Center For Living & Working Inc

TO PROVIDE A BROAD RANGE OF INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

PERSONAL CARE MANAGEMENT ("PCM"):EVERY YEAR CLW SERVES APPROXIMATELY 2,400 PEOPLE IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN MASSHEALTH OR OTHER QUALIFYING INSURANCE AND REQUIRE THE ASSISTANCE OF A PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANT ("PCA")TO ACHIEVE INDEPENDENCE. AS AN INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTER, CLW IS COMMITTED TO ASSURING THAT THOSESERVED HAVE CONTROL IN MANAGING THEIR OWN PERSONAL CARE. THIS COMMITMENT TRANSLATES TO A PARADIGM SHIFTTHE PERSON WITH THE DISABILITY BECOMES THE EMPLOYER, EMPLOYING HIS/HER OWN PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANT(S). CLW PROVIDES INFORMATION AND ORIENTATION AND SKILLS TRAINING TO EACH INDIVIDUAL ON HOW TO MEET THEIR OWN PERSONAL CARE NEEDS, HOW TO INTERVIEW PCAS AND CHECK REFERENCES. CLW'S CLINICAL STAFF CONDUCT CLINICAL EVALUATIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS ENROLLED/ENROLLING INTO THE PCA PROGRAM. CLW PROVIDES PCM SERVICES TO MEMBERS ENROLLED IN SENIOR CARE OPTIONS AND ONE CARE PLANS.

INDEPENDENT LIVING ("IL"):CLW ASSISTS INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES LEARN TO LIVE MORE INDEPENDENTLY. INDEPENDENT LIVING SPECIALISTS/SKILLS TRAINERS PROVIDE ONE-TO-ONE SERVICES AND WORKSHOPS TO INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. THESE SERVICES INCLUDE: INFORMATION AND REFERRAL, INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS TRAINING, PEER COUNSELING, INDIVIDUAL AND SYSTEMS ADVOCACY, AND NURSING FACILITY TRANSITION SERVICES. SKILL TRAINING SERVICES INCLUDE: CONSUMER/LEGAL RIGHTS, EDUCATION/TRAINING, FINANCES/BENEFITS, HEALTH CARE/NUTRITION, HOUSING, SELF-CARE/DAILY LIVING, PERSONAL/SELF-HELP AND SOCIAL/RECREATION. AN ADDITIONAL SERVICE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ENROLLED WITH MRC VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION ("VR"), IS THE IL PROGRAM. THROUGH INDIVIDUALIZED CONTRACTS WITH MRC VR, CLW PROVIDES VOCATIONAL SUPPORT AND WRAP AROUND SERVICES FOR THE INDIVIDUAL PREPARING FOR EMPLOYMENT.

DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES ("DHILS"):CLW'S DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES PROVIDES A VARIETY OF SERVICES TO DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING CONSUMERS. CLW ACCEPTS REFERRALS FROM OTHER AGENCIES OR INDIVIDUALS MAY SELF-REFER BY VISITING OR CALLING THE OFFICE. SERVICES PROVIDED ARE IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS OF INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES: SKILLS TRAINING, PEER MENTORING PROGRAM, PROBLEM SOLVING ASSISTANCE, CRISIS INTERVENTION, ADVOCACY PROGRAM,INFORMATION AND REFERRAL, OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION, EDUCATION/SOCIAL EVENTS, VOLUNTEER/INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AND ASSISTIVE DEVICE TRAINING/LOANER PROGRAM.

TRANSITIONS TO ADULTHOOD PROGRAM ("TAP"):CLW'S TAP PROVIDES INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, AGED 14 THROUGH 21, IN PREPARATION FOR THEIR TRANSITION FROM AN EDUCATIONAL SETTING TO LIVING INDEPENDENTLY IN THE COMMUNITY. TAP SKILLS TRAINERS PROVIDES GUIDANCE TO INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR SUPPORT SYSTEM (FAMILY, SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVES, MRC COUNSELORS, ETC.) WITH THE INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION PLAN ("IEP") AND INDIVIDUAL TRANSITION PLAN ("ITP") PROCESS. TO ALIGN WITH THE GOALS OF THE WORK, INNOVATION, AND OPPORTUNITY ACT ("WIOA") AND THE FEDERAL FUNDING COMPONENT OF THE TAP CONTRACT, INNOVATIVE SERVICES STRENGTHEN THE SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES OF TRANSITION AGE YOUTH.