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ND Olmstead Plan Goal #3: Create and maintain person-centered practices.
- Improve systemwide efforts to provide information, referrals and system navigation in ways that are accessible to all people.
- Use a multimedia approach to outreach, including easy-to-navigate websites, social media, pamphlets, and other means.
- Make information accessible to all individuals, not just those with access to computers.
- Create a centralized place for resource information and guidance. Start by asking all resource-providing agencies how they connect with Aging and Disability Resource Link (ADRL).
- Have statewide “disability service navigators” who connect people to all potential resources and provide basic explanations. (Navigators could be positions within DHHS).
- Strengthen information, referrals and support at the state agency and provider level.
- Implement a “No Wrong Door” system that is inclusive of all systems providing services to people with disabilities. (ADRL Line)
- Implement a policy that all disability-facing state agencies and contracting organizations have a designated point person whose job is to educate consumers on their programs.
- Increase awareness of services available under 1915(i) waiver.
- Incorporate Assistive Technology Assessment into person-centered planning processes.