PPR Guidelines

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PPR Guidelines

• Mary Beth Greene
• ADD
• 202/690-6028
• mgreene_at_acf.hhs.gov

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PPR GUIDELINES

• Purpose
• Provide analysis of PPR information
• Develop recommendations and parameters for
  guidelines

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What Does the Law Say? State Plan

• State Plan
• 5-year goals
• Developed though data driven strategic planning
• Related to Areas of Emphasis
• Derived from unmet needs
• Include self-advocacy goal

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What Does the Law Say? Annual Reports

• Determine extent to which goals were achieved
• If not achieved factors that impeded
• Determine amendments to Plan
• Self-advocacy goal info
• Customer satisfaction
• Update on results of comprehensive review and
  analysis

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What Does the Law Say? Annual Reports

• Description of adequacy of services in ICF/MRs
• Description of adequacy of services through HCBW
• Accounting of funds
• Description of resources made available
• for activities directly attributable to Council
  actions
• for activities undertaken by Council in
  collaboration
• Dissemination methods

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Narrative Areas of Emphasis

• Highlights of projects
• Collaborations
• Outstanding results
• Outcomes realized but not intended
• Follow-up activities
• Awards
• Replication potential
• Interest by other organizations
• Systems change, advocacy, capacity building

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Narrative Council Progress in Achieving Goals

• How were numbers derived (brief)
• Barriers to accomplishing goals
• Goals without activities
• Explanations for extraordinary numbers

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Formal/Informal Community Supports - analysis

• Goals/objectives related to
• Personal assistance services
• Implementing medicaid waiver
• Faith-based initiatives
• Mircoboards
• Youth in juvenile systems
• AT durable medical equipment
• Family support
• Direct care workforce/professional development

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Formal/Informal Community Supports - analysis

• Other items reported in goals/objectives
• Education increase children in inclusive
  education
• Recreation expand inclusive opportunities
• inclusive opportunities for the arts
• Transportation expand options to trans.
• operators licenses operators sensitivity
• Housing Info to lenders, developers, architects
• QA leadership development
• improve quality of life
• Voting increase registered voters

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Formal/Informal Community Supports - analysis

• Partners in Policymaking
• Self-advocates trained on legislative process
• Establish or strengthen program for direct
  funding
• Increase people who control state funding for
  their supports services
• Choice, control and flexibility in services
  supports

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Formal/Informal Community Supports - analysis

• Public/community info and awareness
• Public relations
• Train members of Mayors council
• Disability Info Access Line
• Educate policymakers re ADA

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Quality Assurance Analysis

• Goals Objectives
• Safety protection from abuse and neglect
• Rights and accessibility
• Self-advocacy/Self-determination
• Housing
• flexible funding for integrated community living

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Quality Assurance Analysis

• Employment entrepreneurs
• Education promote FAPE in the least restrictive
  environment
• Public/policymakers info awareness
• web page development
• Services and supports
• Waiting list initiatives
• In-home supports
• Personal assistance services and training

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Quality Assurance Analysis

• Council organizational goals
• Improve Councils ongoing planning process
• Provide administrative support to Council
• Council meetings

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Quality Assurance Analysis

• Other measures
• People have info and resources to be effective
  self-advocates
• QA08 People trained in leadership,
  self-advocacy, and self-determination
• of trained advocates elected to State
  legislature
• QA09 people attained membership on public and
  private bodies and other leadership coalitions

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Terminology

• Do we want strict definitions?
• How do we determine
• People trained
• People facilitated
• People active
• People benefited

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Terminology

• Councils must be able to validate
  responsesOMB/GPRA
• How do you know people were active in systems
  advocacy?
• How do you know people benefited?
• How do you know people facilitated change?

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Discussion Questions?
How do we ensure that information is put in the
most appropriate category? Do not want to lose
enrichment of data. Terminology what guidelines
are needed? definitions? examples? How
long can you claim ownership for results?
What can be counted? What should be included in
a narrative given the character limits?