Alta California Regional Center has new Coordinated Future Planning Committee

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Coordinated Future Planning

ACRC is starting a new initiative, Coordinated Future Planning, to focus on the housing needs of clients residing with aged caregivers.  
 
The initiative calls on a group of stakeholders: clients, family members, advocates, and service providers to join with regional center staff in both developing and delivering training to service coordinators. This training will focus on the need for caregiver succession plans for each regional center client, as well as seeking to increase the competencies of service coordinators in discussing a range of living options at individual program plan (IPP) meetings. 
 
The first step of the initiative is for service coordinators in IPP meetings to collect data on whether regional center clients are living with a primary caregiver aged 70 or older.  Concurrently, service coordinators will ask if there is a plan to provide support when the primary caregiver is no longer able (a caregiver succession plan).  This data will be used to quantify how many clients need written caregiver succession plans, and to assess the effectiveness of this new initiative.  
 
It is the regional center’s desire that future IPP documents for clients living with aged caregivers will include:

  • a caregiver succession plan
  • documentation of a discussion of a range of living options, to include: residing with family members, legal guardian, foster home, group home, independent living, supported living, residential care, and/or family home agencies as appropriate based on client age and needs.    

Become a Member of Housing Now

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October 1, 2021

Dear Current and Potential Housing Now Supporters:

It seems every year when I write this membership letter the housing crisis worsens. In 2021 Housing Now was advocating for housing for people with low incomes before Sacramento City Council, Sacramento County Board of Supervisors, including providing testimony at the California State Capitol. The advocacy is never ending, and I believe is getting stronger every year

Housing Now is an affiliate member of the larger organization Lanterman Housing Alliance (LHA). Through LHA the CSH has now recognized the need for housing for people with developmental disabilities and intellectual disabilities. Elected officials are beginning to understand that housing is not included in the Lanterman Act and the tremendous need for housing.

Alta California Regional Center (ACRC) now has housing on their radar. ACRC has formed a Coordinated Future Planning committee. The goal for this committee is to create training for the service coordinators on how to address housing at IPP meetings. The original focus of this committee is to address the future housing needs of consumers who are living with aging care providers (family members 70 and over). Coordinated Future Planning

Currently CSH is conducting a research project about people with I/DD and how they can obtain housing that is within their budget, safe, accessible, and healthy environment. This population is now a focus for CSH since they assisted with the creation of the strategic housing framework.

The benefits of renewing or becoming a member of Housing Now:

  1. Housing Now provides housing referral services to member agencies and their clients.
  2. Housing Now provides education about community living options to people who need support, their families, SLS and ILS community facilitators, ACRC service coordinators and our member agencies, to enable our clients to make informed decisions about living independently.
  3. Housing Now keeps our members up to date on important housing issues and what is new in the housing field.
  4. Members are listed on the Housing Now website www.HousingNowResource.org
  5. Members will be notified of upcoming housing events throughout the year.

By renewing or becoming a member of Housing Now you will play a vital role in the continued work of Housing Now.

Respectfully,

Patti Uplinger

Executive Director

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Dear Housing Now Supporter:

There is a housing crisis in Sacramento and the surrounding areas. People continue to be priced out of the rental market. COVID-19 is affecting all types of people with different incomes. Just recently, through my connections, I was able to locate housing for a colleague’s family! They were looking for three to four months with no luck. Imagine how much more difficult finding housing is for individuals and families living with I/DD… They need our support now more than ever.  

Housing Now has been busy advocating for more housing and assistance programs for people who are at risk of homelessness. That includes people with I/DD who are on limited incomes and do not have access to subsidized housing. Even more difficult is finding housing that is affordable and in a safe and decent neighborhood. 

Housing Now has been sponsoring financial education workshops with grant support from Banner Bank. These workshops are very popular and are greatly needed. Check the website for upcoming dates for workshops. Housing Now is educating people who currently live in housing, on how to make sure they remain stable and don’t lose their place of residence! Our goal is to educate over 150 individuals and families in 2021 through these workshops. 

Housing Now continues to be an affiliate of the Lanterman Housing Alliance (LHA) http://www.LantermanHousingAlliance.org. LHA is in the process of taking steps to address recommendations identified in the Strategic Housing Framework for people with I/DD. 

In this current housing market, during this pandemic, the voice of Housing Now is imperative. It is time for our annual membership drive. Housing Now depends on your membership dues and donations to continue our work and be an effective resource in the ten-county area served by Alta California Regional Center. Please consider the application at the end of this letter.

The benefits of renewing or becoming a member of Housing Now: 

  • Housing Now provides housing referral services to member agencies and their clients.
  • Housing Now provides education about community living options to people who need support, their families, SLS and ILS community facilitators, ACRC service coordinators and our member agencies, in order to enable our clients to make informed decisions about living independently. 
  • Housing Now keeps our members up to date on important housing issues and what is new in the housing field.
  • Members are listed on the Housing Now website www.HousingNowResource.org
  • Members will be notified of upcoming housing events throughout the year.