Special Services To Persons With Disabilities Essay

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EXHIBIT C List of Services Currently Provided to Special Services to Persons with Disabilities (SSPD) Consumers by HHSC Region Keep in mind when reviewing this list that this program is for persons who have intellectual and developmental disabilities and the functional levels vary considerably from people who are non-verbal with limited abilities to persons who can become employed and function independently in the community. Each consumer will have their own goals and objectives to accomplish based on their specific needs. Region Services 3 • Training Activities; A warehouse type setting is used to set up work groups focused on activities that help people prepare for work and/or become more independent. Contracts with local businesses …show more content…

Reference copies of service plans in the procurement library. 7 • Housing and living assistance (assistance with landlords for such activities as apartment repairs, applying for benefits such as SSI, Medicare, or Section 8 housing assistance, and securing reliable transportation for various reasons, e.g. vocational training, doctor appointments; • Health and wellness (help finding doctors, scheduling medical appointments, and planning long-term wellness); • Money management: how to manage money transactions while shopping and making purchases and managing a checkbook or savings account, along with help connecting to a bill payee program; • Case management services to achieve and maintain personal independence. Reference copies of service plans in the procurement library; • Assistance with social and recreational opportunities which includes, but is not limited to, parties, dancing, movies, club meetings, exercises and sport activities; practicing appropriate interactions with friends and fellow

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