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ADULT SUPPORT
Supporting adults in the community
Adult Support Administration Roster
Adult support focuses on issues of informed consent, guardianship, dignity of risk, health and safety skills, increasing independence, and ability to speak and decide for one’s self. Supports assist youth leaving the structure and services of the school system to develop skills needed to take on adult responsibilities such as work, adult education and daily living skills. Adult supports work to maximize available resources and developing opportunities for adults to gain income, participate in their community and live as independently as possible in their own home. Adult Supports also address the needs of adults with disabilities growing older with more healthcare needs to maintain independence and the skills they have developed. See Adult SSA Brochure
Mission:
Support adults in becoming as independent and self determined as possible by enhancing skills,
accessing and developing opportunities to be part of the larger community and assume adult
responsibilities in living the life they choose.
Support Administrator Role:
Support Administration is much like Case Management. The DCDD employs Support Administrators to help adults, their families and advocates, to develop a plan of supports addressing needs and goals. Support Administrators are responsible for the following:
- The Single Point of Contact from the DCDD for the person and their team
- Facilitate planning, team process and development of support services for adults
- Authorization of funding for local and Waiver services
- Monitor and ensure implementation of Individual Support Plan and QA reviews
- Focus on independence, skill development, employment, and limiting barriers
- Address issues of informed consent and competency/guardianship
- Support Administrators do not provide direct service
- Referral and linkage to community resources, Courts and Law Enforcement
- Address health and safety needs, report MUI/UI as mandated reporter. See MUI guide
- Encourage participation in the community citizenship responsibilities (voting, club memberships, churches, neighborhood connections, etc.)
Services:
Services are selected and directed by the person and/or their legal representative. The person and
their team will develop an individual service plan (ISP) outlining their needs and plans for the
upcoming year, agreed upon supports necessary to put the plan in action as well as the cost of
those supports for a year. The ISP may be reviewed and amended throughout the year.
Individual supports focus on self direction, skill development, and independence. Service areas may include In-home direct care supports; Community access; Transportation; Day activity; Employment; Limited Therapy services; Counseling and Behavioral supports; Adaptive Equipment and Home Modifications. These supports may be provided by un-paid natural supports such as friends and family, through other community resources, or paid supports funded through DCDD/State/Federal contracted services. See Service and Support Administration Policy
Funding:
Personal funds and resources are the most flexible and easiest to use with the greatest discretion
of the person. The higher up the governmental chain that funding is obtained the greater the
restrictions and oversight of how the funding may be expended. Supports may be provided
through a combination of the following sources:
- Personal income and resources: Typically pay for such things as shelter, food clothing, personal care and grooming, recreation and personal property.
- Natural and un-paid supports: Assistance provided by family and friends such as giving a ride to work or the gym, family that helps with banking and paying bills, a neighbor that helps with yard maintenance, etc. This is not always available and is dependent on what the person is able to work out.
- Individual Supports: These funds are generated through local levy tax dollars. These are the most flexible of governmental funds and based on availability and policy limits of the Delaware County Board of Developmental Disabilities. Individual supports do not supplant services provided through other mandated service delivery systems such as Public Schools, Rehabilitation Commission Services, etc.
- State funding: State funds are provided through annual subsidies for specific services with specific guidelines such as Capitol Housing, Family Support Services, and Supported living. These subsidies have decreased over the years and much of the funds go back to the State of Ohio as match for Medicaid waiver services
- Federal funding: Federal funding is afforded through Medicaid matched services such as Individual Options and Level One Waiver services as well as Medicaid State Plan services.
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