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This circular outlines options for participants or EIA staff in addressing illegal rent increases.
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The following information will assist case workers with CDS in transitioning supply needs for children currently enrolled in CDS to the EIA program should they require financial assistance at the age of majority.
Department/Crown:Families
The Disability and Health Supports Unit (DHSU) has developed guidelines with regards to continence products.
Department/Crown:Families
This updated circular replaces the previous circular called Emergency Housing First in Winnipeg. The programs are now referred to as Housing First Programs.
Department/Crown:Families
This circular provides information regarding the transition to the new private rent rate structure. It outlines the processes that have been developed to assist clients in making the rate choice that is best for them.
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The intent of this circular is to clarify EIA policy and procedures regarding the provision of financial supports for children who are being cared for by an adult caregiver who is not their parent/legal guardian.
Department/Crown:Families
This circular clarifies that EIA staff can reimburse clients for the cost of Medical Identification Bracelets and that Health Services is now responsible for approving hearing aids.
Department/Crown:Families
This circular confirms that EIA will not pay any additional charges to moving companies due to bed bug or other infestation-related issues. Additionally, staff should not provide any written or verbal commitment contrary to this policy.
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Outlines options for EIA participants to get the identification (ID) they need to have access to services and benefits that will enhance their full participation in society and lead to greater self-sufficiency. |
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Outlines options for EIA participants to get the identification (ID) they need to have access to services and benefits that will enhance their full participation in society and lead to greater self-sufficiency.
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Employment and Income Assistance (EIA) circular providing staff with additional direction on policy and procedures regarding the provision of financial supports for children who are being cared for by an adult caregiver who is not their parent/legal guardian.
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The intent of this circular is to clarify the appropriate procedures to follow with participants who are, or wish to access subsidized meal services provided via Meals on Wheels, or through Manitoba Housing Food Services (formerly Congregate Meals Program).
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This Employment and Income Assistance circular clarifies the policies and procedures for setting up coverage for uninsured health benefits for refugee claimants.
Department/Crown:Families
This Employment and Income Assistance circular provides information on the change of sex designation processes and associated fees that may be considered by the department where requested by participants.
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This document is an application to be classified as a Child Care Assistant or Early Childhood Educator in Manitoba.
Form used by child care coordinators when inspecting or monitoring a child care facility to record non-compliances, observations, discussions held or agreements made. The facility representative is required to sign the form.
This is a survey implemented by Communities That Care groups to help identify risk and protective factors experienced by youth within their communities. This form is available online for approximately 5 days every 2 years.
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This document is a template of the quarterly report form detailing activities that a rural or northern Manitoba municipality has undertaken to identify and promote employment opportunities for EIA participants.
Department/Crown:Families
This document outlines the process for Department of Families and Winnipeg Regional Health Authority staff to ensure timely and coordinated case management when adults with intellectual disabilities and complex support needs are hospitalized in a Winnipeg-based hospital.
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This document defines the Enhanced Program Support service model within the Community Living disABILITY Services program, and outlines the model's components, provider qualifications, as well as the funding and mode of delivery parameters.
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This document provides service provider staff with guidelines to follow for completing and maintaining the My Support Plan form for Community Living disABILITY Services program participants.
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Category:Families
This document outlines the process individuals, substitute decision makers (if applicable), and Department of Families staff must follow for the admission, interfacility transfer, readmission, or temporary placement of a Community Living disABILITY Services participant in a developmental centre.
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This form is completed by regional program managers within the Department of Families when submitting a request to the Admissions Approval and Prioritization of Funding Committee for funded support services for a Community Living disABILITY Services program participant that cost in excess of the prescribed dollar amounts that regional program managers are authorized to spend per participant.
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This document outlines the role of the Community Service Worker for assisting youth and their families transition into Community Living disABILITY Services as the individual approaches the age of majority (18 years of age).
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This form is completed and maintained by Department of Families staff to document allegations of, and investigations into, possible abuse or neglect of a vulnerable person. Part 1 of the form supports the review of information received from a reporter and the gathering of information to determine whether the incident is a valid allegation of possible abuse or neglect of a vulnerable person. Part 2 is the investigation report, which includes a conclusion as to whether the Department of Families staff responsible for conducting the investigation has found the allegation to be substantiated, inconclusive, or unsubstantiated, as well as recommendations for follow-up actions.
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Category:Families
This is the application form completed by individuals to assist the Department of Families in determining the individual's eligibility for the Community Living disABILITY Services (CLDS) program. By completing the form, the individual authorizes the Province of Manitoba, Department of Families or its representative to obtain from any physician, hospital, school, social services agency or any relevant source, the medical, psychological or psychiatric information required for the purposes of confirming the individual's eligibility for the CLDS program.
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Category:Families
This document outlines the process for determining an individual's eligibility for the Community Living disABILITY Services program, including the required assessment information.
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Category:Families
This form is completed by qualified clinicians when a psychological assessment report accompanying an individual's application for the Community Living disABILITY Services program lacks a clinical conclusion as to whether the individual has a mental disability as defined in The Vulnerable Persons Living with a Mental Disability Act.
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This form, completed by a legally appointed authority responsible for the property of a Community Living disABILITY Services program participant (if applicable) and submitted to the participant's financial institution as a last resort option, formally revokes/institutes co-signatures for the bank account(s) under the participant's name.
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This form, completed by the legally appointed authority responsible for the property of a Community Living disABILITY Services program participant or if not appointed, the participant's community service worker, authorizes participant expenditures or withdrawals over $200.
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Category:Families
This form, completed by a legally appointed authority responsible for the property of a Community Living disABILITY Services program participant (if applicable) and submitted to the participant's financial institution as a last resort option, formally revokes/institutes support staff signatures for the bank account(s) under the participant's name.
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This form is completed by residential care facility operators or staff employed by operators or agencies on a monthly basis to record all bank transactions for Community Living disABILITY Services program participants who require assistance with the management of their personal funds.
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This document provides governing boards of non-profit organizations funded by the Department of Families to provide Community Living disABILITY Services with an overview of the basic responsibilities and functions expected of a governing board and its directors.
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This document provides direction to Department of Families staff regarding the implementation plan for the Supported Independent Living service model within the Community Living disABILITY Services program.
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Category:Families
This form is completed by residential care facility operators or staff employed by operators or agencies on a monthly basis to record all cash transactions for Community Living disABILITY Services participants who require assistance with the management of their personal funds.
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This document defines the Clinical Services - Assessment service model within the Community Living disABILITY Services program, and outlines the model's components and provider qualifications, as well as the funding and mode of delivery parameters.
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Category:Families
This document defines the Clinical Services - Therapy service model within the Community Living disABILITY Services program, and outlines the model's components and provider qualifications, as well as the funding and mode of delivery parameters.
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This document describes the day services options that may be available to eligible Community Living disABILITY Services program participants, as well as the purpose and objectives of these service options.
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This document provides information to employing authorities funded by Community Living disABILITY Services to provide day services and/or transportation services regarding Criminal Record Checks, Child Abuse Registry Checks, and Adult Abuse Registry Checks.
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Category:Families
This document describes the day services per-diem that Community Living disABILITY Services program participants may be eligible for, depending on the needs of the individual and the type of service they require.
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This document is the standard invoice and attendance record to be completed by organizations providing supported employment services to eligible Community Living disABILITY Services participants.
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This document defines the Day Services - Personal, Social and Recreational Programming service model within the Community Living disABILITY Services program, and outlines the model's components, provider qualifications, as well as the funding and mode of delivery parameters.
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Category:Families
This document defines the Day Services - Supported Employment service model within the Community Living disABILITY Services program, and outlines the model's components, provider qualifications, as well as the funding and mode of delivery parameters.
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This document defines the Day Services - Vocational Skills Development and Maintenance service model within the Community Living disABILITY Services program, and outlines the model's components, provider qualifications, as well as the funding and mode of delivery parameters.
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Category:Families
This document describes the process that day services staff and Department of Families staff follow when recording, investigating, and reporting unusual events occurring to Community Living disABILITY Services participants while attending day services.
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Category:Families
This form is completed by day services staff to record details of accidents and incidents that involve Community Living disABILITY Services participants attending day services.
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Category:Families
This document outlines the process day services providers must follow when suspending a Community Living disABILITY Services participant from their service (as a last resort) and returning the participant to their home.
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Category:Families
This document outlines the policy and process by which the Department of Families may grant day services providers with the authority to temporarily cease operations with continued departmental funding.
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Category:Families
This document outlines the policy and process for vacation leave from day services for eligible Community Living disABILITY Services participants.
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Category:Families
This document describes the process Community Living disABILITY Services (CLDS) program participants, substitute decision makers (if applicable), day services staff, Department of Families staff, and The Workers Compensation Board must follow when a CLDS program participant sustains an injury while attending day services.
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Category:Families
This declaration form is completed by persons applying to work for a service provider that provides day services or transportation services to Community Living disABILITY Services program participants when there is a delay in obtaining a clear Adult Abuse Registry check or a clear Child Abuse Registry check.
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Category:Families
This form is completed by individuals who are not directly involved in a Department of Families protection investigation into an allegation of abuse or neglect against a vulnerable person, but who the department allows to assist or be present in an interview during the course of an investigation.
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This document provides direction to Department of Families staff about the declaration of confidentiality process when conducting interviews as part of a formal protection investigation into an allegation of abuse or neglect of a vulnerable person.
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Category:Families
This declaration form is completed by persons applying to work for a service provider that provides day services or transportation services to Community Living disABILITY Services program participants when there is a delay in obtaining a satisfactory Criminal Record Check.
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This document outlines the parameters within which the Department of Families provides training opportunities for staff members of external organizations and others providing care and support to CLDS participants.
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Category:Families
This document defines the Drop-In Programs service model within the Community Living disABILITY Services program, and outlines the model's components, provider qualifications, as well as the funding and mode of delivery parameters.
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Category:Families
This document provides information to Department of Families staff regarding the implementation of the service definitions and funding model for the Drop-In Programs service model within the Community Living disABILITY Services program.
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This form, filled out by Department of Families staff, authorizes the placement of a Community Living disABILITY Services participant in fixed rate contract emergency/alternative staffing placement in Winnipeg.
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This form is completed by regional program managers within the Department of Families to support the approval of enhanced program support for Community Living disABILITY Services program participants with high or complex support needs, or participants with low support needs, but who require intensive system and case coordination.
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Category:Families
This form may be completed by a Community Living disABILITY Services participant, substitute decision maker, family member, or support network member to request a review of the participant's personal supports budget based on a claim of extraordinary support needs.
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Category:Families
This document outlines the process by which a Community Living disABILITY Services participant, substitute decision maker, family member, or support network member may request a review of the participant's personal supports budget based on extraordinary support needs.
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This circular provides Department of Families staff with information regarding procedures and rates associated with fixed rate contracts for emergency/alternative staffing services in Winnipeg.
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Category:Families
This document provides a general overview of the supports and services that may be available to eligible Community Living disABILITY Services program participants, as well as the program's processes, service principles, and legislative framework.
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Category:Families
This document outlines the principles of Community Living disABILITY Services program and provides Department of Families staff with information regarding the operationalization of these principles through the provision of supports and services, as well as the individual planning process.
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This form is completed by residential care facility operators or staff employed by operators or agencies on a monthly basis to record all gift card transactions for Community Living disABILITY Services program participants who require assistance with the management of their personal funds.
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Category:Families
This document defines the Home Share - 24 Hour Agency Supported service model within the Community Living disABILITY Services program, and outlines the model's components, provider qualifications, as well the funding and mode of delivery parameters.
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This document defines the Home Share - 24 Hour Private service model within the Community Living disABILITY Services program, and outlines the model's components, provider qualifications, as well as the funding and mode of delivery parameters.
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Category:Families
This document defines the Home Share - Regular - Agency Supported service model within the Community Living disABILITY Services program, and outlines the model's components, provider qualifications, as well as the funding and mode of delivery parameters.
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Category:Families
This document defines the Home Share - Regular Private service model within the Community Living disABILITY Services program, and outlines the model's components, provider qualifications, as well as the funding and mode of delivery parameters.
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This document outlines the process residential care facility operators or licensees must follow when seeking Department of Families approval of an individualized support plan for a Community Living disABILITY Services participant. Individualized support plans define the period of time an individual can be home without a care provider in a residential care facility.
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Category:Families
This is the standard form completed by a Community Living disABILITY Services participant, their Community Service Worker, and planning team to identify the supports and resources the participant requires to reside in a residential care facility without supervision for defined periods of time.
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This is the standard approval template the Department of Families completes and provides to residential care providers when granting a care provider with the authority to provide individualized support to a Community Living disABILITY Services participant living in a residential care facility.
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This is the standard letter the Department of Families completes and provides to residential care providers when cancelling approval for a care provider to provide individualized support to a Community Living disABILITY Services participant living in a residential care facility.
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This document provides Department of Families staff with guidelines for when a Community Living disABILITY Services program participant comes into contact with the criminal justice system as a result of his or her own actions.
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Category:Families
This document describes the Community Living disABILITY Services program intake process and provides Department of Families staff with guidance with respect to responding to referrals, making determinations of eligibility or ineligibility, and issuing letters of notification of eligibility or ineligibility.
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This document is the standard letter of notification issued by the Department of Families to inform an individual that they are eligible for the Community Living disABILITY Services program. The document also informs the individual that the program will be contacting them to schedule a Supports Intensity Scale assessment interview.
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Category:Families
This document is the standard letter of notification issued by the Department of Families to inform an individual that they are ineligible for the Community Living disABILITY services program. The document also informs the individual of their right to appeal the decision with the Social Services Appeal Board.
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This document outlines the process by which operators of residential care facilities and staff employed by operators or agencies must assist Community Living disABILITY Services participants with the management of their personal funds, when this assistance is required.
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Category:Families
This document outlines the purpose and process of mediation in the event of a dispute between two or more parties regarding an individual's eligibility for the Community Living disABILITY Services program, or the design or implementation of the individual's support plan.
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This form, developed and maintained by service providers, identifies and records the support plan for each individual Community Living disABILITY Services program participant.
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This document describes the person-centred individual planning process by which Community Living disABILITY Services participants identify their personal strengths, needs, current interests and aspirations, and make choices, set goals, and identify actions to achieve these goals.
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This form, initiated by Department of Families staff for Community Living disABILITY Services program participants who require (or desire) assistance with the management of their personal funds and completed by service provider staff or department staff depending on the individual's living arrangement, constitutes the participant's personal financial plan. The form records information such as a support needs assessment, required supports, income and expenditures, and a personalized budget.
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Category:Families
This checklist, completed and maintained by service providers in the event of a delay in receiving a satisfactory Criminal Record Check for an employee providing day services or transportation services, outlines the steps the service provider must complete and the information that must be kept on file.
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This checklist, completed and maintained by service providers in the event of a delay in receiving a clear Adult Abuse Registry check or a clear Child Abuse Registry check for an employee providing day services or transportation services, outlines the steps the service provider must complete and the information that must be kept on file.
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This document outlines the process that organizations or individuals must follow when proposing to provide new services or make significant changes to existing services for eligible Community Living disABILITY Services program participants.
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Category:Families
This document outlines the process that individuals intending to provide services to eligible Community Living disABILITY Services program participants must follow when establishing a non-profit corporation.
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Category:Families
This document is the standard form completed by organizations or individuals when proposing to provide new services or make significant changes to existing services for eligible Community Living disABILITY Services program participants.
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This document is the standard form completed by organizations or individuals when proposing to make significant changes to existing services for eligible Community Living disABILITY Services program participants.
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This document provides service providers with information regarding the identifying information that they must submit to the Community Living disABILITY Services program as part of program proposal process.
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Category:Families
This document provides a uniform process for meeting both Department of Families policy and legislative requirements for the protection the of personal information of individuals with a mental disability as defined by The Vulnerable Persons Living with a Mental Disability Act.
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Category:Families
This document provides guidance to Department of Families staff regarding providing informal and formal access to the personal information contained in the personal file of individual with a mental disability (as defined by The Vulnerable Persons Living with a Mental Disability Act), as well as information regarding restrictions to access and department obligations.
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This document provides Department of Families staff with information regarding complaints individuals with a mental disability (as defined by The Vulnerable Persons Living with a Mental Disability Act) or their representatives can make to the Manitoba Ombudsman, how to respond to recommendations, and the department's obligations when the Ombudsman or court is involved.
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Category:Families
This document outlines information related to the protection of vulnerable persons under The Vulnerable Persons Living With a Mental Disability Act, including principles and rights pertinent to protection, definitions under the act, working definitions related to abuse and neglect, and reporting abuse and neglect.
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This form, completed by a legally appointed authority responsible for the property of a Community Living disABILITY Services program participant (if applicable) and submitted to the participant's financial institution, advises the financial institution that the participant no longer requires a co-signed account and that the participant should be the only signer on his/her account.
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This form is completed by Department of Families service delivery staff to refer a Community Living disABILITY Services program participant for a Supports Intensity Scale interview. The form includes information about the participant, the reason for referral, and the names of individuals and respondents who will be involved in the interview process, including their relationship to the participant or service provider agency.
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This document provides direction to Department of Families staff regarding allegation reviews and protection investigation practices for examining and assessing allegations of possible abuse or neglect of a vulnerable person. It also outlines the reporting procedures for developmental centres.
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This document outlines the process that Department of Families staff follow when service providers submit a request to install video monitoring equipment in Community Living disABILITY Services program-funded facilities. It also outlines the information service providers must provide when making a request to install such equipment.
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Category:Families
This document describes the residential service options that may be available to eligible Community Living disABILITY Services program participants. In addition, it outlines the purpose and objectives of residential services, and provides information regarding process and standards.
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Category:Families
This document establishes a set of guidelines and standards for service providers to follow when developing and maintain support plans for Community Living disABILITY Services program participants.
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This document is the standard invoice completed by persons or organizations providing crisis services to Community Living disABILITY Services participants.
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