Full Description:
Targeted Case Management
Case management services shall assist the person and the person’s support network to identify, select, obtain, coordinate, and use both paid services and natural supports that are available to that person to enhance the person’s independence, integration, and productivity consistent with the person’s capabilities and preferences as outlined in the person’s person-centered support plan.
(KS 30-63-32; 3Eiib)
Assessment: this includes an ongoing process for the identification of the person’s needs, the determination of a person’s preferred lifestyle, and the resources that are available to the person, through both formal and informal evaluation methods
Person-Centered Support Plan Development: support planning, with the participation of the person and the person’s support network, including the development or assistance in the development, updating, and reviewing of the person’s person-centered support plan and any related service or support plan, building upon assessment information to assist the person in meeting the person’s needs and achieving the person’s preferred lifestyle. providing assistance to the person in being knowledgeable about the types and availability of community services and support options, in receiving information regarding the rights of persons served pursuant to the developmental disabilities reform act and implementing regulations, the content of which shall be approved by the commission, and in obtaining the community services and supports of the person’s choice.
Support Coordination: through information and referral to developing and accessing natural supports and generic community support systems, including pursuing means for gaining access to needed services and entitlements, and seeking modification of service systems when necessary to increase the accessibility to those systems by the person
Monitoring and Follow-Up: of ongoing activities and services that the person-centered support plan and related supports and services are effectively implemented and adequately addressing the needs of the person
Assisting with Transition and Portability: throughout the lifespan including the planning of and arranging for services to follow the person when the person moves between any of the following:
(A) From school to the adult world;
(B) from an institution to community alternatives;
(C) from one kind of service setting to another kind of service setting;
(D) from one provider to another provider; or
(E) from one service area to another service area
