Participant-Directed Services and Supports Brokering Workshop
Hosted by The Arc of Luzerne County
✔Do you want more control over your services?
✔Do you want to direct your own services?
✔Are you directing your own services but need more support with managing your paid staff?
✔Are you interested in finding more creative ways to arrange your paid and unpaid supports?
✔If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, this session is for you!
Tuesday January 26 2016
Session Times: 10:00am and 5:30pm
The Arc of Luzerne County
67-69 Public Square, Suite 1020, Wilkes-Barre
Reservations are required
Email [email protected] or call 570-970-7739 to
provide your full name, telephone number, and email address.
Participant-Directed Services, also called “Self-Directed Services,” are a way for a waiver participant to have more control over who provides services and how services are provided.
In this session you will learn:
• Who can use Participant-Directed Services
• What services can be self-directed
• Financial Management Services (Vendor/Fiscal Employer Agent and Agency With Choice)
• Rights and responsibilities
We will also discuss Supports Brokers. A Supports Broker can:
• assist you with directing your own services and supports
• help you in hiring and managing your workers
• help you understand and manage your budget for the supports you direct
• help you build natural and community supports
Presenters:
Kristin Ahrens, Policy Director, Institute on Disabilities at Temple University
Marian Frattarola-Saulino, CEO, Values Into Action - PA
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