The Road to Supporting Hawaii’s Families: Long Description
Info-graphic depicting a bus labelled “Vehicle for Change” going down a road with milestones of DDD’s participation in the National Community of Practice for Supporting Families.
Wooden Sign that reads: Aloha! Hawaii, 3885 miles
Timeline of events:
2016
- Joined the National Community of Practice for Supporting Families
Hawaii is one of the eleven CoP expansion states
Barriers
- Generating buy in from Stakeholders
- Competing priorities
Simultaneous roll of other initiatives
May 2017
- First on-site visit for National CoP team
- Supporting Families across the LifeCourse Kick Off Events
Soft launch introducing the Charting the LifeCourse Framework to Hawaii State systems
October 2017
- No Wrong Door statewide training launch
Training incorporates SDA Person-Centered Thinking and Supporting Families Charting the LifeCourse tools
November 2017
- Hawaii Inaugural Cohort of Person Centered Organization begins
Five participating agencies (HI State DD system, two I/DD waiver service providers, and two county Area Agencies on Aging)
April 2018
- DDD implementing new approaches to service planning and delivery
Building LC framework into new IT system
Ongoing Construction
- Creating a common language service terminology dictionary
- Developing universal forms and tools
- Standardizing intake and referral form across systems
Freeway Sign reading: Up Ahead
- New Ways to Service Planning – 1/4 miles
- Building New Partnerships – 1/4 miles
- Addressing Needs of Multigenerational Families – 1/4 miles
Paper chart listing stakeholders: Carpool Roster
- Developmental Disabilities Division
- Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities
- Executive Office on Aging
- Hilopaʻa – Family to Family Heath Information Center
- University of Hawaii – Center on Disabilities Studies
- Hawaii Self Advocacy Advisory Council
- Children with Special Health Needs Branch
Sponsored By
- DD Council Hawaiʻi
- Hilopaʻa Family to Family Health/Information Center
- Center on Disability Studies
- Hawaii State Department of Health