A PCP is a Life Plan for ME!!

How to use this training

This training has three parts that work together, kind of like a sandwich.• Slides (the bread) include basic information• Notes (the meat or cheese filling) include extra

information• Forms (the lettuce, tomato, and other goodies) can be printed and used as work sheets.(There will be link to the forms on the slide the form goes with)

A PCP is a Life Plan for ME!!

• I can now plan what I want to learn

and do • I get to choose!!!• I can tell the agency what I want/need

them to do to help me.• When I finish the PCP,

everyone will agree on the

plan for ME!

What is a PCP?

• A PCP is a person centered plan, it is a plan for me.

• I will have at least one a year, but I can ask for another one at any time.

• The plan is how my services will make my goals happen.

Why do I need a PCP?

• What I have for services depends on my needs and goals.

• My big goals can help me with – Getting a job– Making Friends– Living healthier– Feeling safer– Getting involved in my community– Making choices and having control– Most importantly it’s a life plan for me!

What’s in it for me?

• I can set big goals that I want to do– Everyone* can help me get there!

• A goal is something I want to do

or learn, it is written in my words,

and I can understand it.• I might get help on my goal from family,

friends, or someone in my community.

Service Options

My caseworker can tell me what options I qualify for.It may be one, or all of the services below.• Community Supports• Home Supports• Career and Employment Supports• Technology Supports

Community Supports

Community Supports (day program) can:• help me find places in my community to join • explore ways get out and meet new people• volunteer in a place that interests me• learn to do something new• teach me skills to get around my community• work with me to be safe and healthy

Employment Supports

Employment• I can explore what I want to do or am interested in • I can get help with understanding my benefits at

work• I can work part time or full time, I can make

minimum wage (7.50 per hour) or more• I can own my own business• I can be a boss (employer)

Click here for the form onemployment support options

Home Supports

• Home supports come to where I live, and call home.

• Home supports can:• Help me learn things like cooking,

how to do the laundry, keeping a schedule, things that will help me be more independent.

• Help me learn how to take care of myself with things like eating healthy and doing activities that get me moving

My Plan. My Services.

• Services are about helping me live my life, not about what my provider agency needs, or what is convenient for them.• I don’t have to make up hours if I take a day or two off from

community supports • Staff need to listen to me and help me figure out how to go

somewhere or do something when I live with other people who do not want to do

the same things.• I can ask my staff to help me figure out how to do things if they are happening at the same time as my ADLs

Remember!

A goal is something I want to do or learn, it is written in my words, and I can understand it.

Daily activities like brushing my teeth or showering are not goals!

Choice + Control = Responsibility• It is my responsibility to make sure understand

and agree to my plan.• I can think about how my plan will

help me to learn the skills that will help me to be more independent and find supports in the community.

• I can get help in accomplishing my goals, but they are my goals to follow through with.

Examples of goals• I will explore my new neighborhood by visiting the

places I can walk to.• I will plan a BBQ and invite my family and friends

for the fourth of July.• I will find opportunities for volunteering at my

library or day care center.• I will choose what I want to do on holidays• I will get more skills at work

so I can earn a raise.Click here for the form about goals

About me!

• Who lives with me?• What do I own or control I would not want to

be without?• What are the activities I do regularly? • Where do I go? How often do I go there?

Who do I want in my life? Relationships

• Think about……• What am I doing when I am happy?

• who am I with?• where am I?

• Who do I like and want to spend my time with?

Click here for a form to help me learn who the people in my circle are.

What do I want? Choice and ControlWhat would give me more choices and more control over my life?

Do I want to:• Do my own banking, budgeting, cooking?• Be healthier, eat better, to move more?• Know more about getting around my

community?• A job?• What would it look like where I live?

Happy, Health, Well project resources have lots of good information on eating well and being active, click here:http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/cfl/HHW/materials.html

What do I want? Community

• Are there things I want to do IN the community? Are there things I want to do FOR my community?

• Are there clubs, organizations or community activities I might want to join?

• Would I like to be a member of Speaking Up For Us?

• Is there a class I might want to take?

• Click here for a form with a list of community organizations

What do I want? Health and Safety

• What do I need to feel good?• What do I need to be healthy?• What I you need to be safe?• Do I feel safe:

• In my community? • In my home?• with the people who are around

me?

• If not what would make me feel safer?

Timeline

• Part 1: I will choose where my meeting is, who comes to it, and what we talk about with my caseworker.

• Part 2: I will meet with community, home, and work supports staff to talk about my goals and the services I want

• Part 3: I will meet with my case manager and look over my goals and services decide what works for me.

• Part 4: THE MEETING!

Who helps with what?

• My Caseworker will:• Plan for my meeting at a date, time, place, etc. that works

for me.• Talk to me about choice • Check in with me after my meeting

• The Agency will:• Agree to support me to meet my goals me with• Provide the services I choose

• Family and Friends can support me in planning • Professionals: OTs, PTs, Drs., or Advocate can help

with advice and support.

Can I choose who will be there?

YES!!!!

I am the most important part.

Who has to be there?• My guardian, if I have one• My case manager• My correspondent, if I have one

I may choose to have:• My, family and/or friends• Agency staff, community, work, or home supports.• Professionals – OT, PT, Dr• Having an advocate there is MY choice, I can invite one!

What will happen at the meeting?• What has to happen at the meeting

• I will know what time it starts and stops• The agenda will be followed• Everyone will listen to me • My goals and services will be talked about in a positive light• People’s opinions will be respected• Tough conversations will be handled with respect• There are conversations that I will need to have, including

talking about employment

• What you can choose not to include :• If there are things I do not want to talk about in a group of

people, this can be done at another time, and I can choose to be there or not as I want.

• I can ask people to slow down• I can ask people to explain in terms you understand• Who am I comfortable with? I can limit how many

people are at the meeting!• Goals can be short term.• I can ask my Case manager if I want to change a

goal, I don’t have to wait until my next annual plan.• People can offer other options for me to think about

but it is not their job to talk me out of something I want because it is more convenient for them

Who can help if you don’t agree?

• If I don’t agree, I need to speak up or nothing will change!

• Here is who I can speak up to:• Staff• Case manager• Advocate

• Think about filing a Grievance, your case manager has to help you

Resources

• Here is a link to the PCP Training Manual on the state’s DHHS website.

• http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/oads/disability/ds/pcp-action-plan/PDF/PCP%20Manual7-31-13.pdf

Resources

• 24 Stone Street, Ste 204, Augusta, ME 04330

V/TTY:   207-626-2774

Toll Free V/TTY:  1-800-452-1948

• The Disability Rights Center (DRC) is Maine's protection and advocacy agency for people with disabilities. It is a non-profit agency independent of state and federal government.

• Here is a link where you can find out who the advocate for your area is: http://drcme.org/DSA_Patient_Advocates.html

SUFU would like to say thank you for the technical support to: • SUFU member Paul Picard• DHHS, Office of Aging and Disability Services• Disability Rights Center