DHHS-OADS: OADS Lifespan Waiver Presentations in January - Register to Join!

Lifespan Waiver Information Presentations
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has been developing the Lifespan waiver for several years, with significant involvement from the disability community, including people with disabilities, their families, advocates and providers.  As the process moves forward, the Department anticipates posting the Department-approved waiver draft for public comment in the near future.  In advance of that opportunity for public comment, the Department is offering two presentations to help inform the community and provide updates on the Lifespan waiver.
The Lifespan waiver is designed to better meet the long-term needs in the service system that people with disabilities, their families, advocates and providers have identified.  The goals of the new waiver include assisting individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) and/or Autism and their families in ways that:

• Offer more flexibility to address goals and needs that naturally change across the lifespan.
• Improve transition and in-home support services to support a successful transition from childhood to adulthood.
• Use new ideas that work to support access to innovative services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.
  
  

Please join us for the following webinar presentations:

• Lifespan Overview and Updates: Wednesday, January 21, 3:00-4:30 pm
  • This session will provide an overview of the proposed waiver and review what has changed since the last series of presentations. Please register to attend here:  https://mainestate.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NaT4BZ_SSTeHTVay0CsB9w

 

• The Role of the SIS-A Assessment in the Lifespan Waiver Design:  Friday January 23, 11:00-12:30 pm
  • This session will describe the purpose and use of the SIS-A assessment to inform levels of supports needs. Please register to attend here: https://mainestate.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Mo2bJ7LbRK2EZQYEhc8Ixw
    
    

If you cannot attend these sessions, recordings will be posted afterward on the Office of Aging and Disability Services (OADS) web page: HCBS Lifespan Project | Department of Health and Human Services. 
If you need an accommodation or support to take part in one or more of these meetings, please contact [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you all and working together to improve services.
~ The OADS Team