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Note: The items described on this page do not include many important ongoing
areas that also need funding. This report is best viewed as a partial
list, not an all-inclusive list, of priority funding needs in our region.
Some Findings
by United Way Teams
About Gaps and Emerging Needs
In
the Rochester/Monroe County Area, March
20, 2001
The
following pages contain information that was presented or was part of a hand-out
package at the United Way Stake Holder’s Briefing for its Strategic Plan for
Community Impact – 2003-2006. The Briefing was held on March 13, 2001.
The
following materials are focused on gaps and emerging needs for five Impact Areas:
The
gaps and needs are focused on the 2003-2006 timeframe and were identified by
members of United Way Investment Teams through a variety of research methods
including focus groups, surveys, “expert” presentations and review of
research of other major organizations.
The
gaps and needs identified here do not necessarily represent future investment
decisions by the United Way. These
findings will be considered in development of an overall strategic plan for 2003-3006
about which a report will be issued in November 2001.
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Gaps
and Emerging Needs
United Way Stakeholders Briefing
March 13, 2001
Looking
Across Impact Areas
| GAPS
& EMERGING NEEDS |
SB6 |
KOT |
SF |
HS |
OD |
| PHYSICAL
HEALTH (healthy births, health care coverage, prevention) |
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| MENTAL
HEALTH (youth, children) |
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| APPROPRIATE
HOUSING (safe, decent, affordable) |
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| SAFE
& SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENTS (parent & child, elder abuse) |
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| FINANCIAL
WELL-BEING (financial mgt., employment) |
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| INDEPENDENT
LIVING (home support) |
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| TRANSPORTATION
(employment, socialization) |
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| PREPARATION
FOR SCHOOL SUCCESS (literacy, child care,
graduation) |
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| BASIC
NEEDS (food, shelter) |
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| PROVIDERS:
SERVICE DELIVERY / ACCESS |
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| PROVIDERS:
INFRASTRUCTURE |
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Strategic
Planning Input
Identified Needs and Emerging Trends
Success
by 6 Investment Team
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Under
Investigation
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Need
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Respite
services.
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Promoting
Literacy: Speaking, Listening, Reading, and Writing.
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Advocacy for
increase in those guaranteed subsidy and those eligible for subsidy.
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Dental care for
young children.
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Sustaining
quality improvement in childcare settings.
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Day care with
flexible hours.
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Affordable day
care.
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Transportation
to and from programming.
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Increased staff
development and training.
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Skilled,
knowledgeable parents.
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Services for
children exposed to violence.
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Support and
advocacy for UPK.
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Services for
children with significant behavior needs.
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Wellness
enhancing and preventative services.
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Interpretive
services for non-English speaking parents.
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Support for
children in foster care.
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Support for
part-time programs for infants, toddlers and 3 yr. olds.
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Support for
children with mild to moderate communication problems.
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Healthy Births.
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Home based
nutritional counseling.
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Development of
instruments to determine specific problems underlying literacy delay in
young children.
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Sources:
The Success by 6 Volunteer Team
constructed this list with input from surveys sent to the Executive Director of
each of the agencies that run United Way funded programs, Monroe County
Departments of Health and Social Services, Early Childhood Development
Initiative, Center for Governmental Research, and individual provider input.
Success
by 6 -- Gaps and Emerging Needs
Talking Points at United Way Briefing – March 13, 2001
Goal:
Healthy, young children (0-9) prepared to succeed socially and
academically
Preparation
for Success in School
Promoting literacy:
Speaking, listening, reading and writing.
 | There needs to be a greater emphasis
on caregiver and parental competence and family skill. |
| Awareness of what is developmentally
appropriate (materials, bhaviors etc.) for children of different ages.) |
| Permeation of literacy programming
as a component throughout the current Success by 6 portfolio. |
Sustaining quality improvement in child
care settings.
| Even though significant steps have
been made in our community, obtaining and sustaining credentials in
childcare settings continues to be an issue within our community. |
| United Way seeks to promote and
support healthy systems of childcare. |
Physical
Health
Healthy Births.
| Promotion of accurate information
regarding knowing when, where, and how to seek medical care for their
children and themselves. |
| Understanding of the benefits for
seeking medical care early. |
Mental
Health
Services for children
with significant behavior needs.
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Services for
children that have never classified as well as those that have been
classified for other significant issues. |
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Mental health
services for young children. |
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Staff development
efforts geared toward supporting teaching better practices when it comes to
assisting, teaching, managing, educating, and caring for those children with
significant behavior needs. |
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Knowledge about
what are appropriate reactions to a child’s behaviors. |
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Knowing when they
need to seek help and how to ask for what they need. |
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Fundamental
knowledge regarding the developmental stages of children. |
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Strategic
Planning Input
Identified Needs and Emerging Trends
Kids
on Track Investment Team
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Trends:
| Welfare to work |
| Lowering of PINS age from 18 to16
years old. |
| Continued high rate of poverty for
children. |
| Regents standards.
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Sources:
The
Kids on Track Volunteer Team constructed list with input from surveys sent to
the Executive Director of each of the agencies that run United Way funded
programs, Department of Social Services, Youth Bureau, and individual provider
input.
Kids on Track – Emerging Needs and
Gaps
Talking Points – March 13, 2001
Goal: Healthy, Self Confident
Youth (10-21) Succeeding Socially and Academically.
Mental
Health
The umbrella of additional
mental health services for youth can be characterized by some of the following
specifics:
Safe
and Supportive Environments
There were multiple categories
identified by providers that the Kids on Track team felt fit under this broad
heading. Each of these categories
are unique and target a specific population, but they all speak to the need for
there to be an increased number of opportunities for individuals to learn and
play in safe and supportive environments.
| Structured activities for parents
and their children. |
| Providers felt that one way in which
youth could be additionally supported would be to offer their parents and
caregivers opportunities to interact with them in positive environments.
We heard that our community would benefit from: |
| Socially and emotionally supportive
programming for parents and their children. |
| Opportunities for parents to learn
how to interact with their children in positive and productive ways. |
| Assistance for parents seeking
healthy options during which to spend quality time with their children. |
Structured
activities and programming for youth
The United Way has
been a long time supporter of youth development opportunities and after school
programming. However, the community
has continued to report to the Kids on Track team that more development in this
area is needed. It was recommended
that the United Way continue to explore and affirm its commitment to a variety
of types of programs that fall under this category of “structured activities
and programming for youth.”
These activities take
advantage of time youth aren’t in school but are geared to keep them going and
staying engaged. These programs
offer youth healthy choices with which to use their free time as well as
opportunities to develop their potential in any number of realms.
We heard that there
is a need for:
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Additional after
school opportunities for structured mentoring and tutoring programs, as well
as more clubs, opportunities for recreation, and job training. |
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An increased
number of healthy, productive options for children to spend their free time. |
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Increased youth
empowerment and leadership development opportunities. |
Flexible childcare
Appropriate, safe
childcare is needed for children in the evenings and weekends due to the
increasingly non-traditional working hours of primary caregivers.
Without flexible childcare options, caregivers are being forced to leave
their young children alone or in less than desirable circumstances.
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Strategic
Planning Input
Identified Needs and Emerging Trends
Strengthening
Families
Investment Team
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Trends:
| Welfare to Work |
| Increasing frequency of clients with
multiple needs |
| Lead paint remediation |
Sources:
Strengthening Families’ list was
developed with input from provider focus groups, Emergency Food & Shelter
Grant Program feedback, HUD Homeless Continuum of Care team
Strengthening Families – Gaps and
Emerging Needs
Talking Points at United Way Briefing – March 13, 2001
Goal: a thriving family unit fully
participating in the community
The Strengthening Families team has
developed a illustrating its vision of how a family moves from vulnerable
to thriving, and the inputs and outputs associated with that growth.
Basic Needs
This includes the provision of basic
services such as emergency food, shelter, and health care in an effort to have
physically and mentally healthy families. Basic
Needs impact our community’s most vulnerable families and have been identified
by providers and others as an increasing need.
Strengthening Families currently
invests a significant portion of it’s funding in this category and plays a
role as a major funder of many of these programs.
Our Team needs additional information
to better understand both the scope of the recent increase and the factors at
work if we are to address it effectively
Based on existing, provider-driven
coordination, the category of Basic Needs represents a great opportunity to work
cooperatively with a cluster of providers who have developed their own model to
bring families along the continuum.
Appropriate
Housing
Although this community is rich in
housing provision, Strengthening Families heard from both Providers and Funders
that we are still confronted with a lack of safe, affordable housing. The concerns include homeless housing, transitional housing
for those who are getting their lives back on track, affordable rental housing,
home ownership opportunities, and the support of mixed-income neighborhoods.
Recently there has been a lot of public
discussion of housing issues including the impact of lead paint remediation on
our community’s housing stock and the increasing rate of foreclosures
- both of which impact the homeowner and investor-owned housing
markets. Strengthening
Families will be spending additional time examining our ability to address
these, as well as other factors.
Financial
Well-Being
For Strengthening
Families, Financial Well-being is essential to moving a family from
vulnerability through self-sufficiency and in to thriving.
The Team has learned
that further support is needed for the development of job skills, job placement
and income management. These
issues continue to surface as families struggle with changes initiated by
Welfare to Work legislation and the Workforce Investment Act.
Strengthening
Families will be investigating further the role of:
Technological
competency & employment opportunities
- An example of this is Strengthening Families current investment in a program
with the Rochester Resource Alliance designed to provide funding for
employees who wish to improve their job skills, leading to better-paying and
more secure jobs.
Two other areas of
investigation in Financial Well-being include Employment services and Debt
/ credit management
Safe and
Supportive Environments
For the Strengthening
Families Team, Safe and Supportive environments relates specifically to civic
involvement on a neighborhood level, and the impact that has on the larger
community. This need relates to resident-driven processes to identify
neighborhood quality of life issues and the process by which these issues are
addressed.
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Strategic
Planning Input
Identified Needs and Emerging Trends
Helping
Seniors
Investment Team
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Under
Investigation
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Information,
referral
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Educate
young on aging
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Affordable
housing
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Anxiety and
depression
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Drug abuse
prevention
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Social
transportation
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Elder abuse
prevention
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Grandparents
raising grandchildren
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Guardianship
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Financial
management – medicaid, medicare
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Shelter
beds for older adults
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Professional
Care Providers
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Chore
services/friendly visiting
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Home
modification – safety, fall prevention
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Development
disabled children living longer – caregiver needs
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Continuum
of care of services needed
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People
wanting to work longer
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Need for
planning a longer life – finance and health
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Increase in
nonprofessional caregiving help
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Respite
care
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Social
model and medical model day care programs
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TRENDS
| Poverty
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| Growth of 85+ population
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| Medium income for women (elderly)
$10,943
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SOURCES:
The
Helping Seniors Investment Team received input from forums held by the New York
State Office of Aging and the Monroe County Office of Aging. In addition,
surveys were completed by the Executive Directors of Helping Seniors’
programs.
Helping
Seniors – Gaps and Emerging
Needs
Talking Points at United Way
Briefing – March 13, 2001
Appropriate
Housing
| More affordable housing - middle
income is needed |
| More housing in suburbs is needed |
| Safety factors should be considered
when locations are chosen |
| Cross impact team need |
Financial
Well Being
| People need help working with their
financial responsibilities when they have not done this before e.g., widows |
| People need to know more about
Medicaid and Medicare |
| People need to be aware of financial
scams |
Independent
Living
| More professional care providers are
needed e.g., nursing aides |
| Aides are needed to keep people more
independent e.g., stay in their own home |
| This is not just a labor issue e.g.,
pay, it is also a system issue e.g., some regulations on aides will not
allow new ideas to help aides e.g., day care |
| Cross impact team need |
Transportation
| Social transportation is the biggest
need e.g., taking people to the grocery store |
| Some efforts have been very
successful in the community and these need to be looked at for expansion or
duplication if appropriate |
| The western part of the county
appears to have the biggest need |
| Cross impact team need |
Provider
Service Delivery
| Surveys showed information, referral
and services for seniors not known when needed |
| There should be a “one stop
shopping” program that assists people |
| Care management should be part of
the continuum of services offered |
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Strategic
Planning Input
Identified Needs and Emerging Trends
Overcoming
Disabilities Planning Subcommittee
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| Under
Investigation
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Needs
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Support
for individuals with developmental disabilities who need social activities
but are not at a diagnosis level for reimbursement
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Housing
that is safe and decent for people with mental health, substance abuse and
other disabilities
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Case
Management triage, coordination and reimbursement
for people with disabilities for social and mental care
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Transportation
for mental health clients social rehabilitation
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Cultural
competence attention for all clients -- professionals and service agencies
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Support
for kids with disabilities to prevent high school drop out
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Comprehensive
insurance for people with disabilities and help with Medicaid funding
which is decreasing
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Health
Care workers
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Support
with people with disabilities who are aging and for their caregivers
(including chronic diseases)
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Employment
with benefits
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Advocacy
assistance to avoid stigma
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Skill
training and education
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Prevention
of leading causes of death -- example, cancer, heart disease, diabetes
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Rural
-- satellite delivery of services
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Home
health care
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Mental
health care
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Rehabilitation
services
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Public
education
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Increased
collaboration with agencies to serve multiple needs
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Assistance
for disabled who are isolated
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Independent
living skills training
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Arts
for Children
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TRENDS
| Welfare to work
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| Increase in number of disabled
enrolled in SSI
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| Role of courts increasing in the
substance abuse area and moving into other disabilities
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| Clients using the internet
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| Increase complexity of management of
care
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| More clients are economically
disadvantaged
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SOURCES:
The
Overcoming Disabilities Investment Team received input on needs from: Studies
done by the Office of Mental Health, Office of Developmental Disabilities,
client focus groups, and surveys completed by Executive Directors of Overcoming
Disabilities’ programs.
Overcoming
Disabilities -- Emerging Needs and Gaps
Talking Points at United Way Briefing – March 13, 2001
Goal:
People with disabilities (mental health,
substance abuse, development, physical and health)
maximizing their independence as integrated members of the community.
Appropriate
Housing*
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It appears that
housing is needed for people with mental health and substance abuse
disabilities in particular but it is also an issue for all disabled. |
* This is a cross
impact area issue.
Physical
Health
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As people with
disabilities age (and their caregivers) more chronic issues are emerging
that need attention. |
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People with
disabilities need help in preventing and working with the leading causes of
death e.g. heart disease, cancer. |
Independent
Living
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People with
disabilities sometimes fall through the cracks on continuous and
comprehensive living skills. |
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Homeless people
with disabilities need. |
Preparation
for School Success
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Kids with
disabilities are dropping out of middle and senior high school and appear to
need more support. |
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This issue (with
information and suggested follow-up help) was referred to KOT who work with
children of special needs. |
Provider
Service Delivery
Three issues emerged
as infrastructure needs that need to be addressed for all programs to consider:
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Cultural
Competency |
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Increased
collaboration with agencies to serve multiple needs |
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Case management
triage, coordination and reimbursement |
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