Pending Schedule Changes: Draft Review & Revision Meetings

Please note there are 2 important pending changes to the Draft Review & Revision Meetings:

1. The meeting originally scheduled for Thursday, June 18th will be rescheduled to another date, due to a conflict with the next quarterly hearing in the Evans case. New date and location TBD.
   
2. To accommodate people who are unable to attend meetings on Thursday afternoons, a Saturday meeting will be held on May 30th from 11 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Location TBD.

We hope to have details for both of these schedule changes confirmed shortly. In the meantime, an interim calendar is available:

• Revised Calendar, Draft Review & Revision Meetings - 12 point font
• Revised Calendar, Draft Review & Revision Meetings - LARGE PRINT
  

Review & Revision Meeting 1 Notes, Next Meeting

Thank you to everyone who participated in the first Draft Review & Revision meeting last Thursday, April 23rd! The meeting included an overview of the process moving forward, as well as a productive discussion of and recommendations for improvements to the "Rights" section of the draft DDRA.

• Meeting 1 notes - 12 point font
• Meeting 1 notes - LARGE PRINT.

This week's topics for Meeting 2 will be: "Comprehensive Developmental Disabilities Services Task Force and Plan," and "Eligibility." All are welcome to join the conversation this Thursday, April 30th from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, 901 G Street, NW in Room A10.

Community Meeting Notes Now Available

Notes are now available for two community meetings:

January 10, 2009 Community Forum

• Meeting notes - regular print
• Meeting notes - LARGE PRINT
  

March 28, 2009 Family Forum

• Meeting notes - regular print
• Meeting notes - LARGE PRINT

These notes are not transcripts, but are instead summaries of key points discussed at each forum. Notes for the January 10, 2009 meeting are more detailed thanks to a dedicated meeting note-taker!

Schedule: DDRA Review & Revision Meetings

Beginning Thursday April 23rd, the DDS MAC Legislative Committee will host a series of weekly meetings for people to review and revise the draft DDRA, section-by-section. All are welcome to come to some or all meetings!

Each meeting will cover a different topic (schedule below or in PDF and PDF-Large Print). If you have comments that you have not yet submitted about a topic, please do so before the meeting date for that topic. You can post your comments to this blog or send them to tjsutcliffe@arcdc.net.

At each meeting:

• Participants will receive a summary of key issues and concerns submitted to date on the topic.
  
• Participants will also be welcome to bring forward additional discussion items on the day's topic.
  
• Participants will review and recommend resolutions to each discussion item.

After each meeting, a summary and an updated draft of the DDRA will be provided to meeting participants and posted to this blog.

The DDS MAC Legislative Committee recognizes that no single meeting date and time will work for everyone who might be interested. For this reason, we are exploring options such as a call-in number so people can participate by speakerphone from home or work, as well as the possibility of recording and podcasting each meeting. We also plan to convene one or more supplemental Saturday meetings. Stay tuned for updates!

Meeting Schedule:

April 23, 3 - 5 p.m.
441 Fourth Street, NW, Room 1117
Topics: Overview; Rights

April 30, 3 - 5 p.m.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, Room A10
901 G Street, NW
Topics: Comprehensive Developmental Disabilities Services Task Force and Plan; Eligibility

May 7, 3 - 5 p.m.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, Room A5
901 G Street, NW
Topics: Support and service planning; Support coordination

May 14, 3 - 5 p.m.
415 Michigan Ave, NE
Topics: Supports and services; Family supports and Family Support Council

May 21, 3 - 5 p.m.
415 Michigan Ave, NE
Topics: Informed consent and health-care decisions

May 28, 3 - 5 p.m.
415 Michigan Ave, NE
Topics: Grievances; Legal services, advocates and Court access; Transition from admission and commitment processes and procedures

June 4, 3 - 5 p.m.
415 Michigan Ave, NE
Topics: Grievances; Legal services, advocates and Court access; Transition from admission and commitment processes and procedures

June 11, 3 - 5 p.m.
415 Michigan Ave, NE
Topics: Records; Quality standards and monitoring

June 18, 3 - 5 p.m.
415 Michigan Ave, NE
Topics: Criminal background checks; Abuse and neglect registry

June 25, 3 - 5 p.m.
415 Michigan Ave, NE
Topics: Legislative review and reporting; Conforming amendments

441 Fourth Street NW (also known as One Judiciary Square) is at the Judiciary Square station on the Red Line.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Library at 901 G Street, NW is between Gallery Place/Chinatown and Metro Center.

415 Michigan Avenue, NE is 2 blocks east of the Brookland/CUA station on the Red Line. Parking lot and entrance on the back of the building (proceed through the gate on the left side of the building). For directions, call (202) 636-2950.