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*Home and Community Based Settings (HCBS) Lifespan Project Listening Sessions*

Please join the Department of Health and Human Services? Office of Aging and Disability Services (OADS), Office of Child and Family Services (OCFS), and Office of MaineCare Services (OMS) for a presentation and listening session on a proposed Lifespan Project for individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD).?

The proposed project will support several goals, many of which have been communicated as priorities by stakeholders, including:


* * Greater Flexibility to Address Changing Needs* ? The Lifespan project will consider the changing needs of this population, such as needs that change with age.
* * Improved Transition and In-Home Services* ? The Lifespan project will compliment current transition work (from childhood to adulthood) by including children starting at either 14 or 16 years (to be determined).? In-home waiver supports, independent living skills, and employment services could begin early and continue seamlessly into adulthood.?
* * Innovation* ? The Lifespan project will be a vehicle for innovations for families and waiver members, such as tiered shared living, enhanced medical and behavioral health supports, self-direction, innovative employment supports, and more independent living options. Technology and self-direction innovations offer alternative approaches that can be implemented despite workforce shortages.

We are hosting 3 sessions with each of the focused participant groups. To promote active interaction, providers will be asked to only attend the provider specific sessions.

*Southern Maine (Cumberland, Sagadahoc, York):* *Individuals and Families/Guardians: September 20 from 4pm to 5:30pm* Registration Link: [link removed] [ [link removed] ] *Providers: September 22 from 11am to 12:30pm* Registration Link: [link removed] [ [link removed] ]

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*Central Maine (Androscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford):* *Providers: September 27 from 11am to 12:30pm* Registration Link: [link removed] [ [link removed] ] ? *Individuals and Families/Guardians: September 29 from 3:30pm to 5:00pm* Registration Link: [link removed] [ [link removed] ]

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*Northern Maine (Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Waldo, Washington):* *Individuals and Families/Guardians: October 4 from 3:30pm to 5:00pm* Registration Link: [link removed] [ [link removed] ] ? *Providers: October 6 from 11am to 12:30pm* Registration Link: [link removed] [ [link removed] ] ?

If you require accommodation, such as real time transcription and captioning (CART) or American Sign Language (ASL) or other language interpretation, please contact Miranda Whalen at [email protected] by September 13th

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