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[Guest guest]

By all means, please read this and if it applies, follow through.

It isn't JUST about moving folks out of ICFDD's...there is also opportunity for

people who are awaiting community residential supports and services, to get

them.

Ellen

Ellen Garber Bronfeld

egskb@...

[iLAssnMicroboardsandatives] Arc and Ligas Settlement Mailed ot

Class Members

The Arc of Illinois

February 21, 2011

Leaders in The Arc:

This may be the only opportunity to move people off the waiting list and out of

ICFDDs.

People on the waiting list should contact Equip for Equility to become class

members of the Ligas settlement.

Please share the Ligas settlement with other advocates.

Tony auski

The Arc of Illinois

815-464-1832

Illinois mailing 15,000 letters to notify disabled of lawsuit settlement

The Associated Press

Illinois is mailing approximately 15,000 letters to adults with developmental

disabilities to inform them of a settlement in a class action lawsuit and a June

court hearing on that settlement.

The hearing is scheduled June 15 in Chicago. A federal judge has given

preliminary approval to the settlement and will hear comments during the

hearing.

The letter spells out how people can become members of the class under the

lawsuit. Illinois is required to send the letters by March 4.

The agreement would give more housing choices to 6,000 adults who receive state

aid and live in privately operated care facilities. Illinois' Medicaid program

also would be required to offer services to an additional 3,000 adults living at

home with aging parents or other family members.

Online: http://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item40989

!

2007 Belleville News-Democrat and wire service sources. .

Ligas Consent Decree-Overview

http://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=40989

On January 20, 2011, a revised Consent Decree (pdf):

http://www.dhs.state.il.us/OneNetLibrary/4/documents/Ligas/LigasProposedConsentD\

ecree012011.pdf

and orders were entered by the Court in the Ligas lawsuit. We are now awaiting

further Court action, including a fairness hearing for potential class members

and other interested parties. The Division of Developmental Disabilities

recognizes that there will be many questions regarding the consent decree and

that the Division will need to rely upon the cooperation of all stakeholders in

planning for and implementing the systemic changes reflected in this decree, if

approved by the Court.

A Notice of Proposed Class Action Settlement and Hearing (pdf),

http://www.dhs.state.il.us/OneNetLibrary/4/documents/Ligas/LigasFinalNotice02152\

011.pdf

approved by the Court, is being mailed to potential class members and other

interested parties. In addition, a Public Notice (pdf),

http://www.dhs.state.il.us/OneNetLibrary/4/documents/Ligas/publicationnotice0215\

2011.pdf

also approved by the Court, will appear in selected media outlets around the

State.

This overview provides initial information regarding the revised Consent Decree.

Please see the full document for complete language and specific definitions.

The Consent Decree identifies two groups of class members:

1. Adult individuals in Illinois with developmental disabilities who qualify

for Medicaid Waiver services, who reside in private ICFs/DD with nine or more

residents and who affirmatively requested to receive community-based services.

2. Adult individuals in Illinois with developmental disabilities who qualify

for Medicaid Waiver services, who reside in a family home or are in need of

community-based services or settings, and who affirmatively requested to receive

community-based services.

The Decree does not force individuals who do not want community-based services

to move. Nor does it force providers to close beds or enter into downsizing

agreements with the State against their will. The Division's current voluntary

downsizing program remains in place.

The tenets of the Decree will assist the Division in expanding its

community-based system to meet the growing demand for those services, while

continuing to honor an individual's choice in deciding on the types of services

and settings he or she prefers in order to live a personally fulfilling and

productive life. The Decree includes the following items:

1. Services for Individuals! Currently Residing in ICFs/DD

Within six years of approval of the Decree, all individuals living in ICFs/DD as

of the effective date of the Decree, who have affirmatively requested community

services will move to community-based services. Services must be implemented for

one-third of all such individuals every two years of this six-year period.

2. Services for Individuals Currently Residing at Home

The State will continue to expeditiously serve all people who meet the

established crisis criteria. There will be no limit to the number of people who

meet the crisis criteria served by the Division.

For those individuals on the waiting list, as defined in the Decree, the State

agrees to serve 3,000 of these individuals over the next six years (1,000 within

the first two years and 500 each year the next four years) in home-based support

services and community-based residential settings.

3. Other General Provisions

& nbs! p; Evaluations and service plans will be focused on individual

desires and goals and will not be limited by existing services. The State,

however, will not be required to develop or offer services that are not part of

the approved waiver or Medicaid State Plan.

The Department of Human Services will seek sufficient funds in annual

budget requests to develop and maintain the services described in the Decree.

The State will pay attorneys' fees incurred in the amount of $1,740,000

to Class Counsel and $500,000 to Interveners' Counsel.

A monitor will be appointed by the Court to oversee compliance with the

Decree and report on progress to the Court on an annual basis. After nine years

of the approval of the Decree, the State may petition the Court to terminate the

monitoring process.

Note: As stated above, the consent decree must yet be approved by the Court.

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us in the future, please ensure it was not forwarded from another party or sent

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REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. Or write us at:

The Arc of Illinois

20901 S. LaGrange Rd. #209

fort, IL 60423

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[Guest guest]

I received this in the mail, or I should say received this in the mail on

Saturday.

H

Fw: [iLAssnMicroboardsandatives] Arc and Ligas

Settlement Mailed ot Class Members

By all means, please read this and if it applies, follow through.

t isn't JUST about moving folks out of ICFDD's...there is also opportunity for

eople who are awaiting community residential supports and services, to get

hem.

llen

llen Garber Bronfeld

gskb@...

---- Original Message -----

rom: K. Partridge

o: ILAssnMicroboardsandatives

ent: Monday, February 28, 2011 3:51 PM

ubject: [iLAssnMicroboardsandatives] Arc and Ligas Settlement Mailed ot

lass Members

The Arc of Illinois

February 21, 2011

Leaders in The Arc:

This may be the only opportunity to move people off the waiting list and out of

CFDDs.

People on the waiting list should contact Equip for Equility to become class

embers of the Ligas settlement.

Please share the Ligas settlement with other advocates.

Tony auski

The Arc of Illinois

815-464-1832

Illinois mailing 15,000 letters to notify disabled of lawsuit settlement

The Associated Press

Illinois is mailing approximately 15,000 letters to adults with developmental

isabilities to inform them of a settlement in a class action lawsuit and a June

ourt hearing on that settlement.

The hearing is scheduled June 15 in Chicago. A federal judge has given

reliminary approval to the settlement and will hear comments during the

earing.

The letter spells out how people can become members of the class under the

awsuit. Illinois is required to send the letters by March 4.

The agreement would give more housing choices to 6,000 adults who receive state

id and live in privately operated care facilities. Illinois' Medicaid program

lso would be required to offer services to an additional 3,000 adults living at

ome with aging parents or other family members.

Online: http://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item40989

!

2007 Belleville News-Democrat and wire service sources. .

Ligas Consent Decree-Overview

ttp://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=40989

On January 20, 2011, a revised Consent Decree (pdf):

http://www.dhs.state.il.us/OneNetLibrary/4/documents/Ligas/LigasProposedConsentD\

ecree012011.pdf

and orders were entered by the Court in the Ligas lawsuit. We are now awaiting

urther Court action, including a fairness hearing for potential class members

nd other interested parties. The Division of Developmental Disabilities

ecognizes that there will be many questions regarding the consent decree and

hat the Division will need to rely upon the cooperation of all stakeholders in

lanning for and implementing the systemic changes reflected in this decree, if

pproved by the Court.

A Notice of Proposed Class Action Settlement and Hearing (pdf),

ttp://www.dhs.state.il.us/OneNetLibrary/4/documents/Ligas/LigasFinalNotice021520\

11.pdf

approved by the Court, is being mailed to potential class members and other

nterested parties. In addition, a Public Notice (pdf),

http://www.dhs.state.il.us/OneNetLibrary/4/documents/Ligas/publicationnotice0215\

2011.pdf

also approved by the Court, will appear in selected media outlets around the

tate.

This overview provides initial information regarding the revised Consent Decree.

lease see the full document for complete language and specific definitions.

The Consent Decree identifies two groups of class members:

.. Adult individuals in Illinois with developmental disabilities who qualify

or Medicaid Waiver services, who reside in private ICFs/DD with nine or more

esidents and who affirmatively requested to receive community-based services.

2. Adult individuals in Illinois with developmental disabilities who qualify

or Medicaid Waiver services, who reside in a family home or are in need of

ommunity-based services or settings, and who affirmatively requested to receive

ommunity-based services.

The Decree does not force individuals who do not want community-based services

o move. Nor does it force providers to close beds or enter into downsizing

greements with the State against their will. The Division's current voluntary

ownsizing program remains in place.

The tenets of the Decree will assist the Division in expanding its

ommunity-based system to meet the growing demand for those services, while

ontinuing to honor an individual's choice in deciding on the types of services

nd settings he or she prefers in order to live a personally fulfilling and

roductive life. The Decree includes the following items:

1. Services for Individuals! Currently Residing in ICFs/DD

ithin six years of approval of the Decree, all individuals living in ICFs/DD as

f the effective date of the Decree, who have affirmatively requested community

ervices will move to community-based services. Services must be implemented for

ne-third of all such individuals every two years of this six-year period.

2. Services for Individuals Currently Residing at Home

he State will continue to expeditiously serve all people who meet the

stablished crisis criteria. There will be no limit to the number of people who

eet the crisis criteria served by the Division.

For those individuals on the waiting list, as defined in the Decree, the State

grees to serve 3,000 of these individuals over the next six years (1,000 within

he first two years and 500 each year the next four years) in home-based support

ervices and community-based residential settings.

3. Other General Provisions

& nbs! p; Evaluations and service plans will be focused on individual

esires and goals and will not be limited by existing services. The State,

owever, will not be required to develop or offer services that are not part of

he approved waiver or Medicaid State Plan.

The Department of Human Services will seek sufficient funds in annual

udget requests to develop and maintain the services described in the Decree.

The State will pay attorneys' fees incurred in the amount of $1,740,000

o Class Counsel and $500,000 to Interveners' Counsel.

A monitor will be appointed by the Court to oversee compliance with the

ecree and report on progress to the Court on an annual basis. After nine years

f the approval of the Decree, the State may petition the Court to terminate the

onitoring process.

Note: As stated above, the consent decree must yet be approved by the Court.

Please click here to be removed from our list. If you still receive emails from

s in the future, please ensure it was not forwarded from another party or sent

o an email address that is different than the one asked to be removed. DO NOT

EPLY TO THIS EMAIL. Or write us at:

he Arc of Illinois

0901 S. LaGrange Rd. #209

rankfort, IL 60423

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[Guest guest]

We received this as well this weekend, but to be perfectly honest, I'm a bit

confused on what it all means, what action we may need to take, etc.   Can

someone explain in laymen's terms?

Donna

Fw: [iLAssnMicroboardsandatives] Arc and Ligas

Settlement Mailed ot Class Members

By all means, please read this and if it applies, follow through.

t isn't JUST about moving folks out of ICFDD's...there is also opportunity for

eople who are awaiting community residential supports and services, to get

hem.

llen

llen Garber Bronfeld

gskb@...

---- Original Message -----

rom: K. Partridge

o: ILAssnMicroboardsandatives

ent: Monday, February 28, 2011 3:51 PM

ubject: [iLAssnMicroboardsandatives] Arc and Ligas Settlement Mailed ot

lass Members

The Arc of Illinois

February 21, 2011

Leaders in The Arc:

This may be the only opportunity to move people off the waiting list and out of

CFDDs.

People on the waiting list should contact Equip for Equility to become class

embers of the Ligas settlement.

Please share the Ligas settlement with other advocates.

Tony auski

The Arc of Illinois

815-464-1832

Illinois mailing 15,000 letters to notify disabled of lawsuit settlement

The Associated Press

Illinois is mailing approximately 15,000 letters to adults with developmental

isabilities to inform them of a settlement in a class action lawsuit and a June

ourt hearing on that settlement.

The hearing is scheduled June 15 in Chicago. A federal judge has given

reliminary approval to the settlement and will hear comments during the

earing.

The letter spells out how people can become members of the class under the

awsuit. Illinois is required to send the letters by March 4.

The agreement would give more housing choices to 6,000 adults who receive state

id and live in privately operated care facilities. Illinois' Medicaid program

lso would be required to offer services to an additional 3,000 adults living at

ome with aging parents or other family members.

Online: http://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item40989

!

2007 Belleville News-Democrat and wire service sources. .

Ligas Consent Decree-Overview

ttp://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=40989

On January 20, 2011, a revised Consent Decree (pdf):

http://www.dhs.state.il.us/OneNetLibrary/4/documents/Ligas/LigasProposedConsentD\

ecree012011.pdf

and orders were entered by the Court in the Ligas lawsuit. We are now awaiting

urther Court action, including a fairness hearing for potential class members

nd other interested parties. The Division of Developmental Disabilities

ecognizes that there will be many questions regarding the consent decree and

hat the Division will need to rely upon the cooperation of all stakeholders in

lanning for and implementing the systemic changes reflected in this decree, if

pproved by the Court.

A Notice of Proposed Class Action Settlement and Hearing (pdf),

ttp://www.dhs.state.il.us/OneNetLibrary/4/documents/Ligas/LigasFinalNotice021520\

11.pdf

approved by the Court, is being mailed to potential class members and other

nterested parties. In addition, a Public Notice (pdf),

http://www.dhs.state.il.us/OneNetLibrary/4/documents/Ligas/publicationnotice0215\

2011.pdf

also approved by the Court, will appear in selected media outlets around the

tate.

This overview provides initial information regarding the revised Consent Decree.

lease see the full document for complete language and specific definitions.

The Consent Decree identifies two groups of class members:

.. Adult individuals in Illinois with developmental disabilities who qualify

or Medicaid Waiver services, who reside in private ICFs/DD with nine or more

esidents and who affirmatively requested to receive community-based services.

2. Adult individuals in Illinois with developmental disabilities who qualify

or Medicaid Waiver services, who reside in a family home or are in need of

ommunity-based services or settings, and who affirmatively requested to receive

ommunity-based services.

The Decree does not force individuals who do not want community-based services

o move. Nor does it force providers to close beds or enter into downsizing

greements with the State against their will. The Division's current voluntary

ownsizing program remains in place.

The tenets of the Decree will assist the Division in expanding its

ommunity-based system to meet the growing demand for those services, while

ontinuing to honor an individual's choice in deciding on the types of services

nd settings he or she prefers in order to live a personally fulfilling and

roductive life. The Decree includes the following items:

1. Services for Individuals! Currently Residing in ICFs/DD

ithin six years of approval of the Decree, all individuals living in ICFs/DD as

f the effective date of the Decree, who have affirmatively requested community

ervices will move to community-based services. Services must be implemented for

ne-third of all such individuals every two years of this six-year period.

2. Services for Individuals Currently Residing at Home

he State will continue to expeditiously serve all people who meet the

stablished crisis criteria. There will be no limit to the number of people who

eet the crisis criteria served by the Division.

For those individuals on the waiting list, as defined in the Decree, the State

grees to serve 3,000 of these individuals over the next six years (1,000 within

he first two years and 500 each year the next four years) in home-based support

ervices and community-based residential settings.

3. Other General Provisions

& nbs! p; Evaluations and service plans will be focused on individual

esires and goals and will not be limited by existing services. The State,

owever, will not be required to develop or offer services that are not part of

he approved waiver or Medicaid State Plan.

The Department of Human Services will seek sufficient funds in annual

udget requests to develop and maintain the services described in the Decree.

The State will pay attorneys' fees incurred in the amount of $1,740,000

o Class Counsel and $500,000 to Interveners' Counsel.

A monitor will be appointed by the Court to oversee compliance with the

ecree and report on progress to the Court on an annual basis. After nine years

f the approval of the Decree, the State may petition the Court to terminate the

onitoring process.

Note: As stated above, the consent decree must yet be approved by the Court.

Please click here to be removed from our list. If you still receive emails from

s in the future, please ensure it was not forwarded from another party or sent

o an email address that is different than the one asked to be removed. DO NOT

EPLY TO THIS EMAIL. Or write us at:

he Arc of Illinois

0901 S. LaGrange Rd. #209

rankfort, IL 60423

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[Guest guest]

Who exactly is the letter coming from?

Hoping that will get one today. Would be a good way to celebrate his

birthday today!

Liz

[Guest guest]

The letter was addressed to my son on Sat.  It came from.....

Mr Brent D Statton

Office of Illinois Attorney General

100 W Randolph St

Chicago

Happy Birthday !

________________________________

From: Liz <dljar58@...>

IPADDUnite

Sent: Tue, March 1, 2011 9:00:31 AM

Subject: Re: Fw: [iLAssnMicroboardsandatives] Arc and Ligas

Settlement Mailed ot Class Members

 

Who exactly is the letter coming from?

Hoping that will get one today. Would be a good way to celebrate his

birthday today!

Liz

[Guest guest]

You don’t have to receive this letter to go on record as needing services.

It’s just one of many ways they are contacting the effected class members.

Charlotte

From: IPADDUnite [mailto:IPADDUnite ] On Behalf

Of Liz Youhana

Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 9:26 AM

IPADDUnite

Subject: Re: Re: Fw: [iLAssnMicroboardsandatives] Arc and

Ligas Settlement Mailed ot Class Members

The letter was addressed to my son on Sat. It came from.....

Mr Brent D Statton

Office of Illinois Attorney General

100 W Randolph St

Chicago

Happy Birthday !

________________________________

From: Liz <dljar58@... <mailto:dljar58%40charter.net> >

IPADDUnite <mailto:IPADDUnite%40>

Sent: Tue, March 1, 2011 9:00:31 AM

Subject: Re: Fw: [iLAssnMicroboardsandatives] Arc and Ligas

Settlement Mailed ot Class Members

Who exactly is the letter coming from?

Hoping that will get one today. Would be a good way to celebrate his

birthday today!

Liz

[Guest guest]

Thanks Liz, for the birthday wishes to & for the Ligas letter info.

That name sounds familiar....I remembered it from when signed a form letter

to him.

Will put his name on my list of people to contact this week.

Thanks again,

Liz