FI Conference October 12th 2017 Jennifer Teich MA, John Maltby MS What is housing navigation and how can it help fiscal intermediaries and the people they support? FI Conference October 12th 2017 Jennifer Teich MA, John Maltby MS

Why Housing Navigation?- Change NYSACRA Learning Institute Congregated, Segregated services are no longer financially viable Demographics – aging & “PWDD” The Law – Olmstead and Money Follows the Person, ACA, The Regs. HHS & Person Centeredness, CMS & Waiver Rules, HCBS Settings rules. Best Practices and Research Labor Force

NYSACRA Learning Institute A world of change NYSACRA Learning Institute Inversion of the funding flows Employment First “Secular” options Integration & Collaboration with other disabilities Assistive technology Housing is Hard! Who knows this stuff in your agency?

What is Housing Navigation? NYSACRA Learning Institute Working with an individual and their family and Circle What do they want for the long term? What do they bring to the process? Social Capital Financial capital Where do they want to live? With whom? How will it work financially? Create and implement their plan Sustain their housing

NYSACRA Learning Institute The Course NYSACRA Learning Institute Course at graduate level, including ; Person Centeredness Benefits Protected Earnings and Protected Savings How housing is created Ownership vs rental Housing ownership legal structures Who with? Where? Creation of a Housing Plan

How does this Help Fis and the people they support? NYSACRA Learning Institute Alignment of interests, individual, family, brokers, FI. Practical realistic help Economical means to housing Sustaining housing Reduction of time spent on housing planning and execution Networking of services Alignment with Managed care

NYSACRA Learning Institute Funding Sources NYSACRA Learning Institute Self Direction via broker Community Habilitation Direct Indirect OTPS As a Waiver Service?

NYSACRA Learning Institute Resources NYSACRA Learning Institute Regional Housing Collaborative Super Regions Housing Navigator community Housing Resource Center