Members:

• Gerald Huber, Director, Long Island DDSO, OPWDD
  Team Leader
• Bradley Pivar, Parent
  Co-facilitator
• Shameka Andrews, Self Advocate, Self Advocacy Association of New York State
• Al Coley, Chief Executive Officer, Maranatha Human Services, Inc
• Joe Gerardi, Parent
• John Gleason, Director of Broome DDSO, OPWDD
• John Maltby, Parent, Director of Community Support Programs, Westchester Institute for Human Development
• Christine Muller-Dahlmann, Planning and Research, OPWDD
• Shelly Okure, Division of Policy and Enterprise Solutions HCBS Waiver Unit, OPWDD
• Wendy Orzell, Self Advocate, OPWDD Staff
• Roger Sibley, Executive Director, Franziska Racker Centers
• Peter Smergut, Executive Director and CEO, Life’s WORC
• Barbara Wale, President and CEO, ARC of Monroe County

Final Design Team Report:

Each People First Waiver design team summarized its discussions in a final report. OPWDD’s Statewide Comprehensive Plan for 2011 - 2015 will contain a synopsis of the recommendations of all five design teams and provide the vehicle for advancing the reform recommendations of the People First Waiver design process.
Access & Choice Design Team Final Report

Meeting Dates:

• June 20, 2011 - PowerPoint | Meeting Summary
• July 13, 2011 - Agenda | PowerPoint | Meeting Summary | ‘No Wrong Door’ | Assessment Tools Workgroup Meeting Summary | Design Team Parameters
• July 29, 2011 - Agenda | PowerPoint | Commitment to Choice - Worksheet 1 | Worksheet 2 | Meeting Summary
• August 16, 2011 - Agenda | PowerPoint | Meeting Summary
• August 29, 2011 - Agenda | PowerPoint | Meeting Summary | Public Forum Access and Funding handout | Commitment to Choice | Needs Assessment Recommendations | Assessment Tools Workgroup Report | Reviews of Assessment Tools | Health Risk Screening Tool

Resources:

• Charter