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DB101working with a disability in California
www.db101.org
© Copyright 2006 by World Institute on Disability, permission to copy pro bono will be granted to non profit entities with appropriate acknowledgement.
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Health and BenefitsTraining
OnWork and Disability
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Grateful Acknowledgements
Training sponsored by theCalifornia Health Incentives
Improvement Project
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Grateful Acknowledgements
Funded by the:
Medicaid Infrastructure GrantCenter for Medicare and Medicaid
Services
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Grateful Acknowledgements
East Bay Steering Committee Center for Independent Living – Berkeley
The Hawkins Legal Services CenterGlynda Dixon, Benefits Counselor
Alameda County Developmental Disabilities CouncilEast Bay Innovations
California Department of RehabilitationCalifornia Employment Development Department
The Social Security AdministrationRegional Center of the East Bay
California Health Incentives Improvement ProjectStudent Disability Resource Center, California State University, East Bay
Cal Transitions – A Workability IV Program
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TrainersMaria Iriarte
Protection and Advocacy, Inc.Phone [email protected]
Bryon MacDonaldWorld Institute on DisabilityPhone [email protected]
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Training Agenda
Morning Disability Continuum Benefit Programs
Afternoon DB101 Benefits-to-Work Calculator Workforce Inclusion Coming of Age
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Disability and Program Continuums
Continuum of needs
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The Disability Continuum
Person-centered, not program centered People get jobs, this is not a policy
problem. People with disabilities get jobs,
we have a policy problem. … do we?
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Benefits Planning
Access to: the right information in the right hands at the right time
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Benefits Planning
Using the right information: What are the correct rules for the
customer's situation? What are the ways to find the rules? How can the customer get the rules
applied to their situation?
Using the right tools and resources Brochures, training, Internet tools,
program services networks
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A Benefits Planner
Trained expert in: Health coverage and disability income
programs Housing and transportation supports Program interaction Impact of work or age on benefits
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Benefits Planning
A relationship building series of activities: Between benefits planner and
customer Between benefits planner and other
public and private program staff
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Benefits Planning and Trust
Trust is Number One between the customer, the benefits planner and any service agency staff.
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Benefits Planning and TrustPrivate and confidential information is
required to
explain benefit options
enable effective benefits planning
A confidential relationship built over time.
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Benefits Planning Pays
For the Customer For the Government
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California State Partnership Initiative with Social Security Statewide multi-constituency group provided
oversight, developed program design Kern County On Track Employment Services,
San Mateo County Vocational Rehabilitation Services project sites
Allen, Shea and Associates Program Evaluator Department of Rehabilitation managed grant,
provided vocational rehabilitation services through Mental Health Cooperative Programs
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HYPOTHESIS
The employment supports of benefits planningand service coordination before, during andafter existing vocational rehabilitation andmental health treatment programs will: Increase employment earnings Increase employment success rate Decrease public mental health costs Decrease SSA benefits
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CORE SERVICES
Grant Funded Benefits counseling, planning and management Ongoing service coordination and employment
support
Existing Services Available Vocational counseling, training and education Employment preparation, job development and
placement Mental health treatment
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INCREASED EMPLOYMENT EARNINGS
$300
$400
$500
$600
$700
$800
$900
$1,000
$1,100
ISSP Comp. Group
Average Covered UI Earnings Per Person Per Quarter
$895
$1,046
$496 $585
$634
$339 At
Intake
1 yr. Post Intake
2 yrs. Post Intake
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Rate of DOR Successfully Employed Case Closures
ISSPParticipants
ComparisonGroup
INCREASED EMPLOYMENT SUCCESS RATE
72%
39%
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DECREASED PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH COSTS
ISSP Participants (1 yr Before vs 3.7 yrs after)
Comparison Group (1yr. Before vs 1 yr after DOR Closure)
% Decrease of Medi-Cal Costs Per Person Per Year
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
In-Patient
Out-Patient
Total0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
In-Patient
Out-Patient
Total
-21%
-12% -13%-13%-16%
-2%
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DECREASED SSA BENEFITS
As of June 2004: 92 participants working (43 at start of project)
17 off cash benefits 64 reduced cash benefits 11 increased SSDI amount by more than 20%
58 participants not working Benefit amount increased 12% due to COLAs during project period
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Benefits Planning Resources Social Security trained benefits planners
Work Incentives Planning and Assistance Grantees, WIPA Social Security Work Incentive Liaison, WILs Social Security Work Incentive Coordinator, AWICs Disability Program Navigators at One Stop Career
Centers Employment Networks Employer Human Resources departments Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social
Security, PABSS
Critical resources to make informed choices.
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Benefits Planning Statewide
California’s overall new strategy with federal grants and state partners
Develop a proactive disability benefits counseling and training infrastructure
Focus on education, training and technical assistance for consumers, state and local programs and employers
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Benefits PlanningTarget Audiences
Close to 3 million working age adults in CA with a disability Less than half have jobs today
650,000 students in special education The people who teach or work with
youth or adults with disabilities
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Target Audience Facts
150,000 adults with disabilities work today with no health coverage at all, who may be eligible for the 250% California Working Disabled Program…
Source:“The 250% California Working Disabled Program, Lessons Learned, Looking Ahead” The Lewin Group
California HealthCare Foundation
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Times for Benefits Planning
When: planning employment new employment starts changing jobs or getting a raise using several benefit programs to
support or return to employment.
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Benefits Planning Infrastructure CA Jobs for All and Workability Programs Department of Rehabilitation Supported Employment staff Employer Human Resources Community Based Organizations Staffing agencies Ticket Program Employment Networks Program eligibility workers, hospital social
workers, case managers and family members
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Benefits Planning InfrastructureToday’s training goal, learn to: Gain an awareness level knowledge
and understanding that people with disabilities can use public and private programs and work
Collaborate with benefits planners, and
Increase ability to make timely and appropriate referrals
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Review of Benefit Programs