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Olmstead Enforcement and the US v. Virginia Settlement Agreement. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Special Litigation Section. Olmstead is a top priority for DOJ’s Civil Rights Division. “Year of Community Living” - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Olmstead Olmstead EnforcementEnforcement and theand the US v. Virginia US v. Virginia Settlement AgreementSettlement Agreement
Department of JusticeCivil Rights Division
Special Litigation Section
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Olmstead is a top priority for DOJ’s Civil Rights Division
• “Year of Community Living”– "The Olmstead ruling . . . articulat[ed] one of the most
fundamental rights of Americans with disabilities: Having the choice to live independently. [T]his initiative reaffirms my Administration’s commitment to vigorous enforcement of civil rights for Americans with disabilities and to ensuring the fullest inclusion of all people in the life of our nation.” President Obama June 22, 2009
• DOJ Olmstead enforcement efforts – approx 40 matters in 25 states over the past several
years
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DOJ’s Olmstead Enforcement Objectives
• Help people with disabilities live like people without disabilities
• Help people with disabilities have true integration, independence, choice and self-determination in all aspects of life – where people live, how they spend their days, and real community membership
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Objectives (cont’d)
• Ensure quality services that meet people’s needs and help them achieve their own goals
–Accountability of services/quality management–Person-centered planning– Informed choice
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Important Lessons
• Not just about moving people out of institutional settings; focus on creating quality community alternatives
• Engagement of a range of stakeholders – consumers, families, advocates, providers – is essential
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Important Lessons (cont’d)
• Access to quality community services and affordable, integrated housing critical to success of Olmstead efforts– Cross-agency collaboration with DOJ, HHS, and
HUD
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Range of DOJ “Tools”• Investigations & Findings Letters leading to
Settlement Agreements or Litigation for system reform
• Intervention in private Olmstead litigation
• Statements of Interest practice in private litigation on many Olmstead issues
• Olmstead Technical Assistance Guidance
• Olmstead website (www.ada.gov/olmstead)
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Legal Background
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Title II of the ADATitle II of the ADA• Prohibits discrimination by public entities in
services, programs and activities
• Integration regulation requires administration of services, programs and activities in the most integrated setting appropriate
• Most integrated setting is one that enables people with disabilities to interact with people without disabilities to the fullest extent possible
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Olmstead v. L.C.: Unjustified segregation is discrimination
• Supreme Court held that Title II prohibits unjustified segregation of people with disabilities
• Set out “two evident judgments” about institutional placement:1. “perpetuates unwarranted assumptions that persons so
isolated are incapable or unworthy of participating in community life”
2. “severely diminishes the everyday life activities of individuals,” including family, work, education and social contacts
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Olmstead v. L.C. (cont’d)
• Held public entities are required to provide community-based services when:– Such services are appropriate; and– Affected persons do not oppose community-based
treatment; and– Community-based treatment can be reasonably
accommodated, taking into account the resources available to the entity and the needs of others receiving disability services
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When is the ADA’s Integration Mandate Implicated?
• Not limited to state-run facilities/programs• Applies when government programs result in
unjustified segregation by:– Operating facilities/programs that segregate
people with disabilities– Financing the segregation of people with
disabilities in private placements– Promoting segregation through planning, service
design, funding choices, or practices.
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Who Does the Integration Mandate Cover?
• ADA and Olmstead are not limited to individuals in institutions or other segregated settings
• They also extend to people at serious risk of institutionalization or segregation– Example: people with urgent needs on waitlists
for services or people subject to cuts in community services leading to the person’s unnecessary institutionalization.
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Significant DOJ Olmstead Enforcement Efforts
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State-Operated Facilities• Settlement Agreements:– US v. DE – community svs. for 3,000+ people in
or at risk of entering state psych hospital and private facilities • ACT, crisis services, supported housing, supported
employment
– US v. VA – community svs. for 4,200+ people in state DD facilities & on waitlist for comm. svs.• HCBS waivers, crisis services, family supports, case
management, supported employment, enhanced QA
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State-Operated Facilities (cont’d)– US v. GA – community svs. for 1,000+ people in state DD
facilities and on waitlist and 9,000+ people in or at risk of entering state psych hosp.
• Litigation:– US v. NH – re: people with MI in or at risk of entering
state psych hospital and state-run nursing facility for people with MI
• Open Findings letters:– Mississippi Findings Letter – violations re adults & children in
public and private DD and psych facilities and people on waitlists for community system
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Private Facilities
• Adult care homes (large board and care homes for people with MI)– US v. NC – settlement providing community svs to
3,000+ people in or at risk of entering ACHs• Supported housing, ACT, supported employment,
transition supports, enhance QM
– DAI v. Cuomo – DOJ intervened in litigation regarding people with MI in adult homes in NYC, seeking integrated supported housing + community supports
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Private Facilities (cont’d)• Nursing homes– Intervention in Steward v. Perry (Texas)• Thousands of people with DD in and at-risk of entering
private nursing homes
– Florida Findings Letter regarding children with DD in nursing homes• Also relief in VA agreement
• Private ICFs– Statement of Interest in private litigation
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Supported Employment and Integrated Day Activities
• ADA and Olmstead not limited to where people live; also applies to how people spend their days:– Settlements in VA, DE, NC and GA– Expansion of
supported employment & integrated day activities– Lane v. Kitzhaber (Oregon) DOJ Statement of Interest
that ADA’s integration mandate applies to more than residential services, but to all “programs, services, and activities” of public entities, including employment and day services; court agreed
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Supported Employment (cont’d)• Findings letter in Oregon, concludes that:– OR plans, structures and administers its employment
and vocational services in a way that over-relies on segregated center-based work
– Center-based work has indicia of segregation• Little to no contact with non-disabled peers• Work doesn’t prepare PWD for integrated e-ment• Long stays, little chance to move to integrated e-ment• Little autonomy as to tasks or matching skills to tasks• Segregated layouts (isolated from mainstream transportation
and businesses, separate staff areas, etc.)
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Supported Employment (cont’d)• State contributes to over-reliance on center-
based work by:– Failure to develop and fund enough community-based
supported employment (decrease in capacity over the last decade)
– Students transitioning from schools are not given an option of supported employment and many schools refer students to centers for assessment
– Voc rehab assessment tool that leads to finding most people with ID/DD ineligible and assessment done by centers
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Supported Employment (cont’d)
• Recommended remedial measures include:– Increase supported employment capacity– Improve school transition to focus on work in
integrated settings and start planning earlier– Ensure VR assessments and other practices don’t
lead to unnecessary ineligibility– Implement plan for transition planning for people
currently in center-based work who are appropriate for and, after inreach, want supported employment
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At-Risk Cases• Significant statement of interest practice
supporting private plaintiffs– Cuts to critical services without individualized
assessments of impact or exceptions process– Policies requiring people to first enter an
institution in order to access community services– Providing services to persons in institutions, but
not equivalent services to individuals in the community
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Guidance and Website• Statement of the Department of Justice on
Enforcement of the Integration Mandate of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Olmstead v. L.C. (June 22, 2011)
• Website: www.ada.gov/olmstead– All settlement agreements, findings letters, briefs,
guidance, testimony, speeches, etc.
• Faces of Olmstead: People impacted by DOJ’s Olmstead enforcement work
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Virginia Settlement Agreement
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Goals of Settlement Agreement
Integration Self-determination Quality Services Platform for Progress
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Topics in Settlement Agreement
1. Waivers 6. Case Management2. Family Supports 7. Quality Assurance3. Crisis System 8. Implementation4. Integrated Housing5. Integrated Employment
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Waivers(over 10 years)
• 800 Waivers Training Center to community
• 3,000 Waivers ID on “urgent” waitlist & youth with ID in private institutions
• 450 Waivers DD on waitlist & youth with DD in private institutions
• Helps to shift Virginia’s disability system to a Community System
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Waivers (Cont’d)
• Waivers are PRIORITIZED to the groups on previous slide
• But any UNUSED Waivers can be shifted to other groups
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Family Supports
• A comprehensive and coordinated set of strategies that are designed to ensure that families have access to resources, supports and services.
• By 2014 = 1,000 Individuals not receiving Waiver
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Crisis System
• 24/7 Crisis Hotline (statewide)
• Mobile Crisis Teams In-home24-hourPreventative
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Crisis System (cont’d)
• Crisis StabilizationShort-termLast resortSmallNot on Training Center grounds
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Integrated Housing
• Home First
• Belief that people with disabilities can live in their own homes, family homes, or small integrated housing (4 or fewer beds)
• Priority to your own home/family home
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Integrated Housing (cont’d)
• Home First
• Meaningful options & choice• Coordination with providers and
families• Peer-to-peer/ Family-to-family
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Integrated Housing (cont’d)
• If not home then small congregate setting (4 or fewer beds)
• If not small setting then BARRIER BUSTING (Example)
• Home First
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Integrated Housing (cont’d)
• $800,000 State fund
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Supported Employment• Employment First policy– Individual supported employment in integrated settings
first and priority service option– Minimum or competitive wages– Employment services and goals part of annual ISPs
• Implementation plan to increase integrated day opportunities, including:– Supported employment– Community volunteer activities– Community recreation activities
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Supported Employment (cont’d)
• Annual baseline information and targets to increase the number of people receiving waivers who enroll in supported employment and remain in integrated work settings
• Training on Employment First policy and strategies
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Case Management• Who’s involved?
• Professionals & nonprofessionals who provide individualized supports
• Individuals being served• Other persons important to the indv.
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Case Management (cont’d)
• Regular face-to-face meetings
• Individual Support Plans• Training
• What’s involved?
• Regular visits to the residence
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Case Management (cont’d)
• Enhanced case mgmt. for indv. with: • providers w/ conditional or provisional
licenses• more complex needs• experiencing serious crises• in large congregate settings• discharged from Training Center
• What’s involved (cont’d)?
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Quality Assurance
• Virginia must collect & analyze reliable data to ensure that services are good quality and meet individuals’ needs.• Enhanced trending of data by
DBHDS
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Quality Assurance (cont’d)
• Expanded reporting for providers Safety Physical and mental well being Avoiding crises Stability Choice & self-determination
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Quality Assurance (cont’d)
• Expanded reporting for providers Community inclusion Access to services Provider capacity
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Quality Assurance (cont’d)
• Expanded review through licensing• Expanded training
Core competency-based Person-centered
• Expanded Case Mang (as noted in earlier slides)
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Quality Assurance (cont’d)
• Providers must develop a Quality Improvement (“QI”) program
• Virginia will use Quality Service Reviews (“QSRs”) to evaluate the quality of services
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Implementation• Oversight
o Independent Reviewer Donald Fletcher• Over 40 years experience in DD/ID
programs• Assisted by subject-matter expert
consultants
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Implementation (cont’d)• Oversight
o Independent Reviewer (cont’d) Assessing Compliance• Analyzing data• Observing programs and services• Engaging with Stakeholders• Having ongoing discussions with State,
CSBs, & Providers
Issuing public compliance reports
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Implementation (cont’d)• Oversight
o Department of Justice• Analyzing data• Engaging with Stakeholders• Having ongoing discussions with State &
other officials
o Stakeholders• Participating in Regional Quality Councils
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Implementation (cont’d)• Stakeholder Input
o With DOJ, the State, and Independent Reviewer
• Accountabilityo Ongoing involvement of the DOJ &
Stakeholderso Agreement is court enforceable
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Website
www.justice.gov/crt/about/spl/virginia-ada.php-Settlement Agreement-Summary of Settlement Agreement-Fact Sheet-Complaint-Investigative Findings
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Contact InformationAaron Zisser
Department of JusticeCivil Rights Division
Special Litigation Section
202-514-8103
Kyle [email protected]
202-307-6581
Alison [email protected]
202-307-3216