NYAPRS Note: Disability rights advocates have 3 upcoming opportunities to give their personal input to NYS’ Olmstead Plan, which promises to set specific targets for the number of people each state agency will be expected to help move to most integrated community residential and employment settings…which means apartments and jobs for many.
Next week’s opportunities which include
- giving input at OMH settings in Manhattan, Long Island, Rockland, Binghamton, Syracuse and Ogdensburg.
- attending next Wednesday’s public forum in Albany.
There will also be an opportunity to give input on a second series of September 28 regional forums at OPWDD settings in Schenectady, Rochester, Queens, Manhattan, Long Is land, Kingston and Rochester.
Please save those dates and make sure as many can attend as possible.
NYAPRS will send around some suggested talking points on Monday. Stay tuned!
State of New York | Executive Chamber
For Immediate Release: August 17, 2012
***MEDIA ADVISORY***
New York State Announces Public Forums to Obtain Input
on the Creation of an Olmstead Implementation Plan
In the 1999 Olmstead Decision the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states, in accordance with the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), have an obligation to provide services to individuals wi th disabilities in the most integrated setting appropriate to their needs.
Governor Cuomo has made compliance with the Olmstead Decision a top priority. New York State is currently creating an Olmstead Implementation Plan which will address issues that help seniors and people with disabilities to receive services in the most integrated community settings.
Three public forms will be held to solicit suggestions from seniors, individuals with disabilities, families, advocates and providers of services on ways to improve the delivery of services to people with disabilities in the most integrated community settings.
The New York State Olmstead Implementation Plan will include goals, strategies, performance measures, baseline data and quantifiable targets related to services that will assist individuals with disabilities and seniors to live in the most integrated community settings. Specific areas covered in the plan will include access to: integrated housing, integrated employment, transportation and community services. The plan will also contain information on assessment of needs, transition to community settings and diversion from institutional settings.
Suggestions for the New York State Olmstead Plan can be provided in a number of ways: video conference, public hearing, community focus groups and on-line comments.
The schedule of public events is as follows:
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Date and Time |
Event |
Locations |
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012 1:00pm-4:00pm |
Public Forum-Statewide Video Conference For Registration |
MANHATTAN New York City Field Office 330 Fifth Ave 9th Floor- Conference Rm A New York, NY 10001-3101 LONG ISLAND Pilgrim Psychiat ric Center 998 Crooked Hill Rd Rehab Center-Building 102 Room C-4 West Brentwood, NY 11717-1087 HUDSON VALLEY Rockland Psychiatric Center, Building 57 8th Floor C onference Rm< br>140 Old Orangeburg Rd Orangeburg, NY 10962 BINGHAMTON Greater Binghamton Psychiatric Center Keeler Building-Burns Conference Rm 425 Robinson St. Binghamton, NY 13904- OGDENSBURG St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center-Trinity Building Auditorium 1 Chimney Point Dr. Ogdensburg, NY 13669 SYRACUSE Central NY Field Office 545 Cedar Street Syracuse, NY 13210-2319 BUFFALO Buffalo Psychiatric Center 400 Forest Ave Strozzi Annex-Room 2012 Buffalo, NY 14213-1298 |
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012 11:00am-3:00pm |
Public Forum- Hearing For Registration |
ALBANY Empire State Plaza Meeting Room 6 Albany, NY |
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Friday, September 28, 2012 9:00am-12:00pm |
Public Forum-Statewide Video Conference For registration: |
SCHENECTADY Capital Distr ict DDSO < /span>Balltown & Consaul Roads Building 3, Room 2 Schenectady, NY 12304 MANHATTAN Metro NY DDSO 75 Morton Street Activity Center, 1st Floor New York, NY 10014 QUEENS Bernard Fineson DDSO 80-45 Winchester Blvd Room 2 Queens Village, NY 11428 LONG ISLAND Long Island DDSO 415‐A Oser Road Multipurpose Room Hauppauge, NY 11788 KINGSTON 521 Boices Lane VC Room Kingston, NY 12401 ROCHESTER Finger Lakes DDSO 620 Westfall Road, 25 Leaf & Room 3/4 Rochester, NY 14620 |