1. Association of Oregon Centers for Independent Living
Research and Analysis provided by:
The Institute for Disability Studies and Policy

2. A Methodology to Determine Base Funding for Oregon
Centers for Independent Living
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3. AGENDA Our Common IL Core Values
History - Past Methodologies for Determining CIL Base Funding
Methodology for Determining Base CIL Funding
Conclusion/Discussion
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Value collaboration (SILC) and partnership

4. Our Common IL Core Values We know our role in the global IL movement and we have faith in our own voices
Together we define and advance our IL movement.
This is our movement, our history, our struggle, our global family with disabilities being institutionalized, experiencing rights infractions, experiencing homelessness, being abused, living in poverty, and dying.
We believe in our abilities and rights as PWDs to exercise control over our lives.
We are valuable! We will speak up! We will be heard! We will make change happen! We will not quit!
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Capture – It matters that the Association is unified in this effort.
Contracts – base funding is critical to the movement – contracts do not cover IL and other systems change and advocacy efforts.
We do want to move this ahead nationally.

5. Oregon CILs & SILC Collaboration 2014-2017
WIOA prompts 17 listening sessions for SPIL Development
AOCIL & SILC Chairs – Shared Role in Developing SPIL
CIL Directors on SPIL Committee , meets 4-6 times a year
AOCIL Systems Advocacy – Contracts and funding follows
ODOT – Federal Lawsuit, 15 year settlement
ADRC – Including PWD in the No Wrong Door/Medicaid Match System
NOTES:
Capture – It matters that the Association is unified in this effort.
Contracts – base funding is critical to the movement – contracts do not cover IL and other systems change and advocacy efforts.
We do want to move this ahead nationally.

6. History Past Oregon Methodologies for Determining CIL Base Funding
“When you have nothing…you have nothing to lose.”
NOTES:
The “why-why” root cause analysis tool. How did we get here, past funding assumptions, pros and cons… How collaboration led to naming in the SPIL the goal of developing a new funding formula for CILs in Oregon in year 1 of the SPIL. Need to amend the SPIL allowed for SPIL to consider and incorporate a new CIL funding formula.

7. Independent Living Movement
We MUST advance the
Independent Living Movement
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This is HOW we advance the IL movement. As CILs, as SILC members

8. Why a New Funding Formula Is Needed (for Oregon & The Nation)
Funding doesn’t follow the person (not population based)
Limited funding leaves CIL Staff (PWD) in poverty without benefits, retirement, competitive living wages
FF develops statewide compensation standards, population based allocation of new funding opportunities – Federal, State, APD, etc.
CILs advocate to their boards a common standard for livable wages, service goals then developed based on reasonable costs
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Funding doesn’t follow the person (not population based)
Limited funding promotes compensation models that leave CIL Staff (PWD) in poverty without benefits, retirement, competitive living wages
FF develops statewide compensation standards, population based allocation of new funding opportunities – Federal, State, APD, etc.
CILs advocate to their boards a common standard for livable wages, service goals then developed based on reasonable costs

9. Steps for Methodology
Step 1: Determine PWD Population in Oregon and CIL Service Areas
Step 2: Determine Target % of Population To Be Served
Step 3: Determine Target Ratio of CIL Direct/Systems Advocacy/Other
Step 4: Determine Hours of Direct Service Required Per Consumer
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10. Steps for Methodology
Step 5: Determine Number of Employees Required for Each CIL
Step 6: Apply Livable Wages for CIL Staff to Determine Cost of Direct Service
Step 7: Calculate Total Required CIL Funding to Support Service Target
Step 8: Determine SPIL Section 3: Design for Statewide Network of Centers (including Expansion into Unserved Areas) using Base CIL Funding Levels

11. STEPS 1-3
STEP ONE:
Population PWD (noninstitutionalized) - Oregon ,280
Population PWD - CIL Service Areas (73%) 373,632
Population PWD – Unserved or Under-served Areas 137,648
STEP TWO:
Determine Target Population % To Be Served 5% = 25,564
STEP THREE:
Determine Target Ratio of CIL Direct Service/Systems Advocacy/Other
55/25/20 = 1144 hours/520 hours/416 hours = 2080 (FTE)
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12. STEPS 4 - 6
STEP FOUR:
Determine Hours of Direct Service Required Per Consumer.
Urban/Rural hours
Rural - Dispersed (Eastern Oregon) hours
STEP FIVE:
Determine Number of Employees Required for Each CIL using 55% Direct Service
STEP SIX
Apply Livable Wages to Step 5 (MIT Livable Wage – Oregon: $52,629) to determine cost of Direct Service staff. (
NOTES:
This is an average amount of start to finish with a highly motivated individual. When you start talking employment, housing, or transition, it is more complex and could quadruple the average amount of time.
Living wages are provided not only for direct service staff, but also for Executive Director, Assistant Director, Office Support and other staff.
MIT (
Training staff is an investment of time and money. Not paying a living wage means you inevitably have high turnover and that investment is lost.

13. STEP FIVE – # of Direct Service Staff Required
Centers for
Independent Living
Target % of PWD
PWD at each CIL
X 5% Target
X 9 or 15 (hrs/consumer)
/1144 (55/25/20 model)
Required FTE
(Rounded)
ABILITREE
5.17% (26,465) 10
EOCIL
5.47% (28,001) 18
HASL
9.01% (46,121)
ILR
36.25% (185,562) 73
LILA
10.06% (51,497) 20
SPOKES
2.56% (13,105) 5
UVDN
4.47% (22,881) 9
Under-served Areas
27.0% (137,648) 54
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14. STEP SIX – Total Cost of Direct Service
CIL
Required
FTE
x Livable
Wage ($52,629) =
Cost of Direct Service
ABILITREE 10
$526,290
EOCIL 18
$947,322
HASL
ILR 73
$3,841,917
LILA 20
$1,052,580
SPOKES 5
$263,145
UVDN 9
$473,661
UNSERVED AREAS 54
$2,841,966
TOTAL
207
$10,894,203
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15. STEPS 7 - 8
STEP SEVEN:
Calculate Total Required CIL Funding to Support Service Target.
STEP EIGHT:
Determine SPIL Section 3: Design for Statewide Network of Centers (including Expansion into Under-served Areas), using Base CIL Funding Levels.

16. STEP SEVEN – Total Base CIL Funding
Abilitree Example:
Wages         
Director = $156,270; Assistant Director = $111,114
Office Support = $33,821; 10 X FTE of $52,629 = $526,290
Total Wages = $827,495
Indirect Costs (40% of wages) = 330,998
Total Costs = $1,158,493
FTE Total Wages Indirect Total Cost
EOCIL
$947, ,248, , ,747,938
HASL
ILR
$3,841, ,143, ,657, ,800,371
LILA
$1,052, ,353, , ,895,299
SPOKES
$263, , , ,090
UVDN
$473, , , ,084,812
Under-Served Areas
$2,841, NA NA
Total CIL Base Funding
$14,224,941
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17. DIFFERENCE – Current Vs. Required Funding
CIL
Current Base Funding (Part B ,C and State General Funds)
Required Base Funding
Funding Advocacy
Abilitree
$250,000
$1,158,493
$908,493
EOCIL
$1,747,938
$1,497,938
HASL
ILR
$439,413
$5,800,371
$5,360,958
LILA
$1,895,299
$1,645,299
SPOKES
$790,090
$540,090
UVDN
$1,084,812
$834,812
Total
$1,939,413
$14,224,941
$12,285,528
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18. STEP EIGHT Expanding into Unserved/Under-served Areas
PWD Population ex. of Marion Co. (8%)
40,000
PWD to be Served Using 5% Target
2,000
9 hours/Consumer and 55/25/20 Ratio
18,000 hours divided by 1,144 (55%)*
Applying Livable Wage to D.S. Staff
16 $52, = $842,064
Director
$156,273
Assistant Director
$111,114
Office Support
$33,830
Total Wages
$1,143,281
40% Indirect Costs
$457,312
Total Required for Expansion into Marion County
$1,600,593
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19. Recommendations BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE WORTH IT!
Find ways to collaborate between CIL’s & SILC
Review the Oregon formula, see how it will apply for your state
Get it in your SPIL (either an amendment or next SPIL cycle).
Share your state’s developed formula with NCIL and APRIL.
Live by Core IL Principles.
Be ready to advocate for systems change.

20. “If we are inclusive, open-minded, cohesive, transparent, never stop moving forward, and do not give up, we will change the world”
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21. QUESTIONS/COMMENTS
5 minutes