Family Support 360 Grant
Kokua I
Holomua
To Come Together To Progress … To Move Forward
In October 2004 the State of Hawaii was awarded a
Project of National Significance Family Support 360 grant by the
federal Administration on Developmental Disabilities. Funded at
$250,000 annually for five years, the grant is focused on
serving more than 250 families over its tenure, and develop,
implement, and evaluate criteria for certifying one-stop
centers. These centers will specialize in serving individuals
with development disabilities and provide families with a 360
degree perspective of available services, ensuring that “every
door is the right door” when seeking services in Hawai‘i.
Collaborating Partners:
The Office of Community Services(OCS), Department
of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) in collaboration with
the State Council on Developmental Disabilities (DD Council),
the University of Hawa‘i Center on Disability Studies (UH-CDS),
the Hawai‘i Disability Rights Center (HDRC); and the
Developmental Disabilities Division, Department of Health (DOH),
and other state agencies is submitting a proposal to implement a
pilot project of collaborative systems change to design and
implement a One-Stop Center process in Hawai`i for individuals
with developmental disabilities and their families.
Statement of Need:
Hawaii’s students with developmental disabilities who are
transitioning from an environment of entitlements to the adult’s
service system of eligibility are faced with navigating a
fragmented service system. Due to lack of coordination and
agreement of each department’s roles and responsibilities,
families with members with developmental disabilities are
seeking information about programs and services without having
to be referred from one agency to another.
Goals and Objectives:
· Organize
a collaborative community partnership to oversee the activities
of the grant.
· Analyze
existing State and Federal laws, programs, and resources
impacting the lives of transitioning youth with developmental
disabilities.
· Develop
eligibility criteria, intake and referral procedures, family
plan guidelines and process to track family successes.
· Utilizing
Real Choices as a virtual one-stop center, develop a system to
track pilot project families through the service system.
· Identify
and provide services to fifty individuals with developmental
disabilities and their family members who will participate in a
one-stop center system that will deliver the needed information
and resource to provide a seamless transition from school to the
adult service system.
· Develop
curriculum, training and collateral materials to inform/educate
stakeholders, families, agencies, and service organizations
regarding the development of a One-Stop Center system for
persons with disabilities and their families.
· Design,
develop, and implement a certification process for state
agencies and non-profit organizations to become certified
one-stop centers.
· Identify
the promising practices in a one-stop center system and
disseminate information.
Methodology:
The priority target group for the project will be fifty
(annually) youth with developmental disabilities who are 16 year
or older and their family member; transitioning from the
education system to adult service system; and who need
assistance in identifying and obtaining social services. The
goals and objectives will be accomplished through three
strategies. The first, community partnerships will be built
through an advisory council established to oversee the
implementation of the project. In addition to key agencies,
more than half the Advisory Council will be composed of youth
with developmental disabilities or their family members. Target
families will be identified, needs assessed, curriculum
developed, and effectiveness evaluated. Collaborating agency
partners will work to define the elements and implement a
certification process that will ensure individuals a streamlined
service system; this will include using the
www.RealChoices.org website, as a basis for information and
referral system that will track the social services obtained by
all members of the pilot families.
