED CLIENTS
PER YEAR I UNDERSTAND THAT AS A
SYSTEM IT'S THIRTEEN THOUSAND
CLIENTS FOR YOUR? HAND AS YOU
WOULD EXPECT AS THAT NUMBER
GROWS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
CHALLENGE AT THE RECRUITING IS
DIFFICULT TO SERVE THAT NUMBER
ALSO GROWS. REGULATIONS COMPOSED
OF. AN OBSTACLE ON EXAMPLE IS A
RATE OF A REGULATION REQUIRES
THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR OF A
CHILDREN'S CRISIS HOME HAVE
EXPERIENCE IN A SEVEN DAY AT
HOME. OUR MODEL IS TO PROVIDE
SERVICES IN A IN A SMALLER MORE
HOME LIKE SETTING. WE DON'T HAVE
SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT THEY HAVE
THAT EXPERIENCE USUALLY.
THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE TO
DEVELOPING QUALITY SAFETY NET
SERVICES IS THE MEDIAN RATE.
THE RATES A REGIONAL CENTER
ALLOWED TO PAY STATEMENT THEY
DON'T SUPPORT THE SPECIALIZED
SERVICES AND SUPPORTS REQUIRED
BY VERY VERY DIFFICULT TO SERVE
CLIENTS. UP MORE MORE
CHALLENGING TO FIND SERVICE
PROVIDERS AND ATTRACT THEM TO
SERVE OUR CLIENTS.
THEY NEED THE KNOWLEDGE AND
EXPERTISE TO OPERATE PROVIDE
SERVICES IN CHRIST IS IN CRISIS
SITUATIONS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
CLIENTS IT COULD BE EXTREMELY
VIOLENT OF SEXUAL PREDATORS THE.
VERY CHALLENGING BEHAVIORS AND
THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO WORK.
WITH THIS CHALLENGE YOU PUT
THOSE CHALLENGING BEHAVIORS FOR
THE RIGHT SO WE CAN PAY.
I THINK THIS IS JUST IN
CONCLUSION I.
I.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE
DEPARTMENT SINCE TWO THOUSAND
AND TWELVE. ON ON THESE ISSUES.
THESE MEANS OF BEEN VERY VERY
HELPFUL AND TAKING CONCEPTS OF
LIKE FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
TASK FORCE. AND MAKING THEM A
REALITY LIKE IT HAS BEEN A REAL
SERVICE OF SPORT MODEL SO.
.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR
ARE WORKING WITH A DIRECTOR
PARCHMENT AND HER STAFF. INTO A
BAG APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO TO TO.
WE DISCUSSED THIS IS A REAL
IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR US. THANK
YOU THANK YOU THANKS VERY MUCH.
COMMENTS FROM THE AGENCY ON THE.
ON THE AVIC PROPOSALS ARE
COMMENTS THAT.
IT.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
TO RESPOND THAT. THE SAFETY NET
YOU KNOW AGAIN I CAN'T SAY IT
ENOUGH HOW CRITICAL THE
DISCUSSIONS HAVE TO CONTINUE.
IT'S THE SFETY NET PLAN WAS
NEVER INTENDED AND IT'S NOT A
ONE TIME EVENT.
IT HAS TO CONTINUE TO HAVE AN
ON GOING LIFE OF A DISCUSSION.
WE WE ARE AND I'M. VERY
AGGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF MANY
THINGS AND NEEDS ARE NOW YOU
KNOW WE'VE WE'VE HEARD SOME
EXAMPLES AND SO WHILE SOME SOME
NEEDS ARE BEING ADDRESSED RIGHT
AWAY THERE SOME THAT ARE WERE
HAVING TO.
DEVELOP THE RESOURCES AS FAR AS
THE HOMES BEING ONLINE BY JULY
OR WAS FR IN THE SAFETY NET IS
THAT WE'RE PROJECTING THE. HOMES
FOR THE TRANSITION FROM MY
AUNTIES.
BY THE END OF THE YEAR FIRST OF
NEXT YEAR SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE
RESOURCES. BUT WILL CONTINUE TO
TO SEE WHAT.
AVENUES WE CAN TAKE IN THE
INTERIM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
PROVIDING THE SUPPORT SO. MY MY
BIGGEST SUPPORT IN COMMENT I CAN
SAY IS THAT WE HAVE WE AS A
DEPARTMENT MYSELF NEED TO REMAIN
ENGAGED IN HEARING THE CONCERNS.
REGARDING THE SAFETY NET
CONTINUE TO EVALUATE WHAT THOSE
NEEDS SOME ACTION ITEMS THAT
WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. IS THAT
WITH THE COMMUNITY RESOURCE
DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
OF THE FUNDS THAT WERE DOING THE
GUIDELINES ONE OF THE AREAS THAT
WE'RE GOING TO ASK THAT REGIONAL
CENTERS PROVIDE IN RESPONSE TO
ANY PROPOSALS COMING IN. IS
IDENTIFYING WHAT THOSE GAPS ARE
AS FAR AS THE CRISIS SERVICES SO
LOOKING OUT WHERE ARE THE
REGIONAL CENTERS WHAT REGIONAL
CENTERS HAVE.
THE CRISIS SERVICE RESPONSE AND
BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHERE SOME
OF THOSE GAPS ARE IN OF THOSE
GAPS.
ARE PRESENT TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY'RE BEING ADDRESSED THROUGH
SOME OF THE REQUEST ALONG WITH
SOME OF THE OTHER PROPOSALS THAT
THEY MAY PUT IN. SO WE D HAVE
OPPORTUNITIES RIGHT NOW THAT
WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WERE
INCORPORATING THE AND PUT ON
SOME OF THE STRATEGIES AND WILL
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ADDITIONAL
STRATEGIES THANK YOU.
SO JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON A COUPLE
THINGS I HEARD.
SOMEBODY COMES AT US OF.
AND IT WAS A REGIONAL CENTERS
SAID AND SEND SOME HAVE CRISIS
RESPONSE UNITS OTHERS IS THE
PLAN THAT ALL OF THEM DO OR JUST
A SUBSET DO BUT BETWEEN ALL OF
THEM THEY COVER. EVERYBODY
EVERYWHERE ARE WHAT WHAT'S
THAT'S THE OVERALL PLAN TERMS
OF.
AVAILABILITIES CRISIS UNITS ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING
IS WE'RE DOING THAT AN
EVALUATION KIND OF AN OVERLAY
BECAUSE ALL TWENTY ONE REGIONAL
CENTERS ON THE COMMUNITIES ARE
VERY DIFFERENT. THE OTHER
RESOURCES THE COUNTY RESOURCES
ARE DIFFERENT THERE'S SOME
STRONG COUNTY RESOURCES AND SOME
THERE MAY NOT BE THAT STRONG AND
OTHERS AND SO ONE SIZE DOES NOT
FIT ALL.
SO REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT
THOSE SERVICES ARE WITHIN EACH
OF THE DIFFERENT CATCHMENT AREAS
THE OTHER IS THAT YOU DO HAVE
SOME REGIONAL CENTERS. THAT ARE
VERY CLOSE IN PROXIMITY SO WE
DON'T WEAR OUR OPPORTUNITIES FOR
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON SO MANY
THIS COMMUNITY CRISIS HOMES WERE
DEVELOPING REGIONAL CENTERS HAVE
SUBMITTED PROPOSALS WHERE
THERE'S AT LEAST TWO OR THREE
REGIONAL CENTERS ART THAT ARE
COMING TOGETHER TO SAY. YOU KNOW
WE MAY NOT IDENTIFY THE NEED FOR
YOUR COMMUNICATIONS HOME THAT'S
GOING TO BE NEEDED FOR JUST MY
REGIONAL CENTER BUT THERE'S
THREE REGIONAL CENTERS HERE.
THAT WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
THAT ACCESS SO.
THERE'S NOT AGAIN ONE SIZE FITS
ALL BUT WE ARE WORKING TO SEE
WHAT THAT OVERLAY IS AND WHERE
THE GAPS IN THOSE SORT OF THE
STARS OF I I THINK THE IDEA IS
TO BE SURE THAT WERE COVERING
THE WHOLE STATE. AND THAT.
IN ON A REALIZED TO EACH
REGIONAL CENTERS ON CATCHMENT OR
IS THE WORKING TOGETHER TO SAY.
I DON'T LIKE DOES POSSIBLY A
WANTED ISLAMIC FASI BUT THEN IF
NO ONE ELSE'S RESPONSIBILITY
THEN YOU HAVE A GAP THERE SO I'M
JUST CHECKING ON THAT AND THEN I
GUESS THE FOLLOW UP TO THAT.
WOULD BE IS THAT THOSE TESTIFIED
THAT TRY TO BE SURE THAT THEY
CAN
HAVE THE APPROPRIATE STAFF. TO
DO THAT WORK SELVES TO COMMENT
ON THAT YES THANK YOU. ONE OF
THE. WHERE WE'VE HAD ON THE
FEEDBACK FROM REGIONAL CENTERS
AND SOME US STAKE HOLDERS AS
WE'VE DEVELOPED? THE DISCUSSIONS
AROUND THE SAFETY NET.
THIS LAST RECENT MEETING THAT
WE HAD IN THE DISCUSSION THAT WE
HAD AND AND NOT ONLY IDENTIFY IN
WHAT. THE CHALLENGES WAS WE ALSO
START TALKING ABOUT WELL WHAT
ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO.
ADDRESS THOSE CHALLENGES THAT'S
BEFORE US WITHIN OUR AUTHORITY
SO AS AN EXAMPLE WE'RE GONNA
HAVE SOME MORE CONVERSATIONS
LATER TODAY ABOUT THE HEALTH AND
SAFETY PROCESS. I'M RECOGNIZING
THAT IT IS.
HAS BEEN AN ONEROUS PROCESS AND
BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS AND
STREAMLINE IT.
IS BEEN A PRIORITY THAT WE ARE
LOOKING AT BUT ONE OF THE AREAS
IT IS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY IS TO
SAY LET'S NOT HAVE THAT BE THE
BARRIER. IN BEING ABLE TO WORK
WITH THE REGIONAL CENTER AND THE
INDIVIDUALS OF HAVING TO ACCESS
THOSE SERVICES. SO PART THE
DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD IS THAT
HOW CAN WE AS A DEPARTMENT WORK
WITH THE REGIONAL CENTER WHEN
THEY'RE DEVELOPING A RESOURCE IF
THEY'RE. THEY'RE FACING THE
MEDIAN RATE THAT THE SERVICES
THAT THEY NEED BECAUSE THE
COMPLEXITIES OF THE INDIVIDUALS
ARE SUCH. THAT THE MEDIAN RATE
CAN'T MEET THAT NEED THAT WE CAN
WORK WITH THEM I'M THROUGH THAT
PROCESS PRIOR TO INDIVIDUALS
THAT ARE MOVING INTO THE HOMES
SO.
WERE NOT DELAYING THEIR PROCESS
WE'RE GONNA WORK AND PRIORITIZE
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE
MAKE THAT WORK IS THAT. UP.
COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.
AND CERTAINLY WE'RE COMMITTED
TO DOING THAT SO WE'RE ALSO
LOOKING AT OTHER AVENUES OF
BEING ABLE TO DEVELOP RESOURCES
TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT SO
AGAIN WE DO HAVE SOME AMD'S AND
ACTUALLY AFTER THAT I DON'T
REALLY HAVE A GOOD PICTURE IN MY
MIND AND IF I NEED. TO VISIT ONE
TO SAY WHAT IS YOU KNOW AND I AM
D.. I MEAN I KNOW I KNOW WHAT IS
ON PAPER HER. AT A AND A MONEY
KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU KNOW THE.
THIS HE SAID THAT IF THERE'S A
WORK IN PROGRESS AND THERE ARE
PLANS TO. THINK WELL AT THE THE
END OF THIS YEAR WILL HAVE I AM
THE STEP DOWN HOMES SO FORTH SO
WE HAVE. BUT I AM ALSO VERY
CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT I. WAS
HEARING FROM A DISPLAY RIGHTS
CALIFORNIA ABOUT THE. SOMEONE
BEING.
ALSO STUCK HIS RIGHT WORD I MEAN
IN IN NINETY FOR THREE YEARS I
DON'T THINK THAT WAS THE
INTENTION. AND SO.
YOU KNOW THOSE WERE TRIED OF
THE FALL YOU KNOW TRY TO TRY TO
FIGURE OUT WE MOVE THIS FORWARD.
I THINK.
YOU KNOW JUST ONE WISH SURE
THAT WILL.
WE HAVE THE RIGHT MILLER MOVING
PUTTING RIGHT PIECES OF PLACE
BUT ALSO THAT. WE SOMETIMES WHAT
HAPPENS IS THAT YOU GET THE BAD
HABITS WHEN YOU LET SOMETHING GO
ON FOR TOO LONG RIGHT SO I MEAN
THAT SOUNDS LIKE YOU KNOW TO
HAVE SOMEONE STUCK THERE FOR
THAT LONG.
IT'S PROBABLY NOT A GOOD THING
WHEN. TITLE WORKING ON A PLACE
TO FINALLY GET THEM SOMEWHERE
ELSE BUT TO HAVE SOMEONE STUCK
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW AND I. KNOW
WHAT THERE'S OTHER CASES SO
FORTH AND. SO AT BEECHER'S FOR
CLARITY IN THIS ROLE ABOUT WHAT
THIS AMD IS WHAT THE PEOPLE
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO AND ALSO
WE'LL BE SURE THAT THE THAT THE
QUALITY AND THE PROTECTIONS ARE
THERE FOR FOR THE FOR THE PEOPLE
WHO WHO ARE SERVING SERVED. BY
THEM AT THE METAL LIKE THE NAME
EITHER WHEN I HAVE TO SPELL IT
HELPS. IS GONNA CALL AND INDEED
BECAUSE I WANTED TO STAY LIKE
THAT.
FOR A HOUSE SELLS BETTER SO IT.
SO I ATE AND ATE THE CELL AND
THEY NEED A DIGITAL THOUGHTS I
KNOW YOU SAID YOU'RE WORKING ON
TRYING TO COME UP WITH THE PATH.
WE SHARE THE CONCERN YOU KNOW
AND.
ARE ACTIVELY YOU KNOW HAVING
THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE
REGIONAL CENTERS IN THE REGIONAL
CENTERS SHARE THE CONCERN AS
WELL YOU KNOW SO. RIGHT NOW
WE'VE BEEN. I CAN'T RECALL THE
YEAR I CAN CERTAINLY GO BACK AND
TAKE A LOOK BUT WE WERE
PRIORITIZING THE COMMUNITY
PLACEMENT PLAN. FUNDS AND SO I
THINK IT WAS ABOUT TWO YEARS
AGO.
AGAIN I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND
TAKE A LOOK. AT THE REGIONAL
CENTERS HAD A BOMB TO INCLUDE IN
THEIR PLANS.
EVERY AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE
PLAN FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL WHO
WERE RECITING AN EYE MD.
AND START THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THOSE RESOURCES.
AND YOU KNOW I BORE HERE IN
SOME SITUATIONS WHERE THE
RESOURCES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED
MAY NOT HAVE BEEN USED FOR THOSE
PURPOSES AND WILL CONTINUE TO
FOLLOW UP ON THAT. BUT TRACKING
THE DEVELOPMENT IN THROUGH THE
CALLS THAT DR CHRISTIAN DOCTOR
BACKSTROM.
ARE HAVING AND ALSO THE
ADDITIONAL STAFF THAT WE HAVE AT
THE DEPARTMENT YEAH IT'S THAT'S
ONE PIECE OF IT IS HAVING THE
RESOURCE BUT ALSO THEN. TAKING A
LOOK AT HOW WE CAN START
ADDRESSING THE TRANSITION
PLANNING.
WE ARE ARE AGAIN VERY FOCUSED
ON THAT AND IT'S NOT JUST A
MATTER OF I'M JUST PLANNING IT
IS A PRIORITY. I WISH I COULD
ALSO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
TOMORROW BUT I CAN'T.
SO WE BUT I DO HAVE RECOMMENDED
TODAY I.
BUT YET BUT MY COMMITMENT IS
ABSOLUTELY TO MAKE THIS A
CONTINUED PRIORITY FOR THE
INDIVIDUALS THAT WE NEED TO
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT TO BRING
THEM TO THE COMMUNITY IN A
DIFFERENT SETTING.
NEVER OKAY ENCLOSED WELL THANKS
VERY MUCH. THANK A AND I THINK
TO AGAINST BE STICKING AROUND
FOR ISSUE NUMBER TEN SO. OUR
RELEASE THAT THAT WE HAVE.
BUT. LINE OF THE SWITCHING OF
PEOPLE IN THE ORGANIZATION
ITSELF WRITES IT WAS THANKS VERY
MUCH.
ACTUALLY YOU KNOW AND.
WE SHOULD TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT
WILL NOT TAKE PART COMES ON THE
SIGN BEFORE ANYONE GOES LET'S GO
AHEAD TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS. ON
THIS ITEM ITEM NUMBER NINE.
SO YES WELCOME.
THANK YOU I WANT TO THANK THIS
COMMITTEE FOR YOUR PUBLIC
SERVICE.
MY NAME IS DOCTOR R. V. LATE AND
I HAVE A SON WHO'S GOING TO BE
FIFTY YEARS OLD. NEXT WEEK AND
HE'S NOW OLDER THAN HIS MOTHER.
OKAY.
WHAT CAN I SAY?
I AM. PRACTICED DENTISTRY FOR
OVER FIFTY YEARS AND RETIRED.
.
PAST NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF THE
AUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA
NINETEEN SEVENTY SIX. AND I WAS
HONORED BY THE CALIFORNIA SENATE
CONNIE AND I AS LIFETIME
ACHIEVEMENT WHICH MEANT A LOT TO
US.
HOW CAN I SAY I'M A MEMBER OF
DB YOU AND PROUD OF IT AND?
PERSON CENTERED AT SEA WERE
SMARTIES HE'S STILL HERE OR DID
HE CUT OUT. OKAY HE HAS THOUGHT
IT CUT OUT. OKAY. BUT YOU KNOW
AS A FATHER I SAY THIS TO YOU
AND I'M SCARED I'M GONNA BE
EIGHTY ONE AND MAY.
THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM BECAUSE
THE WORK FORCE.
I HAVE A WORK FORCE YOU DON'T
GET IN THE DOOR.
THAT'S IT.
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR SAYS
THIRTY PERCENT TO FIFTY PERCENT
SHORTAGE OF. HOME OF SUPPORT
WORKERS IN THE COMMUNITY BY THE
YEAR TWO THOUSAND THIRTY.
PAYING PEOPLE TWELVE THIRTEEN
FOURTEEN DOLLARS AN HOUR WHAT DO
YOU EXPECT.
I.
LAST JUNE I WENT TOOK THE IHS AS
COURSE AT AGE EIGHTY.
I WAS A TRIP.
I WALK IN THERE AND THE GUY ASKS
ME A QUESTION. OF WHAT ARE YOU
DOING HERE I SAID I'M LOOKING
FOR HELP I WENT UP TO QUITE A
FEW PEOPLE THERE EVERY ONE OF
THEM WAS A FAMILY MEMBER.
WE ALL HAVE SKIN IN THIS GAME.
WHEN WE COME INTO THIS WORLD. WE
NEED SUPPORT AND WHEN WE LEAVE
THIS WORLD WILL ONLY SUPPORT.
THIS COMMITTEE HERE.
MATTERS.
YOU CAN DO SOMETHING.
AND I HONOR YOU FOR THAT.
LABOR IS THE ELEPHANT IN THE
ROOM. WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM A
RESPECTABLE WAGE OTHERWISE YOU
LOSE SOME RIGHT AND LEFT.
I DO KNOW ONE OTHER THING THAT
IF WE DON'T GIVE INCENTIVES FOR
DOING THE RIGHT THING. THE RIGHT
THING WON'T BE DONE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND.
WE CAN DO THIS IF WE ALL WORK
TOGETHER. THANK YOU THANK.
THANK YOU I'LL COME. HI NANCY
CHANCE CHOICES PERSON SERVICES
AND.
I I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH PRETTY
MUCH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID
HERE WITH REGARD TO THE SAFETY
NET AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS AND.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A
SHORT.
.
EXAMPLE OF THE CRISIS THAT I
THINK THAT WE ARE IN THE
COMMUNITY HIGH UP I. PROVIDE
SERVICES HERE IN THE OUT TO
CALIFORNIA REGIONAL CENTER AND I
WAS SPEAKING TO A SERVICE
COORDINATOR.
SOME MONTHS AGO WHO HAD SIX
PEOPLE ON HOSPITAL HOLDS
HOSPITALS LIKE CENTER AND MERCY.
BECAUSE SHE THEY HAD NO WHERE
FOR THIS PART THESE PEOPLE TO GO
THAT WERE IN CRISIS NO PLACE I
ACTUALLY SUPPORTED SOMEONE IN A
HIGH SAUCE BILL FOR. NOT ME
PERSONALLY BUT MY STAFF FOR TWO
AND A HALF MONTHS. ETCETERA AS
WELL.
THAT'S NOT WHERE THIS PERSON
BELONGED BOMB AND WE DON'T HAVE
PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO GO. BUT I
LIKE TO CONNIE SAID THAT SAFETY
NET SHOULD BE ABOUT THE PERSON
NOT ABOUT THE PLACE SO I THINK
WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK I WAS.
VERY GRATEFUL TO THE DEPARTMENT
FOR THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE
TO START WORKING TOWARDS A
SAFETY NET I GOT TO BE ON ONE OF
THE WORK GROUPS WHICH. I THOUGHT
WAS WONDERFUL BUT WE HAVE A LONG
WAYS TO GO ON PARTIES RIGHT
ABOUT THE WORK FORCE THERE'S A
LOT GOING ON THAT AFFECTS THE
SAFETY NET SO. THANK YOU.
HE. WOKE UP.
THIS MISTAKE COUNSELING
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES THAT
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR FOR YOUR
QUESTIONS REGARDING. WHAT IS THE
TOTAL AMOUNT OF SAFE IN YOUR
SAFETY NET SERVICES THAT WE HAVE
IS YOU WERE HEARING US DISCUSS?
WHAT DOES THE DEPARTMENT HAVE
BEEN YOU'RE HEARING THE REGIONAL
CENTERS HAVE OTHERS WHAT'S TE
TOTALITY OF THE COMPLETE SAFETY
NET AND WE APPRECIATE THE
DEPARTMENT'S EFFORTS AROUND THIS
TO FIGURE THAT OUT BECAUSE? OF
THE SEATING IS ONLY AS EFFECTIVE
AS THE HOLES IN IT.
AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS WE
HOPE TO FIND THE GAP ANALYSIS TO
COVER THOSE HOLES BEFORE PEOPLE
FALL THROUGH IT AT THE COUNCIL
WE ALSO URGE THE COMMITTEE TO
FUND AND SUPPORT MOBILE CRISIS
UNITS. AM WE BELIEVE BEING
TREATED IN THE COMMUNITY IS THE
BEST WAY TO BE TREATED. DE
ESCALATING SITUATION THE BEST
WAY TO BE TREATED AND WE DON'T
WANT INDIVIDUALS WITH
INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT
DISABILITIES TO GO INTO
SITUATIONS WITH THAT WE SET UP
AS TEMPORARY. BUT FIND OUT TO
OUR LONG TERM LIKE WE HAD WITH
THE I AM DES THANK YOU.
OKAY. THANK YOU MARTY MOTO
CALIFORNIA DISSOLUTION YOU CAN
REACTION NETWORK AND A FAMILY
MEMBER. JUST WANT TO SAY THAT
THE ISSUE OF THE SAFETY NET IS
STRIKES HOME TO ME.
MY OLDER SISTER WHO WAS ONLY TWO
YEARS OLDER THAN ME AND I WAS
ACTUALLY ONE EVER.
SINCE WHO LOOKED AFTER HER ALONG
WITH MY DAD WHEN MY MOM HAD DIED
IN IN MONTEREY.
AND AS SHE GREW OLDER.
IT WAS CONSTANT INSTABILITY AND
CONSTANT CRISIS IN HER LIFE.
MEDICAL. BEHAVIORAL MENTAL
HEALTH CONSTANTLY.
AND THEN WE WOULD PRAY FOR
MOMENTS WHEN WE COULD STABILIZE
HER ORDER SITUATION. IN
MONTEREY.
BUT OFTEN IS CONNIE IS STATED IN
OTHER FAMILIES THERE WAS NO
PLACE FOR HER. AND TELLING HER
FINAL DAYS WHEN SHE DIDN'T HAVE
TO DIE IN THE WAY SHE DID. SHE
WAS SENT TO THE ONLY PLACE THAT
WOULD TAKE HER IN SAN LEANDRO.
MILES AWAY.
EIGHTY OR NINETY MILES AWAY FROM
WHERE MY FATHER COULD REACHES SO
THAT I HAD TO ACTUALLY BE WITH
HER FROM SACRAMENTO.
AND THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS BEST
ON A SAFETY NET. AND THAT'S NOT
HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK BUT
THAT'S WHAT FAMILIES HAVE TO
DEAL WITH. AND THAT WAS. TWO
THOUSAND THREE.
THERE MAY BE AN IT SOUNDS LIKE
THERE'S A DISCONNECT TO WHAT
PEOPLE ARE SAYING ON THE PANEL
BUT THERE REALLY ISN'T THERE'S
BEEN GOOD EFFORTS MADE BY THE
DEPARTMENT I HAVE SERVED ON THE
WORK GROUP ON SAFETY NET. CARLOS
YOU YOU KNOW I KNOW MANY OF THE
REGIONAL CENTERS I KNOW YOU HAVE
DONE GREAT WORK. EVERYONE IS
TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
BUT THIS IS LIKE THE. RESPONSE
TO THE WILD FIRES WHEN THE
DEPARTMENT REALLY SHOWED. A
RESPONSE TO AN EMERGENCY THAT
HAPPEN AT THE MOMENT. NOT OF ITS
CHOOSING. AND ALL WE'RE ASKING
IS THAT. ALL OF US TOGETHER LOOK
AT THIS ISSUE WITH A SENSE OF
URGENCY.
AND THAT WE NEED A SENSE OF
URGENCY IN THE SAME TYPE OF
RESPONSE THESE ARE CRISIS IS NOT
OF OUR CHOOSING AND WHAT KIND
YOU SAID IT IS ABOUT PEOPLE
THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
I ALSO DO MARK A DISABILITY
VOICES UNITED IN THAT.
OF A SON WHO IS IN CRISIS FROM
THE AGE OF. BASICALLY SEVEN
THROUGH THIRTEEN YEARS OLD THIS
CONSTANT STATE OF CRISIS SO I'VE
LIVED THIS.
I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE THING TO
CONNIE'S TESTIMONY ON ONE OF OUR
CONCERNS IS THAT. WHILE WE
APPRECIATE THE DS A SAFETY NET
PLAN WE THINK IT'S IT'S REALLY
COMPREHENSIVE IN. AND GOES IN A
LOT OF GREAT DIRECTIONS WERE
CONCERNED AS TO OVERLY FOCUSED
ON THAT PEOPLE MOVING OUT OF THE
DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS AND NOT
FOCUSED ENOUGH ON THE FAR
GREATER NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
IN A STATE OF CRISIS. LIVING IN
THEIR OWN HOMES AND THAT THAT.
HERE SOME OF THE. PROGRAMS AND
CRISIS INTERVENTIONS ARE BEING
DEVELOPED SPECIFICALLY IN AREAS
AROUND THE DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS
ARE BEING CLOSED AND NOT IN ALL
TWENTY ONE REGIONAL CENTERS.
WE ALSO WERE CONCERNED THAT THE
THAT THE GREAT WORK OF THE
DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES TASK
FORCE WHICH IS. WHICH IS
DEVELOPED THESE PLANS ARE NOT
REPRESENTING PARENTS OF
CHILDREN.
UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY TWO
WHO'S AS I CAN TELL YOU WE FACE
CRISIS EVERY DAY. AND THERE'S
NOT A SINGLE PARENT OR FAMILY
MEMBER ON THAT COMMITTEE OF WHO
THE PARENT OF A CHILD. I'M SO WE
ARE VOICES NEED TO BE HEARD.
FINALLY.
WE BELIEVE THAT THIS WHOLE
PROCESS IS JUST TAKING TOO LONG.
THAT THE DEADLINES THAT ARE
BEING SAID ARE STILL WAY TOO
LONG IN THE FUTURE AND THAT
PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CRISIS TODAY
ARE NOT GONNA BE HELD BY
SOMETHING. THAT IS BEING
DEVELOPED A YEAR FROM NOW AND SO
WE HAVE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.
THANK YOU. WELCOME.
HI MY NAME IS MEYER MYSTIQUE
THAT ADAM AND THE BEST SORT OF
DISABILITY VOICES UNITED AND I
JUST WANT TO ADD ON TO WHAT YOU
JUST SAID. IN REFERENCE TO WHAT
FAMILIES FACE AN EMERGENCY
CRISIS BECAUSE ONE OF THEIR OWN
CHILDREN IS DESTRUCTIVE. AND
INDEED PUTS AT RISK THE OTHER
FAMILY MEMBERS SUCH AS THE
YOUNGER SIBLINGS IN THE
HOUSEHOLD. AND SO I JUST I JUST
WANNA PUT EMPHASIS ON THAT INTO
REFERENCE TO HOW DO WE PUT IN
PLACE A SAFETY NET FOR SCENARIOS
LIKE THAT. BECAUSE IN THAT
WORKING WITH FAMILIES I KNOW OF
SEVERAL SITUATIONS WHERE
FAMILIES FACE. THE SITUATION
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
IN REGARD TO CRISIS.
WE DO NEED BETTER MENTAL HEALTH
THE MOST COUNTRY. ALL YOU SEE
THAT VIOLENCE AND STUFF LIKE
THAT HOWEVER.
IT SHOULD BE DRAWN IN SUCH A WAY
THAT IS HUMANE.
IN A WAY THAT IS THE LEAST
RESTRICTIVE JUST DON'T SEND
SOMEBODY OUT OF TOWN. WITH THAT
CAN BE SERVED LOCALLY.
ANY. SOMETIMES GETTING TO A
CRISIS. SOMETIMES THE BALLS.
TALKING TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO DO
THAT.
RESTRAINT IS A VERY BAD IDEA.
IN GENERAL AND IT AND IT AND IT.
DIDN'T WAYS AND SOME WAYS SOME
OF THESE THINGS CREATE MORE
WALMART. IF IT'S OVER YOU.
AND WE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE AND
THEN ALSO. TIME IN CRISIS IF
THEY DO HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE THEIR
HOME SHOULD NOT BE FOR EVER
MINUS A DATE.
WHAT WE NEED POLICIES COULD DO
IS TO TRY TO WIN THAT HAS TO
HAPPEN WERE TOLD THEM TO THE
COMMUNITY AND IF POSSIBLE?
AN INTEGRATED SETTING ONE OF THE
LITTLE SEGREGATION FOR THE
DISABLED.
AND DIDN'T ONLY AND INSTEAD TO
ALWAYS WERE TOLD AS MANY ADULT
RIGHTS WAS POSSIBLE AFTER A
SITUATION RATHER THAN. THE SET
HIM UP. FOR NO RIGHTS FOR THE
REST OF THEIR LIVES. I'D WANT
YOU TO DO TO DRESS CRISIS IN A
WAY. THAT IS POSITIVE. AND A
WAY.
THAT.
ACTUALLY PUTS A SOLUTION TO THE
ISSUE. AT HAND OF WHY THEY'RE IN
THERE. IN A POSITIVE REINFORCING
WAY RATHER THAN. PUNISHMENT AND
ABUSE THANK YOU THANK YOU. THANK
YOU FOR.
WELCOME.
GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY MY NAME
IS JOSEPHINE ANY EVENTS THAT I
AM I AM A MOTHER OF TWO KIDS TO
ADULTS WITH AUTISM IN PLAINS OF
EASTERN CENTRAL REGIONAL CENTER.
IN THEM WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
CRISIS.
I JUST WANTED TO. ASK YOU IF
YOU CAN DO ALL THESE IN A WAY
THAT THE LATINO COMMUNITY CAN
ACTUALLY KNOW ABOUT IT. BECAUSE
WHEN I THINK ABOUT CRISIS I
THINK ABOUT MY KIDS RUNNING
AROUND AND IN ME RUNNING AFTER
HIM AND THROWING ITS STAFF AND I
DIDN'T KNOW CRISIS THAT WAS
CRISIS BACK BUT. I THOUGHT THAT
WAS MINE RESPONSIBILITY AND I
THINK A LOT OF FAMILIES THINK
LIKE ME.
THEY'RE IN CRISIS BUT THEY WON'T
CALL ANYBODY AND THEY DON'T KNOW
THAT HE'S THERE. SO AM I KNOW
WE'RE ALL WORKING ON THIS BUT
WHEN HE'S DONE WHEN WE
ACTUALLY-HAVE. ALL THE REGIONAL
CENTERS.
AWARENESS WE NEED THAT WE NEED
THAT FOR SURE YOU KNOW THE
COMMUNITY IS NOT ONLY. OWN
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE MORE
ADVANCED HOME I LIVE IN IS LOS
ANGELES I KNOW A LOT OF FAMILIES
FROM SOUTH CENTRAL. IN I CAN
BELIEVE I CAN TELL YOU THAT.
THERE IS A LOT OF MOMS WITH A
BROKEN NOSE SO ARM OR SOMETHING
THAT THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THAT
IS CRISIS THAT IS ACTUALLY
CRISIS. THANK YOU.
HE.
WELCOME. WHATEVER FEATURES
EXPORT.
REAL QUICK I THINK STEPHEN
TOUCHED ON IT'S THE MENTAL
HEALTH CHALLENGES WITH SOMEONE
WHO IS IN COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT
FOR TWO YEARS WAS FINE DECIDED I
DON'T NEED MY MEDICATIONS
ANYMORE WENT INTO A PARANOID.
SPIRAL THAT THERE WAS NO HOPE
FOR THE CRISIS I THINK WE ALSO
LOOKED AT AS CAPACITY WE'VE
TALKED ABOUT HOMES. ARE
CHALLENGES HOMES AND BECOME LONG
TERM HOMES HARD TO GET PEOPLE IN
AND OUT OF THOSE. BUT I THINK
SUPPORTED PEOPLE AS AS CONNIE
SAID RELATED TO THAT PERSON WE
DO HAVE THAT IS SIMILAR TO IN MY
VIEW OF. WE HAVE FIRE HALL
HOUSES ACROSS THE STATE AND IS A
MAJOR DISASTER FIVE OR SIX OR
TEN OR TWELVE PEOPLE ARE IN
CRISIS. YOU GOT A MUTUAL AID I
CALL MY NEIGHBORING REGIONAL
CENTERS AND THEY SEND PEOPLE.
AND THEN IT'S PAID FOR THE
BACKSIDE WE TEND ONLY YOU DON'T
HAVE THAT CAPACITY BECAUSEWE'RE
ONLY BILLING FOR CERTAIN THINGS
WE CAN'T BUILD FOR WE CAN'T HAVE
CAPACITY. CAPACITY SOME WE HAVE
TO PAY FOR.
THANK YOU WELCOME HELLO MY NAME
IS JACKYL FAUCET TALKING ON
BEHALF OF STEP. AND I THINK WHEN
I THINK ABOUT CRISIS AS AN SLS
PROVIDER I THINK THE MENTAL
HEALTH SYSTEM THE MEDICAL
SYSTEM.
AT NIGHT RIGHT NOW IN SACRAMENTO
WHERE IN A CRISIS IN THOSE TWO
CATEGORIES. AND SO WE'RE
SPENDING A LOT OF TIME REACTING
TO. REACTING TO A MEDICAL CRISIS
REACTING TO A MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN
MITIGATED WITH GOOD. HEALTH CARE
ENOUGH BUSINESS TO GET GO THE
OTHER THING IS ON A SAFETY NET
WHEN YOU ASK IS IT ACROSS THE
STATE I GET PHONE CALLS ALL THE
TIME. VERY QUICKLY THE RESULTS
THAT ARE CALLED ME TO GROUP
HOMES ARE SHUTTING DOWN WE NEED
YOU CAN YOU COME AND THERE'S
SEVERAL PROVIDERS IN THIS ROOM
THEY GOT THAT PHONE CALL. THE
FIRST QUESTION IS DO WE HAVE A
WORKFORCE NOW.
HOUSING NOW DO HAVE MEDICAL NOW
SO THESE PEOPLE ARE BEING
DISPLACED RIGHT NOW AND IT'S NOT
THE FIRST GROUP HOME WITHOUT THE
SECOND GROUP HOME I CAN TELL YOU
IN THE LAST TWO YEARS HAS BEEN
LIKE SIX GROUP HOMES THAT ARE
SHUTTING DOWN SO THE SAFETY NET.
I'M I'M FORTUNATE I AM PART OF
WILL BE ONE OF THE CRISIS HOMES.
AND I HAVE A LADY THAT I ADMIRE
THAT A PSYCHIATRIST I BROUGHT
HER IN AND SHE'S THERE FOR THAT
CRISIS HOME BUT SHE'S ALSO THERE
BECAUSE. I DON'T HAVE A GOOD
PSYCHIATRIST. AN IDEAL THAT
THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM. AND I I
JUST THINK WE DON'T RESPECT THE
WORK FORCE SO ONCE WE STABILIZE
SOMEONE AND WE GET THEM ALL
STABLE AND EVERYTHING'S GREAT.
AND THEN YOU HAVE A WORK FORCE
AND THEY LEAVE YOU HAVE TURNOVER
RATE AT YOU IT'S IT'S A IT'S AN
ON GOING. CRAZY CYCLE THEY WERE
LIVING IN AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT
IT HOLISTICALLY THE SAFETY NET
HOLISTICALLY THE DEVELOPMENTAL
CENTERS WERE NEVER THE SAFETY
NET. THE COMMUNITY HAS ALWAYS
BEEN THE SAFETY NET AND IT'S
TIME FOR US TO REALLY LOOK AT IT
LOOK AT IT ALL AROUND AND WHAT
WE'RE WHAT'S GOING ON SO ANYWAY
THANK YOU. THANK YOU THANK YOU.
RIGHT WELL I THINK EVERYONE FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THIS ITEM
OPENED AND.
SO. LET'S BEGIN THINKING WAS
TESTIFYING AND I THINK WE CAN
MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER ISSUE
NUMBER TEN WHICH IS PURCHASE OF
SPACE DISPARITIES FUNDING AND
PLEA FOR GOING TO HAVE.
ADDITIONAL AYERS HAVE BRIAN WHEN
FILLED UP THE DIRECTOR TO ME
SERVICES DIVISION OF DDS SEVENTY
LEVEL MANAGER FISCAL PROGRAM
RESEARCH UNIT AND HIS UP HERE
EARLIER AND THEN.
WATER FOR ADVOCATES WOULD HAVE
EVELYN OF THE HOUSE AND HAVE HER
ANSWER QUICKLY. FOR DISPLAY
RIGHTS CALIFORNIA AND FERNANDO
GOMES BOARD MEMBER OF DISPLAY
VOICES UNITED SO WERE.
THE FOLKS CAN COME UP
.
RIGHT.
YEAH.
ALL RIGHT.
OKAY SO WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE
FIRST SOCIAL DEPARTMENT THEM
STEELY SERVICES AND THEN.
WILL HAVE LA OWN FINANCE AND
THEN WE'LL HAVE THE ADVOCATES
PROVA.
SO. IN AN AMERICAN THANK YOU
MISTER CHAIR NANCY PARCHMAN A
DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES I AM I AM
JUST GOING TO QUICKLY PROVIDE
YOU ON SOME INFORMATION
REGARDING WHEN THE QUESTIONS
THAT YOU HAVE HERE AS FAR AS THE
CONNECTION AND INPUT FROM STAKE
HOLDERS. BEEN A MYSTERY WINFIELD
IS. GOING TO PROVIDE YOU AN
UPDATE ON THE DISPARITIES
FUNDING AND DOCTOR LEVEL CAN
PROVIDE YOU SOME INFORMATION
REGARDING THE MEASURES.
IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
CERTAINLY IN THE LAST TWO YEARS
BUT EVEN A LITTLE BIT PRIOR TO
THAT.
WE'VE REALLY.
.
ENHANCED OF OUR COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT IN THE DISCUSSIONS
REGARDING THE.
ISSUES OF INEQUITY OF SPENDING
DISPARITIES ARE NOT ONLY LOOKING
AT THE PURCHAE OF SERVICE DATA
ON LOOKING AT THE.
THE COST AND THE ASSOCIATED
COSTS YOU KNOW DRILLING INTO.
THE DATA BUT ALSO TAKING A LOOK
AT ACCESS TO SERVICES HOW MANY
INDIVIDUALS DO WE HAVE BEEN.
DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS AS A
REPRESENTATION TO THE COMMUNITY
SO AGAIN VERY BROAD BUT IT'S
BEEN VERY IMPORTANT THOUGH
THROUGH THIS PROCESS THAT WE
CONTINUE TO HAVE AN ONGOING.
DIALOGUE AND DISCUSSION WITH THE
COMMUNITY SO.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN THE
REGIONAL CENTERS HAD THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF POSTING THE
PURCHASE OF SERVICE DATA AND
THEN GOING AND MEETING WITH
THEIR COMMUNITY AND GETTING
STAKEHOLDER INPUT PROVIDING THE
PLANS TO THE DEPARTMENT. YEAH
THAT WAS CERTAINLY AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL HAVING THE DISCUSSIONS
THAT NEED TO BE HAD AT.
WITH EACH REGIONAL CENTER AND
THE INFORMATION THAT THEY WERE
SHARING BUT EVEN BROADER THAN
THAT.
WE WERE ABLE TO AS A DEPARTMENT
START MEETING WITH STAKEHOLDERS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS WE'VE
MET.
IN DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIC AREAS.
AND WITH PURPOSE FOR DOING THE
MEETINGS IN DIFFERENT AREAS EACH
TIME WE GO OUT.
SO A TWO YEARS AGO WE ARE ON OUR
MEETINGS WERE VERY INFORMATIVE
TO WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO PRESENT
SOME OF NOT ONLY THE DATA BUT TO
REALLY LISTEN TO THE ISSUES THAT
THE FAMILIES AND THE CONSUMERS
ARE SHARING AS FAR AS THE
BARRIERS TO. ACCESSING SERVICES.
THAN BEING ABLE TO USE ALL OF
THAT STAKEHOLDER INPUT
ENGAGEMENT TO HELP INFORM US AS
WE WERE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE
FUNDS.
AND THE PROJECTS WHICH MR ONE
FULL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT.
BUT EVEN MORE THAN THAT.
I WANTED TO HAVE SOME ONGOING
DISCUSSIONS.
ON IT. AT THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL
THAT WAS NOT JUST ON THROUGHOUT
THE YEAR ONE TIME STAKEHOLDER
MEETINGS WITH WITH.
FAMILIES BUT TO ALSO HAVE AN
ADVISORY GROUP I WAS ABLE TO
PULL TOGETHER.
SOME PROFESSIONALS THAT WERE
ABLE TO BE KIND OF THE HONEST
VOICE. IN MY HEAD TO SAY THIS IS
WHAT THEY'RE SEEN AS FAR AS.
STRATEGIES AND THINGS THAT ARE
WORKING THAT ARE NOT WORKING.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING I'M
CONTINUE TO BE COMMITTED TO AN
ON GOING BASIS BUT ALSO THEN
JUST EVEN SOME.
COFFEE WITH SOME OF THE
COMMUNITY YOU KNOW GOING OUT AND
TALKING WITH FAMILIESAND AND
HEARING ON A SMALLER SCALE YOU
KNOW WHATEVER THEIR EXPERIENCES.
THIS IS A COMMITMENT OF THE
DEPARTMENT WE CONTINUE TO BE.
FOCUSED ON IT.
IT'S IT'S AGAIN NOT SOMETHING
THAT IS JUST A ONE TIME. EVENT
THAT WERE WORKING ON THIS HAS TO
BE AN ON GOING AND CONTINUED
COMMITMENT ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
SO WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO HAND IT
OFF TO.
MR WHEN PHIL TO PROVIDE AN
UPDATE ON THE.
PROPOSALS.
ALRIGHT.
GOOD AFTERNOON SO IN CONSIDERING
THE PROPOSALS THAT WERE PUT
FORTH IN SEVENTEEN EIGHTEEN WE
LOOKED AT THE PROPOSALS THAT WE
APPROVED IN SIXTEEN SEVENTEEN
FOR REGIONAL CENTERS. AND IN THE
CURRENT YEAR WE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND THE
FUNDING TO COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS. WE ALSO TOOK INTO
CONSIDERATION AS DOCTOR
MARCHMENT POINTED OUT THE WHAT
THE PURCHASE OF SERVICE DATA IS
TELLING US AS WELL AS THE
STAKEHOLDERS WHEN WE'VE MET WITH
THEM THAT THE MESSAGE IS THAT
THEY PROVIDED TO THE DEPARTMENT.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
PROPOSALS WE APPROVE THIS YEAR
WOULD COMPLEMENT THOSE PROPOSALS
THAT WERE APPROVED IN THE PRIOR
YEAR AND WOULD ALSO FEEL IN SOME
OF THE GAPS WHERE THEIR PRIOR
PROPOSALS.
MAYBE WHERE WERE LACKING. WE
RECEIVED A HUNDRED AND FORTY
PROPOSALS THAT FOR TWENTY FIVE
MILLION DOLLARS. AND WE WERE
ABLE TO APPROVE SIXTY SIX OF
THOSE PROPOSALS THIRTY FIVE OF
THOSE WERE FOR COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS AND THE REMAINDER
WERE FOR REGIONAL CENTER
PROPOSALS. MANY OF THE REGIONAL
CENTER PROPOSALS FOR FOR
CONTINUATION FUNDING OF PROJECTS
THAT THEY HAD ALREADY BEGUN.
THE BROADLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
PROPOSALS THAT WE APPROVED THEY
FALL INTO THREE CATEGORIES SO.
THE FIRST CATEGORY AT BEAN
INFORMATIONAL.
PROVIDING INFORMATION TO THE
COMMUNITY AND EDUCATION.
SECONDLY HOW RICH TO THE
COMMUNITY AND THIRDLY FROM A
TAURUS OR NAVIGATOR PROJECTS.
SOME OF THE PROPOSALS HAD JUST
ONE OF THOSE COMPONENTS BUT MOST
OF THE PROPOSALS COMBINE TWO OR
THREE OF THOSE THOSE COMPONENTS.
AS PART OF THEIR PROJECT.
DRILLING DOWN A LITTLE MORE
DEEPLY INTO THE TYPES OF
ACTIVITIES THAT THE PROPOSALS
WILL AND AND DO. THAT PROVIDING
WRITTEN MATERIALS IN VARIOUS
LANGUAGES TO THE COMMUNITY.
HIRING AN AVERAGE SPECIALISTS TO
ASSIST WITH ENGAGING FAMILIES.
CONDUCTING TRAINING SECONDLY
LOCATIONS. DEVELOPING
INFORMATIONAL VIDEOS AND
MODULES.
COLLABORATING WITH PARENT GROUPS
CONVENING TOWN HALL MEETINGS.
FACILITATING PARENT OR PEER
SUPPORT GROUPS AND AS I
MENTIONED BEFORE THAT FROM A
TAURUS OR THE NAVIGATOR
PROJECTS.
I'M ALSO GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW
THE DEPARTMENT IS TRACKING THE
PROGRESS FOR THE DIFFERENT
PROPOSALS SO WITH THE SIXTEEN
SEVENTEEN PROPOSALS REGIONAL
CENTERS HAD BEEN HER PROJECTS
THEY'VE BEEN REQUIRED TO REPORT
TO THE DEPARTMENT. IN MAY OF
LAST YEAR ON THEIR
IMPLEMENTATION AND THEN AGAIN OF
MARCH OF THIS YEAR SO WE JUST
RECEIVED. THOSE PROGRESS REPORTS
AND ARE CONSOLIDATING THAT DATA
TO TO SUMMARIZE IT. OF REGIONAL
CENTERS THAT ONE A CONTINUATION
FUNDING INTO SEVENTEEN EIGHTEEN
ALSO HAD TO PROVIDE US WITH AN
UPDATE IN NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND
SEVENTEEN.
IN ADDITION MOVING FORWARD ALL
OF THE THE COMMITTEE BASED
ORGANIZATIONS AND THE REGIONAL
CENTERS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE
QUARTERLY REPORTS TO THE
DEPARTMENT. AND THE FIRST
QUARTERLY REPORTS ARE DUE.
BOTH FOR THE SEVENTEEN EIGHTEEN
PROJECT AND THE SIXTEEN
SEVENTEEN. ON JET JULY THIRTY
FIRST OF THIS YEAR AND THEN
QUARTERLY THEREAFTER.
SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE'RE
LOOKING AT THAT THAT WILL HELP
US TO SEE IF THE PROJECTS ARE
ACTUALLY. MEET MAKING PROGRESS
IS MILESTONES THAT THE CBO'S OR
THE REGIONAL CENTERS HAVE
INCLUDED IN THEIR PROJECTS THOSE
MILESTONES BEING MET. OMIT THAT
MATERIALS HAD BEEN TRANSLATED
AND DISTRIBUTED TO THE COMMUNITY
THAT A COMMITTEE EVENTS HAVE
BEEN HELD. BY THE NUMBERS OF
KING CONSUMERS AND FAMILIES THAT
HAVE BEEN IN ATTENDANCE AT THE
VARIOUS FUNCTIONS THAT ARE BEING
HELD IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN
THE NUMBERS OF FAMILIES INVOLVED
AND.
THE PROMONTORIES OR THE
NAVIGATOR PROJECTS.
.
IN ADDITION EACH OF THEIR
PROPOSALS ARE PROJECTS HAS
OUTCOMES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED
WITH THEM SO IN WHEN WE PUT OUT
OUR.
GUIDELINES WE HAVE REQUIRED
THAT THE. THE REGIONAL CENTEROR
THE CBO INCLUDE IN THEIR PROJECT
HOW THEY WILL MEASURE PROGRESS
AND WHAT THOSE OUTCOMES ARE AND
SO MOST OF THOSE HAVE OUTCOMES.
BUT THERE ARE SOME WHERE WE'RE
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE
ORGANIZATION TO ENSURE THAT THAT
THOSE ARE VERY OBVIOUS AND THAT
WE CAN LOOK TO SEE IF THERE'S
PROGRESS OVER TIME. IN ADDITION
WE CAN LOOK AT THE DATA THAT WE
HAVE THE PURCHASE OF SERVICEDATA
TO SEE WHERE THERE ARE
CHANGES OVER TIME. AND AS STRICT
BARGING IN MENTIONED THIS
STAKEHOLDER INPUT WHEN WE WENT
OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND TWENTY
SEVENTEEN THE STAKEHOLDER INPUT
THAT WE RECEIVED WAS FAR MORE
POSITIVE. THAN THE STAKEHOLDER
INPUT THAT WE RECEIVED IN TWO
THOUSAND AND SIXTEEN SO THAT WAS
THAT WAS THE ENCOURAGING FOR US
IN TERMS OF THE EFFORTS THAT
WE'RE CURRENTLY UNDERGOING. WITH
THE REGIONAL CENTERS AND CAN YOU
BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
AND DOCTOR LOVELL WILL TALK
ABOUT THE OUTCOMES OF THE
DEPARTMENT IS.
PROPOSING AND HOW WILL USES OUT
COMES TO. ADDITIONALLY MEASURE
SUCCESS.
THANK YOU VICKI LEVEL OF DDS
RESEARCH.
WANTED TO RESPOND TO TWO OF THE
QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA.
AND I'LL GET TO WHAT BRIAN WAS
WAS JUST REFERRING TO AS WELL A
FIRST ONE IS HOW WE WILL KNOW IF
WE HAVE THE RIGHT MEASUREMENTS
TO.
.
TO IDENTIFY CHANGE AND THE
SECOND ONE IS WHEN WE MIGHT SEE
EACH. CHANGE MANIFESTED IN THE
OVERALL PURCHASE OF SERVICE
DATA.
IN TERMS OF KNOWING IF WE HAVE
THE RIGHT MEASUREMENTS I THINK
WE'RE GOING TO RELY ON TWO
THINGS ONE IS THE PROCESS THAT
WE USE ON OUR TO IDENTIFY THE
MEASURES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE
TRACKING. AND ON THE SECOND ONE
IS OUR ONGOING ENGAGEMENT WITH
STAKEHOLDERS WHICH WILL ALLOW US
TO GET FEEDBACK ON. HOW LONG
WE'RE LOOKING AT DATA AS IT
COMES AND THEIR SENSE OF WHETHER
THE DATA ARE?
?
REFLECTING THAT THEY'RE THERE
EXPERIENCE TO THE COMMITTEE
CONSUMERS EXPERIENCES IN THE
COMMUNITY OR NOT.
ARE THEY NOW THINKING THAT
THERE MIGHT BE OTHER IT ISSUE
AREAS WE MIGHT WANT TO FOCUS ON
EITHER IN ADDITION TO OR INSTEAD
OF SOME OF THE MEASURES THAT
WE'VE ALREADY. IDENTIFIED AND
WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT ON
GOING ENGAGEMENT AND THAT THE
DIRECTOR HAS NOTED THAT WE WILL.
WE'LL BE FLEXIBLE AND REVISING
THE MEASURES AS NEEDED IN ORDER
TO BE SURE THAT THEY ARE
RELEVANT.
AND THAT IT IS A AN APPROPRIATE
WAY OF OF TRACKING CHANGES IN
THE COMMUNITY.
IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS FOR
IDENTIFYING THE MEASURES. WHEN
WE WERE ASKED LAST SPRING BY THE
HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE TO
IDENTIFY MEASURES TO TRACK
PROGRESS AND ALSO TO IDENTIFY
SHORT AND LONG TERM. PROGRESS.
WE ARE.
CENTRALIZE THAT PROJECT AS OF
RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER OF
MEASURES NOT HUNDREDS OF
MEASURES. THAT WOULD. BE SORT OF
BELLWETHERS FOR THE SYSTEM AS A
AS A WHOLE SO THE ONES THAT WERE
MEASURES. ARM OR SITUATIONS THAT
WERE.
CRITICAL TO CONSUMERS AND
FAMILIES AS WE HAD HEARD IN OUR
CONVERSATIONS WITH CONSUMERS AND
FAMILIES.
ONES THAT REFLECT ON CONSUMERS
EXPERIENCES OVER THE COURSE OF
THEIR LIVES SO NOT LOOKING AT
JUST ONE TIME PERIOD AND A
CONSUMER'S LIFE BUT THE THE
WHOLE GAMUT OF. OF
ENGAGEMENTWITH REGIONAL CENTERS
FROM THE
THE FOR THE FIRST OUT REACH TO
RECEIVE REGIONAL CENTER SERVICES
THROUGH ADULTHOOD.
WE DEVELOPED AN INTERACTIVE
METHODOLOGY OF LOOKING AT OUR
DATA AND TAKING OUR FINDINGS TO
THE COMMUNITY. FOR THEIR HELP
INTERPRETING AND UNDERSTANDING
WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE DATA
AND THEIR SUGGESTIONS ABOUT
OTHER ISSUES THAT WE SHOULD LOOK
AT. SO WE STARTED BY HAVING UP
BY DOING A HIGH LEVEL ANALYSIS
OF A PURCHASE OF SERVICE DATA
THAT THE KIND OF.
OF ANALYSIS THAT WE SEE IN THE
ANNUAL POSTING BY REGIONAL
CENTERS OF OF THEIR OF THEIR
DATA. TO LOOK AT SOME KIND OF
BROAD AREAS WHERE WE WERE SAYING
LARGE DISPARITIES.
AND WE LOOKED AT RESOURCES OF
OTHER STUDIES AND RESEARCH THAT
HAD BEEN DONE THAT POINTED TO
AREAS OF.
OF CONCERN WITH WHAT LOOKED WITH
DISPARITIES.
WE OBTAINED INFORMATION FROM
CONSUMERS AND FAMILIES AND
STAKEHOLDERS AND A NUMBER OF
VENUES SOME OF THE ONES THAT THE
DIRECTOR MENTIONEDTHAT WE HAVE
IN CONVERSATIONS WITH.
COMMUNITIES OF FEEDBACK THE
REGIONAL CENTERS HAD RECEIVED IN
THEIR DISPARITY MEETINGS.
THE DIRECTORS.
DISPLAYS ADVISORY COMMITTEE THE
PUBLIC STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS THAT
WE'VE HAD ON DISPARITIES.
ART WE REACHED OUT TO ARCA AND
TALK WITH THEM.
TESTIMONIAL AT HEARINGS LIKE
THIS ONE WHERE WE HEAR WHAT.
WHAT FAMILY MEMBERS AND
COMMUNITIES MEMBERS ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT DEVELOPED A
DRAFT? SET OF DISPARITY MEASURES
AND THEN WE'VE TAKEN THOSE
MEASURES BACK.
SEVERAL TIMES TO THAT SAME SET
OF.
OF STAKEHOLDERS TO GET THEIR
FEEDBACK AND TO HELP TO REFINE
OUR MEASURES AND IT'S BEEN.
INCREDIBLY HELPFUL FOR US
BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DATA
WE KNOW WHAT THE DATA SAY THAT
WE DON'T KNOW WHY IT SAYING THAT
AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE IN
SOME CASES WERE SURPRISED BY THE
DATA THAT WE FIND.
IT DOESN'T MATCH WHAT WE'RE
HEARING FROM CONSUMERS AND
FAMILIES WHICH WHICH MEANS WHERE
WE NEED TO MODIFY THE WAY WE'RE
LOOKING AT THE DATA THAT THE
QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE ASKING. SO
THAT WE ARE WE CAN ACTUALLY
CAPTURE THE ISSUES THAT ARE
IMPORTANT TO THAT ON FAMILIES
AND CONSUMERS.
WE JUST WENT INTO THE PROJECT
WITH A COUPLE OF SORT OF
PRINCIPLES ON ONE AS I MENTIONED
WE WANTED TO HAVE A RELATIVELY
SMALL AND A MANAGEABLE NUMBER
OF.
MEASURES SO THAT WHEN WE TRACK
CHANGE OVER TIME AND COMPARE ME.
DATA BETWEEN REGIONAL CENTERS
IT'S A DOABLE PROJECT AND NOT
YOU KNOW AN OVERWHELMING NOT ON
WHAT WE HAVE SO MANY. WE'RE
LOOKING AT SO MANY CHANGES THAT
WE CAN'T TELL WHICH ONES ARE THE
IMPORTANT ONES.
WE WANTED THE MEASURES TO BE
VERY TRANSPARENT AND EASY TO
UNDERSTAND SO THAT IT WAS IT'S
CLEAR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO
MEASURE AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING
AT.
WE DIDN'T WANT EIGHT TO USE
STATISTICAL METHODS THAT MIGHT
BE DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN.
AND THAT MIGHT MIGHT MAKE IT.
.
BUT WE JUST WE JUST MIGHT BE
TRANSPARENT SO PEOPLE KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE MEASURING AND
SORT OF AND WHAT THE RESULTS
THAT WE'RE GETTING ME IN.
AND WE WANTED TO DEAL WITH.
SOME OF THE ISSUES I MENTIONED
BEFORE THAT KIND OF THE
COMPLICATED DATA AND ALSO IS THE
FACT THAT FOR INSTANCE OUR
OUTLOOK ON LATINO CONSUMERS IN
GENERAL ARE MUCH YOUNGER THAN
WHITE CONSUMERS. THAT MEANS A
LARGER SHARE OF THE KIND OF THE
LATINO CONSUMER POPULATION IS IN
THAT THREE TO TWENTY ONE. AGE
GROUP WHERE THEY'RE GETTING A
LOT OF THEIR SERVICES FROM
GENERIC RESOURCES NOT THROUGH
THE REGIONAL CENTERS. THAT
AFFECTS WITH THEIR OVERALL POS
IS. AND THEN ALSO WHERE PEOPLE
WERE ON CONSUMERS ARE LIVING HAS
A BIG IMPACT ON THE COST OF OF
OF OF WHAT'S BEEN OF THE VALUE
OF THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF THE POS
SERVICES THAT THEIR. PROBLEM
THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING.
SO ARE WE ARE RELYING ON THAT
PROCESS AS A DEVELOPING OUR
INITIAL MEASURES AS A.
REFLECTING IN SOME. FEEDBACK
FROM THE COMMUNITY AND OUR OTHER
WHAT WE'RE FINDING IN OUR DATA
AND NUMBER WE WILL RELY ON GOING
FORWARD CONTINUE CONVERSATIONS
WITH THE COMMUNITY AND FEEDBACK.
TO CHECK THAT THE DATA THAT
WE'RE RECEIVING MATCHES THEIR
EXPERIENCES AND MAKE
ADJUSTMENTS.
AS AS NEEDED.
THE SECOND QUESTION IS WHEN WE
MIGHT BEGIN TO SEE CHANGE IN THE
OVERALL DISPARITIES DATA. SO THE
AGGREGATE LEVEL. DATA ON
PURCHASE OF SERVICES IF WE CARE
COMPARE AVERAGE POS. I'M
SPENDING FOR.
WHITE CONSUMERS COMPARED TO
LATINO CONSUMERS COMPARED
AFRICAN AMERICAN CONSUMERS EVERY
AT THE STATE LEVEL.
ALL CONSUMERS TOGETHER.
.
THAT WE'RE WE'RE CREATING.
SHORT TERM IT IMPROVEMENT
TARGETS FOR.
EIGHTEEN EIGHTEEN NINETEEN AND
THEN LONGER TERM INTERCONVERT
MEANT TARGETS FOR TWENTY ONE
TWENTY TWO.
AT THAT HIGH LEVEL IT'S GOING
TO BE.
BUT IT WILL IT WILL TAKE SOME
TIME I BELIEVE TO SEE COMMENT.
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN AT. AN
ARM RELATIVE SPENDING.
.
BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF
CONSUMERS THAT WE HAVE AND THE.
THE.
EFFORTS THAT ARE BEING MADE BY
REGIONAL CENTERS AND THROUGH THE
DISPARITY FUNDS PROGRAM. I THINK
WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE A
CHANGE MUCH MORE IMMEDIATELY IS
WITH THE TRACKING THE DISPARITY
PROJECTS THAT BRIAN WAS TALKING
ABOUT. IN USING THE OUTCOME
MEASURES FROM THOSE PROJECTS OR
SOME OF THOSE OUTCOME MEASURES
WILL FOCUS ON CHANGES AND
PURCHASE OF SERVICE.
SPACE SPENDING FOR PARTICIPANTS
IN AN PROGRAMS WHERE THE
REGIONAL CENTER IS. THE ONE
THAT'S FROM RUNNING THE PROGRAMS
ARE REGIONAL CENTERS BECAUSE
THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE
CONFIDENTIAL RECENT REGIONALS.
INDIVIDUAL LEVEL DATA.
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE
DATA BEFORE AND AFTER AN
INTERVENTION FOR INDIVIDUAL
CONSUMERS AND WE DO EXPECT TO
SEE SOME. OF THAT KIND OF
FINDING FROM THE. FROM THE
DISPARITY PROJECTS.
A LOT OF THE PROJECTS WILL LOOK
AT OUTCOMES BY.
THE SORTS OF MEASURES THAT
BRIAN WAS REFERRING TO THEM THE
MILESTONES WHERE WE LOOK AT A IF
A PROJECT INVOLVED WAS GOING TO
INVOLVE FIVE. MINUTE OUT REACH
EVENTS DID THOSE FIVE EVENTS
OCCUR HOW MANY PEOPLE WENT TO
THE ADVANCE.
A LOT OF PROJECTS WILL BE
LOOKING AT.
DOLLARS IT'S A GAME DURING
TRAININGS BY MEASURING AT A PRE
AND POST TEST SO WHEN PEOPLE GO
TO A TRAINING EVENT. HELD.
THEY'LL TAKE A SURVEY JUST SEE
HOW WHAT HOW MUCH THEY
UNDERSTAND ABOUT REGIONAL CENTER
SERVICES AND WHEN THEY FINISH
THE TRAINING THEY'LL DO ANOTHER.
SURVEY AND AND LOOK AT THE
DIFFERENCE THERE KNOWLEDGE
GAINED OF A CUT TO THE LITTLE
BIT TO THE CHASE HERE SO.
ARE YOU.
ARE YOU PROVIDING I MEAN THAT WE
HAVE THESE PROJECTS YOU TALKED
ABOUT. THAT IS.
AND THEY'RE DOING IT RIGHT
EVALUATIONS A SOLID BACKGROUND
VALUATION THAT BUT SOME OF THEM
GO LIKE YEAH SO.
I THINK IT WAS SOMEWHAT
PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TO THEM SO THEY HAVE SUCH A GOOD
SOLID EVALUATION.
FOR BECAUSE IN THE END I MEAN
IT'S GREAT WE'RE DOING THESE
THINGS BUT IF IT DOESN'T CHANGE
MOVE THE NEEDLE AS WE ASK THE
QUESTION ABOUT WHEN TO EXPECT A
CHANGE IF WE'RE NOT MOVING THAT
NEEDLE ON.
AND REDUCING DISPARITIES IT'S
GREAT YOU'RE DOING STUFF THAT WE
ALL FEEL GOOD YOU'RE DOING
SOMETHING BUT THE OTHERS
CHANGING THAT'S A PROBLEM. SO
ARE WE GIVING THEM THE SYSTEM SO
THEY CAN GET THE INFORMATION WE
HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE
ACTUALLY MOVING THE NEEDLE THAT
THE PROJECTS ARE ACTUALLY
CHANGING SOMETHING AND NOT
SIMPLY WHAT WE DID SOMETHING.
WRONG NIGHT I MEAN IT'S GREAT WE
DID SOMETHING BUT. IT DOESN'T
CHANGE THE OUTCOME.
I MEAN.
RIGHT RIGHT INTO WE WANNA BE
SURE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE
MEASURING.
THE FOR THE SEVENTEEN EIGHTEEN
PROPOSALS THE.
THE MAIL INCLUDED AS BRIAN
MENTIONED AT A LIST OF THE
OUTCOME MEASURES THAT WOULD BE
USED TO SEE IF THE PROJECT WAS
SUCCESSFUL WAS HAVING AN IMPACT.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS REVIEWED ALL
THE BREACH PROPOSAL WHAT THOSE
MEASURES WORK AND ART WE'RE
PROVIDING FEEDBACK TO THE
WARRANTIES.
WHETHER WE THOUGHT THAT THERE
ARE SOME MEASURES WERE
SUFFICIENT OR WHETHER WE HAD
SUGGESTIONS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT
HOW TO REFINE THOSE MEASURES.
IT IS TRUE THAT MOST OF THEM ARE
GOING TO BE MORE ALONG THE LINES
OF THEIR MILESTONES WHAT THEY'RE
WHAT THEY DID HOW MANY PEOPLE
THEY SERVE HOW MANY.
AS A MATERIAL THEY TRANSLATED
THAT KIND OF THING AND FOR
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
ARM THEY'RE NOT THEY WOULDN'T
HAVE ACCESS TO PURCHASE OF
SERVICE DATA IN ORDER TO
DEMONSTRATE THAT THERE IS ANY
CHANGE AND PURCHASE OF SERVICE
FOR CONSUMERS THAT THEY HAD
WORKED WITH.
WHAT WE'RE I THINK WHAT WE WILL
SEE HIM AS MORE WITH THE
DISPARITY MEASURES THAT ARE
FOCUSED ON NARROW SLICES OF A
POPULATION WHERE?
I THINK IT'LL BE EASIER TO SEE A
CHANGE IN THE IN THE NEEDLE IF
WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR INSTANCE.
WORKING AGE ADULTS PARTICIPATION
AND UPPORTED WORK PROGRAMS
WHICH IS ONE OF OUR PROPOSED
DISPARITY MEASURES I THINK IT'LL
BE EASIER TO SEE THEIR WHETHER
THESE ON THE EFFORTS ARE.
CHANGING ENGAGEMENT WITH
SERVICES.
I THINK IT'S SO YEAH SOMETIMES
EXPERTISE INTO EVALUATION
DOESN'T RESIDE EVERYWHERE SO BE
SURE I MEAN. OBVIOUSLY IF YOU'RE
TARGETING A PARTICULAR
POPULATION IT'S YOU KNOW.
THERE'S SOME MEASURES THAT
ACROSS EVERYBODY IN HERE TALKING
ONE PART OF POPULATION NOW THAT
GETS DILUTED OUT ON A LOT OF
PEOPLE SO OF COURSE WITH. THE.
THE VALUATION LOOKS AT THE
POPULATION YOU ADDRESS AND ARE
WE CHANGING IT FOR THAT
POPULATION AND. HOPEFULLY
CUMULATIVELY WERE OR DRESSING
BUT. I I I GUESS.
ONE PART OF MY OPPOSING IS
THOUGH IS THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE
NEED SOME HELP IN DEVELOPING
THIS AND THE OTHER THING IS IS
THAT YOU MENTION THAT THERE SOME
INFORMATION THAT ONLY THE
REGIONAL CENTERS HAVE WILL
HOPEFULLY IS THAT. DEPARTMENT IS
THAT FUN FOR THEM THAT YOU CAN
GET ACCESS TO THAT SAME DATA TO
TO TRY TO DO MORE ACROSS THE
BOARD.
BECAUSE IN THE END YOU KNOW WE
WANT TO KNOW IN THE LEGISLATURES
WILL THE PUBLIC WANTS TO KNOW.
ARE WE LIMITING THESE
DISPARITIES SO IT'S ZERO AND THE
I THINK THEY WANT MORE JUST A
LIST OF ALL YEAH WE'RE DOING A
BUNCH OF THINGS BUT WE SO I
DON'T KNOW WHETHER ANYTHING
MOVES OR CHANGE SO. I KNOW THAT
YOU'RE TRYING TO LOOK INTO THIS
BUT I'M HOPING THAT YOU CAN
PROVIDE SOME ASSISTANCE SO THAT
WE WILL HAVE THAT DATA WE WILL
NOW. IT'S FINE TO TRY SOMETHING
IF IT DOESN'T WORK RIGHT BUT WE
NEED TO KNOW THAT WORKS OR NOT
SO WE CAN EITHER MOVE ON CHANGE
TO SOMETHING ELSE. OR IF IT
WORKS WE.
DO EVEN MORE IT SELLS.
SO I'M HOPING WE CAN GET THAT
KIND OF INFORMATION.
I GUESS MR TERRIFIED MAVIS NANCY
PARCHMENT I'M ONE OF THE THINGS
BY HAVING THE QUARTERLY REPORTS.
COME TO THE DEPARTMENT AND THEN
ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE BECAUSE
WE DO RECEIVE ALL THE REPORTS
FROM THAT REGIONAL CENTERS AS
FAR AS OUR PLANS ON AN ANNUAL
BASIS. SO ALL THAT INFORMATION
BUT CERTAINLY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING
AT AS.
FOR PROVIDING TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE IN PROVIDING SOME
GUIDANCE ON THE MEASURES AS
WERE.
FINALIZING THOSE APPROVALS SO
THAT IS ONE LETTER AND.
KINDA LAYER OF ASSISTANCE BUT
AN ON GOING AS WE'RE LOOKING AT
THE QUARTERLY REPORTS YOU KNOW
WE HAVE WILL HAVE A CULTURAL
SPECIALIST IT'S GOING TO BE ABLE
TO REVIEW ALL OF THOSE. YOU KNOW
THAT'S GOING TO USE THAT LANDS
AND IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL
ASSISTANCE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE MORE THAN
HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT.
BUT THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE
THEN. ALL RIGHT. NOW YOUR
COMMENTS.
NO FINANCE.
THE ONE PART OF FINANCE WOULD
JUST LIKE TO KNOW THAT THE
DEPARTMENT WAS GIVEN ONE
POSITION TO ADMINISTER THIS
PROGRAM AND THE TWENTY SIXTEEN
BUDGET ACT.
ARE YOU PROPOSING MORE THAN.
I'M JUST IF YOU THINK THERE'S
NOT ENOUGH I AM HAPPY TO WORK
WITH YOU KNOW YOU CAN GET MORE.
OKAY OKAY. ALL RIGHT BECAUSE IT
IS IMPORTANT RIGHT.
I AGREE ON THAT RIGHT.
YES. THAT AGREEMENT FOR FINANCE.
ANY FUTURE RESOURCE REQUESTS
WILL BE CONSIDERED THROUGH THE
BUDGET PROCESS.
I JUST I I I JUST WANNA KNOW
WHAT YOUR PRIORITIES ARE TO
THAT'S ALL FINE EXPRESSING MINE
SO OKAY THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
WITH SO. MANY QUESTIONS FROM
NEARLY PUSHED COMMITMENT.
SO JUST BEFORE WE MOVE. THE
OTHER I GUESS ISSUE AND WE SORT
OF TOUCHED ON A LITTLE BIT
EARLIER.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE EVALUATION
IS THAT.
WHO? I THINK A LOT OF THE. SO.
THINGS IS AS THE REGIONAL
CENTERS ARE DOING THEIR VARIOUS
INTERVENTION PROGRAMS. I THINK
THERE'S A COMBINATION OF YOU
KNOW THIS ONE IS THE PEOPLE YOU
REALLY HAVE TO GET THE PEOPLE
WHO WE ARE YOU KNOW ABOUT GOT
REFERRED TO AND WHAT THE
DIFFERENTIAL IS THE ERROR AND
TRYING TO WILL. TRY TO BE SURE
THAT PEOPLE WILL BE READY YET
THAT WE KNOW ABOUT. FOR WHATEVER
REASONS THOSE BARRIERS TO TRY TO
BE SURE THEY GET THE ALL THE
SERVICES THEY'RE ENTITLED TO AND
BEING SURE THOSE FAMILIES KNOW
WHAT THEIR. AND THEN THERE'S THE
QUESTION OF FAMILIES ARE OUT
THERE WHO WOULD QUALIFY BUT JUST
DON'T KNOW RIGHT. AND BE SURE
THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS
BOTH OF THOSE I THINK BECAUSE
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE. THE THE
THE POS DATA. I THINKMOST OF IT
WAS MORE THAN A FINE EFFECTIVELY
PRIDE DIFFERENTIALS AMONGST THE
PEOPLE WHO WE KNEW ABOUT MOST
PEOPLE RECEIVING SERVICES FROM
THE REGIONAL CENTERS. AND NOW
FOR WHATEVER REASONS WHETHER
IT'S LANGUAGE BARRIERS A.
TRANSPORTATION NOT DID NOT WEAR
KNOWS THAT THERE'S A
DIFFERENTIAL BUT ALSO
RECOGNIZING. THAT.
BUILT HE'S.
.
WE WE NEED TO DO TO DO THAT KIND
OF OUR REGION WHETHER THAT'S I
DON'T KNOW YOU TALKED TO
SPECIALIZED SCHOOLS ARE.
YOU KNOW IT'S CERTAINLY I KNOW
THERE'S A PEDIATRICIAN EDUCATOR
TRYING TO EDUCATE MY RESIDENCE
LIKE YOU KNOW. THAT THIS IS
THERE ARE DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS
AND YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED CHILD
ABOUT THE DELAY IS NOT JUST
ENOUGH TO TELL THE PARENT KNOW
YOUR CHILD'S DELAYED. MAKE A
REFERRAL AND THAT HELPS IN
ISRAEL DON'T ALWAYS KNOW ALL
THESE THINGS AND. THINKING ABOUT
WHAT KIND OF OUT REACH WE DO
THAT SO IS WHEN YOU USE YOUR
VIEWING THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS
DO YOU SEE THEM TRYING TO.
ADDRESS BOTH OF THOSE ISSUES.
YES SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF
ISSUES THAT WE LOOKED AT AND
THAT REGIONAL CENTERS FOR HER
CONSIDERING AND THAT IS. WHEN
YOU LOOK AT THE GENERAL
POPULATION IN A REGIONAL CENTER
CATCHMENT AREA AT TO WHAT DEGREE
DOES THE REGIONAL CENTER
CONSUMER POPULATION NEAR THE
JUNE GENERAL POPULATION. AND IF
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE THERE AND
WIRE THOSE DIFFERENCES EXISTENCE
ARE THERE CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL
CERTAIN POPULATIONS THAT WE NEED
TO FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON AND SO
THAT WAS A REAL FOCUS FOR US.
BUT THE SEVENTEEN EIGHTEEN
PROJECTS SECONDLY THERE ARE ALSO
EFFORTS FOR THOSE POPULATIONS
WITHIN THE REGIONAL CENTER
SYSTEM SO THAT THOSE FOLKS WHO
HAVE FOUND THEIR WAY INTO THE
SYSTEM. WHERE THEY'RE AT THE
FAMILY MAY NOT BE ACCESSING
SERVICES SO REGIONAL CENTERS
HAVE DEVELOPED A SPECIALIZED
CASELOADS AND SOME OF THE
PROJECTS THIS YEAR ALSO FOCUS ON
THAT? WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO
HELP EDUCATE FAMILIES ABOUT THE
TYPES OF SERVICES THAT ARE
AVAILABLE SO THAT THEY'RE ON?
FAMILIES KNOW ABOUT THOSE AND
THEN THERE'S THE UTILIZATION
RATE SO WE KNOW ON BOTH THE
AUTHORIZATIONS THAT ARE WRITTEN
FOR CONSUMERS AND FAMILIES AND
WE ALSO KNOW WHAT THE
UTILIZATION RATE IS SO THERE'S.
SORT OF ALL THOSE DIFFERENT
LAYERS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ADDRESS
THOSE ISSUES.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT SODA AND
THEY'VE BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY
HIM LOOKING FOR DINNER SO I
GUESS WE'LL. START WITH A SET OF
AWESOME THEY PRONOUNCE IT
CORRECTLY DID EVELYN APPLE
HASN'T DISABILITY RIGHTS
CALIFORNIA I'LL KEEP MY COMMENTS
BRIEF HOPEFULLY WITHIN YOUR
THREE MINUTES. I'M JUST A FEW
COMMENTS. DISCIPLINE WITH
CALIFORNIA'S PLEASE THAT THE
DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON
MEASURABLE OUTCOMES AND WE
SUPPORT.
.
WE SUPPORT EFFORTS TO ENSURE
THAT OUTCOMES ARE LITTLE ARE
BOTH QUANTITATIVE IN NATURE AND
QUALITATIVE NATURE SO THOSE
GROUPS THAT GET THESE FUNDS. THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE TYPES OF OF
OUTCOMES WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE
SURE THE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE
NOT OUTCOMES ARE PRESENTED IN A
PUBLIC FORUM.
SO THAT THE COMMUNITY GETS TO
SEE WHAT'S WORKING WELL AND
REPLICATE THOSE PROJECTS THAT
ARE WORKING WELL AND ALSO. THOSE
THAT ARE WORKING WELL NO WE
DON'T MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE
PICTURES TRANSPARENCY IS
IMPORTANT SO THAT INDIVIDUALS
KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE KNOWS
WHAT'S BEEN WORKING WELL. I'M
JUST AN ADDITION IN TERMS OF
DISPARITIES WE KNOW THAT
DISPARITIES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED
BY THE SUSPENSION OF SOCIAL
RECREATION. LAST YEAR ON THE
LEGISLATURE RESTORED RESPITE WE
WOULD ENCOURAGE THE RESTORATION
OF SOCIAL RECREATION WE KNOW
THAT COMMUNITIES HAVE TOLD US
THAT IF. THOSE PROGRAMS ARE
RESTORED THEY WOULD UTILIZE THEM
SO CERTAINLY WANT TO PUT PUT IN
OUR SUPPORT FOR THE RESTORATION
OF SOCIAL RACK. AND JUST FINALLY
ON THE ISSUE OF REST BUT WE ARE
GRATEFUL THAT THE LEGISLATURE IN
THE COMMUNITY IS GRATEFUL THAT
RESPITE WAS RESTORED AND THE CAP
WAS REMOVED IT'S OUR
UNDERSTANDING. THAT THE REGIONAL
CENTERS HAVE CAPS IN THEIR IN
INTERNAL PROTOCOLS AND THE
UTILIZE ASSESSMENT TOOLS TO TAKE
TAKE TO DETERMINE. THE AMOUNT OF
HOURS THAT INDIVIDUALS GET OF
RESPITE WE WOULD ENCOURAGE THE
DEPARTMENT TO LOOK AT THOSE
INTERNAL PROTOCOLS AND AND WE'RE
THANKFUL THAT THEY ALSO LOOK AT
THE POLICIES THAT THE. REGIONAL
CENTERS HAVE DEVELOPED AROUND
AROUND RESPITE SO JUST THOSE FEW
COMMENTS AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
KEEP.
YES.
MR COME AS.
YES GOOD AFTERNOON SENATOR PAT
MY NAME IS FERNANDO GOMEZ AND
I'M A. PROUD DIDN'T BLESS PARENT
OF AN AMAZING ELEVEN YEAR OLD
DIE WITH DOWN SYNDROME.
AND IT'S BEEN A REALLY LONG
JOURNEY IN IN REALLY TRYING TO
NAVIGATE THE SYSTEM AND
UNDERSTAND THE SYSTEM SO. SO MY
ADVOCACY WORKING IN HELPING NOT
ONLY MYSELF BUT OTHERS LIKE HIM.
HAS BEEN ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
CAMP I'M. CURRENTLY THE THE CO
FOUNDER AND VICE PRESIDENT
DISABILITY VOICES UNITED. I'M
ALSO A MEMBER OF THE DIRECTOR'S
DISPARITY ADVISORY GROUP THAT
ARE REPORTS TO IT DIRECTOR
PARCHMENT. I'M ALSO THE CURRENT
SHARE THE WESTERN REGIONAL
CENTER WHICH HAS AN EQUITY TASK
FORCE WHICH I BELIEVE IS THE
ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND THE TWENTY
ONE REGIONAL CENTERS. ARE MOST
OF THE FORMER CHAIR OF THE
ASSOCIATION REGIONAL CENTER
AGENCIES AND THE FORMER CHAIR
FOR THE WESTERN REGIONAL CENTER.
SO THAT'S GIVEN ME A BALANCE
BETWEEN BOTH SIDES OF THE FENCE
AS A PARENT ADVOCATING WITHIN
THE COMMUNITY AND LSO
UNDERSTANDING THE REGIONAL
CENTER SYSTEM AND ITS
OBJECTIVES.
TODAY WHAT I LIKE TO SHARE SOME
OF THE DYNAMICS THAT THAT WE
FIND.
WITHIN THE COMMUNITY BY
PROFESSION MY EXPERTISE IS
WITHIN THE U. S. HISPANIC
MARKET.
AND UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THE
CASES THE SITUATIONS THAT WE
DISCUSSED TODAY. FOR EXAMPLE WE
KNOW THAT DOWN DEPARTMENT OF THE
REGIONAL CENTERS TOO MANY THINGS
WELL.
TODAY WE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS A
FEW THINGS THAT ARE CONCERNED IN
REGARDS TO HOW THEY PERTAIN TO
SPECIFICALLY DISPARITIES. WE
KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY STAKE
HOLDERS INPUT AND INVOLVEMENT
MUCH RUN DEEP AND BE MEANINGFUL.
IF THAT CHANGE BE DRIVEN BY THE
VERY COMMUNITY IT A FAX
ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE LOST
WITHIN THE SYSTEM AND RECEIVE
LITTLE TO NO SERVICES. WHICH IS
THE VOICES CRYING OUT FOR SEAT
AROUND THE TABLE.
HOWEVER. WHEN THAT VOICE DOES
GET AMPLIFIED AND IT COMES IN
THE STATES IS OBJECTIVE SOURCE
CONCERNS.
WE FIND THAT IN SOME INSTANCES
THE REGIONAL CENTERS TAKE THAT
PERSONALLY AND AND ARE OFFENDED
BY IT. AND IT REALLY BECOMES
MORE OF A AS A KIND OF A
INTIMIDATING. ISSUE TO TO COME
BACK AND ADDRESS TO SAY WAIT A
MINUTE MAYBE I SHOULDN'T BE.
SAYING THESE KIND OF THINGS THE
OTHER THINGS ARE THAT THE
PROJECTS NEED TO BE DIRECTLY
REDUCED DISPARITIES. IT'S
CRITICAL TO EXPLORE HOW THE
DISPARITY FILES.
WILL BE USED TO REDUCE
DISPARITIES BUT SOME OF THESE
KIND OF PROJECTS MAY HAVE GREAT
VALUE AS LONG AS THEY'RE CLEARLY
CONNECTED TO GET IN UNDER SERVED
COMMUNITIES. OR CONSUMERS OF
SERVICES THAT THEY NEED.
ONE OF THE KEY ELEMENTS THAT I
BELIEVE I THINK IS IS PARAMOUNT
TO. REALLY ADDRESSING BOTH THAT
THE BARRIERS AND AND THE
DISPARITIES ARE THE PARENTS
ASSISTING PARENTS. IT'S REALLY
ONE OF THE BEST APPROACH IS TO
TO REACH THAT LEVEL DDS HAS
WORKED VERY HARD INSURING THAT
CBO ST PARENT GROUPS ARE
INCLUDED THIS FISCAL YEAR. INTO
THE GRANT PROCESS.
AND WHAT WE LOOKING TO SEE IS
THAT THERE BE MORE INDEPENDENCE
FROM THE REGIONAL CENTERS IN A
DIRECT LINE TO THE DEPARTMENT I
THINK THAT WOULD REALLY HELP US
A LOT. IN NOT ONLY ONCE WE
IDENTIFIED THE THE BARRIERS BUT
TO COME BACK AND TRY TO FIND A
SOLUTION TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY'RE GETTING A RAT
ERADICATED.
ONE OF THE THE THING SET AND I
WAS LISTENING AND COMPARING
APPLES TO APPLES TO THE
COMMENTS.
OKAY AND I'LL JUST. FINISH WITH
THIS WHEN IT COMES TO COMPARING
APPLES TO APPLES AND HAVING
CLARITY AND TRANSPARENCY WHO
STATED A MINUTE AGO THAT. THAT.
LATINO FAMILIES WHO HAVE
CHILDREN.
RECEIVE LESS POS SERVICES
BECAUSE OF FAR GENERIC SERVICES
BUT WHEN YOU TAKE THAT SAME DATA
AND YOU COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES
AND TAKE THE THE THE FAMILY THE
FLOODING OF FAMILIES WHOSE
CHILDREN AND NOT. USING THE
GENERIC SERVICES BECAUSE OF THE
AGE YOU'LL STILL FIND THOSE
DISPARITIES. THAT'S THE KIND OF
THING THAT WE NEED TO BRING BACK
INTO CENTER ADDRESS TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE CAN VOTE. FOR THE
RESOLUTION THANK YOU FOR THE.
OPPORTUNITY RIGHT THANK YOU
THANK YOU SO MUCH. QUESTIONS ON
THE.
RIGHT SO.
MAY WHAT WE'LL DO.
ANY COMMENTS. ON THE TESTIMONY
FROM THE ADVOCATES IN JERSEY.
THANK YOU.
MISTER CHAIR I ALWAYS WELCOME
THAT.
ADVOCATES AND THE.
FAMILY'S PERSPECTIVE AND SO I
LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
HEAR THEIR CONCERNS AND.
INPUT. TO THE PROCESS THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
ANY COMMENTS FROM OHIO.
FINANCE.
ALL RIGHT OF PUBLIC COMMENT.
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RICKROLLING TRIPS IN ARKANSAS
SHEESH A REGIONAL CENTER
AGENCIES SO LAST YEAR WE WERE
BEFORE YOU ALONG WITH THE RC AND
MANY FAMILY ORGANIZATIONS OR
GENE. THE RESTORATION OF CAMPUS
SOCIAL RACK AND ALSO LIFTING THE
CAP ON RESPITE. AND YOUR GREAT
LEADERSHIP IN THROUGH THE WORK
OF THIS SUBCOMMITTEE RESPITE WAS
PUT FORWARD IN THECONFERENCE
PROCESS AND WAS FINALLY APPROVED
AND THE RESPITE.
NUMBER RESPITE CAP WAS LIFTED
AND JUST PUT IN A PITCH AGAIN ON
BEHALF OF RK AND THE COMMUNITY
TO RESTORE CAMPUS SOCIAL RACK AS
A WAY OF GETTING TO SOME OF
THESE. DISPARITY ISSUES THANK
YOU.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME THE MOTO CALIFORNIA
DISABILITY COMMUNITY ACTION
NETWORK AND A FAMILY MEMBER JUST
WANT TO SAY.
.
APPLY THE DEPARTMENT FOR EACH OF
WORK I THINK IT'S DONE SOME
INITIAL GOOD WORK AND I SERVE ON
THE DIRECTOR'S SIR DESPARD
DIVIDER COMMITTEE AND BECAUSE OF
THE LATE HOUR JUST ONCE I AGREE
AGREE WITH MY FELLOW ADVOCATES
AND HOPE. WE CAN YOU KNOW
CONTINUE MAKE PROGRESS THANK.
WELCOME.
HI MY NAME IS MY RISKY DONE THEM
A BOARD MEMBER WHAT'S OUR
REGIONAL CENTER AN AMBASSADOR
FOR DISABILITY VOICES UNITED.
FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LIFTING
THE CAP ON RESPITE AND FOR
DEDICATING TWENTY ONE. MILLION
PLUS IN PROVIDING THE SERVICE.
I FEEL THAT THE MONEY IS NOT
BEAT IS GOING TO BE SPENT
BECAUSE THE SERVICE COORDINATORS
ARE NOT INFORMED. AND THE METHOD
OF CALCULATION IS NOT HELPING
FAMILIES TO MEET THEIR ON MID
NEED A RESPITE. UNFORTUNATELY IN
SOME CASES WHEN THE RE ASSESS
SOME FAMILIES LOOSE RESPITE
HOURS.
AND I'M VERY SAD TO SAY AND I
FEEL A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY TO
SHARE. THAT THERE ARE FAMILIES
THAT DO HAVE A DISTRUST AND FEEL
INTIMIDATED.
AND I JUST FEEL AN ARMED RESPITE
IS A SERVICE THAT A LOT OF
FAMILIES RELY ON AND IS
SPECIFICALLY THE LET THE NOT
THE.
THE FAMILIES OF LATIN POPULATION
THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
ME AGAIN MY NAME IS JOSEPHINE
ANY ADVANCE AND I AM A MOTHER OF
TWO ADULTS WITH AUTISM. I I ALSO
WANTED TO MENTION MY MY OLDER
SON IS ALSO ON THE BOARD OF THE
LARGE BOARDS THOUGH. WE'VE BEEN
VERY ACTIVE.
OM LIKE I SAY MY KIDS ARE
TWENTY FOUR AND TWENTY TWO SO
THEY'VE BENEFITED GREATLY. FROM
SWIMMING WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE
SPECIALLY MY LITTLE ONE THAT HAD
A LOT OF BEHAVIORS HE USED TO
JUMP ON ALL THE WATER THAT YOU
CAN IMAGINE. SO FOR SURE I KNEW
THAT I NEEDED.
SOME.
SWIMMING LESSONS AND I WAS VERY
LUCKY TO GET HIM.
MY COMMENT WOULD BE TO. RESTORE
THE SWIMMING INUNDATES KIDS WITH
AUTISM IS STILL JUMPING WHY
AREN'T THEY LOVE WHAT THEY DON'T
KNOW. THE DANGER THAT.
THE WATER CAN BE FOR THEM SO
PLEASE IF YOU CAN RESTORE THE
SOCIAL REGULATION AND ALSO
RESPECT THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF.
SHE'D THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
OKAY REMARK DISABILITY VOICES
ARE A COUPLE QUICK THINGS.
THE LAW REQUIRES AT THAT.
REGIONAL CENTERS REPORT ON THEIR
CURRENT LEVEL THE POS LEVELS
THEY'RE BEING DONE IN REALLY
INACCESSIBLE WAYS THEY'RE NOT IN
PLAIN LANGUAGE PARENTS HAVE NO
IDEA WHAT'S BEING TOLD OF THEM
IF THEY EVEN SHOW UP. HE'S BEING
SO IF THERE COULD BE SOME
REQUIREMENT IT'S DONE IN PLAIN
LANGUAGE WE ALSO NEED TO
CONSIDER DISPARITIES IN THE
CONTEXT OF THE FUTURE OF OUR
SERVICE SYSTEM. SELF
DETERMINATION IS GOING TO HAPPEN
REALLY SOON WE JUST SAT IN THE
WAIVER I KNOW WHAT'S ON YOUR
AGENDA BUT HE PERRET. AND.
SELF DETERMINATION IS JUST
GOING TO PERPETUATE DISPARITIES
UNLESS WE ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE
YOUR BUDGET IT'S IT'S SELF
DETERMINATION BASED ON THE
PREVIOUS TWELVE MONTHS HAVE YOU
BEEN GETTING NOTHING IN THE
PREVIOUS TWELVE MONTHS YOU HAVE.
NO BUDGET SO I WOULD I WOULD
REALLY URGE THE. COMMITTEE TO
OUR WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO
SEND DIRECTIONS TO THE REGIONAL
CENTER TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT
WHEN ESTABLISHING BUDGETS AND
FINALLY I JUST WANT TO MAKE A
COMMENT ON. THE. ON THE. FUNDS
THAT WERE SPENT ON SOME OF THEM
ARE BEING SPENT ON REALLY GREAT
PROJECTS BUT SOME OF THEM IT'S
HARD FOR ME TO SEE THE
CONNECTION BETWEEN THE PROJECT
AND REDUCING DISPARITIES. AND SO
ON I JUST DON'T WANT TO USE
THESE FUNDS TO BE USED IN A WAY
THAT IS JUST SUPPLEMENTING
THINGS THAT REGIONAL CENTERS
WANTED TO DO ANYWAY BUT ARE NOT
DIRECTLY RELATED TO REDUCING
DISPARITIES.
THANK YOU. WELCOME I'D LIKE TO
SPEAK ABOUT THE SOCIAL AND
RECREATIONAL. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO
REINSTATE THAT PORTION OF THE
BUDGET.
ALL OF SOCIAL LIFE IS A KEY
ELEMENT WHETHER YOU'RE A CHILD
OR AN ADULT WITH A DISABILITY.
FOR CHILDREN THAT CAN INCLUDE
THINGS LIKE SOMEBODY MENTIONED
THE SWIM LESSONS OR COULD
MENTION. GOING TO OKAY UP OR
GOING CAMPING OR OR WHATEVER.
BUT WE NEED TO IMPROVE. THE WAY
YET DELIVERED.
AND ALSO NOT JUST SEGREGATED
EXPERIENCES BUT INCLUSIVE ONES
SO THAT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
CAN CALL WITH THEIR PEERS.
WHO MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE A
DISABILITY?
TO GATHER.
AND THAT WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS
IS. TOO OFTEN PEOPLE WITH AUTISM
EXPRESSLY STRUGGLE WITH SOCIAL
SKILLS AND DON'T KNOW. SOME OF
THE.
THINGS FROM COMMUNICATION
DIRECTLY LEISURE TIME EDIT CUT
HER FRIENDSHIP. WITH A GET OLDER
ART DATING SO WHAT REALLY. WE
REALLY NEED THESE PROGRAMS FOR
FOR. THIS REALLY NEED TOWARD WAR
RESPONDED WELL UNDER DRAFTS.
THESE CHALLENGES THANK YOU.
THANK YOU WELCOME. MISTER CHAIR
MEMBERS JORDAN INTO THE ARK IN
UNITED'S RIPPLES IN CALIFORNIA.
WE SUPPORT YOUR SIS REQUEST
ESPECIALLY ABOUT BRINGING PEOPLE
TOGETHER TO DISCUSS WHAT IS
WORKING WHAT IS NOT WORKING WE
THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AND
I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH YOUR
COMMITTEE'S CONTINUED OVERSIGHT
IN AN INTEREST IN THE
DISPARITIES AND WE'VE GIVEN OUT
TWENTY FIVE MILLION AND AND AND
A GOOD AMOUNT OF MONEY AND SO
LET'S CONTINUE TO SEE WHAT'S
WORKING WHAT IS NOT WORKING. AND
ADDITIONALLY WE KNOW THAT WE
APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THE YOUR
COMMITTEE'S EFFORTS LAST YEAR TO
RESTORE. FULLY RESTED IN AGAIN
SOCIAL WRECK AND CAMPING IS THE
NEXT STEP BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT
AT LEAST THAT IS ONE PIECE OF
THE PUZZLE THAT CAN HELP TO
ADDRESS THIS THANK YOU.
THANK YOU WALK LIKE YOU MISTER
CHAIRMAN FOR OTHERS FROM THE
STATE COUNCIL DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES WE APPRECIATE
DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA
BRING UP THE ISSUE OF RESTORING
SOCIAL WRECKING CAMP THE COUNCIL
FULLY SUPPORTS AND PROMOTES
THAT.
ITEM ALSO IS THIS COMMITTEE
THINKS ABOUT DISPARITIES THINK
ABOUT IT IN TWO LARGE GROUPS OF
DISPARITIES ONE IS THE PURCHASE
OF SERVICE WHICH WE OFTEN TALK
ABOUT. THE OTHER IS IN DOES THE
DEMOGRAPHICS OF A CATCHMENT AREA
MATCH THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE
SERVICE POPULATION TYPICALLY THE
ANSWERS NOW. SO WE NEED TO LOOK
AT WHO'S GETTING IN THE DOOR AND
ONCE THEY GET IN THE DOOR HOW
ARE THEY BEING SERVED. WE
APPRECIATE THE LEGISLATURE'S
ADVANCING TO MAKE THE POS DATA.
PUBLIC NOW WE NEED TO
COLLECTIVELY SYSTEM AS A SYSTEM
WORK ON MAKING IT ACCESSIBLE
OFTEN THE PURCHASE OF SERVICE
MEETINGS ARE WHAT I CALL THE
WALL OF NUMBERS WE COME IN AND
PRESENT TO THE PUBLIC AND SAY
WHAT DO YOU THINK.
AND. IT'S A DIFFICULT WAY TO
PROCESS AND GIVE FEEDBACK AS TO
WHAT IT IS HAVING THERE'S
EFFORTS UNDER WAY TO IDENTIFY
KEY MEASURES THAT IF THESE MOVE
THEN WE KNOW WE'RE CHANGING THE
SYSTEM. SO WE SUPPORT THOSE
EFFORTS AND SUPPORT THIS
COMMITTEE'S EXPECTING OUTCOMES
FOR THE INVESTMENTS IN THIS AREA
THANK YOU.
WELCOME. HELLO MY NAME IS
ROXANNE UNTIL THAT DAY I AM A
FELLOW A LEGAL FILE WITH THE.
UNIVERSITY CENTER AND EXCELLENCE
IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
AND IN PARTICULARLY I'VE BEEN
PLACE TO REALLY LEARN AND GO ON
THE GROUND WHEN IT COMES TO
PURCHASE THE SERVICES ESPECIALLY
IN THE. LATINO COMMUNITIES
AROUND LOS ANGELES.
I'M CURRENTLY. IN THE VALLEY
WERE YOU HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST
US COMMUNITIES OF HISPANIC
LATINO POPULATIONS I'M ALSO.
WITH THE NCIS.
THAT WHOLE AD CONDUCTING
SURVEYS I CAN SAY THAT. AT THIS
MOMENT WE ARE IN AN INCREDIBLE
TIME WERE ESPECIALLY IN THE
LATINO COMMUNITY IF THERE IS A
LOT OF FEAR AND EVEN WHEN TRYING
TO CONDUCT THE NCIS SURVEYS.
THEY ARE VERY CONCERNED AS TO
WHO THEY ARE TALKING TO ON THE
PHONE AND LIKELY I AM A
BILINGUAL I'M I AM A VERY.
I AM I AM AN INTELLIGENT.
MEXICAN AMERICAN AND I AM LUCKY
TO BE ABLE TO. BE ABLE TO
NAVIGATE AND REALLY.
TALK TO THESE PARENTS ABOUT
THEIR ISSUES AND I HAVE A BIT I
MEAN I'VE WITNESSED.
GUIDED THE CONFUSION WHEN
PRESENTING THESE NUMBERS TO
PARENTS.
I DO LIKE THE PARENT GROUPS
THAT ARE OF VERY VOCAL BUT WE
ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER THOSE
PARENTS WHO ARE SITTING IN THE
SEATS AND ARE NOT VERY VOCAL.
AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COME UP
TO THEM AND ASK THEM WHAT THEIR
CONCERNS ARE BECAUSE SOME
PARENTS NEED TO BE ASKED BECAUSE
THEY CAN ADD THEY CAN'T FIND THE
COURAGE FOR THEMSELVES TO
ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES. AT SO I
REALLY WANT TO THINK THIS
COMMITTEE AND I THINK WE CAN
SOLVE THIS PROBLEM THIS IS A
SOLVABLE PROBLEM.
THANK YOU OKAY THANK YOU THANKS
VERY MUCH. SO.
APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATIONS. I
THINK THAT. THE OTHERS IS A WORK
IN PROGRESS BUT IT'S ALSO A
SITUATION WE REALLY SHOULD NOT
LET INDOOR FOR VERY LONG.
YOU KNOW PEOPLE ARE WORKING ON
IT. SO. I THINK IT'S VERY
IMPORTANT ALEX SAID WE MOVE
FORWARD TO SEE WHAT THE VARIOUS
INTERVENTIONS ARE I I DO THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT REVIEW THEM BE
SURE THEY ARE. FOCUS AND TARGET
ON ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE WE PUT
THE FUNDING AND LAST YEAR BUT
ALSO. IN THE THIRD REPEATEDLY
ABOUT. BEING ABLE TO HAVE DATA
THAT IS USABLE AND ALSO CAN
GIVE.
THE COMMUNITY A CLEAR IDEA OF
WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT ARE WE
MAKING PROGRESS OR NOT. RIGHT
SO.
I KNOW THAT CAN BE CHALLENGING
AT TIMES THE SONGS AT THE FIGURE
THAT OUT MYSELF WITH OTHER
PEOPLE BUT IT IS IT IS ABOUT.
AND WHAT KIND OF DATA DO WE HAVE
THAT CAN. THAT CAN REFLECT WHAT
WE'RE DOING AND SHOWING THAT
WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS OR FOR NOT
MAKING PROGRESS RIGHT.
THEN WE NEED TO EMPOWER PEOPLE
TO ADVOCATE TO BE ABLE TO
ADVOCATE FOR THE RESOURCES
NECESSARY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
SO.
AND A LOT OF ACTIVITY ABOUT IT
LAST YEAR AND WE THEREFORE PUT
SOME MONEY AND THEN WE HAD A
HEARING AND SO FORTH.
.
I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE
THAT.
WE'RE NOT FORGETTING AND THIS
IS A THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT
PRIORITY AND I KNOW THAT THE
REAL REGIONAL CENTERS. WANT TO
WORK HARD TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM
TO ME THIS IS THIS IS SOMETHING
WE ALL WANT TO SOLVE SO.
DOUBLE FLEE I'M LOOKING FOR TO
ONGOING UPDATES.
ADJUSTED LOOKING AT WHAT DATA
WERE GETTING I'M HOPING WE'RE
HELPING PEOPLE GET GOOD DATA
BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU KNOW
YOU'LL HAVE THE DATE HE GOT TO
WORK WITH RIGHT I MEAN THAT SO
WE. WE NEED TO WORK WITH THE
ILLUSION WE GET GOOD INFORMATION
GOOD DATA SO THAT WE CAN
ACTUALLY SEE WHETHER WE ARE
BENDING THE CURVE ON THIS AND.
AND WE NEED TO BE SURE AND IN
THE END IT'S REALLY ABOUT
ENSURING THAT ALL COMMUNITIES.
ALL COMMUNITIES IN OUR STATE
HAVE ACCESS TO THE SERVICE THE
SERVICES THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING
BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT
AND VERY VALUABLE. AND THAT THEY
DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR PEOPLE
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
SELL WELL LET'S LET'S TRY TO
SELL LOOKING FOR TO OUR ONGOING
CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS AND THAT
AND PROGRESS THEM. MADE SO THAT.
ANY OTHER SISTERS AND THEN
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER
ELEVEN WHICH IS OUR HEALTH AND
SAFETY WAIVERS AND RATE
ADJUSTMENTS.
OKAY SO AND WE'RE GONNA HOLD
THIS ITEM OPEN. YES.
YEAH.
ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT GOOD.
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT SO WE GET IN THE FOLKS
HERE.
OKAY SO AGAIN WILL.
OPEN UP WITH THE.
DOCTOR MARKMAN AND THEN WE'LL.
ALL RIGHT THANK YOU. THANK YOU
MISTER CHAIR.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MR WHEN
PHIL PROVIDE.
THAT RESPONSES TO THE QUESTIONS
THAT ARE IN THE AGENDA FOR THE
DEPARTMENT THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. SO LAST YEAR'S TREND
OF THE LANGUAGE RECORD THAT
APARTMENT TO ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS
AND PROVIDE AND RECEIVE INPUT ON
THE HEALTH AND SAFETY EXEMPTION
PROCESS THAT EXTENSIVE EXISTS IN
STATUTE. AND SO THE DEPARTMENT
HELD TO STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS ONE
WAS IN SACRAMENTO IN DECEMBER
AND THE SECOND ONE WAS IN THE
LOS ANGELES AREA IN JANUARY OF
THIS YEAR. WE HAD APPROXIMATELY
SIXTY PARTICIPANTS IN THE TWO
STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS AND WE HAD
A A BROAD ARRAY OF A
REPRESENTATION FROM THE SERVICE
PROVIDER COMMUNITY. WE HAD
PARTICIPATION BY A CONSUMERS AND
PARENTS WE ALSO INCLUDED
ADVOCATES AND REGIONAL CENTER
STAFF IN THE STAKEHOLDER
PROCESS.
DURING THE PROCESS OF THE
MEETINGS WE'VE PRESENTED DATA TO
THE GROUP AND WE TALKED ABOUT
THE THE PROCESS OF THE
DEPARTMENT GOES THROUGH TO LOOK
AT IN AND REVIEW HEALTH AND
SAFETY EXEMPTION EQUESTS. AND
WE RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM THE
THE COMMUNITY. THE SOME OF THE
FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED AND
WE'RE CURRENTLY IMPLEMENTING OUR
THAT THAT THEY ASK FOR MORE
CLEARED BACK CLEAR GUIDANCE TO
REGIONAL CENTERS WITH REGARDS TO
THE TECH DEPARTMENT'S
EXPECTATIONS ON THE REQUESTS.
THEY ALSO SUGGEST THAT WE MIGHT
WANT TO CONSIDER DEVELOPING SOME
SORT OF A TEMPLATE THAT VENDORS
COULD COMPLETE THAT WOULD. LAY
OUT ALL THE INFORMATION THAT THE
DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO CONSIDER THE
REQUEST. THAT THE DEPARTMENT
SHOULD.
AND CONSIDER PROVISIONAL OF
APPROVALS OF THE REQUESTS AND
LASTLY THAT MAYBE IN SOME CASES
IT WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO
INVOLVE THE SERVICE PROVIDER IN
THE COMMUNICATION THAT THE
DEPARTMENT HAS. ON THE REQUEST
BECAUSE WHEN THE. REGIONAL
CENTER SUBMITS A REQUEST TO THE
DEPARTMENT OUR COMMUNICATION IS
TYPICALLY ONLY WITH THE REGIONAL
CENTER AND IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE INFORMATION THAT'S
BEEN SUBMITTED THE REGIONAL
CENTER THEN GOES BACK TO THE
SERVICE PROVIDER AND RECEIVES
CLARIFICATION OR INFORMATION.
SO.
WE ARE IN CASES WHERE THAT'S
NECESSARY WE ARE. ENGAGING WITH
THE SERVICE PROVIDER AND THE
REGIONAL CENTER ON THOSE
REQUESTS.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY
ON THE STAKEHOLDER PROCESS. WITH
REGARDS TO THAT PROCESS OF THE
DEPARTMENT USES TO EXPEDITE. THE
ONES THAT ARE MOST CRITICAL. WE
REVIEWED THE REQUESTS EVERY DAY
IN THE REQUEST IT COMES AND IT
GETS REVIEWED BY DEPARTMENT
STAFF. AND.
BECAUSE IN MY DIVISION I HAVE
RESPONSIBILITY OVER THE REQUEST
IF I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT. COMING
AND MY STAFF ALERTS ME THAT THEY
THAT WE HAVE A REQUEST THAT
NEEDS IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. I
THEN.
GET IN TOUCH WITH.
DIRECTOR PARCHMENT AND LET HER
KNOW THAT WE HAVE THIS REQUEST
AND WE NEED TO.
BE READY TO CONSIDER IT AS LONG
AS WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION
FROM THE REGIONAL CENTER. WE'VE
BEEN HAVING A GO IT.
COMMUNICATE WITH THE REGIONAL
CENTER ABOUT THE PHYSICAL DETAIL
THAT WE NEED AND ALL THE
CRITICAL DETAILS OF THAT
SITUATION AND THERE ARE. NOT
MANY REQUESTS THAT WE'VE BEEN
ABLE TO APPROVE WITHIN JUST A
COUPLE OF DAYS IF A PERSON FOR
EXAMPLE IS IN LIVING IN THE
FAMILY HOME. AND THEY CANNOT BE
MAINTAINED IN THE FAMILY HOME
AND THE REGIONAL CENTER NEEDS AN
INCREASE IN SAY FOR EXAMPLE THE
SUPPORTED LIVING SERVICES RATE.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO APPROVE THOSE
QUICKLY SO THAT THAT THE PERSON
CAN MOVE AND THAT CRISIS CAN BE
AVERTED.
AND WE ALSO HAVE PROVIDED FOR
PROVISIONAL APPROVALS IN CASES
WHERE MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE ALL
THE DETAILS THAT WE NEED BUT WE
KNOW THAT THIS IS A CRITIC
CRITICAL SITUATION AND WE NEED
TO INCREASE THE RATE. SO WE DO
HAVE A PROCESS WHEREBY A WEEKEND
I LOOK AT THE MOST. CRITICAL
REQUESTS AND WE CAN BE
RESPONSIVE TO THE REGIONAL
CENTER AND THE SERVICE PROVIDER.
AND LASTLY YOU THE QUESTION DO
YOU POSED IS. HOW WE TAKE INTO
CONSIDERATION OR THE TIME THAT
IT TAKES FOR THOSE REQUESTS AT
OUR LOCAL MINIMUM WAGE RELATED?
AND IT'S TRUE THE DEPARTMENT HAS
RECEIVED. NUMEROUS REQUESTS THAT
ARE RELATED TO LOCAL MINIMUM
WAGE. HOWEVER THAT'S NOT REALLY
THE LENS THROUGH WHICH WE LOOK
IN TERMS OF HOW CRITICAL OR AT
THE REQUEST IS. BECAUSE EVEN A
REQUEST THAT'S RELATED TO LOCAL
MINIMUM WAGE COULD BE CRITICAL.
SO AS AN EXAMPLE WE HAVE WITHIN
OUR SYSTEM RATES THAT ARE BUILT
ON AN HOURLY RATE SOME THAT ARE.
DAILY AND SOME THAT ARE MONTHLY.
IF WE RECEIVE A REQUEST FOR. AN
HOURLY RATE THAT IS RELATED TO
LOCAL MINIMUM AND THE RATE THAT
IS CURRENTLY IN THE MEDIAN RATES
NOT SUFFICIENT TO MEET THE LOCAL
MEDIUM. MEDIAN WAGE AND THE
EMPLOYER COSTS AND THE PERSON
NEEDS THAT ONE TO ONE SUPPORT
FOR EXAMPLE IN THE RESIDENTIAL
HOME THEN THAT COULD BE AN
IMMEDIATE A CRITICAL NEED. SO
THAT COULD BE A NET INSTANCE
WHERE WE WOULD HAVE TO TRIAGE
THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE IT
MORE QUICKLY.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT WE.
TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ALL THE
ONES THAT ARE BOTH LOCAL MINIMUM
AND NON AND THE ONES THAT ARE
HOURLY OR A LITTLE BIT. MORE
CLEAR CUT. EASIER TO TO CONSIDER
AND THOSE THAT ARE A DAILY OR
MONTHLY OR A LITTLE MORE
DIFFICULT TO SORT OF PULL UP
PULL APART.
OKAY COMES FROM LOL.
NO FINANCE.
.
SO YOU MENTIONED THAT ON THE
CREW IT'S GREAT THAT YOU'RE ABLE
TURN AROUND A FEW DAYS.
TERMS OF.
SO YOU THINK ABOUT THE
DISTRIBUTION POLITICS FOR SOME
OF THE REQUESTS I MEAN WHAT
PERCENTAGE ARE HOW MANY OR LET'S
EXCEED THIRTY DAYS I MEAN SO I.
GREAT YOU HAVE YOU KNOW HAVE A
CRITICAL ONE YOU GOT TURNED
AROUND BUT IN TERMS OF.
THE AVERAGE LENGTH OR MEDIUM
LENGTH OR AT ESPECIALLY LIKE HOW
HOW MANY ARE STILL SITTING ON
THE DESK AFTER THIRTY DAYS AND
IT COULD BE MAYBE YOU'RE NOT
GETTING THE INFORMATION DIRECTLY
INTO YOU KNOW THE THE REGIONAL
CENTER WHO'S IN TWO SOUNDS LIKE
IS IN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.
PROVIDED INFORMATION WHERE ELSE
BUT I MEAN WHAT WHAT IS THE.
SO WHAT IS THE AVERAGE TIME HOW
WHAT PERCENTAGE EXCEED THIRTY
DAYS IN TERMS OF BE ABLE TO
ADDRESS THESE REQUESTS.
AND WE DO HAVE A DATA THAT GOES
BACK SEVERAL YEARS ON THE
NUMBERS OF REQUESTS THAT WE'VE
RECEIVED THAT TYPE OF SERVICE
THAT REQUEST PERTAIN TO THE
NUMBERS OF CONSUMERS THAT THEY
PERTAIN TO.
AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE IT
VARIES WIDELY THERE ARE SOME
THAT HAVE. BEEN BETTER WITH THE
DEPARTMENT FOR OVER A YEAR. AND
THERE ARE THOSE OTHER ON THE
OTHER EXTREME THAT HAVE BEEN
WITH US JUST A FEW DAYS. SO.
THOUGH I MEAN.
DOES THAT EVER QUEST CAN BE IN
THERE FOR OVER A YEAR AND NOT
DISPOSED OF WHETHER YES OR NO
CAN'T DECISION COULD BE MADE
ERRORS SO I MEAN WHY WOULD
SOMETHING SIT THERE FOR A YEAR.
AND WHILE IT DOESN'T SIT THERE
EIGHT WE DO ENGAGE WITH THE
REGONAL CENTER AND WE DO.
TRY TO OBTAIN ALL THE DETAIL
THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO
CONSIDER THE REQUEST. AND IT'S
SO LIKE A MISSION BEFORE IT IS
A.
PROCESS WHERE WE'RE COMMUNICATE
WITH THE REGIONAL CENTER AND
THEY'RE WORKING WITH THEIR
SERVICE PROVIDER. AND.
SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET
ALL THE DETAIL THAT WE NEED. OF
IN SOME CASES WE HAVE HAD TO
DENY THE REQUEST AND INFORM THE
REGIONAL CENTER THAT IF THEY ARE
ABLE TO OBTAIN THE ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION THAT WE NEED WE
WOULD RECONSIDER IT. BAD THAT IN
THOSE CASES IT MAY HAVE SAT
THERE MAY HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR
QUITE A LONG TIME BECAUSE WE
WERE ALLOWING MORE TIME TO
OBTAIN ALL THAT INFORMATION
RATHER THAN. BEING MORE CUT AND
DRIED IN JUST SAYING HEY WE NEED
TO MEET A TIME LINE WE'RE GONNA
TONIGHT AS WELL.
OKAY WELL I MEAN.
WELL FIRST OF ALL I DON'T THINK
IT MAY BE TO HAVE THE DATA FOR
IBM QUITE ANSWER MY QUESTION
ABOUT WHAT PERCENTAGE OF HOW
MANY EXCEED THIRTY DAYS AND WE
CAN PROVIDE THAT OKAY SO I MEAN
THAT'S. SO I MEAN I APPRECIATE
THAT NOW AND YOU FRY DOING A
TRIAGE PROCESS WHICH ONES HAVE
TO GO BUT I'M JUST. AND AND AND
I GUESS IS THEIR STANDARD I I
MEAN WHEN YOU SAY YOU CAN'T GET
THE DATA AND REALIZED SELL
DIFFERENT SITUATIONS ARE
DIFFERENT BUT THERE'S PROBABLY
SOME STANDARDIZED INFORMATION
THAT. THE THE THE HOPEFULLY
PEOPLE. CAN PROVIDE AND YOU DID
MENTION YOU KNOW WHETHER THE.
BUT SO I I MEAN. I HOPE THAT.
THINGS ARE PASSED THREE DAYS
ABOARD EXCEPTION THAN THE RULE
AND AND I UNDERSTAND THAT MAYBE
YOU'RE HAVING A DIALOGUE BACK
AND FORTH AT SOME POINT IF THOSE
ARE PROVIDED INFORMATION IT'S
GOT LIKE OKAY YOU KNOW I CAN
GIVE IT TO ME THAT IS THE NIGHT
AND WHEN YOU GIVE. IT TO ME I'LL
LOOK AT AGAIN I MEAN SAID. THAT
IS THAT IS THAT BECAUSE OF LACK
OF CLARITY IN THE COMMUNICATION
ABOUT THE INFORMATION YOU NEED
I'M JUST LIKE WONDERING WHAT
HAPPENS ONCE. WHO'S TAKING THAT
LONG I MEAN YOU ASSUMED YOU
ASKED AND YOU'RE JUST NOT
GETTING IT OR WHAT'S GOING ON.
MISTER TERRY NANCY PARCHMENT OF
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S WAS
VERY HELPFUL AND AND WHILE THE
DISCUSSION THAT OCCURRED LAST
YEAR REGARDING HEALTH AND SAFETY
REQUEST LED TO.
THE DIRECTION TO THE DEPARTMENT
TO HOLD THE WORK GROUP YOU KNOW
AND AND HALF SITTING DOWN AND
TAKING A LOOK AT THE PROCESS THE
SYSTEMS AND. AND TAKING THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS AND SO THAT'S
REALLY WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN
IN RECOGNIZING THAT.
THE INPUT FROM THE GROUPS SAID.
WE NEED A FORM WE NEED MORE
DIRECTION AND THAT'S WHAT.
THE TEAMS REALLY WORKING ON
RIGHT NOW AND AND FINALIZING
THAT ACTUALLY INSANE OKAY WELL
HERE'S A STANDARD FORM HERE'S
THE THINGS THAT'S GOING TO BE
VERY HELPFUL.
SO THERE'S STREAMLINING SOME OF
THOSE EFFORTS THAT WE'RE GOING
TO ABSOLUTELY GET TOO SO THE
BENEFIT OF THE WORK GROUP IS
GETTING US TO.
SOME OF THAT DIRECTION THAT
WILL MINIMISE SOME OF THAT TIME
AND THEN ALSO RECOGNIZING YOU
KNOW FOR NOT ABLE TO GET THE
INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO
CLEARLY STATE. IF WE DON'T HAVE
A BY EXIT DATE WE'RE GONNA NEED
TO DENY IN A GET THE
COMMUNICATION THAT WE AS A
DEPARTMENT CAN GET BACK.
IS ABSOLUTELY GOING TO TO HELP
SOME OF THOSE STEPS. YEAH I WAS
GONNA FOLLOW UP GLAD YOU
MENTIONED I SAID THEN WE TALK
ABOUT A FORMER STANDARDS BASED
WAY SO WE CAN GET. WHEN WHEN WE
DISSIPATE THAT'S GOING TO GET I
APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE TALKING
TO FOLKS THAT WE'RE GONNA GET TO
THAT POINT.
IT IS USED TO WORKING ON ENERGY
ARE AND WE HAD IN PRIOR
COMMUNICATION WITH REGIONAL
CENTERS WE DID PROVIDE A FORMAT
THAT.
THERE'S THE TO AND THIS WAS
PRIOR TO THE STAKEHOLDER INPUT.
BUT WE DO NEED TO FURTHER REFINE
THAT.
THAT. TEMPLATE THAT WE HAVE TO
MAKE IT.
MORE INCLUSIVE OF ALL THE
INFORMATION THAT THE DEPARTMENT
NEEDS FROM THE SERVICE PROVIDER
AND THEN I GUESS THE OTHER
THINGS YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE
MINIMUM WAGE LOCAL MINIMUM WAGE
INCREASES THEM.
THERE'S SOME LEAD TIME YOU KNOW
WHEN A LOCAL MINIMUM WAGE IS
GOING TO KICK IN. IS THERE. IS
NO YOU SAID IT MAY DEPEND ON THE
CIRCUMSTANCE OF THE SERVICE
PROVIDERS WELL I MEAN IT'S NOT
JUST THE MINIMUM WAGE WENT UP
BUT AM USER CYSTS AS SYSTEMATIC
WAY THAT YOU'RE.
THAT YOU'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
TO ADDRESS THE LOCAL MINIMUM
WAGE INCREASE TO BE SURE THAT
DECISIONS ARE MADE IN A TIMELY
MANNER.
THE DAY BEFORE THE MINIMUM WAGE
ACTUALLY GOES UP. IS EASY TO
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IT'S AND
IT'S IT'S IN THE STATUTE
SOMEWHERE THOUGH AND WE DON'T
WORK THAT BUZZER GENTLY DON'T
WORK THAT FAST SO. BE ABLE TO TO
MAKE DECISIONS OR RULINGS ABOUT
ABOUT THOSE FOR FOR SERVICE
PROVIDERS ARE LOOKING AT. A
WAIVER RELATE TO MINIMUM WAGE.
SO THAT. HEALTH AND SAFETY IT'S
RELATED TO.
THEY'RE BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE
THE SERVICES AND AND HAVE TO
ADDRESS THE HEALTH AND SAFETY
SO.
ANTICIPATION OF DOESN'T
NECESSARILY DICTATE THAT HEALTH
AND SAFETY IN THE EVENTS THAT
THERE'S A DEMONSTRATION THAT
THERE'S A HEALTH AND SAFETY
RISK.
IF IN ON THE PROVIDER CAN YOU
KNOW OUTLINED THE AREAS FOR US
TO LOOK AT THAT CONSIDERATION WE
CAN CERTAINLY ACCEPT IT PRIOR TO
THE IMPLEMENTATION.
BUT. WE CAN LOOK BACK BUT I I
THINK WE'RE FINDING MOST OF THEM
ARE ACTUALLY BEING SUBMITTED THE
REQUEST OF GENE SUBMITTED. AFTER
THAT YEAH.
SO WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE
DAMAGE BEFORE WE CAN. NO I.
CERTAINLY DIDN'T MEAN TO TO
INDICATE THAT BUT. IF THE IF THE
IDENTIFIED IF THEY'RE
IDENTIFYING THAT THERE'S A
HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK. OF THAT
HAS TO BE IDENTIFIED THAT THIS
STATUTE VERY CLEAR THAT THE
HEALTH AND SAFETY WAIVER HAS TO
BE RELATED TO HEALTH AND SAFETY
PRACTICE MERELY BECAUSE THE
MINIMUM WAGE WENT UP CORRECT.
OKAY ALL RIGHT NOW THAT I DON'T.
LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT.
IF THERE IS AN INCREASE IN THE
LOCAL MINIMUM WAGE THAT DOESN'T
NECESSARILY MEAN THAT IT'S
THEIRS AND NEEDS TO BE AN
INCREASE FOR THE PROVIDER SENSE
THEY MAY ALREADY PAY A WAGE
THAT'S ABOUT THE LOCAL MINIMUM
WAGE SO. THERE'S A LOT TO TAKE
INTO CONSIDERATION.
OKAY ALL RIGHT. OKAY WELL WHAT
WE N. FIGHTER.
ADVOCATES TO TESTIFY.
THANK YOU CATHERINE FLICK MORE
DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA I'M
I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT A SUBSET OF
THIS ISSUE AND TALK ABOUT. HOW
DID WE GET HERE WHERE ARE WE NOW
AND WHAT DO I THINK THE
SOLUTIONS ARE SO HOW WE GOT HERE
WAS? PRIOR TO THE ECONOMIC
CRISIS THE GREAT RECESSION WE
ACTUALLY GAVE REGIONAL CENTERS
FLEXIBILITY ABOUT NEGOTIATING
RATES AND WHAT HAPPENED AS A
COST SAVING MEASURE WAS TO
IMPOSE THIS MEDIAN RATE WHICH IS
NOW BEEN IN PLACE FOR ALL LET'S
SAY A DECADE OR SO. SO PART OF
THIS IS CAUSED BY A CHANGE IN
STATE LAW ABOUT HOW WE APPROACH
THIS PROBLEM WHERE WE NOW. THE
DATA I LAST LOOKED AT WHICH WAS
PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN
THESE WORK GROUPS THAT THEY
TALKED ABOUT IN DECEMBER WAS
THAT THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF TIME
FOR. APPROVING A WAIVER FRONT OF
THOSE THAT WERE APPROVED AS
NINETY FIVE DAYS AND WHEN YOU
CONSIDER THINGS THAT ARE PENDING
IT'S A HUNDRED AND FIFT SIX
DAYS. SO I CAN'T TALK IN ANY
GREATER DETAIL ABOUT THAT BUT IT
IF THERE'S A HEALTH AND SAFETY
NEED A HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIX
DAYS OR EVEN NINETY FIVE DAYS IS
A REALLY LONG TIME. TO GO
THROUGH THAT PROCESS SO FROM OUR
PERSPECTIVE WHERE WE ARE WHERE
WE THINK WE SHOULD BE IS. FOR
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE AT RISK OF
GOING TO A MORE RESTRICTIVE
SETTING GO BACK TO THE PRIOR
SYSTEM AND LET THE REGIONAL
CENTERS HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO
NEGOTIATE THE RAID THE
DEPARTMENT HAS CONCERNS ABOUT
HOW REGIONAL CENTERS ARE DOING
ITS BUSINESS APPROVING THINGS
THEY SHOULDN'T ACCEPT TRUCK. THE
DEPARTMENT HAS OTHER MECHANISMS
TO ADDRESS THAT KIND OF OF
CHALLENGE AND THEN FOR EVERYONE
ELSE EVERY WHERE EVERYONE ELSE
WHO'S NOT AT RISK OF GOING INTO
A MORE RESTRICTIVE SETTING. TO
SET A DEADLINE BY WHICH YOU
EITHER SAY YES OR NO WE HAVE
THOSE DEADLINES AND LOTS OF
OTHER SYSTEMS. I I ASSUME YOU'RE
FAMILIAR WITH THE MEDICAL CAR
PROCESS THERE'S A DEADLINE ABOUT
THIRTY DAYS BY WHICH EITHER
CHESS OR YOU KNOW AND.
AND IN THAT CASE IF IT'S NOT
TONIGHT IS ACTUALLY CONSIDERED
APPROVED WHICH IS UP UP IN MY
VIEW A GOOD SYSTEM THAT GETS
PEOPLE WHAT THEY NEED. FINALLY
I'LL JUST SAY IF WE'RE GOING TO
TALK ABOUT TWO MILES WE NEED TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE END RECIPIENT
OF THAT DENIAL HAS A RIGHT TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT SO THIS IS
NOT JUST ABOUT. THE PROVIDER AND
THE REGIONAL CENTER IN THE
DEPARTMENT IS A PERSON AT THE
END WHO MIGHT WELL LOSE THEIR
LIVING ARRANGEMENT OR NOT NOT
GET INTO A LIVING.
A PERSON HAS A RIGHT TO A
HEARING OR CAN TAKE APPROPRIATE
ACTION.
THANK YOU THANK YOU.
I'M SENSITIVE TO THE TIMING
THING.
I LEARNED TO TALK FAST. I'LL TRY
TO BE UP FOR SOMEONE THANK YOU
THANKS CHRIS MY PRECIADO CHIN TO
MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE FOR
GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO
TESTIFY ON THE IMPACT OF.
UTILIZATION OF THE HEALTH AND
SAFETY LEVER PROCESS ON BOTH
CONSUMERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS
THIS PROCESS IS A CRITICAL
SAFETY NET FOR CONSUMERS AND THE
SERVICE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
MY NAME IS GEORGE TEVENS I'M
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE
NORTH ESSENTIALS COUNTY REGIONAL
CENTER. THE CENTER SERVES TWENTY
FOUR THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED
CONSUMERS WE ARE CURRENTLY
PROVIDING TAKEN ASSESSMENTS TO
TWELVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR
INFANTS CHILDREN AND ADULTS.
CENTER IS THE THIRD LARGEST
REGIONAL CENTER IN THE STATE OR
ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING AS
SUCH KNEE FOR A STABLE AND
EXPANDING SERVICE DELIVERY
SYSTEM. IS CRITICAL.
HEALTH AND SAFETY WE WERE
PROCESS IS PUT IN PLACE BY THE
LEGISLATURE TO PROTECT CONSUMERS
FROM THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
OF THE RATE FREEZES ON
PROVIDERS.
THAT THAT'S THAT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT.
AS SUCH CONSUMER SUPPORT NEEDS
WHEN A CUSTOMER SUPPORT NEEDS
EXCEEDS THE SERVICE PROVIDER
RATE EDS HAS THE AUTHORITY TO
AUTHORIZE A HIGHER RATE FOR THAT
ONE CONSUMER SO IT'S CONSUMER BY
CONSUMER.
THE HEALTH AND SAFETY WAIVER
PROCESS.
IS QUITE DETAILED. AND TIME
CONSUMING FOR ALL PARTIES
SERVICE PROVIDERS TO REGIONAL
CENTER AND TEDIOUS IS NOT A
SIMPLE PROCESS WE'RE ALL LEAVING
TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO
COMPLY WITH THE INTENT OF THE
STATUTE. FRANKLY WE'RE ALL
OVERWHELMED BY THE NUMBER
REQUESTS THAT NEED TO BE
AUTHORIZED. SINCE TWO THOUSAND
ELEVEN NORTH ONLY ALONE ESTIMATE
THE DDS. ONE TWO THOUSAND ONE
HUNDRED FORTY FOUR WAFERS. OF
THESE WAIVERS US HAVE BEEN
SUPPORTED BY FIFTY THREE SERVICE
PROVIDERS.
DDS IS APPROVED.
FIFTY FIVE THESE CONSUMERS.
THAT.
COVERS EIGHT SERVICE PROVIDERS
THE MEDIAN NUMBER OF DAYS FOR AN
APPROVAL HAS BEEN A HUNDRED AND.
SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SIX DAYS
WITHOUT CAUSING BLAME WERE
PUTTING FAULT ANYONE WE SIMPLY
NEED TO COLLABORATE ON
SHORTENING THE TIME LINE TO
ENSURE THAT THE WELL BEING OF
CONSUMERS IS PROTECTED.
THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THESE
WAIVERS ARE ESCALATING COST.
BEHIND THE HEALTH AND SAFETY
WAIVERS OF SERVICE PROVIDERS AN
IDEAL TO SAFELY SUPPORT
CONSUMERS WITH FROZEN RATES.
SO THE REAL UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCE OF PROVIDER RATE
FREEZES THAT MORE CONSUMERS TO
SLIP INTO THE NEED FOR HEALTH
AND SAFETY WAIVERS.
.
GIVEN THE STATEWIDE ECONOMIC
CRISIS FACED BY SERVICE
PROVIDERS.
AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
THE COST TO SAFELY SUPPORT
CONSUMERS IS JUST.
AND WE CAN DO AT THIS TIME.
WE'RE NOW CONFRONTED WITH A REAL
PARADOX WE HAVE THE SELF IN CT
WAIVER PROCESS AND THAT WHICH
WAS NOT INTENDED TO DEAL WITH
RATES. BUT THAT IS NEEDED IN
ORDER TO SAY PLEASE SERVE
CONSUMERS SO ON THE ONE HAND YOU
KNOW WE HAVE CONSUMERS HAD THESE
GREAT NEEDS WE HAVE PROVIDERS
THEY CAN'T MEET THEIR NEEDS.
BECAUSE THE RATES DON'T FEEL
FACILITATE THEM GETTING THEIR
NEEDS MET. SO WE HAVE THIS
CONVERGENCE THIS COALITION IT'S
JUST NOT WORKING.
BUT WE NEED WE NEED YOUR HELP WE
NEED WE NEED TO IMMEDIATE ACTION
HERE.
THE SECOND THING. WE LOOK AT THE
VALUES OF THE LANHAM ACT AND THE
FACT THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE
PROVIDING A NETWORK OF SERVICES
WERE SUPPOSED TO BE SERVING
COMMUNITY CONSUMERS IN THEIR.
HOME ENVIRONMENTS IN IN OUR HOME
COMMUNITIES OF WOOD DISPLACING
FOLKS. SO WHAT WE REALLY NEED AT
THE END OF THE DAY.
ISN'T QUICK COLLABORATION AND I
WOULD RECOMMEND A COUPLE OF
THINGS ONE THAT WE SIT DOWN AND
WE DO THE STATUTE AROUND HEALTH
AND SAFETY. AND TO. THINK WE
NEED TO PLACE SOME SPECIAL
ATTENTION TO SIMPLY MEMBER
HOLDEN'S TWENTY FIVE MILLION
DOLLAR REQUEST BUDGET REQUESTS.
TO HELP HIM A BRIDGE FOR ME FOR
THIS.
SYSTEM BECAUSE BASICALLY AT THE
END OF THE DAY WE SERVE THREE
HUNDRED THOUSAND CONSUMERS. AND
TWENTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS
REPRESENTS ABOUT TWENTY THREE
CENTS PER DAY PER CONSUMER.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR OF MY
NAME IS VERY DIRTY WITH THE
CALIFORNIA DISABILITY SERVICES
ASSOCIATION AND WE HAVE PUT IN A
PROPOSAL AND WE'RE GRATEFUL TO
SPEAK TO A TODAY FOR FOUR
PERCENT RATE INCREASE ACROSS THE
BOARD FOR PROVIDERS. AND FOR THE
ELIMINATION THE MEDIAN RATE CAPS
I'M NOT GONNA GET TOO MUCH IN
THE MEDIA RECAPS I THINK GEORGE
AND ANCASTER DID A GREAT JOB
SPEAKING TO THOSE. WHEN ONE OF
THE PROBLEMS WITH THE MEDIUM A
CAPPS I WILL SAY IS IT IT REALLY
DOES. LIMIT THE ABILITY OF NEW
PROVIDERS TO ENTER INTO THE
SYSTEM WE HAVE CASE LOAD GROWTH
THAT IS GROWING AND GROWING YEAR
ON YEAR.
THE MEDIAN RATE CAPS MEAN IS
THAT YOU CAN'T IF YOU'RE A NEW
PROVIDER YOU WERE YOU WERE STUCK
WITH THAT STATEWIDE MEDIAN RATE
OR THE LOCAL MEDIA RATE
WHICHEVER IS LOWER NO MATTER
WHERE YOU ARE SEVERE INTENSE
DISCO. YOUR CAPPED AT THE AT THE
STATEWIDE MEDIAN RATE YOU'RE NOT
GONNA GET AN ADEQUATE RATE TO
PROVIDE SERVICES WHICH MEANS
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PROVIDE
SERVICES AND THAT MEANS
CONSUMERS ARE NOT GETTING WHAT
THEY NEED. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE
BIG ISSUES THERE AS FAR AS THE
FOUR PERCENT GOES.
THE REQUEST IS REALLY AS A
STABILIZING MEASURE WE HAVE THE
RATE STUDY THAT I I KNOW YOU'RE
WELL AWARE OF THIS DUE TO THE
LEGISLATURE BY MARCH OF TWENTY
NINETEEN. BUT IN THE INTERIM WE
HAVE PROVIDERS WHO CERTAINLY
JUST CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE COST
OF PROVIDING SERVICES. PROGRAM
CLOSURES WE HAVE STAFF TURNOVER
WE HAVE A LACK OF QUALITY
SERVICES RESULTING FROM
INADEQUATE RATES. AND THE FOUR
PERCENT IS REALLY ABOUT A BRIDGE
FOR THE AT THE BRIDGE TO GET US
ARE STABILIZING MEASURE TO GET
US TO WHATEVER THE NEW FUTURES
WE HOPE THAT THE RATE SUDY WILL
YIELD. AT AT AT ANY RATE
INCREASES FULLY IMPLEMENTED BUT
WE NEED HELP NOW.
IT JUST TO SPEAK TO A LITTLE
BIT OF HOW WE GOT THE FOUR
PERCENT LEVEL JUST SO IT'S NOT.
PLUCKED OUT OF THAT AT THE AIR.
SINCE WE GOT THE RATE INCREASE
MAYBE NEXT TO ONE IN TWO
THOUSAND SIXTEEN TO TODAY.
THERE'S BEEN A FOUR PERCENT
INCREASE IN THE CPI IN
CALIFORNIA IT'S CLOSER FIVE
PERCENT SO ARE ARE ASKED TRACKS
THE INCREASE IN INFLATION THAT
WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER GENERAL
GOODS.
AND WE'VE ALSO WE ALSO KNOW
THAT PREVIOUSLY TO AB EX TO ONE
THERE HAD BEEN NO RATE INCREASES
ACROSS THE BOARD AT ALL SINCE
TWO THOUSAND SIX. IN THAT TIME
CP I GREW TWENTY PERCENT EVEN
WITH AB EX TO ONE THAT WAS JUST
A SEVEN AND A HALF PERCENT
INCREASE SO AND APS TWO ONE WAS
TARGETED AT WAGE AND BENEFIT.
PRIMARILY FOR DIRECT SERVICE
PROFESSIONALS WHILE EVERYONE
AGREED DIRECT SERVICE
PROFESSIONALS ARE ARE ABOUT ARE
VALID RECIPIENTS OF THAT MONEY
IT DIDN'T GO TO ADDRESS A LOT OF
THE OTHER FUNDING CONCERNS THE
PROVIDERS ARE FACING. AND IT
ALSO DIDN'T CONTEMPLATE WHAT
HAPPENED JUST A SHORT COUPLE
SHORT WEEKS LATER WHEN SP THREE
WAS PASSED IN THE STATE MINIMUM
WAGE WAS RAPIDLY YOU KNOW WE
HAVE AN ESCALATING SCHEDULE
A FIFTEEN DOLLARS AN HOUR WE
WEREN'T CONTEMPLATING THAT WHEN
HE GETS TO ONE WAS PASSED.
THE X. TWO ONE WAS MEANT TO
STABILIZE AND ALLOW DIRECT
SERVICE PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE
EXPERIENCED TO GET PAID AND BE
KEPT THE HEAD OF THE MINIMUM
WAGE MINIMUM WAGE EMPLOYEES WE
THINK
THAT'S OFFENSIVE GENERALLY
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THESE ARE
NOT MINIMUM WAGE JOBS. AND WE
THINK THAT THE FOUR PERCENT WILL
HELP KEEP US AHEAD OF THAT AND
ALLOW PROVIDERS TO PAY FOR YOU
KNOW INCREASED WAGE COSTS. AS
pARE REALLY ONE ACCOMMODATED
MAYBE NEXT TO ONE. AND IT JUST
IN CLOSING I UNDERSTAND. THANK
YOU.
WE THINK THAT SOME OF THE MONEY
YOU KNOW THAT THEY WOULD PAY FOR
THIS REQUEST. WOULD COME OUT OF
THE STATE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES
THAT WERE APPROPRIATING EVERY
YEAR WE HAVE NINETY EIGHT
MILLION DOLLARS APPROPRIATED FOR
STATE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE WHAT
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO NEED TO
SPEND AS MUCH IF YOU'RE ALLOWING
PROVIDERS TO KEEP THEIR
EMPLOYEES AHEAD OF THAT MINIMUM
WAGE CURVE. WE ALSO HAVE THE
SAVINGS FROM THE OPERATIONS
DOLLARS OF THE DISEASE AND SO WE
DO THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY
WE THINK THERE'S MONEY THERE AND
IT'S A IT'S A VALID USE OF STATE
FUNDS SO THANK YOU FOR
CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
SO.
ANY COMMENTS FROM.
NO BELIAU.
SONNY PARTICULARLY.
WE WANTED TO RAISE A SEPARATE
BUT RELATED ISSUE THAT CAME TO
OUR ATTENTION THIS YEAR WHICH
CONCERNS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF.
STATUTE THAT ALLOWS SERVICE
PROVIDERS TO SEEK A RATE
INCREASE WHEN THE STATE MINIMUM
WAGE. GOES UP. SO AS IT IS RIGHT
NOW IF THE VENDOR OR SERVICE
PROVIDER IS IN AN AREA THAT HAS
A LOCAL MINIMUM WAGE THAT IS
HIGHER THAN THE STATE MINIMUM
WAGE.
THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SEEK
THAT INCREASE ASSOCIATED WITH
THE STATE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE THE VENDOR IN SAN
FRANCISCO WHICH IS HOW TO RATE
ABOVE THE STATE FOR. QUITE SOME
TIME THEY'RE NOT ONLY HAVING TO
PAY A HIGHER WAGE TO THEIR STAFF
THEIR MINIMUM WAGE STAFF BUT
THEY'RE ALSO NOT ABLE TO SEEK
THE INCREASES THAT HAVE BEEN
PROVIDED TO OTHER SERVICE.
PROVIDERS ACROSS THE STATE FOR
STATE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES. SO
WHAT WE RECOMMEND.
IN THIS REGARD IS THAT THE
LEGISLATURE CLARIFY WHAT IT
INTENDED.
WHEN IT ALLOWED SERVICE
PROVIDERS TO SECRET INCREASES
FIRST THE STATE MINIMUM WAGE.
WE KNOW THE DEPARTMENT AND
FINANCE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON
AND A COST ESTIMATE OF FOR WHAT
THIS WOULD COST TO ALLOW ALL
PROVIDERS ACROSS THE STATE TO
SEEK THOSE.
TYPE OF RATE INCREASES AND WE
RECOMMEND.
THEY REPORT ON THAT IT MAY
REVISE.
THANK YOU I APPRECIATE THAT THAT
SOUNDS LIKE A VERY.
CONFUSING NOT SENSIBLE
SITUATION.
OKAY FINANCE ELLEN'S.
TRIGGER NE DEPARTMENT AS OF
FINANCE OF THE EL EL AL
MENTIONED WILL WORK ON THE COSTS
OF CEMENT I WILL WORK WITH ELIO
AND YOUR STAFF TO DETERMINE
WHAT.
THE.
POTENTIAL INTENT WOULD BE
BECAUSE THE WAY THAT WE
IMPLEMENT SOMETHING LIKE THAT
WILL AFFECT THE COST OF CEMENT
THAT IS PRODUCED. SIX.
ALRIGHT WELL WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC
COMMENT.
THANK YOU ON MY NAME IS DONNA
FEINGOLD AND I'M WITH THE
ADAPTIVE LEARNING CENTER IN
CONCORD.
.
WHEN I WAS DRIVING UP HERE TODAY
I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE IRST
TIME I ACTUALLY ADVOCATED FOR
BETTER WAGES.
AND NOT SAYING THIS TO SHOW HOW
LONG I'VE BEEN AROUND BUT IT WAS
BACK IN NINETEEN EIGHTY FIVE OR
NINETEEN EIGHTY SIX. IT WAS IN
BOSTON AND WE WERE ADVOCATING
FOR PARODY SO THAT PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITY COULD MAKE AS MUCH
MONEY AS PEOPLE AND WHAT I CALL
THE STATE.
SCHOOLS BACK THERE
DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS. AND WE
WERE SUCCESSFUL THAT WAS EIGHTY
FIVE EIGHTY SIX I DON'T KNOW
WHAT PEOPLE IN MASSACHUSETTS ARE
ARE MAKING BUT IT SADDENS ME
THAT IN TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN IN
CALIFORNIA WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
MINIMUM WAGE FOR A WORKFORCE. I
THOUGHT TODAY ABOUT BRINGING A
JOB DESCRIPTION OF THE
PROFESSIONALS I HIRED TO WORK
DIRECTLY WITH THE PEOPLE WE
SERVE. BUT I KNOW IT WOULD TAKE
TOO LONG IT'S A TWO PAGE VERY
COMPLICATED JOB DESCRIPTION
BECAUSE IT'S A VERY COMPLICATED
JOB IF YOU WANT TO SERVE THE
MOST VULNERABLE CITIZENS THAT WE
HAVE IN OUR SYSTEM.
SO THE FACT THAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT MINIMUM WAGE.
SADDENS ME I I THINK ALL WORK
IS HONORABLE. WHETHER YOU'RE
FLIPPING BURGERS A WORKING
RETAIL OR YOU KNOW ANY MINIMUM
WAGE JOB BUT THAT'S NOT MY WORK
FORCE AND I DON'T THINK IT'S THE
WORK FORCE ANY OF US. IN THIS
ROOM WANT AND I THINK IT WAS
YOUR CHILD OR YOUR LOVED ONE
IT'S NOT THE WORK FORCE YOU
WOULD WANT. I WANT TO SUPPORT
THE.
I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE
CALIFORNIA DISABILITY SERVICE
AGENCY AND I WANT TO. SUPPORT%
THE FOUR PERCENT INCREASE
BECAUSE WE CAN'T WAIT FOR THE
WAY TO STUDY AND WE CAN'T WAIT
FOR IT TO BE IMPLEMENTED WE NEED
HELP NOW. IF WE NEED A REALLY
SOLID WORKFORCE BECAUSE ALL THE
THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY
WHETHER IT'S PARODY OR SOCIAL
RACK OR SAFETY NET PROGRAMS ARE
HELPING PEOPLE GET OUT OF THE
COMMUNITY. IF WE DON'T HAVE A
WORKFORCE OF BEEN IN THIS FIELD
LONG ENOUGH QUALITY OF SERVICES
IS BASED ON THE PEOPLE WE HIRE
TO SERVE THE PEOPLE THAT WE WANT
TO HAVE. QUALITY LIVE THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
MISTER CHAIR JORDAN AND HE WITH
THE ARK UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY.
THE HEALTH AND SAFETY WAIVER
PROCESS AS YOU'VE HEARD IS BEING
USED IN A WAY THAT IT WAS NEVER
INTENDED TO BE USED IN THE VAST
MAJORITY OF THESE. WAIVERS ARE
BECAUSE AN INDIVIDUAL CANNOT
FIND THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED
SO AND ALSO IN IN SUPPORT OF THE
ARTS IS PROPOSAL TO PROVE PROVE.
I'M TO PUT A TIME RESTRAINT ON
THEM. WEALTHY TO FIND A WAY TO.
STOP THE THE HUGE INFLUX OF THE
WAIVER PROCESS AT THE WAIVERS
AND SO THERE'S THREE WAYS WE CAN
DO THAT ONE IS. HAS BEEN
DISCUSSED THE LOCAL MINIMUM WAGE
WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ELLIE
OWES A DESCRIPTION OF THIS
PROCESS IN THE THE DOUBLE WHAMMY
THAT IT'S HAPPENING TO PROVIDERS
AND A HIGHER MINIMUM WAGE AREAS.
ONE HIGHER COSTS TO NOT EVEN
BEING. HAVING THE AVAILABILITY
OF THE BOMB THAT WAS JUST GIVEN
TO OTHER PROVIDERS TO TO
STATEMENT WAGE INCREASE TO THE
MINIMUM LIMITATION MEDIAN RATE
AND THREE CDS A PROPOSAL FOR
INCREASED WAGES.
PROVIDER RATES ESPECIALLY HAVE
THE RATE STUDY COMING BUT WHEN
THERE'S A A TIME BETWEEN NOW AND
THEN THAT I'M ALL THESE WOULD
HELP THANK YOU.
DO YOU WELCOME.
I JIMMY DAVIS MORE ADVENTURES
BUT A AND RIGHT NOW I'M WEARING
MY SELF ADVOCACY HAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE DONE IN
THE LAST EIGHT YEARS AS MENTOR
AND GROUP OF.
A PEOPLE DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES AND A STAFF TO HELP
THEM AND SELF ADVOCACY GROUP
CALLED PEOPLE FIRST OF MARIN.
AND SEVERAL OF THE PEOPLE BEHIND
ME ARE FROM THAT GROUP AND
THEY'RE LEARNING TO SPEAK UP AND
I DO IT BECAUSE WHAT I BELIEVE
IS THAT. WHEN PEOPLE
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES CAN
GET TOGETHER WITH THEIR
POLITICAL VOICE THAT'S WHEN
THINGS WILL REALLY CHANGE THAT'S
REALLY DEEPLY BELIEVE IN THIS
ISSUE. AND A FEW OF THESE PEOPLE
BACK HERE ARE ARE PARTICIPANTS
IN IN THAT ORGANIZATION.
WELCOME HELLO MY NAME IS JULIE
AND BURY I'M FROM I'M ONE OF THE
CLIENTS FOR A MOMENT VENTURES.
ACE PROGRAM.
ID LIKE I PERSONALLY LIKE GOING
TO MOVIES VENTURES BECAUSE I. I
LOVE GOING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY
I LOVE WORKING AT.
MOLLIE STONE'S I.
I READ IT INDEPENDENT YOUNG LADY
I'M TWENTY NINE YEARS OLD. AND I
LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT MOVING
VENTURES SO PLEASE DON'T. PLEASE
DON'T CLOSE THE PROGRAM THANK
YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU WELCOME.
MY NAME IS GREG I'D BEEN WITH
THE MARINE VENTURES SINCE TWO
THOUSAND EIGHT AND IT'S. IT'S
REALLY A GREAT PLACE TO GO TO I
LOOK FORWARD TO WAKING UP IN THE
MORNING GETTING YOU KNOW JUST
GOING TO MY DAY PROGRAM I WOULD
REALLY LOVE IT AND.
I WOULD REALLY LOVE IT IF YOU
GUYS WOULD NOT CLOSE IT DOWN
BECAUSE IT IF YOU CLOSE IT DOWN
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO
HAVE ANY MORE JOBS AND THEY
WON'T HAVE NO WHERE TO GO SO
PLEASE. I'M BEGGING YOU DO NOT
CLOSE BUT READ THAT CHOSE.
THANK YOU LATER JACK THAT WERE
NOT IN DANGER OF CLOSING BUT
PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF PASSION.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME. WHO WITH HIS? LITTLE
OGLE AGO ON THE HOSES.
ELEMENTS THAT WON'T. CAUSE. MORE
MALE LOT. WOW PROBLEM BUT YOU.
THANK YOU ALL OF THEM UNDER
MISTER MAHER AND I GO TO
MARYLAND EDGES AND I PLAY THE
DRUMS. AND OUT.
AND THEN.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY.
NO MORE NO MORE CUTS DON'T CUT
THE BUDGET IT. AND. I NEED.
MY MIND.
THANK YOU THANK YOU.
YOU'RE WELCOME.
MY NAME IS PAUL AND I GOT MY
COME FROM MORNING CONNIE. MY
CLIENT UP MORE INVENTIVE SUB
INFORMAL INVENT TO FARM WITH THE
LOVE IN YEARS. AND I LOVE THE
PARK AROUND THE WORLD TO
PARTICIPATE I LOOK TO LONG.
GUITARS AND ON OUT OF THE
COMMUNITY LEARNING TO.
I HAVE A JOB TO I WORK AT MY
PHONE AND NOW YOUNG HE IS TO.
TO SUPPORT AND I WANT TO
CONTINUE WITH MY GOALS.
TO KEEP MY PROGRAM IN THE
FUTURE.
THANK YOU.
LET'S GO AHEAD.
ONE IS A REALLY IMPORTANT THAT I
THAT. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK
YOU FOR LISTENING TO US IN AND
UNDERSTAND WHAT WERE ON HOW WE
FEEL SO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND HAVE A
GOOD DAY.
WELL THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BEING HERE WERE ALSO MEMBERS
OF CDSA AND I WANT TO SAY THAT
I'VE I SUPPORT THE FOUR PERCENT
INCREASE.
WE. DO A LOT WITH WHAT WE GET
ON BUT WE'RE ON THIS WEEK I HAD
TO CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT IT
CAN AFFORD A NEW THIRTY FIVE
DOLLAR CHAIR MAT FOR MY OFFICE.
YOU KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT THAT
POINT WHERE IT'S SLAM FOR THE
ADMIN DOLLARS. AND.
WE'RE MAKING SILLY DECISIONS
THAT WASTE TIME THANK YOU.
THANK YOU THANK YOU WELCOME.
THE ANGER FROM PAST POINT AND WE
PROVIDE SERVICES FOR ABOUT
TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE IN
FIVE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA COUNTIES. I'VE HAD
THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING FOR PAT
WHITE PRETTY MUCH MY WHOLE
CAREER. AND WHEN I FIRST STARTED
WE WERE ABLE TO HIRE PEOPLE WITH
MASTERS DEGREES. AND OVER TIME
THEY BECAME BACHELOR'S DEGREES
AND THEN HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS.
AND EVEN THOUGH OUR AGENCY STILL
REQUIRES A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA I
TALKED TO PEOPLE WHO AREN'T EVEN
REQUIRING THAT ANYMORE.
AND THEN THERE'S THE ISSUE OF
CRIMINAL CLEARANCE.
WHICH. WE USED TO BE SHOCKED
WHEN WE.
GET WHEN IT WHEN A PERSON DIDN'T
RECEIVE A CRIMINAL CLEARANCE AND
NOW IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME WE
JUST GO THAT PERSON DIDN'T
CLEAR.
SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED
TO OUR WORK FORCE.
BECAUSE OF THE RAIDER ROSEN IN
THAT IN THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN
IN THE PROFESSION.
I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF CDSA SO I
REALLY WANT TO SUPPORT THE FOUR
PERCENT THE OTHER THING I WANT
TO MENTION IS THAT BUT TURNOVERS
REALLY HIGH. AND WE SEND OUT US
CAUSED US.
SATISFACTION SURVEY TO FAMILIES
EVERY YEAR AND ONE OF THEIR
PRIMARY COMPLAINTS IS.
MY SON OR DAUGHTER STRUGGLES.
WITH THE CONSTANT TURNOVER OF
THEIR STAFF SO THEY SUFFER
BECAUSE OF THAT AND WE CAN'T
KEEP PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THE WAGES
WERE REQUIRED TO PAY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. WELCOME.
WELL SEVERED FEATURES EXPLORED.
AGREE ACTUALLY CATHOLIC FOREIGN
ON MOST ISSUES RELATED TO THE
HEALTH AND SAFETY I WAS THERE IN
TWO THOUSAND A NIGHT WHEN WE PUT
THAT IN AT THE TIME WE TALK TO
THE DIRECTOR SAYING. THIS IS
SUCH A NARROW BAND WIDTH IS THIS
GOING TO CAUSE US THE HEADACHES
WE HAVE TODAY AND IT REALLY IS.
IT WAS THE ONLY SAFETY NET WE
COULD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
DEEPEST RECESSION PUT IN.
BUT IS ONE WASN'T DESIGNED TO DO
WHAT IS NEEDED TO DO NOW THAT
IMPACT OF THAT. THE OTHER
QUESTION I REALLY AGREE WITH IS
THE NEED FOR DENIAL AND ACTION
OF NOTICE TO THE PRIMARY
CONSUMER THEY DON'T KNOW THEY'RE
ABOUT TO LOSE THEIR RESPITE
SERVICES BECAUSE SOMEONE CAN'T.
HEY THE NOW HIRE LOCAL MINIMUM
WAGE.
THAT'S.
THEY DON'T LOSE THAT THEY BECOME
SELF AND SAFETY PRETTY QUICKLY.
REALLY LOST THAT TREND YOU KNOW
WHAT'S OUT THERE BUT ALSO THE
BANK BELLY OVER THERE NOW SAYS
ON THE MINIMUM WAGE I THINK THEY
REALLY NAILED.
THE LOCAL MINIMUM WAGE THING
WHICH WE ALL STRUGGLE TO
DESCRIBE IT I THINK NOW.
I MISS BUT IT DID A GREAT JOB ON
THAT AND OBVIOUSLY SUPPORTS CSA
AND THEN THE WHOLE BILL TRYING
TO GIVE US SOME WAY TO GET TO A
RAID SYSTEM TO HELP PLEASE
FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE.
THANK YOU WELCOME.
RATHER STAY COUNSELING
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AS
MEMBERS OF THIS PANEL HAVE
TESTIFIED TO THE NUMBER OF DAYS
THAT THE CURRENT AVERAGE WAIT
TIME IS IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP
THAT IN CONTEXT. THAT WERE AT
ABOUT A FIVE YEAR HIGH I'M IT'S
THE PROCESS WAS SET UP FOR ONE
PURPOSE IT'S BEING IMPACTED
BECAUSE OF ANOTHER. INDUSTRY
COUNCIL URGES EXPEDITING THESE
WAIVERS THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
SO I ACTUALLY JUST MAKE NOTE OF
MY STAFF MY MUSE AND REPORT
THAT.
BASICALLY.
.
THE AVERAGE TIME IT TAKES TO
PROCESS. THESE HEALTH AND SAFETY
WAIVERS.
WELL THAT WAS AS HIGH AS A
HUNDRED FORTY THREE DAYS TWENTY
FOURTEEN FIFTEEN AND IT'S THE.
NOW IT'S SEVENTY EIGHT DAYS SO
WE SOLVE A LOT OF. ONCE A
ELEMENTS GOOD THAT THE NUMBERS
GOING DOWN BUT. I GUESS THE
OTHER QUESTION I HAVE BEFORE WE
WRAP UP IS IS THAT.
HOW MUCH IS IT COSTING?
TO DO ALL THESE WAIVERS. WHAT'S
THE PRODUCT I MEAN COST AND
STAFF TIME AT THE DEPARTMENT
BECAUSE THE TIME PEOPLE REGIONAL
CENTER I MEAN WE JUST. SO
DELIGHTED WE PUT IT IN RECESSION
AND ARE BUT HOW MUCH OVERHEAD
ARE WE ADDING WE DO THIS I'M
JUST WONDERING HAS ANYONE TRIED
TO TAKE A GANDER AT. HOW MUCH IT
COSTS TO DO ALL THIS?
WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH WORKING
WITH THE TEAM AS FAR AS THE
HEALTH AND SAFETY IS THE STAFF
THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A
NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT CONTINUE
TO DO THAT AND THEN THEY'RE?
DOING THE REVIEWS ON THE HEALTH
AND SAFETY AS WELL.
SO I'M GONNA ASK FINANCE I MEAN
THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING YOU'RE
LOOKING INTO HOW MUCH DOES THAT
ALL THE I MEAN WE GET BCP'S WE
HAVE ALL SORT OF THINGS WE'D
LIKE TO THINK ABOUT. TAIL. AND
WE HEARD HOW RICK GOOD HOW YOU
PEOPLE REQUESTS PEOPLE TO REVIEW
THEM TO GATHER DATA SO FORTH I
MEAN THAT.
BUT SOMEONE MUST TRY TO ADD THAT
ALL UP.
YEAH THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION
ACTOR CHRIS COOK DEPARTMENT
FINANCE STATE.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THAT DATA
AND I THINK WE'VE ACTUALLY
CONSIDERED THE COSTS. OF THOSE
HEALTH SAFETY WAIVERS THAT HAVE
BEEN APPROVED. BUT IT IS.
I MEAN IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS A
QUESTION AND ONE. WILL BE
LOOKING INTO IT BUT I DON'T
KNOW.
YEAH.
WE JUST WE JUST HAVE A LOOK AT
THAT THE OFFSETTING COSTS OF.
INCREASES ASSOCIATED WITH.
THE HEALTH AND SAFETY WAIVERS
AND THE TIME IT TAKES TO TO DO
THAT. OKAY SO I THINK I THINK
THAT BE USEFUL TO KNOW
ESPECIALLY SINCE SOUNDS LIKE
WE'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE OF
THEM I DON'T KNOW INSTEAD TRUE.
I MEAN. I MEAN WE'RE GETTING A
LOT OF THEM RIGHT. SO THAT'S
NUMBER ONE SO OBVIOUSLY THAT'S
TAKING TIME.
AT AND AND AND MONEY TIME IS
MONEY I GUESS AND STAFF TIME.
AND I GUESS THE OTHER QUESTION
AND THAT WAS AROUND BACK THEN
AND TRAIN THEM. SO BEFORE WE HAD
THE MEDIAN I MEAN WE PUT THAT IN
BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO CALL
CONTROL COSTS BUT I'M SURE IT
WOULD I DON'T. MEAN THAT I DON'T
THINK THE STATE BEFORE THEN
DIDN'T CONTRIVED CONTROL COSTS
EITHER WHAT WHAT MECHANISMS
THEM.
WERE IN PLACE PRIOR AND. I
DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HERE WANTS
TO ANSWER THAT ONE. TO SERVE
MANAGE THOSE COSTS BEFORE WE
CAME OF THIS MEETING RIGHT WHEN
HE SAID OKAY WE'LL LET THE.
REASON I USE THE READERS OF
REGIONAL CENTERS NEGOTIATE SO
OUT HOW THE STATE MANAGE THE
COSTS BEFORE. WHEN THEY WERE
USING MEDIAN BECAUSE I MEAN IT
WAS IT THAT WE JUST CAP HOW MUCH
REAL CENTER GOT THE NEGOTIATOR
HOW HOW DID THAT WORK. AT
SOMEONE AND MAYBE SOMEONE WHO'S
AROUND
ME CAME TO SUPPORT IT LIVING
THAT WAS A NEW SERVICE.
WE KIND OF GREW OUT OF THE.
COMMUNITY SUPPORTED LIVING
MODEL C. SLA. AND BASED ON THOSE
RATES WE WE BEGAN TO SET RATES
MANY OF THE RATES INITIALLY WERE
SENT AROUND. THE RESIDENTIAL
COST ON THERE WAS A TIME WHERE.
.
I WAS GOING FROM A RESIDENTIAL
SERVICE TO A SUPPORT LEAVING
SERVICE.
INITIALLY YOU KIND OF TRY TO
COMPARE AND NOT INCREASE THE
COST. OVER TIME THAT KIND OF
CHANGE BECAUSE THE FOLKS DID
HAVE RESIDENTS RATE BECAUSE IT
CAME DIRECTLY FROM HOME. BUT WE
DID TRY TO TAKE IT TO AT LEAST
OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CLASS AT
THOSE TIMES. SO.
IT WASN'T AS THOUGH THEY WERE
JUST ALL OVER THE PLACE ON THEY
WERE REALLY KIND OF CENTERED
AROUND. WHAT THE PREVAILING
RATES WERE IN THAT PARTICULAR
COMMUNITY?
SO THE REASON I MEAN PARTIES
OPPOSE THIS QUESTION IS THAT
QUITE WHAT I'M SEEING IS THAT WE
PUT IN A FINANCING ARE AS A
FINANCING WE PUT IN A BUDGETARY
MECHANISM INTO RECESSION THAT.
IS GOING ON A CERTAIN LINE RICIN
INJECTOR II.
AND WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT
WHEN THAT TRAJECTORY IS
DISCONNECTED THE REALITY WE'RE
GONNA PUT THESE WAIVERS IN PLACE
TO TRY TO CORRECT FOR THAT
RIGHT.
AND SO AS WE'RE GOING FARTHER
FARTHER TIME DISEASE I I THINK
THERE'S A GREATER AND GREATER
DIVERGENCE.
ALRIGHT AND SO IS THAT
DIVERSIONS GETS GREATER WE GET
MORE WAIVERS WE SPEND MORE TIME
AND MONEY TRYING TO PROCESS
THEM.
RIGHT AND SO AT SOME POINT TIME
YOU MIGHT WANT TO START THINKING
THAT'S WAS IT LETS PRICE OUT HOW
MUCH IT'S COSTING US TO DO THIS
IS THAT SOME POINT TIME WE MIGHT
ACTUALLY SAY WELL YOU KNOW WHAT
MAYBE THE THING WE HAVE IN PLACE
RIGHT NOW. THE MECHANISM TO
GUESS HOW MUCH IT SHOULD BE.
SHOULD BE CHANGED TO BETTER
REFLECT REALITY OTHERWISE
WHAT'LL HAPPEN IS OUR SORT OF
OUR. STOPGAP MEASURE WHICH IS
THIS WAIVER PROCESS.
IT IS JUST GONNA GET OVERWHELMED
AND ACTUALLY WE FIND OURSELVES
SPENDING A LOT OF RESOURCES ON
JUST MAKING A MECHANISM WORK
INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY DIRECTING IT
TO SERVICE WITH SOMEONE THE
OVERHEAD COSTS AND THAT'S WHY
WHY NOT THE OVERHEAD COSTS IS.
CERTAIN POINT TIME YET TO SAY
OKAY WITH WE TOOK THAT AND SPENT
THAT ON SERVICES INSTEAD AND
USED AND MAYBE THERE'S ANOTHER
MECHANISM BECAUSE WE WILL AND WE
DO NEED A MECHANISM. TO.
THURSDAY HOW MUCH WORD. THAT.
SOMEWHERE YOU KNOW BABY BABY
THERE'S A BETTER WAY OF DOING
THIS AND SO I'M JUST. I'M
GETTING THE SENSE THAT.
THIS DIVERGENCE IS GETTING WIDER
AND WIDER AND THAT THAT MAYBE
IT'S TIME TO START THINKING
ABOUT HOW WHAT YOU KNOW THIS IS
HOW LONG CAN THIS MECHANISM IN
DOOR. AS A MEANINGFUL MECHANISM
WHERE VERSES IT STICKING OUT TOO
MUCH OF A LIFE ON ITS OWN.
IN TERMS OF THE MOUNT OF TIME
AND EFFORT EVERYONE HAS TO USE
TO TRY TO MAKE UP FOR THE
DEFICIENCIES WE HAVE. A SOUND
LIKE YOU HAVE SOME COMMENTS ON
THAT.
JUST ONE WHEN NO IT'S JUST JUST
TO REMIND US THAT WE IMPOSED A
STATEWIDE MEDIAN AND SO IT'S
IT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID BUT
IT'S ALSO AS COST INCREASED IN.
URBAN AREAS AND SO FORTH BUT
WE'RE COMPARING NEW PROVIDERS TO
A STATEWIDE MEETING IS REALLY
JUST NOT A FAIR COMPARISON
EITHER RIGHT BECAUSE RATES AND
COSTS ARE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT
IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE STATE
AND. THAT'S ANOTHER WAY TO SORT
OF LOOK AT HOW DO WE SOLVE THE.
PROBLEM.
BE SURE YOU'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE
THE EFFICIENCY OF THE WAIVER
PROCESS SELF APART ALWAYS NEED A
WAIVER PROCESS ANYWAYS DOES NOT.
WORK THAT DOESN'T HAVE VALUE.
BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS GO EAT
INDIVIDUAL SITUATIONS BUT THAT'S
THIS ALSO STARTS BECOMING THE
NORM THAT EVERYONE HAS TO KEEP
APPLYING FOR A WAIVER AND YOU'RE
GETTING MORE AND MORE WAIVER
APPLICATIONS MAY BE. OUR
BASELINE IS THE PROBLEM AND I
REALIZE THAT WE'RE TRY FIX PART
OF IT. PERHAPS.
IT HERE BUT. MAYBE WE SHOULD BE
STEPPING BACK THE ON THAT THAT
SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE HAVE SOMETHING
TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
AND CERTAINLY THE DISCUSSIONS
ARE ALWAYS HELPFUL TO US TO KEEP
THINKING ABOUT THE PROCESS AND
TO KEEP THINKING ABOUT
APPROACHES BUT.
WE WE DO HAVE THE RATE STUDY
THAT IS OCCURRING.
SO IN THAT.
RATE STUDY YOU KNOW WERE IN THE
PROCESS THAT I'M CONSULTANT IS
ACTIVE RIGHT NOW AND AND WORKING
WITH THE.
SURVEY THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO
IMPLEMENT TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP
IS TO ASSESS AND.
PRODUCING A REPORT ON BACK BY
MARCH OF.
TWENTY NINETEEN I'M SO
RECOGNIZING THAT.
THAT IS STILL A YEAR AWAY
ESSENTIALLY BUT IT IS THE
MECHANISM FOR US TO BE ABLE TO
TAKE A STEP BACK AS WELL AND
TAKE A LOOK AT THE RATES. ACROSS
THE STATE.
OKAY SO CERTAINLY I THINK WE
NEED TO LOOK AT THE RATES WE
NEED TO LOOK AT THEM MECHANISM
IN WHICH WERE POSING I I DO HEAR
YOU I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN THAT.
THERE'S A PROBLEM NOW TOO. SO.
SO LET'S SO. SO WE'LL SEE YOU A.
I PRESUME WILL BE HERE I DON'T
KNOW. SO. NEXT YEAR BUT LET'S
PUT A MARKER ON THAT AND THINK
ABOUT NOT JUST THE OBVIOUS WILL
LOOK AT A RATE WILL HAVE ARRIVED
RACE OF IT. THAT RATE STUDY BUT
ALSO LETS LOOK AT IS THE
UNDERLYING MECHANISM.
THAT WE HAVE IS THE RIGHT ONE
AND PROBABLY WANT TO BE SURE
THAT.
WERE WERE MACNEILLE MEETING THE
NEEDS SELF OKAY.
ALL RIGHT WITH THAT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THIS
ITEM OPEN. NOW. AND.
APPRECIATE ALL TESTIMONY LET'S
MOVE ON TO ISSUE NUMBER TWELVE.
WHICH IS THE UNIFORM HOLIDAY
SCHEDULE.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR JOHN
DOYLE DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES.
THE.
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET PROPOSES THE
REINSTATEMENT OF THE FOURTEEN
DAY UNIFORM HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
WHICH IS CURRENTLY DEFINED IN
STATUTE.
AS WAS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY IN
THIS HEARING IN.
TWO THOUSAND NINE THE STATE WAS
FACING.
GENERAL FUND DEFICIT IN IT WAS
SIGNIFICANT WAS TWENTY SEVEN
BILLION DOLLARS APPROXIMATELY.
THERE WERE A NUMBER OF SAVINGS
GENERAL FUND SAVINGS PROPOSALS
THE DEPARTMENT WAS REQUIRED TO
PUT INTO PLACE. IN ORDER TO
BRING EXPENDITURES IN LINE WITH
AVAILABLE RESOURCES.
SO IN ABOUT TWO THOUSAND NINE
TEN THE EXISTING A TEN DAY.
HOLIDAY SCHEDULE WAS MODIFIED TO
ADD FOR ADDITIONAL DAYS THE FOUR
BUSINESS DAYS BETWEEN.
DECEMBER TWENTY FIFTH IN JANUARY
FIRST.
THE MODIFICATION WAS INTENDED TO
SAVE GENERAL FUND AND IT DID ON
THE PROJECTED GENERAL FUND
SAVINGS AT THAT TIME WAS SIXTEEN
POINT THREE MILLION DOLLARS.
AND AS.
GOD TIME HAS GONE ON GENERAL
FUND SAVINGS THAT HAVE BEEN
EFFECTIVE IN. OF ASSURING THAT
GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE STAY IN
LINE WITH REVENUES THOSE SAVINGS
PLANS HAVE BEEN KEPT IN PLACE.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PROPOSALS.
IS THE GENDER NOTES.
THE STATE WAS SUED BY THE
SERVICE PROVIDER ASSOCIATIONS.
AND IT RESULTED IN AN INJUNCTION
BEING BROUGHT AGAINST
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNIFORM
HOLIDAY SCHEDULE.
IN AUGUST OF TWENTY SIXTEEN. THE
US DISTRICT COURT VACATED THAT
INJUNCTION.
AND.
.
A FEDERAL APPELLATE COURT IN MAY
OF TWENTY SEVENTEEN. ARM. HELD
THE DISTRICT COURT DECISION.
SO CONSISTENT WITH THE COURT'S
RULING. DEPARTMENT IS PROPOSING
TO REINSTATE THE FOURTEEN DAY
UNIFORM HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
EFFECTIVE JULY FIRST OF TWENTY
EIGHTEEN.
THE AGENDA ASKS THAT.
THE DEPARTMENT ADDRESS A COUPLE
OF QUESTIONS.
ONE OR THE THE COST SAVINGS
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CHANGE DUE
TO THERE BEING LESS SERVICE
DAYS.
OR IS IT DUE TO THE ELIMINATION
OF OVERTIME AND THE SAVINGS ARE
RELATED TO INCREASING. THE
NUMBER OF DAYS FROM TEN TO
FOURTEEN SO. ON.
YES SIR THERE IS THERE IS THERE
IS YES SO THAT THE NUMBER OF
UNPAID HOLIDAYS GOES UP BY FOUR
SO THAT'S HOW. THE SAVINGS ARE
GENERATED.
AND THEN IT ALSO ASKS WITH THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNIFORM
HOLIDAY SCHEDULE.
AFFECT CONSUMERS WHO RECEIVE
EMPLOYMENT THERE SUPPORTS THREE
PAID INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS. FOR.
WERE ENGAGED IN COMPETITIVE
INTEGRATED EMPLOYMENT WAS
SUPPORT IN THE ANSWER TO THAT.
IS YES IT COULD POTENTIALLY. ON
TO THE EXTENT IT COULD IMPACT
THEM TO THE EXTENT THAT
CONSUMERS. ARE RECEIVING THEIR
EMPLOYMENT SUPPORTS THROUGH. OF
FOR EXAMPLE OF WORK ACTIVITY
PROGRAMS.
THAT THE. THE ON INDIVIDUAL
CENTER IN COMPETITIVE INTEGRATED
EMPLOYMENT OR INTERNSHIP
PROGRAMS COULD HAVE THEIR
SUPPORT SERVICES AFFECTED.
OKAY OHIO.
CINEMATIC LIFO.
NOTE THAT THE LEGISLATURE HAS
RELEASED SEVERAL OPTIONS YOU
KNOW CAN IMPROVE THIS PROPOSAL
IT COULD REJECTED OUR RIGHT OR
IT COULD IMPROVE.
A SORT OF COMPROMISE WHEREBY IT
RETAINS THE UNIT THE IDEA OF
UNIFORMITY. OTHER REGIONAL
CENTERS WOULD ALL OBSERVE THE
SAME HOLIDAYS BUT REDUCE THE
NUMBER OF DAYS TO TEN OR WHAT
WHATEVER IT CHOOSES.
BUT WE WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT
ABOUT THE FISCAL IMPACT SO.
SINCE TWENTY FIFTEEN A AFTER THE
INITIAL COURT RULING THE
DEPARTMENT HAS NOT BEEN
ENFORCING THE UNIFORM HOLIDAY
POLICY SO.
ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION
THAT WE GATHERED A LOT OF THE
REGIONAL CENTERS HAVE GONE BACK
TO. THE TO THE WAY THEY
PREVIOUSLY HANDLED HOLIDAYS
WHICH WAS TO HAVE A MAYBE TEN
DAYS OR NINE DAYS ARE NOT EVEN
REQUIRE A SET NUMBER OF DAYS. SO
WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT THE
LIKELY ON THE NATURAL OVEN
FUNDING FOR THE ADDITIONAL FOUR
DAYS OR OR WHATEVER IT IS HAS.
SORT OF BEEN PART OF THE
PURCHASE OF SERVICE BUDGET SINCE
TWENTY FIFTEEN BECAUSE VENDORS
WOULD HAVE BEEN BILLING FOR
THOSE.
SERVICES ON THOSE DAYS.
SO IF THE.
LEGISLATURE APPROVED THE
PROPOSAL IT WOULD RESULT IN THE.
THE INCREMENTAL COST SAVINGS OF
ROUGHLY THREE MILLION DOLLARS
BUT ALSO PROBABLY ADDITIONAL
SAVINGS BECAUSE.
IT WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE A CUT
IN THE NUMBER OF SERVICE DAYS.
IF THE LEGISLATURE REJECTS THE
PROPOSAL IT LIKELY WOULDN'T COST
THAT MUCH MORE THAN WHAT WAS
ALREADY PROVIDED IN TWENTY
SEVENTEEN EIGHTEEN BECAUSE
VENDORS HAVE BEEN. BILLING ON
THOSE ADDITIONAL DAYS.
IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
THANK YOU.
FINANCE.
JACOB WENT APARTMENT OF FINANCE
IN REGARDS TO THE FISCAL AUSTIN
OF THIS PROPOSAL. THE BUDGET
YOU'RE CURRENTLY ASSUMES
ADDITIONAL STANDS AT THREE POINT
TWO MILLION TO INCREASE THE.
UNIFORM HOLIDAYS FROM TEN TO
FOURTEEN AS A LOYAL LA O. NOTED.
BECAUSE THE REGIONAL CENTERS
HAVE RETURNED TO WHAT THEY WERE
PREVIOUSLY DOING THE PAST ALL
THOSE COSTS MAY HAVE NATURALLY.
BEEN INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET
ESTIMATES PRODUCED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OVER THE LAST TWO
YEARS. HOWEVER THE DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE RECOMMEND THAT IF THERE
IS ANY CHANGE IN THIS PROPOSAL.
OF. COSTLY RESTORED AS CUT
BECAUSE IT'S CURRENTLY UNCLEAR
HOW MUCH OF THOSE COSTS HAVE
CURRENTLY BEEN CAPTURED AND THE
REGIONAL CENTERS. BUDGET
ESTIMATES AND WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE DEPARTMENT. OF THE
OPERATING RESOURCES NECESSARY
TO.
PAY THOSE PURCHASES SERVICE
EXPENDITURES. THANK YOU.
THE SONG SAYS QUESTION TRY
UNDERSTAND THIS SO.
WHAT HAPPENS ON A HOLIDAY?
SEVEN SO IF SOMEONE PROVIDES A
VENDOR PROVIDES A SERVICE.
IS IT JUST NOT GET PAID I MEAN
WHAT WHAT HOW HOW HOW DOES THAT
HOW HOW DOES THIS HOLIDAY THING
WORK.
THE THE FOURTEEN DAYS THAT ARE
DEFINED IN STATUTE THAT'S
CORRECT IF A IF. THE DEPARTMENT
DOES NOT PAY FOR SERVICES ON
THOSE DAYS FOR THE SERVICES THAT
ARE OUTLINED. IN THE SECTION OF
THE WELFARE INSTITUTION CODE AND
IT SPECIFIES WHICH SERVICES
WON'T BE PAID FOR ON THOSE DAYS
CASE SO THAT MEANS THAT OVER THE
HOLIDAYS I CAN TELL MY ELECTRIC
COMPANY I DON'T WANT TO PAY THEM
BY PHONE COMPANY EVEN THOUGH THE
FIRE PHONE SERVICE. SIGN OFF TO
PAY THEM.
I MEAN OTHER SIR I MEAN THE GUY
I GUESSED WHAT PUZZLES ME IS
THAT IT'S ON THE LIVES OF
SERVICE.
THEY SHOULD BE PAID IF THEY
DON'T DELIVER SERVICE THEY DON'T
GET PAID.
IT.
SO I THAT'S WHY THAT'S HAT'S
JUST WHAT'S PUZZLING ME ABOUT
HOW THIS THING WORKS.
IT IS SAYING FOR THESE
PARTICULAR SERVICES THAT ARE
LISTED.
IF IF IF ON THOSE DAYS THE STATE
IS NOT PAYING FOR THE COST OF
THOSE SERVICES AND THE SO. THEN
IS IT BASIM THEN THAT'S IT IN
THERE CAN THE THE HOLIDAYS THE
TEN DAYS ORIGINALLY. WERE
CONSISTENT WITH THE FEDERAL
HOLIDAY SCHEDULE.
AND THEN FOUR DAYS WERE ADDED
AGAIN THE FOUR WHAT IF THE
CLIENTS NEED THE SERVICES IS IT
SO IT'S OKAY FOR THEM NOT TO
PROVIDE THE SERVICE PERIOD
DEPENDS AGAIN IT DEPENDS WHAT
THE SERVICES MISTER CHAIR IF.
THE SERVICES ARE. LISTED ON. AN.
THE.
LIST IS IT INCLUDES WORK
ACTIVITY PROGRAMS ACTIVITY
CENTERS ADULT DEVELOPMENTAL
CENTERS BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT
PROGRAMS SOCIAL RECREATION
PROGRAMS.
INFANT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
PROGRAMS SUPPORT GROUP DATA
SERVICES I ASSUME THAT THE
DEPARTMENT FEELS ARE.
I WOULD SAY OPTIONAL THE
SERVICES BUT NOT THAT DON'T NEED
TO BE DELIVERED ON CERTAIN OUT
ON ON HOLIDAYS ARE DAYS OFF. IS
THAT IS THAT HOW YOU DECIDE
WHICH IS NOT CRITICAL OR NOT
CRITICAL SO THEREFORE IF THEY
WERE NOT THEY WERE ABSENT FOR
THOSE DAYS THEN.
AND THIS HAND IS THE EXPECTATION
THEN THAT THERE THAT THOSE THAT
THE REGIONAL CENTERS OR WHATEVER
TO VENDORS NOT DELIVER THOSE
SERVICES ON THOSE DAYS AND.
THE DEPARTMENT.
IS ONLY TELLING COME HOME WE
WON'T PAY FOR SERVICES ON THOSE
DAYS WHAT THEY DO ON THOSE DAYS
IS THEIR PREROGATIVE.
BUT WE WE DON'T PAY OUR SERVICES
ON THAT DAY.
IT'S IT'S THE INTENT OF THE
PROPOSAL. IS TO SAVE MONEY AND
THAT'S WHAT IT DOES OKAY.
WELL. THAT IS A BIG PART OF IT
INTENTLY SHIRTS PEOPLE GET THE
SERVICES THEY NEED I MEAN I
REALIZE THAT THERE'S.
YOU KNOW WE UP. BUT IF SOMEONE
NEEDS ANYWAY OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
OKAY WELL WHAT THAT WHEN WE.
HAVE THE.
WE HAVE SOME. ADVOCATES WHO WISH
TO SPEAK TO THAT SO. I WILL AND
I WILL HAS AND DISABILITY RIGHTS
CALIFORNIA SO IN ADDITION TO THE
ISSUES THAT ARE. RAISED BY THE
PROVIDERS.
AND MISTER DOLE TOUCHED ON THIS
WE HAVE A CONCERN THAT
INDIVIDUALS ENTERING COMPETITIVE
IN A GREAT EMPLOYMENT OR PAID
INTERNSHIPS. ARE NOT IMPACTED BY
THIS PROPOSAL SO WITH TO THE
EXTENT THIS PROPOSAL MOVES
FORWARD WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME
STATUTORY CLARITY. TO PRECLUDE
THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT YOU
KNOW TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE
ENTERING COMPETITIVE IN A GREAT
EMPLOYMENT AND AND PAID
INTERNSHIPS ARE NOT IMPACTED
BECAUSE. AS A POLICY THE STATE
HAS DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD
WITH.
INTEGRATED EMPLOYMENT FOR PEOPLE
WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
WHICH WE JUST WANT TO SEE THAT
CLARITY THERE WE WOULD NOTE THAT
SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT IS
CURRENTLY EXCLUDED FROM THE
UNIFORM HOLIDAY SCHEDULE SO THIS
IS NOT IN A NEW. TYPE OF
PROPOSAL.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR JORDAN IN
THE WITH THE ARK AND UCP
CALIFORNIA.
AS WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH
MANY OF THE OTHER PROPOSALS
TODAY IN A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT IN THE DUTY
SERVICE SYSTEM IS IS KLEINER WAY
BACK FROM CUTS THAT WERE MADE IN
TWO THOUSAND AND NINE LIKE THE
HEALTH AND SAFETY WAIVER
PROCESS.
AND. THIS PROPOSAL ACTUALLY IS
KLEINER WAY BACK TO TWO THOUSAND
EIGHT NINE ON THE ARK. OF
CALIFORNIA AND YOU SEE PEACE IN
DIEGO. I ENTERED INTO A LAWSUIT
AND WE WERE SUCCESSFUL THE
FEDERAL COURT SAID THAT THIS IS
NOT LEGAL BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT
CMS APPROVAL. THEN OF COURSE AS
YOU KNOW THE SUPREME COURT RULED
THAT THIRD PARTIES NO LONGER HAD
STANDING IN THOSE TYPES OF
MEDICAID CASES. WHICH IS WHY
THE.
INJUNCTION WAS THERE AND WE
WENT BACK TO. THE REGIONAL
CENTERS BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE
THE HOLIDAYS AS THEY SAW FIT.
THIS THIS PROPOSAL RESULTS IN
IN CERTAIN THINGS AND YOU WERE
UP ON THE RIGHT TRACK EXACTLY AT
HIM IT IT'S INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL
BE AT HOME NOT RECEIVING
SERVICES AND OR.
A PARENT OR CAREGIVER MAYBE
THEY HAVE TO TAKE OFF THE
HOLIDAY.
IF THEY HAVE ONE AT WORK TO
PROVIDED TO ALLOW THEIR LOVED
ONE BEING THE COMMUNITY. INDOOR
SERVICE PROVIDER IN STAFF.
STAFFER FURLOUGHED FOR
ADDITIONAL DAYS WE'VE ALREADY
HEARD HOW I ACHE IN THE
EXTRAORDINARY CRISIS OF STAFFING
ALREADY IS IN THE COMMUNITY NOW
A PROVIDER SAYS BY THE WAY I
KNOW WE CAN ONLY PAY YOU. I'M
JUST ABOVE MINIMUM WAGE IF THAT
ALSO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE
FOR FURLOUGH DAYS.
THERE AND WE KNOW HOW MANY
STAFFERS SAY OKAY I THINK I'M
JUST GOING TO WORK AT TARGET
NOW.
.
AND WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE
THREE PROPOSALS THAT ELLIOT WAS
LAID OUT AND AS A RESULT THE
ARTICLE FORMULA.
REQUEST THAT THE COMMITTEE
ADOPTS THE SECOND A PUZZLE ON
THE ALLEY OWES.
LAY OUT HERE WHICH IS JUST TO
REJECT THIS. IN THE GOVERNOR'S
RIPPLES ON THIS ENTIRELY. THANK
YOU.
I MISSED MR MEMBERS RICKROLLING
TRIPS IN ARKANSAS SHISHA
REGIONAL CENTER AGENCIES SO I
WAS ONE OF MANY AND MANY FOLKS
HERE TODAY WHO WERE WAS AROUND
IN TWO THOUSAND NINE SAT AROUND
OUT HORRIBLE. TABLE WHEN WE HAD
TO MAKE SUBSTANTIAL CUTS TO THE
TV SYSTEM BECAUSE OF THE. GREAT
RECESSION OF TWO THOUSAND EIGHT
TWO THOUSAND NINE THIS PROPOSAL
AT THE TIME WAS CONSIDERED.
OF SOMEWHAT FAIR BECAUSE STATE
EMPLOYEES AND OTHERS WERE ASKED
TO TAKE FURLOUGH DAYS.
AND.
UNFORTUNATELY.
THE IMPACT ON OUR PROVIDERS WAS
NOT GOOD THE. IS THE COURT CASE
CAME BACK ON AND. WE AT ARC OF
BELIEVE THAT THIS PROPOSAL
SHOULD BE REJECTED OR IN
DIFFERENT TIMES WE UNDERSTOOD
STANDS DID WHAT HAPPENED. BACK
IN TWO THOUSAND NINE WITH THIS
TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN AND WE
ALSO QUESTION THE REAL SAVINGS
THAT THIS. PROPOSAL WILL HAVE AS
YOU KNOW I HAVE A SON WITH
AUTISM TO SERVE BY REGIONAL
CENTER. WHO? ATTENDS A DAY
PROGRAM. IF. THAT PROGRAM IS
FORCED TO CLOSE ON A FURLOUGH
DAY I'M GOING TO CALL THE
REGIONAL CENTER AND SAY YOU NEED
TO BACK FILL SOME SUPPORTS FOR
MY SON I NEED TO BE HERE TO
TESTIFY BEFORE SENATOR HANDS
COMMITTEE AMONG OTHER THINGS.
AND.
IT'S GOING TO COST THE SYSTEM
MONEY TO HAVE MY SON CARED FOR.
DURING THOSE FURLOUGH DAYS THAT
ARE BEING PROPOSED BY THIS
PROPOSAL. TO MAKE UP FOR. ITS
THE SERVICES THE SERVICES MY SON
AND THE THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND
FOLKS WHO ARE SERVED IN THE
SYSTEM THEIR DISABILITIES DON'T
GO AWAY ON A PARTICULAR DAY OF
THE YEAR.
AND.
WE NEED TO HAVE TO HAVE THOSE
SERVICES PROVIDED SO SPEAKING ON
BEHALF OF ARKHAM AND AS A
PARENT.
AND PARTICULARLY ON THE FACT
THAT. NOT ONLY DOES IT HAPPEN
TREMENDOUS DETRIMENTAL IMPACT ON
THE PROVIDERS MOST IMPORTANTLY
IT HAS TREMENDOUS DETRIMENTAL
IMPACT. ON THE FAMILIES THAT WE
SERVE.
THANK YOU.
SO.
.
WELL. I I I GET THE IDEA THAT IT
WAS PROPOSED THERE WAS A COURT
CASE.
THE FOLKS WHO SUED LOSS BECAUSE
IT OUTSTANDING AND SO WE'RE KIND
OF JUST REVERTING BACK BUT.
I I HOPE THAT. WEEK THAT THAT'S
NOT THE REASON WE'RE GONNA END
UP NOW THAT THE MINISTRATIONS
GUY TRY TO PUSH THIS TOO HARD.
I I JUST DON'T SEE HOW HOW HOW
THIS ACTUALLY HELPS ANYONE AND.
SO I MEAN OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A
BUDGETARY COSTS TO.
TO.
BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE NOT
BASICALLY NOT GONNA IMPOSE A CUT
THAT WE HAVE IMPOSED BEFORE AND
SO LET'S TRY TO COLLECT AS I
THINK YOU KNOW LET'S FIGURE OUT
AT. YOU KNOW I I WANTED THAT
THINK IT'S GOOD TO LOOK AT THE
SERVICES AND BE SURE THAT
THEY'RE NOT. CRITICAL BUT ALSO
YOU KNOW WE DON'T WANT AT LEAST
I'M BEING.
PEOPLE DISABILITIES FROM BE
ABLE TO NOW BE TO HAVE THE WORK
PROGRAM AS WELL.
I HAVE TO SAY THAT I WAS
ACTUALLY AT IS THE FACT THAT
YOU-SEE SO WE WERE FURLOUGHED
WHO
WAS AN INTERESTING KIND OF
FURLOUGH.
THAT BECAUSE THEY TOLD US
BECAUSE WE ARE TAKING CARE OF
PATIENTS THAT WE COULDN'T CUT IT
WE CAN TAKE OUR FURLOUGH OFF A
PATIENT TIME THEY SAID WE SHOULD
TAKE OUR RESEARCH TIME EXCEPT
SOMEONE ELSE IS PAYING FOR
RESEARCH TIME SO I THINK THERE
WAS SOME. LEGAL QUESTION ALIKI
ABOUT THAT. AND THEY TOLD US WE
ALSO COULDN'T. CUT BACK ON OUR
TEACHING BECAUSE OF COURSE WE
HAD STUDENTS IN TALKS TEACHES
WELL SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE TO
FURLOUGH TIME WAS I THINK IT WAS
JUST WORKING FOR FREE.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHETHER THAT
VIOLATE A CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT ARE NOT.
BUT THE DETAIL THEM WE MAY HAVE
HAD.
I I THINK THAT.
LET'S LET'S FIGURE THIS OUT IN
A WAY THAT'S MUCH MORE
REASONABLE I JUST DON'T SEE. THE
PEOPLE OF THE NEEDS DON'T GO
AWAY AND I THINK THE IDEA THAT
WE'RE JUST GONNA GO ADD SOME
MORE DAYS BECAUSE WE LOST
SOMEONE LOST A COURT CASE. I
JUST DOESN'T SEEM REASONABLE TO
ME CELL. PHONES PUT IT THAT WAY
I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER MEMBERS
BY COMMITTEE HERE SO IT'S GOING
TO GET HELD OPEN AND I'M GONNA
HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT FILE
OFFICIALLY CALL IT HELD OPEN
BUT.
I YOU KNOW I I I I I CERTAINLY
UNDERSTAND MINISTRATION SAYING
WELL WE MADE A DECISION WE JUST
NEED TO STICK TO IT IF THE COURT
IS MAKING US CHANGE IT BUT. BUT
LET'S LET'S JUST CHANGE THIS
THING OKAY. ALL RIGHT PUBLIC
COMMENT.
HI NANCY CHANCE CHOICES PERSON
CENTERED SERVICES.
AGAIN.
I STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS CUT.
IT IS A CUT ITS FURLOUGH AND.
I OPPOSE IT FOR A VARIETY OF
REASONS THAT WE'VE MANY OF WE'VE
TALKED ABOUT TODAY THAT WE'RE
ALREADY IN THE STAFFING CRISIS
WE ARE ALREADY UNABLE TO PAY OUR
FOLKS WHAT WE SHOULD PAY THEM
AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO ASK THEM
TO TAKE FOR AND PAID HOLIDAYS. I
ALSO I ALSO KINDA DISAGREE THAT
OUR SERVICES THAT ARE BEING
PROVIDED ARE NOT CRITICAL.
I THINK THAT THAT THEY ARE
CRITICAL TO THE PEOPLE THAT
RECEIVE THEM I THINK THAT IF
THEY'RE LEARNING TO WORK OR
THEY'RE GETTING OUT AND DOING
THOSE THINGS THAT THAT THAT'S
CRITICAL I'M SORRY I THINK IT
IS.
UP THE OTHER THING IS THAT I
WHILE WE'RE SITTING HERE I KIND
OF FIGURED OUT WHAT IT WOULD BE
BUT THE COST OF MY ORGANIZATION
WOULD BE.
TOO AT PUT IN THOSE EARLY DAYS
AND IT'S ABOUT THIRTY TWO
THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR.
YOU KNOW THAT MIGHT NOT SOUND
LIKE A LOT BUT THAT'S A LOT TO
MY ORGANIZATION OUT ESPECIALLY
AT A TIME WHEN THINGS ARE
ALREADY TOUGH AND WE'RE HAVING
TO RAISE.
WAGES SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO KEEP
PEOPLE WE REALLY CAN'T AFFORD
ANOTHER THIRTY TWO THOUSAND
DOLLARS.
OTHERWISE SO.
I AM I AM HOPING YOU WILL
REJECT THIS THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME. HI DONNA FEINGOLD AFTER
LEARNING CENTER AND I DISAGREE
WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN
SAID.
I THINK IT WAS ACTUALLY QUITE
MEAN SPIRITED TO PUT THIS IN THE
BUDGET.
NOT ONE WERE I THINK THE STATE
HOUSE OVER A SIX BILLION DOLLAR
SURPLUS IT MAY HAVE MADE SENSE
IN TWO THOUSAND EIGHT TWO
THOUSAND NINE AND I WAS ALSO
HERE BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE
IN TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN WE HAVE
ALL THESE OTHER CRITICAL ISSUES
FACING US. AND OUR THING IS.
WHEN ONE REALLY MENTION THE
IMPACT IT HAS ON RESIDENTIAL
SERVICES THEY WON'T GET ANY
EXTRA MONEY IF THEY HAVE TO
STAFF UP SO EVEN THOUGH THEY
DON'T GET THE THE CUT. WILL BE A
HIGHER COST SO EVERYONE LOSES
WITH THIS SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR.
SUPPORT THANK YOU.
YOU'RE WELCOME RT MOTOR
CALIFORNIA DISPLAY.
COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK AND A
FAMILY MEMBER AS PART THE
WORKGROUP ONE WITH RICK AND
OTHERS BACK IN TWO THOUSAND
NINE.
BACK THEN WE LOOK AT THESE CUTS
AND THEY WERE. CONSIDERED WE
TRIED TO DO THE MOST FAIR AND
HUMANE THING BUT THEY WERE NEVER
MEANT TO BE PERMANENT. AND TO
IMPOSE THIS NOW TO REINSTATE
THIS NOW IS REALLY UNFAIR IF THE
LEGISLATURE CAN'T REJECTED OUT
OF HAND.
THOUGH I THINK IT SHOULD END
DELAY IMPLEMENTATION AND TIE IT
TO THE RATE STUDY.
BUT TO IMPOSE IT NOW IS WOULD BE
TOTALLY UNFAIR THANK YOU.
THANK YOU WELCOME EARLY HOLD
WITH EASTER SEAL I WAS AROUND AS
WELL.
IT'S CUT IN ANY WAY YOU LOOK AT
IT IT'S A CUT IT OUT IT'S A CUT
TOO IN SERVICES TO PEOPLE
RECEIVING THE SERVICES THAT
NEEDED TO CUT TO THE AGENCY. AND
THE I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF
OF THE STAFF BECAUSE. OUR STAFF
ESPECIALLY NOW THAT THEIR WAGES
ARE GETTING MUCH CLOSER TO A
MINIMUM WAGE.
THEY GET THESE UNPAID DAYS AND
THAT'S WHEN WE SEE EVEN MORE
ACCIDENTS GOING IT'S JUST REALLY
UNFAIR. ALL THE WAY AROUND SO WE
DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO REJECT THANK
YOU.
THANK YOU WELCOME CHAIRMAN A CAR
LANDED ON BEHALF OF THE ALLIANCE
FORTY PEOPLE OF INTELLECTUAL
DEVELOPMENT DISABILITIES ALSO.
URGING REJECTION OF THIS
PROPOSAL WE. REVIEW THIS ALMOST
CYNICALLY LIKE IT WAS A. AN ITEM
THAT WAS PUT UP S THEY COULD BE
TRADED AWAY AGAINST OTHER THINGS
THAT ARE REALLY NEEDED THE
SYSTEM. THESE ARE SERVICES THAT
ARE CONSIDERED AND PROVIDED.
UNDER AN IPP A PERSON AS AN IPP
IT DIRECT SERVICES.
AS WAS SAID YOU DON'T GET A
HOLIDAY FROM YOUR DISABILITY. WE
URGE YOU TO REJECT THIS THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU WELCOME I JB DAVIS
MORE ADVENTURES THE PEOPLE
REALLY GONNA PAY FOR THIS ASIDE
FROM THE CONSUMER'S HOME IS
THERE FOR DAYS OF SERVICES OUR
STAFF.
AND.
IT'LL COST MY AGENCY FIFTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS ARE PROBABLY.
NOT BE ABLE TO PAY MY STAFFER
THOSE FOUR DAYS SO THAT WE
FORCED TO TAKE SOME OF THEIR OWN
PAID TIME OFF SCHEDULING AT.
YOU KNOW WHEN I SAY THEY SHOULD
SCHEDULE IT OR JUST BE UNPAID.
AND TWO YEARS AGO THERE WAS A
LOT OF CONCERN AND COMPASSION
ABOUT OUR STAFF AND THERE WAS A
WAGE AND BENEFIT PASS THROUGH.
AND I HEARD COMPASSION TODAY FOR
THE STATE EMPLOYEES.
I'D LIKE YOU KNOW I FEEL LIKE
I'VE BEEN IN A LIFE OF SERVICE
FOR THIRTY YEARS JUST LIKE THE
STATE EMPLOYEES.
AND MY STAFF A LOT OF THEM HAVE
BEEN IN A LIFE OF SERVICE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR
CONSISTENT COMPASSION FROM THE
LEGISLATURE FOR THEM THANK YOU.
YOU WELCOME THANK YOU FOR
JOINING THE CDSA IN THE INTEREST
OF TIME OF JUST A LINE MY
COMMENTS WITH WITH THOSE OF MY
COLLEAGUES BEFORE ME ENTERED
STRONG ATTRACTION OF THIS THANK
YOU.
THANK YOU WELCOME.
FAVORITE FEATURES EXPLORE ARISES
A POOR SUBSTITUTE FOR A GROUP OF
FOLKS WHO HERE EARLIER DUE TO
TRANSPORTATION ISSUES AND OTHERS
NEEDED TO LEAVE BEFORE THEY
COULD TESTIFY ABOUT THE IMPACT
ON THEIR LIVES. AUMENTAR
SOMEBODY HERE IN ONE OF OUR
STRONGEST ADVOCATES NICOLE
ACTUALLY IS HOME SICK. BUT SHE
COULDN'T GIVE HER A GREAT
ENGLISH ACCENT SPEECH EVERY
LOVES.
SO I WON'T DO IT JUSTICE BUT
THEY EALLY TALK ABOUT THE
IMPACT OF THEM AND THEIR WORRY
ABOUT HOW DO I LOOK AT THE
DIRECT SERVICE PROFESSIONALS
JUST GOT A RAISE WE'RE NOT
LOSING A PORTION OF THE ACTS OR
HAVING DAYS OFF THAT THEY CAN'T
DO. THE UNIFORM PART OF THE
UNIFORM FURLOUGH DAYS WAS SO
THAT.
TRANSPORTATION WOULD NOT HAVE TO
BE PROVIDED.
THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE KEY
SAVINGS POINT BY UNIFORMED UP
WITH DAY PROGRAMS BEING CLOSE
TRANSPORTATION WILL ALSO BE
CLOSEDBEFORE THAT
TRANSPORTATION COULD BE PROVIDED
A DAY PROGRAM IS OPEN. SO THAT
WAS THE UNIFORM PIECE OF THAT.
THAT WAS WHAT REALLY DROVE DROVE
THE SAVINGS THERE THE DISH OUT
FOR DAYS AT THE END OF THE
THING.
WALL AS MISTER DOYLE SAID IT WAS
A FOUR DAYS AROUND CHRISTMAS WE
RECOMMENDED AND PROPOSE THE
DIRECTOR THAT THEY SPREAD THIS
OUT THROUGH THE YEAR. THAT
RESIDENTIAL PROVIDERS DID NOT
TAKE A MASSIVE HIT. AT THAT TIME
THEY WOULD HAVE TO STAFF WHEN
THEY DIDN'T NORMALLY HAVE TO. SO
WE DID TAKE THAT HIT BACK IN THE
DAY. I THINK IT'S TIME FOR IT TO
GO AWAY.
THANK YOU WELCOME.
HI I'M DORIAN TANAKA FOR MARINE
VENTURES I'M ALSO MOM OF A
REGIONAL CENTER CLIENT WITH A
LOT OF POTENTIAL THAT WE'RE
HOPING TO SEE REALIZED.
I JUST WANT TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL
POINT ABOUT THE POINTS PEOPLE
ARE MAKING ABOUT. OUR CLIENTS
WHO ARE ATTEMPTING TO ENTER THE
WORK FORCE. AND I AM VERY
EXCITED TO BE ASSISTING WITH
THAT AT MARINE VENTURES AND.
I'VE SEEN THE PRIDE AND SENSE
OF PURPOSE THAT HAS BROUGHT TO
PEOPLE.
I'VE ALSO SEEN A LOT OF BARRIERS
UP THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WORKING
HARD TO GET RID OF.
THIS TO ME JUST PROVIDES ONE
ADDITIONAL BARRIER AS IT ADDS TO
THE PERCEPTION THAT THIS PERSON
IS DIFFERENT. BECAUSE HE WON'T
MAKE IT TO THE JOB THOSE EXTRA
FOUR DAYS THAT EVERYONE ELSE CAN
BECAUSE HE WILL NOT BE.
HAVING OUR SUPPORT ON THOSE DAYS
THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT WELL WE WILL HOLD THIS
ITEM OPEN. BUT I HOPE WE CAN
MAKE SOME.
SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ON IT BY
MAY REVISE AND BE NICE TO SEE
THAT THAT GOES AWAY WHEN THE
GOVERNOR PROPOSES IN MAY.
YOU.
LET'S MOVE ON ISSUE NUMBER
THIRTEEN.
SO WHICH IS THE HEALTH AND
COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES WAIVER
COMPLIANCE.
NO.
ALL RIGHT SO I THINK WE HAVE A
MISTER KNIGHT SYSTEM TO BE
DIRECTOR OFFICE OF FEDERAL
PROGRAMS FISCAL SUPPORT.
AND.
UNDERSTAND.
JIMMY DAVIS DIFFERENT VENTURES
WILL BE THAT ADVOCATE. AS WELL
SO.
DIRECTOR MISTER KNIGHT.
OUR DOCTOR.
MISTER MAY WANTS TO START.
I GUESS WHAT I'M SURE AMANDA JIM
KNIGHT WITH A DEVELOPMENTAL
SERVICES. SORT OF.
.
GO BRIEFLY THROUGH YOUR.
THE AGENDA AND THE QUESTIONS
THAT YOU'VE ASKED SAYS NOTED.
THERE WERE REQUIREMENTS RELATED
TO THE FEDERALLY FUNDED.
COMMUNITY SERVICES THAT NEED TO
BE MET. BY MARCH OF TWO THOUSAND
AND TWENTY TWO. SO WHEN THE
FIRST QUESTION YOU HAD AS YOU
ASKED ABOUT AN UPDATE ON FIFTEEN
MILLION DOLLARS IT WAS AVAILABLE
AND FUNDING FOR PROVIDERS.
FELT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ON THE
PROCESS OF IN CONJUNCTION WITH
OUR ADVISORY GROUP. WE.
DEVELOPED A PROCESS FOR
PROVIDERS TO SUBMIT A BRIEF
CONCEPT PAPER THAT GAVE AN
OVERVIEW DESCRIBING.
THEIR REQUEST AND HOW THE
FUNDING WOULD BE USED AGAIN IS
MEANT TO BE BRIEF. ALL THOSE
CONCEPTS WERE SUBMITTED TO THE
DEPARTMENT WE RECEIVED OVER
EIGHT HUNDRED OF THOSE LAST
YEAR.
AND ULTIMATELY WE WERE ABLE TO
APPROVE A HUNDRED NATIVE THOSE
WITHIN THAT FIFTEEN MAN DOLLARS
THAT WAS AVAILABLE.
SOME COMMON THEMES. AND THEY
APPROVED CONCEPTS INCLUDED THE
NEED FOR TRAINING.
NOT JUST ABOUT THESE NEW
REQUIREMENTS BUT ALSO ABOUT
PERSON CENTERED THINKING WHICH
IS A. BIG PIECE OF.
MEETING THESE REQUIREMENTS AS
WELL.
A IN ADDITION SOME OF THE THEMES
AND KNOWS A REQUEST. A FOR
ADDITIONAL STAFFING TO PROVIDE
MORE NDIVIDUALIZED SERVICE TO
HELP PEOPLE GET COMPETITIVE
EMPLOYMENT.
CONTRACTS TO IMPLEMENT THOSE
WERE DEVELOPED BY THE REGIONAL
CENTERS WITH THE PROVIDERS IN A
INCLUDED REQUIREMENTS FOR
ESTABLISHING MILESTONES AS WELL
AS. WAYS TO MEASURE PROGRESS
TOWARD MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS
AND.
REQUIREMENT FOR SEMI ANNUAL
REPORTING.
SO THE FIRST ROUND OF THAT SEMI
AND REPORTING WE'RE JUST
SUMMARIZE THERE. SOME RISING
RIGHT NOW.
AND SOME EXAMPLES OF THE
PROGRESS OF FOLKS HAVE MADE A
AGAIN INDIVIDUALS OBTAINING
EMPLOYMENT AND THE DEVELOPMENT
OF PLANS THAT MORE.
TO REFLECT A MORE%
INDIVIDUALIZED APPROACH TO
SERVICES.
SO.
WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE EIGHT IN THE
PROCESS OF GATHERING INFORMATION
FROM PROVIDERS ON HOW THE
PROCESS HAS WORKED FOR THEM. YOU
KNOW ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT
WE WANTED TO GET FROM THIS WAS
TO.
HELP. CAN SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT
THIS LITTLE TOUCH ON IN A MINUTE
AS WELL AND THIS IS A NEW
PROCESS FOR US AND SO WE WERE
OPEN AND DEVELOPING THIS SUMMER
WANNA BE OPEN AND MAKING CHANGES
TO IT AS WELL.
SO YOU ALSO ASKED ABOUT WHAT WE
LEARNED FROM THIS ABOUT OUR
OVERALL READINESS IN TRANSITION
AND.
.
YOU KNOW IN IN GOING THROUGH
THIS PROCESS THAT WAS ACTUALLY
ONE OF THE THE THINGS THAT WE
REALLY WANTED TO LEARN FROM THIS
AS WELL.
AND CERTAINLY ONE OF THE
BIGGEST TAKEAWAY SO FAR IS THAT
THERE'S A NEED FOR MORE
INFORMATION AND OUT REACH ABOUT
WHAT TO SAY IS. YOU KNOW JUST
THE WORDS REQUIREMENTS ARE RULES
CAN HAVE A NEGATIVE CONNOTATION
FOR FOLKS. AND TRYING TO GET
PAST THAT LOOKING AT SOME PLAIN
LANGUAGE ABOUT DESCRIBING WHAT
THE INTENT IS. THAT IT'S REALLY
ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE
ARE RECEIVING SERVICES IN A WAY
THAT MAXIMIZES THEIR.
PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMUNITY
AND TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THAT
WITHOUT SOME OF THE SCARIER
LANGUAGE IF YOU WILL AND THEN.
TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND THAT THE DAYS ARE
REALLY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT'S IN
THE LANHAM ACT NOW.
YOU ALSO ASKED THE LADY YOU
KNOW AND PROVIDING THAT
INFORMATION IS GOING TO GET US
TO THE NEXT PART ABOUT. YOU KNOW
WHAT THIS SELF ASSESSMENTS
OBVIOUSLY NEEDING TO MAKE SURE
THAT THAT CLEAR INFORMATION IS
OUT WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE.
THE INITIAL APPROVAL OF THE
STATEWIDE TRANSITION PLAN IS
REFERENCED IN YOUR AGENDA. THAT
ONLY ACTUALLY INVOLVES WHAT'S
CALLED A SYSTEMIC ASSESSMENT
WHICH IS LOOKING AT A COMPARISON
OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL
REQUIREMENTS. ONE OF THE KEYS TO
GETTING.
FINAL APPROVAL OF THAT PLAN
WILL BE CAN DO DOING ALL THESE.
SELF ASSESSMENTS AND PROVIDER
ASSESSMENTS AS WELL.
.
AND AGAIN WHEN THINGS THAT
HELPED INFORM THAT WAS AT THE
FUNDING PROCESS ALSO INCLUDED.
COMPLETION OF A MINI VERSION OF
THAT SELF ASSESSMENT IN SO WE'LL
MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THAT
BASED ON THE LESSONS LEARNED IN
THERE WHEN WE ROLL THAT OUT
FURTHER. WE'RE LOOKING AT
PROBABLY START THAT HERE WITHIN
THE NEXT.
FEW MONTHS AND AFTER ENGAGEMENT
WITH OUR ADVISORY GROUP WHICH
WE'VE GOT TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED
FOR. MAY EIGHTH.
AND THE NEXT STEPS AFTER THE THE
SELF ASSESSMENT.
THIS TRANSITION PROCESS IS.
GOING TO BE DOING SOME ON SITE
VISITS MAY NOT JUST BE FOR A
SAMPLE OF THE PROVIDERS SO ALL
PROVIDERS WILL NEED TO DO A SELF
ASSESSMENT. LOSS TO DO AN ON
SITE ASSESSMENT AS WELL FOR JUST
A SAMPLE AND THAT'S GONNA
INCLUDE ALSO DONE DISCUSSIONS
WITH PEOPLE RECEIVE SERVICES.
BECAUSE THERE THAT'S GOING TO
INFORM THE THE ASSESSMENT AND
THEIR EXPERIENCES REALLY WHAT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE INTENT OF
THE FEDERAL LANGUAGE IS REALLY
WHAT THESE ARE ABOUT.
ADDITIONALLY. SOME PROVIDERS ARE
GONNA HAVE TO DEVELOP PLANS.
IF NECESSARY. TO MEET THE
FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS AND THAT
THOSE PLANS ARE GONNA HAVE TO BE
RECEIVE SERVICES AS WELL.
AND AGAIN LIKE I SAID THE
RESULTS OF THESE ASSESSMENTS
WILL HAVE TO BE INCLUDED IN OUR
NEXT SUBMISSION TO THE
TRANSITION PLAN FOR FINAL
APPROVAL.
WELL THANK YOU AND IT'S GREAT TO
KNOW THAT THE DEFENSE AT LEAST
GIVE SOME INITIAL SIGN OFF I
KNOW YOU HAVE MORE WORK TO DO
SO.
COMMENTS NOW FINANCE DON'T.
NO. THAT'S.
TAKE AWAY THE PART OF FINANCE
WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW THAT THE
FIFTEEN MILLION IS ONGOING
ANNUALLY.
THANK YOU ALL RIGHT. AND.
WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S GOING
THROUGH THE PROCESS SO.
OF THE HEARER YOUR THOUGHTS
SAID.
ACTUALLY THIS. I'M JAMIE DAVIS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MARIN
VENTURES THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME
HERE TODAY. UP WE'RE COMMUNITY
AGGRESSION TRAINING PROGRAM WITH
A SITE BASED FACILITY IN MARIN
COUNTY AND SANTA FELL.%
ARE HUNDRED FIFTEEN PROGRAM
CLIENTS SPEND A GREAT DEAL OF
THEIR TIME IN THE COMMUNITY AND
WE HAVE DONE SO SINCE NINETEEN
NINETY WHEN WE OPENED.
WE PROVIDE A LOT OF CHOICE FOR
ACTIVITIES WITH IN OUR BUILDING
AND ALSO IN THE COMMUNITY.
I'D LIKE TO BRIEFLY DESCRIBE OUR
CLIENTS. ALMOST SIXTY FIVE
PERCENT OF THEM ARE AGE FORTY
FIVE OR OLDER.
WE HAVE TWELVE CLIENTS OVER THE
AGE OF SEVENTY.
ABOUT THIRTY PERCENT OF THEM
LIVE IN INTERMEDIATE CARE
FACILITIES. AND MOST OF OUR
CLIENTS WOULD BE CONSIDERED
MEDICALLY FRAGILE OR HAVE
COMPLEX NEEDS. THAT PEOPLE CAME
WITH ME TODAY.
ARE AMONG OUR MOST INDEPENDENT
CLIENTS MOST OF OUR CLIENTS
DON'T COMMUNICATE BY TALKING.
THEY HAVE MOBILITY NEEDS NEED
TO BE FED ETCETERA.
ONE OF THE REASONS WE WERE
UNABLE TO BRING A LOT OF THEM
HERE TODAY TO MEET YOU AS.
CHALLENGES THAT EXIST IN THE
COMMUNITY ALL OVER THE PLACE
REST YOUR RESTROOM FACILITIES.
AND CONCERNS RELATED TO EATING
TERRIFIED DIETS G. TUBES
ETCETERA.
THE CRITICAL FACTOR I HAVEN'T
HEARD DISCUSSED MUCH IS THAT
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES. USUALLY
COSTS MONEY SO WE THINK ABOUT
THE H. CBS AND THE COMEDIAN
GRATION.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPENDING
MONEY ON THINGS TO DO.
WE'VE HAD SOME LUCK FINDING FREE
ACTIVITIES BUT IN GENERAL. WHAT
DORI OUR COMMITTEE SERVICES
DIRECTOR TOLD ME IS THE MORE
MEANINGFUL THE ACTIVITY THE MORE
INTEGRATED IT IS? THE MORE IT
COSTS.
AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IS YOU KNOW
SEVEN DOLLARS TO USE THE
EXERCISE EQUIPMENT MILL VALLEY
COMMUNITY CENTER.
SEVEN DOLLARS USE THEIR POOL
FIVE DOLLARS TO GO TO AN
EXERCISE CLASS AT A SENIOR
CENTER.
EVEN WHEN THE PERSON WITH A
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
WORKING AT A JOB IT'S LIKELY
THAT HE OR SHE IS AMONG THE MOST
IMPOVERISHED IN OUR COMMUNITY. I
WOULD SAY THAT ALL MY CLIENTS.
ARE IMPOVERISHED AS WELL AS
BEING DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED.
FORMER ADVENTURES UNLESS A
FAMILY MEMBER CAN CONTRIBUTE.
MONEY TO THESE COMMUNITY
INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES.
OUR FUNDRAISING PAYS FOR IT
BOWLING SWIMMING WHATEVER WE'RE
DOING COLLEGE OF MARIN CLASS.
LOGISTICS ARE A FACTOR.
WE HAVE TO ENSURE WERE.
COMPLIANT WITH EMPLOYMENT LAWS
LIKE FOR MEAL BREAKS IN. BREAK
BREAK SEND YOU KNOW ANYTHING
THAT WE HAVE TO DO RELATED TO
TAKING CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
WE HAVE TO KNOW WHERE EVERYONE
IS ALL THE TIME FOR THE SAFETY
OF OUR CLIENTS.
AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE
STAY ON TRACK FOR THEIR PLANNED
ACTIVITIES THIS THIS MORNING
DORRIE WAS GETTING UP. ATTACKS
WERE NOT GOING SOME PLACE
BECAUSE IT'S RAINING YOU KNOW
AND SHE'S TRYING TO MAKE SURE
THAT THAT PLACE GETS CALLED.
MOST OF OUR CLIENTS ARE FUNDED
IN A RATIO OF ONE STAFFER THREE
CLIENTS.
THAT'S ABOUT SEVENTY PERCENT OF
THEM. AND IF THEY HAVE MORE
COMPLEX CARE THERE WANTED TO WE
DO HAVE NINE PEOPLE OF
INDIVIDUAL STAFF. HOWEVER MANY
ACTIVITIES ALL OF OUR CLIENTS
REQUIRE ONE TO ONE STAFF ND
SOMETIMES EVEN TO STAFF FOR ONE
CLIENT.
A STAFFING IS A FACTOR THAT'S
VERY CHALLENGING RIGHT NOW
ACROSS THE STATE YOU'VE HEARD
SOME OF THOSE TODAY.
WE'VE HAD SEVENTY NINE OPEN
POSITIONS FOR TWO YEARS WE RELY
ON SUBS PARTLY TO. COVER THESE
POSITIONS. INADEQUATE STAFFING
HAS A BIG IMPACT ON OUR ABILITY.
FINALLY OUR DAY PROGRAM MODEL
WHICH WAS MEN AT ONE TIME TO
MIMIC THE REGULAR WORKDAY FOR
PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES NEEDS
A DRASTIC OVERHAUL. LICENSED
RESIDENTIAL CARE AND PROGRAMS
LIKE MORE ADVENTURES LACK THE
RESOURCES AND THE REGULATORY
FLEXIBILITY TO INNOVATE.
OUR PROGRAM IS LOCKED IN AT NINE
AM TO THREE PM MODEL WITH SITE
BASED FACILITY BECAUSE THAT
WORKS RESIDENTIAL CARE WHICH IS
LOCKED IN FOUR PM TO EIGHT AM
MODEL.
AND WHERE CLIENTS WITH THE
PARENTS WHO WORK.
THE PARENTS OFTEN RELY ON US FOR
THEIR DAYTIME SUPPORT.
OUR CLIENTS HAVE TO HAVE A PLACE
SO THEY NEED A SITE WHICH COULD
BE PERCEIVED AS AN INSTITUTION.
BUT MOST OF THEM NEED CARE THAT
WOULD THAT CAN'T BE GIVEN IN THE
COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TODAY AND I INVITE
YOU TO VISIT ANYTIME YOU'RE IN
MIND CANDY.
THANK YOU.
SO.
.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO MEET THIS.
EIGHT CBS.
WAIVER RIGHT WE'RE ASKING SO I
SO I APPRECIATE THE TESTIMONY
ABOUT THE PROCESS AND WE'RE
HAVING PEOPLE DO THE.
SELF ASSESSMENTS AND SO FORTH.
WE ARE HEARING FROM.
A HAZY THAT GREAT WE'RE GONNA DO
A SELF ASSESSMENT BUT OUR
CHALLENGES ARE I MEAN APPS. ARE.
THERE'S PEOPLE DOING SELF
ASSESSMENTS I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T
YOU STILL GATHERING THEM ARE WE
FINDING OUT THAT PEOPLE ARE
HAVING TROUBLE ACTUALLY MEETING
THE THE THE THE REQUIREMENTS.
CAN.
YES AND CERTAINLY WE ARE
LEARNING THAT ONE OF THE
QUESTIONS WERE ASKING HER WHAT
ARE SOME OF THE BARRIERS FOR
FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE
REQUIREMENTS AND THAT'S. AT A
AGAIN THAT WAS INTENTIONAL TO
ASK THAT QUESTION TO HELP INFORM
HOW WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE
FORWARD.
SO WE WENT OVER EIGHT AM AND I
KNOW YOU'RE DOING THIS. FOR THE
FEDS AS WELL BUT WE WILL HAVE A
WITH WHAT STAGE ARE WE IN THAT
SORT OF DATA COLLECTION ONE
WEEKS. AND I'M HOPING THAT YOU
MIGHT BUILD PROVIDE THAT THIS
COMMITTEE REPORT ON YOUR
FINDINGS THAT FROM YOUR
ASSESSMENT IN TERMS OF WHAT'S
WHERE WE SITTING IN RELATION TO
BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY MEET THE.
REQUIREMENTS OF THE WAIVER.
SO. CERTAINLY WE WERE ABLE TO
PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME
INFORMATION ON WHAT WE'VE
LEARNED TO THE FUNDING PROCESS.
A BROADER LOOK AT THAT WILL BE.
AFTER THE SELF ASSESSMENT
PROCESS WHICH WILL BE GOING DOWN
THROUGH THE REST THE YEAR WITH A
NUMBER OF.
FOLKS THAT WE NEED TO WORK WITH.
SO YOU ANTICIPATE THE ON THE
COMPILE INFORMATION FIRST BY
WHEN WELL I MEAN WE'LL BE DOING%
IT ON ON GOING BASIS RIGHT BUT
YEAH SO WE CAN.
DO THAT AS IT'S AVAILABLE BUT
LISA WILL BE STARTING THAT SELF
ASSESSMENT PROCESS HERE IN THE
UPCOMING MONTHS. OKAY WELL LET
LET'S LET'S JUST. SEE.
SUPPOSE I MEAN.
THEM BUT WHAT POINT WOULD YOU
LET'S SAY GATHER OUT KNOWING A
TICKET NUMBER LIKE TWENTY OR
TWENTY FIVE PERCENT OF THEM AS A
SAMPLE AT LEAST YOU CAN PROBABLY
REPORT OUT ON THAT I MEAN
OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE GOT TO THOSE
SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT OF THE
PARTY. GIVE SOME REFLECTION AS
TO WHAT YOU'RE. WHAT YOU'RE
STARTING TO FIND IS THERE IS
THERE A POINT TIME I THINK THAT
YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A
SOME SORT OF A?
COMPILATION.
I KNOW IT'S AN ON GOING BASIS
PHONE TO TRY TO PICK A POINT IN
TIME WE GET A REASONABLE SAMPLE
THAT.
MAYBE THAT CAN BE INFORMATIVE.
BECAUSE WE VERY MUCH WANT THIS
WAIVER TO BE SUCCESSFUL SO AND
I'M HOPING YOU KNOW WE HAVE THAT
CONVERSATION CAN THEN BE
HELPFUL.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR NANCY
WORDS MEANT YOU KNOW THE THE
PROCESS AS FAR AS NOT ONLY THE
ASSESSMENTS BUT.
MEASURING AND I'M LOOKING AT
THE PROPOSALS SO WE'VE BEEN VERY
FORTUNATE WITH THE SUPPORT OF
THE FIFTEEN MILLION.
PRIOR YEAR AND THEN CURRENT
YEAR AND.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT
OPPORTUNITIES ARE WITHIN THE THE
NEXT YEAR AS WELL.
HOWEVER I ALSO THINK THAT WE
NEED TO OUTLINE FOR YOUR
QUESTION IS KIND OF THE WHOLE
HAD A SCHEDULE OF WHEN IS
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SELF
ASSESSMENTS. YOU KNOW WHAT ARE
THE DUE DATES YOU BECAUSE IT IS
A IT'S A LARGE TASK AS WE HAD.
HEARD EARLIER TODAY THE NUMBER
OF PROVIDERS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR
SERVICE DELIVERY SYSTEM IT IT
IT'S A LOT OF PROVIDERS. ON SO
THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND
ROLLING OUT THE ASSESSMENT
MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE
PROVIDING.
CLEAR GUIDANCE. IS GOING TO BE
IMPORTANT SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO
IS TO BE ABLE TO.
TAKE A LOOK AT OUR OUR TIME
LINE AND I THINK WE WOULD BE
BETTER FIT TO ANSWER YOUR
QUESTION AT THAT TIME.
THAT THAT WOULD BE GREAT DAD SO
AGAIN.
WE WILL BE VERY MUCH
APPRECIATED THE WORK YOU'RE
DOING AND HOW I WANTED TO DO IS.
AS THAT AND HOPEFULLY BEFORE WE
START THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE
PROCESS THAT WE'RE HAVING SOME.
GOOD DATA.
THAT BOOK AND HELP US AND FORM.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO BE SURE
THE WAIVER SUCCESSFUL I MEAN
WHERE? WE WERE HEARING FROM
PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE AND YET
THAT'S THE TREND WE'RE SEEING
THAT AND. WE GOT FIGURE THIS OUT
RIGHT.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
OF PUBLIC COMMENT. EMERGE FROM
DISABILITY VOICES UNITED
OFFERING A CARROT PERSPECTIVE
HERE I'M BIG FAN OF THE NEW AGE
CBS RULES IT WAS PARENTS IN SELF
ADVOCATES WHO GOT IT PASSED. AND
YET WE ARE NO WHERE IN THIS GAME
PLAN RIGHT NOW FIFTEEN MILLION
DOLLARS IS BEING OFFERED AGAIN
AND PARENTS AND SELF ADVOCATES
HAVE NO IDEA THIS IS COMING DOWN
THE PIKE. I WOULD LIKE TO
REQUEST THAT SOME OF THIS MONEY
BE PROVIDED TO GROUPS WHO ARE
GOING TO PROVIDE. THE TRAINING
AND EDUCATION AND HAND HOLDING
TO FAMILIES WHO HAVE CONCERNS
ABOUT LEAVING LONG TIME
SEGREGATED PROGRAMS.
WE CAN'T ALWAYS BE LAST
INCLUSION IS REALLY IMPORTANT
BUT WE ARE THE CREATORS OF THIS
RULE SO WE SHOULD BE THE FIRST%
TO BE EDUCATED. AND SO I WOULD
BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHAT
THE TIME LINE IS FROM THE
DEPARTMENT ON EDUCATING FAMILIES
ON THAT'S WE. AND AND MAYBE
YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN GETTING
SOME OF THE MONEY.
THANK YOU. WELCOME.
I NANCY CHANCE CHOICES PERSON
CENTERED SERVICES AND.
.
I WANT TO SAY FIRST OF ALL THAT
I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO THE
DEPARTMENT FOR THE INNOVATIVE.
WAY THEY PUTFORTH THE
TRANSITION FUNDING THEIDEA
BEHIND IT.
I THINK WAS IS EXCELLENT.
AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL I
HAPPENED TO BE MY ORGANIZATION
IS SOMEONE WHO WAS.
IDENTIFIED TO RECEIVE FUNDING
IN THE FIRST YEAR.
FROM THAT POINT I FEEL LIKE
THERE'S A DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE
DEPARTMENT AND THE REGIONAL
CENTERS AND I THINK THAT THERE
NEEDS TO BE STRONGER GUIDELINES
COMING FROM THE DEPARTMENT TO
THE REGIONAL CENTER SO THAT.
EVERYBODY IS INTERPRETING
GUIDELINES IN THE SAME WAY AND
THAT THE.
IMPLEMENTATION IS DONE FAIRLY
ACROSS THE STATE SO IF SOMETHING
IS OKAY IN FAR NORTHERN REGIONAL
CENTER AND IS APPROVED THEN IT
SHOULD BE. APPROVED IN OUTER
REGIONAL CENTER REDWOOD COAST. I
THINK THAT THERE'S A DISCONNECT
IT CURRENTLY AND I KNOW THAT THE
DEPARTMENT IS WORKING TO IMPROVE
THAT. BUT.
.
IF WE'RE GONNA BE SUCCESSFUL WE
HAVE TO HAVE IT WE HAVE TO BE
ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD IN A TIMELY
FASHION AND. AND THERE ARE SOME
PROBLEMS WITH THAT PART AT THIS
POINT SO.
I THINK THIS IS GREAT MONEY
GREAT GREAT. OPPORTUNITIES AND I
I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO TIGHTEN
IT UP A LITTLE BIT AND MAKE IT.
WORK BETTER THANK YOU.
YOU WELCOME.
THANK YOU MARTY MOTO CALIFORNIA
DISPLACING YOUR COMMUNITY ACTION
NETWORK AND A FAMILY MEMBER I'M
ALSO ON THE. DAY OF DEPARTMENTS
EIGHT CBS ADVISORY. WORK GROUP
FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS I DO
WANT TO THANK THE DEPARTMENT
FOR.
TAKING SOME REALLY IMPORTANT
SIGNIFICANT STEPS AND ALSO FOR
THE INNOVATION AND OF THE EIGHT
CBS TRANSITION FUNDING.
I DO WANT TO ADD THAT DIDN'T DO
IT STRENGTHENED THE EFFORT
THOUGH. PERHAPS THE THE
LEGISLATURE MAY WANT TO CONSIDER
TRAILER BILL LANGUAGE WHICH WE
MAY WILL PUT FORWARD TO YOU.
THAT WOULD HELP IMPROVE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY
ONE OF THINGS THAT WE ARE
SUGGESTING TO THE DIRECTOR AND
TO THE DEPARTMENT IS THAT DATE.
REQUIRE FOCUS GROUPS TO BE PULL
TOGETHER STATE WIDE SO THAT
PEOPLE CAN SHARE INFORMATION AND
GET INFORMATION.
IN A UNIFORM WAY BECAUSE THERE
IS SOME KIND OF CONFUSION OF
WHAT WHAT THE EIGHT CBS RULES
ARE. AND ALSO LASTLY I WOULD
SUGGEST IN THE RATE STUDY. THAT
THE RATE CONSULTANT FOR THE
DEPARTMENT LOOK AT HOW.
HOW THE DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO
PAY? THESE TRANSFORMER
TRANSITIONED PROVIDERS IT UP
BECAUSE THE OLD RATES WOULD NO
LONGER APPLY AND CURRENTLY THE
RATE STUDY OR CONSULTANTS ARE
NOT GONNA LOOK AT THAT AND IT
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE IF THIS IS
THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING. THANK
YOU AND AGAIN I WANT TO THANK
THE DEPARTMENT FOR EVERYTHING
YOU'RE DOING ON THIS.
THANK YOU.
RIGHT.
WELCOME.
IT ONE LAST TIME TODAY RIGHT.
JUST A FEW COMMENTS DISSIMILAR
IT'S CALIFORNIA CONTINUES TO
RECOMMEND A TARGETED RIP
APPROACH WHICH PROVIDES CLEAR
DIRECTION AND LEADERSHIP SOUGHT
BY PROVIDERS AND THE
LEGISLATURE.
THAT PROVIDES INFORMATION TO
PROVIDERS AND DECISION MAKERS BY
ASSESSING SETTINGS THAT MAY
REQUIRE MODIFICATION TO BECOME
COMPLIANT AND IDENTIFYING THOSE
THAT MAY NOT BE COMPLIANT AND
SHOULD NOT PROCEED THROUGH THE
HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY PROCESS. AND
FINALLY. I'M REQUIRES DDS AND
THE REGIONAL CENTERS TO ADOPT
PERFORMANCE CONTRACT MEASURES
WHICH SHOW OUT COMES. THE
REGIONAL CENTER WILL ACHIEVE IN
ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH THESE
REGULATIONS SO THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
THANK YOU.
AND.
THANK YOU DORIAN TANAKA MARINE
VENTURES AND MOM. I'M I'M AS THE
COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTORATE
RING VENTURES I SPEND MY WHOLE
DAY WORKING ON COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES. AND
I'M REALLY GLAD YOU'RE GOING TO
TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE
LOGISTICS AND THE FUNDING ON
THESE ISSUES BECAUSE JUST TO
GIVE YOU. A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE
MISSES ONE AMONG MANY.
I'M CURRENTLY WORKING WITH A
YOUNG MAN IN OUR PROGRAM WHO.
USE TO WORK REALLY WANTS TO WORK
AND HE PREVIOUSLY HAD ABOUT
EXPERIENCE FOR YEARS HE WAS
AFRAID TO GO BACK HIS FAMILY
WAS.
VERY HESITANT TO PUT HIM BACK IN
THAT WORK SITUATION.
AND WE DECIDED LET'S TRY A.
A VOLUNTEER SITUATION JUST TO
SORT OF TRY TO EASE INTO IT.
WE FOUND A VOLUNTEER POSITION
FOR HIM HE'S VERY EXCITED ABOUT
IT. HE'S SO ENTHUSIASTIC
HOWEVER THERE WAS ONLY ONE
VOLUNTEER POSITION AVAILABLE.
THIS CLIENT IS FUNDED ON A ONE
TO THREE RATIO FOR STAFFING.
SO IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS WORK
WHAT I DO IS I GO AND I PROVIDE
ONE TO ONE SUPPORT WITH HIM. AND
THAT IS NOT FUNDED IN THAT WAY
BUT I WANT HIM TO BE ABLE TO
HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY WHICH IS
HOPEFULLY A STEP TOWARDS MORE.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
MISTER CHAIR MEASURED ANY
CALIFORNIA DISABILITY SERVICES
ASSOCIATION I WANT TO THANK THE
DEPARTMENT FOR FOR THE EFFORTS
THAT THEY MADE SO FAR IN THE
BUDGET.
APPROPRIATIONS OF FIFTY MILLION
DOLLARS IT'S HOPEFULLY GONNA
HELP US GET A LITTLE BIT CLOSER
WHERE WE ARE I JUST WANT TO
EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS THAT AS WE
GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS WITH A
CBS.
WE WE STILL NEED CLARITY WE
STILL NEED GUIDANCE ABOUT WHAT
WHAT'S GOING TO BE ALLOWED GOING
FORWARD IN AND WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT INDIVIDUALS CHOICE
ABOUT THE SERVICES THEY'RE
RECEIVING ARE RESPECTED I MEAN
PEOPLE ARE IN PROGRAMS THEY'VE
BEEN IN FOR MANY YEARS. THEY'RE
THERE BY YOU KNOW THEIR OWN
INDIVIDUAL CHOICE WE WANNA MAKE
SURE NO EXISTING OPTIONS ARE
AUTOMATICALLY CROSSED OUT UNTIL
THEY'RE SUITABLE REPLACEMENTS
THAT ARE ADEQUATELY FUNDED IN
PLACE. IN THAT TIME THANK YOU.
THANK YOU WELCOME.
WELL SEVERED FEATURES EXPLORED
RAISES PORT OF JAMIE HOW WE
SERVE MANY SIMILAR TYPE CLIENTS
AND ONE OF OUR BIGGEST
CHALLENGES OFTEN RELATED TO
SOMETHING THE DEPARTMENT IS
CONTROL WHICH IS TO.
COMMUNITY CARE LICENSING.
THOSE RULES HAVE BEEN CHANGED
SO IF WE WANTED TO DO THINGS
RADICALLY DIFFERENT WE PROBABLY
CAN'T.
MEAN I HAVE FRANKLY TESTIFIED
AND SAID I HAVE SOME HER CLIENT
SIDE TWO HUNDRED STAFF IN
PROBABLY SEVEN COUNTIES. I'M
BREAKING A RULE RIGHT NOW I
DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS TOMORROW
IT WILL BE A DIFFERENT RULE IS
MY STAFF DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S
THE ISSUE RELATED TO MEALS AND
MEAL BREAKS OR BREAK TIME.
WHETHER IT'S WE CAN'T DO THAT
BECAUSE THE WATER TEMPERATURES A
HUNDRED AND FOUR DEGREES INSTEAD
OF A HUNDRED FIVE DEGREES.
WHATEVER IT IS IT EXISTS THAT'S
WARMER BIGGEST CHALLENGES. THE
OTHER ONE IS REALLY THE
BUREAUCRACY TO THE FIFTEEN
MILLION DOLLARS WHICH I KNOW WAS
NOT THE INTENT. OF THE
DEPARTMENT OR OTHERS. THAT IS
BEING IMPLEMENTED THE REGIONAL
CENTER LOW LEVEL. WE'RE GETTING
REQUESTS FOR CANCELED CHECKS FOR
TWO DOLLAR INVOICES.
THEY WERE PROBABLY PAID THROUGH
PAYROLL.
THEY SAY WELL WE NEED IT'S LIKE.
WE'VE SOME IN ALL KINDS OF
REIMBURSEMENTS TO THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT OTHER GRANTING THINGS
WHERE THEY TAKE INVOICES
RECEIPTS AND SAY YEAH THAT'S
GOOD WHERE WE CAN AUDIT YOU.
KNOW WE WANT TO SEE HIM LIKE.
I DIDN'T PUT ANY ADMINISTRATIVE
MONEY INTO MY ASKING I RECEIVE
TEN PERCENT OF IT. TO DO A WIDE
RANGE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
THE OTHER ONE IS OF THAT MONEY.
SOME OF IT IS STAFFING NEXT YEAR
I DON'T HAVE FUNDING FOR IT.
IT GOES AWAY. SO THE THINGS I
CAN PROVE THIS YEAR TO IMPROVE
PEOPLE'S LIVES I MAY HAVE TO
STOP.
WE HAVE SOME THINGS WE NEED TO
WORK OUT AGAIN I AGREE THE TERMS
OF THE A LOT OF WORK WE NOW
HAVE.
INITIAL APPROVAL WHICH MEANS WE
CAN ACTUALLY DO.
MORE GOING FORWARD THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
SO I'D STEP ON. THE SNOW WHEN A
PERSON TESTIFY ABOUT THE ROLE OF
PARENTS CAN YOU PERHAPS SPEAK
ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE PARENTS
THE. CLIENTS IN ININ THIS
PROCESS ONE OF THE.
THE ITEMS THAT WE DID WHEN WE.
PULL TOGETHER THE EIGHT CBS
WORKGROUP WAS TO HAVE A
COMPLEMENT OF.
PARTICIPANTS IN IT.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE
CAN DO IS TAKE A LOOK AT. HOW
MANY REPRESENTATIVES WE HAVE ON
THE WORK GROUP? AND YOU CONTINUE
TO LOOK AT TO SEE HOW WE AND
KIND OF WARY AND THAT IMPORTANT
VOICE.
SO.
WE'LL TAKE IT TO THE WORKGROUP
THEY'VE BEEN A GREAT GUIDE FOR
US WILL CONTINUE TO USE THAT AND
SEE IF THEY CAN GIVE US SOME
RECOMMENDATIONS HOW TO.
TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL
COMMITMENTS AND.
FOCUS.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS FROM OHIO
FINANCE ALRIGHT SO AND I
APPRECIATE THE THE GOVERNOR GOT
FUNNY THIS AN ON GOING BASIS.
FOR THIS WAIVER.
SO WILL HOLD THIS ITEM OPENED.
SO I JUST WANT TO CONCLUDE BY
THANKING I KNOW THAT THE THIS.
DEPARTMENTS ALL SERVICES AS YOU
KNOW THIS IS DOING A LOT OF
REALLY GOOD WORK APPRECIATE I
KNOW SOMETIMES YOU COME HERE
SOMETIMES WERE LIKE ASKING LOTS
OF QUESTIONS I THINK THAT'S PART
OUR JOB BUT. I DO APPRECIATE
THAT. I THINK THAT.
AND.
.
WITH NO SERVICES YOU PROVIDE IN
THE PEOPLE YOU WORK WITH AND
SAME WITH THE REGIONAL CENTERS
AND ALL THE VENDORS AND WE'VE
GOT TO. FIGURE THIS OUT
TOGETHER.
BUT.
I WANNA THANK YOU FOR ALL THE
WORK AND I DON'T THINK ALL THE
FOLKS WHO ARE SERVING.
PEOPLE DISABILITIES HERE WE DO
HAVE.
NOW WE DO HAVE A LETTERMAN ACT
AND OF WE HAVE IDEALS HERE IN
THE STATE AND WE'VE GOT FIGURE
HOW TO LIVE UP TO THAT IS SO.
APPRECIATED SO WELL WITH THAT SO
I THINK EVERYONE WHO TOOK THE
TIME OUT TO SAY THIS HEARING I
KNOW IT'S PAST FIVE PM WE DO
TEND TO HAVE LONGER HEARINGS BUT
HOPEFULLY I TRY TO BE SURE OF
ONE HAS A CHANCE GET HER. AND.
WHAT THAT?
THIS HEARING IS ADJOURNED THANK
YOU