mn choices the role of employment in long-term care assessment

MN Choices

The role of employment in long-term care assessment

People with reported disability in the labor force: 21.9%

People with no reported disability in the labor force: 70.1%

Poverty and Disability:The inextricable connection

• People with disabilities are poorer, as a group, than the general population

• People living in poverty are more likely than others to be disabled

Person Centered Long Term Care

Strength Based

Individual Needs

Assessment for all programs

Approximately 73,000 long-term care assessments were conducted in MN in 2009

Minnesota’s Choice DomainsOutcomes – Quality of Life

Making Work Part of the Plan

Employment in MN Choices

•Person Centered Interview

•Employment Module

•Certified Assessor Training

Person Centered Interview

• Questions about family work history, hobbies, interests, volunteer work, education, past work history

• Framed in a way to elicit conversational responses

Assessment- Supporting Employment at All Stages

Doesn’t know/believe

work is an option

Exploringwork as

an option

Limitswork

potential(TWP, SGA, …)

Wants towork to

potential(no limits)

Has aworkplan

Workingas

planned

Work/lifechanges

(raise, promotion, marriage, disability)

Employment Module

• Completed by everyone 13-65

• Questions interest in employment, job satisfaction

• Identification of Potential Barriers to Employment

Certified Assessor Training

• All assessors will receive training for the new MN Choices assessment process

• This includes employment specific training

• Assessor training will help integrate employment into additional lead agency business areas

Referrals

• List of employment resources will be provided to people who complete an assessment

Benefits Planning System

MN’s Disability Linkage Line & Disability Benefits 101 (DB101) subsystem offer person-centered information, resources and tools

Help people with disabilities:• better understand benefits and work incentives• explore work as an option• make informed choices about work• achieve better employment outcomes

More Information Contact

• Pam Erkel: Pam.Erkel@State.MN.US

• Matt Knutson Matt.W.Knutson@State.MN.US