Partnership for People with Disabilities

Website

https://livingwell.partnership.vcu.edu

Overview

The goal of Project Living Well is to support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), both those using Medicaid Waiver services and those waiting for services, to live a life of their choosing in an environment that promotes independence, health, and healthy relationships with family, friends, staff, and supportive community members. Project Living Well is a model demonstration grant providing an opportunity to look closer at aligning capacity building and quality initiatives and abuse monitoring efforts.

Major Activities

• Facilitate a state leadership group (state and community partners) whose focus is to discuss quality initiatives and policy change
• Use evidence-based practices (e.g., healthy relationships, positive behavior, person centeredness, family support) to increase capacity, knowledge and skills of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities IDD and their supporters
• Produce a report of model capacity building guidelines:
  
  • Accomplishments
    • Group Decision Making Modules: (Under Construction)
    • VBPD Trend Reports
    • National Home and Community Positive Behavior Support Family Chats Collaborative:
      • Shelter In Place: Tips and Tools to Survive and Thrive
      • Feeling Alone? GAP Can Help
    • COVID-19 Resources:
      
      • • Coronavirus Information and Resources (The Arc) 
  • Partners
    • Center on Transition Innovations (CTI/VCU)
    • Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS)
    • Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS)
    • disability Law Center of Virginia (dLCV)
    • Resources for Independent Living (RIL)
    • The Arc of Virginia
      • A Life Like Yours (ALLY) Self-Advocacy Alliance
    • Virginia Board for People with Disabilities (VBPD)
  • Internal Project Partners
    • Community and Health Advocacy Training (CHAT)
    • Family to Family Network of Virginia
    • Leadership for Empowerment Abuse Prevention (LEAP)
    • Person Centered Practices and Positive Behavior Supports

Funding Source

• U.S. Administration on Community Living’s Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
  • 2019: https://acl.gov/news-and-events/announcements/living-well-grantsevaluation-reports-available
  • 2020: https://acl.gov/programs/living-well-state-profiles

Contact

Parthy Dinora, Project Principal Investigator
Email: padinora@vcu.edu  

Dana Yarbrough, Project Director
Email: dvyarbrough@vcu.edu