St. Charles County Autism Support Group

Self-directed care is receiving more discussion in Missouri. It basically allows adults with disabilities and families to direct how the funding for their services is spent. See link below. Anne Roux, MO-FEAT

CMHS CONSUMER AFFAIRS E-NEWS JULY 10, 2008

New Guide on Self-Directed Mental Health Care

Self-directed care is a new approach to the delivery of community services
to people with mental illnesses. It allows consumers to manage their own
care and control a budget to pay for the services and supports.

The Bazelon Center and the UPENN Collaborative on Community Integration
which is funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation
Research have produced a new guide entitled In the Driver's Seat: A Guide to
Self-Directed Mental Health Care. This 40-page document describes
self-directed care, offers advocacy strategies and tactics to develop and
implement self-directed care approaches, and looks at how these
initiatives work and how they are funded. It also lists strategies by states
to support these services. Fact sheets and questions-and- answers provide
further information on financing, eligibility, evaluation,
planning, and support brokerage. The guide is at website
http://www.upennrrt c.org/resources/ view.php? tool_id=184

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Missouri Families for Effective Autism Treatment
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