RE: - ANOTHER QUESTION

[Guest guest]

Here are the answers to these questions:

Illinois MENTOR could come into play if/when an individual is approved for CILA

funding (or possibly thought they could privately pay for residential services

out of pocket). The MENTOR or HOST HOME model could be an alternative to a

traditional group home model, is that right, or do you have to get special

approvals for it even after securing CILA funding? This is correct.

Currently, all of our Host Homes are funded with CILA funding. The process is

the same. Our process includes recruiting the Mentors, licensing their homes

and then doing all the required training, screening, etc… that we do for the

Mentor to be able to take someone into their home.

We have a lot of new IPADD members with young adults approaching the end of

public school transition services. We have varying degrees of understanding

about the costs associated with residential placements, as well as about how

difficult or easy it is to get publicly funded residential. Could you comment on

either the costs associated with, say, a year of residential living/services and

the number of ‘newly funded’ families you had the opportunity to work with

last year? This is clearly the challenge we have as a state. In states where

we’ve done this model for many years, the state works directly with us because

they are aware that the services are highly individualized, family-oriented,

more stable (among a few of the benefits) and cost effective. Our directors are

trying to work with Illinois now and let them know that this option is a cost

savings to group and institutional living because even though they fund this

program, they really don’t seem to understand it and the true benefits. I

think that the more families request this type of cost effective program for

their adult children, the more they will look at it and be able to offer funding

to more individuals because it’s cost effective for them.

From: IPADDUnite [mailto:IPADDUnite ] On Behalf

Of Jerue Family

Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 4:21 PM

IPADDUnite

Subject: - ANOTHER QUESTION

Hi ,

Let me see if I have this correct now. Illinois MENTOR could come into play

if/when an individual is approved for CILA funding (or possibly thought they

could privately pay for residential services out of pocket). The MENTOR or HOST

HOME model could be an alternative to a traditional group home model, is that

right, or do you have to get special approvals for it even after securing CILA

funding?

We have a lot of new IPADD members with young adults approaching the end of

public school transition services. We have varying degrees of understanding

about the costs associated with residential placements, as well as about how

difficult or easy it is to get publicly funded residential. Could you comment on

either the costs associated with, say, a year of residential living/services and

the number of ‘newly funded’ families you had the opportunity to work with

last year?

Thanks so much. This is such helpful information for us to have.

L.