Program Authorization: Act 659 of the 1983 Legislature to R.S. 28:380 et. seq.
The mission of the Community Support Program is to provide a statewide person-centered system of MR/DD services and supports for individuals with developmental disabilities who live in the community.
The goals of the Community Support Program are:
1. Provide a broad array of community based services and supports to developmentally disabled adults and children to ensure access to preventive and habilitative services for individuals with developmental disabilities.
2. Enhance the client's capacity to live, work and participate in the community, while maintaining accountability and continuity of services.
OBJECTIVES AND PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
Key performance information for this program is under development.
1. In FY 1998-99, the Community Support Program will provide person-centered family support to 2,843 individuals with developmental disabilities and their families.
1 Slots refer to the capacity to serve a certain number of families for a full 12 month period. The actual number served will be higher due to movement into and out of the program. As an individual turns 18, he/she is no longer eligible. The next person on the waiting list receives the subsidy in the first month following exit of the original person.
2 Subsequent to the increase, funds were transferred tot he Capital Area Human Services District and the Jefferson Parish Human Services Authority. Totals reflect these activities.
3 The decrease in the number served is due to the transfer of funds to Capital Area Human Service Authority.
4 The dramatic drop from FY 1996-97 is a result of a change in the definition of "contracts" that allows for better data collection.
5 These are the costs to OCDD only. Multiple funding sources contribute to the Part H Program that is administered by the Department of Education.
6 Combined totals of cash subsidy, family supports, extended family living an infants/toddlers.
2. In FY 1998-99, the Community Support Program will provide vocational and/or residential services to 1,705 adults with developmental disabilities.
1 This was not an activity in FY 1996-97. Begining in FY 1997-98 monitoring is planned for all individuals in Supported Living whether funded by OCDD or through the MR/DD Waiver
2 The decrease in the number served is due to the transfer of funds to the Capital Area Human Service Authority.
3 The increase in costs is due to efforts to improve the quality of life for individuals in supported living arrangements.
3. In FY 1998-99, the Community Support Program will support advocacy efforts on behalf of 1,184 constituents (individuals with developmental disabilities, their relatives and the people who serve them).
1 Program not in full operation during this period.
2 New activity. Data to be collected by the end of FY 1997-98.
4. In FY 1998-99, the Community Support Program will expedite the entry into and maintain the eligibility for the MR/DD services system for 2,428 persons with developmental disabilities and their families.
5. In FY 1998-99, the Community Support Program will reduce the number of individuals with developmental disabilities who are waiting for services by 338 persons.
1 Activity not funded in FY 1996-97.
2 This cost includes the cost of any necessary eveluations, personal support coordination (case management) and services/supports.
RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR THE PROGRAM
The Community Support program is funded with general fund, interagency transfers and fees and self-generated revenue. Interagency transfers means of financing includes Title XIX for services provided to Medicaid eligible clients received through the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of the Secretary, and funds from the Department of Education for Part H -ChildNet Services. Fees and self-generated revenue consists of payments from clients for services provided based on a sliding fee scale.
The total means of financing for this program is recommended at 104.9% of the existing operating budget. It represents 57.6% of the total request ($52,315,086) for this program. The net increase in expenditure authority for this program is primarily due to increasing interagency transfer means of financing by $400,000 and adding 27 positions in order to provide case management to those individuals already transitioned to community settings. Also, increased interagency transfer means of financing by $150,000 and added ten positions in order to transition additional individuals from Hammond Developmental Center and Pinecrest Developmental Center to community settings. Increased general fund by $743,904 for salaries and related benefits in order to fully fund all 145 recommended positions. In addition, professional services were reduced to provide the necessary funding adjustments needed in the salaries and related benefits categories, and the recommended funding level includes an adjustment to reflect an attrition factor of four percent.
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This program does not have funding for Professional Services for Fiscal Year 1998-1999. |
ACQUISITIONS AND MAJOR REPAIRS
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Funding for replacement of inoperable and obsolete office and computer equipment |
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