 Project
Partners
The
following partners share this project's commitment to
supporting, promoting, and enhancing the leadership and
capacity of people with disabilities, families, friends,
and community systems and supports.
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Brockville
and District Association for Community Involvement
bdaci@ripnet.com
Phone: 613-345-4092
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Ontario
Federation for Cerebral Palsy
www.ofcp.on.ca
Phone: 416-244-9686
Toll Free: 1-877-244-9686 (Ontario Only)
Aim of the Project
Communities who have made a commitment to individualized approaches
will have the opportunity to build on that work. Modeling
Community Change and Innovation has a vision for people with
disabilities to have the opportunity to build a good life
by increasing community capacity to support Individualized
Funding and Independent Planning & Facilitation and by
developing sustainable community infrastructure supports.
The Ministry of Community and Social Services
is working towards a ‘transformation’ of the developmental
service system, which includes individualized funding as well
as, independent planning & facilitation. (Opportunities
and Action: Transforming Supports in Ontario for People who
Have a Developmental Disability- Ministry of Community and Social
Services May 2006) This project will help communities prepare
for impending changes. For example:
- Communities
involved in this project are working on different components
of effective individualized support:
- Effective
independent planning & facilitation
- Strong
autonomous groups ( i.e People First and Family Networks)
- Opportunities
for networking and relationship building
- Strong
community infrastructure supports (i.e human resource, payroll)
- Increased
capacity building and information sharing
- Development
of a Facilitators Forum
- The
learnings and tools created will be shared with other communities
interested in individualized approaches.
Project
Communities
The following are Modeling Change and Innovation project communities:
- Windsor
and Essex County
- Brockville
and Area
- Algonquin
Region
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well, the project has committed to doing community engagement
activities in three other communities in Ontario.
Values
of the Project
Modeling Community Change and Innovation is rooted in the work
of the Individualized Funding Coalition for Ontario, which has
been learning, writing, researching and sharing information
about individualized approaches since 1995. The Individualized
Funding Coalition is a group of people with disabilities, families
(parents, sisters, brothers) friends, facilitators, organizations
and agencies.
The Individualized Funding Coalition for Ontario supports the
self-determination of persons with disabilities. Members believe
that all people should have control over decisions concerning:
Members
believe that disability supports must be based on the values
and principles of citizenship, self-determination, relationships
and community. In order to achieve this the members recognize
that Ontario must develop a system of funding where the person
requiring services is supported in their decision making by
family and friends of their choosing and, has access to and
control over the funds allocated for his/her supports.
Sharing
Project Learnings
The learning from this project will be available at a third year provincial conference.
Ongoing information about conferences, project materials, insights, learning and the facilitator’s forum will regularly be posted on this site.
Contact
Information
For more information about this project contact:
Windsor Essex Brokerage for Personal Support - Lead Agency
Marlyn Shervill
webps@mnsi.net
519 966 8094
Charlotte Dingwall – Project Lead
dingwall@quadro.net
519 349 2593 |
