Disability Program Navigator

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Disability Program Navigator

• Leonard M. Crispell
• MILC Extension OneWorkSource
• 41 Pearl Street 158 Finney Blvd
• 518 483-2151 518 481-5755
• E-Mail leonardatmilc_at_hotmail.com

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Disability Program Navigator A
Partnership With

• The Massena Independendent
• Living Center
• 156 Center Street
• Massena, New York 13662
• 518 764-9442
• Jeff Reifensynder
• Executive Director

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• North Country Center For
  Independence
• 102 Sharron Avenue
• Plattsburgh, New York 12903
• Andrew Pulrang
  Executive Director

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• North Country Workforce
  Investment Board
• James E. Calnon
• Executive Director North Country
• Workforce Partnership

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Disability Program Navigator

• Sandra Shampang
• North Country Center
  OneWorkSource
• For Independence 105
  Hand Ave. Suite 1
• 102 Sharon Ave
  Elizabethtown, N.Y. 12932
• Plattsburgh, N.Y. 12903 518
  873-2341
• 563-9058
• E-Mail
  SKShampang_at_aol.com

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Disability Program Navigator

• Sondra Tarbox
• North Country Center
  OneWorkSource
• For Independence 194 USA
  Oval
• 102 Sharon Ave.
  Plattsburgh, N.Y. 12903
• Plattsburgh, N.Y. 12903 518
  561-0430
• 563-9058 ext 3008
• E-Mail adirondackws_at_westelco
  m.com

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Disability ProgramNavigatorFor the North
Country

• Essex
• Franklin
• Clinton
• Hamilton

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Were Located
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Clinton County

• Population 79,894
• Persons 5 over
• with a disability 13,862
• Land Area 1,039 sq miles

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Hamilton County

• Population 5,379
• Persons 5 Over
• with a disability 1,155
• Land Area 1,720 sq Miles

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Essex County

• Population 38,851
• Persons 5 over
• with a disability 7,484
• Land Area 1,797 sq Miles

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Franklin County

• Population 51,056
• Persons 5 Over
• with a disability 10,299
• Land Area 1,631

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North Countrys Overall

• Persons 5 Over
• with a disability 18 of our
• Population,
  almost
• 1 in 5
• Land Area 13 of New York
  

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Barriers to Success

• Vast coverage area
• 13 of land area New York
• Transportation
• public affordable transportation
• almost non-exsistant

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Coverage of North Country

• Assigned specific counties to each DPN
• I facilitated outreach presentations with
• DPN assistance.
• Spirit of cooperation, teamwork

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Social Security and the WorkIncentive
Coordinators ( AWIC)

• First Contact June 2004

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Northeast Work IncentivesNetwork Meeting

• at the Career Opportunity Center
• Canton , New York

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Introduction to the DisabilityProgram
Navigatorandtheir partnership with Ticket- to-
Work
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Assist individuals with disabilitiesincluding
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social
Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
beneficiaries, to access and navigate the
complex provisions under various programs that
impact their ability to gain, return to, or
retain employment.
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Serve as a One-Stop Career Center resource on
SSAs work incentives and other employment
support programs, including the Ticket to Work
provisions and programs.
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Edward LaceyArea Work Incentives Coordinator
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Northeast NY Work Incentives Network
MeetingatQueensbury, New York
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Audience Included

• - ARCs, Employment Networks, VESID,
• Hospital staff, Employers , One Stop partners,
  DSS, Mental Health Associations,
• and etc.

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Followed by Plattsburgh, New York

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Strong Relationship with the Independent
Living Centers and the Benefit Specialists from
BPAO
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Independent Living Philosophy

• All people have value, should be treated with
  respect, and have the right to make choices about
  their own lives.

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Independent Living Philosophy

• People with disabilities are limited mainly by
  the barriers they encounter in society.

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Philosophy

• If they have the knowledge, tools and freedom
  they need, all people with disabilities can live
  independently, carry out the responsibilities of
  citizenship and reach their full potential.

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Philosophy

• All people with disabilities can live and work in
  integrated, non-institutional settings, if
  community-based support services are available

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Philosophy

• There is a continuing need to improve the
  communitys awareness, understanding, and
  accommodation of people with disabilities.

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Philosophy

• The best source of information and support
  available to people with disabilities is the
  experience and example of others with
  disabilities.

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Philosophy

• We succeed in our mission when a person with a
  disability no longer needs our help.

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DPN and the Independent
Living Center

• You dont get just one person, you get the whole
  staff.
• You get the resources of the Massena ILC along
  with the Malone Extension, the Ogdensburg
  Outreach, and the North Country Center for
  Independence.
• All 37 of the states ILCs resources are
  available for your assistance

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We can assist you with

• Employment
• - resume writing
• - job search
• - job preparation

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• Referrals
• - VESID
• - OneWorkSource
• - Department of Labor

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• Independent Living Skills
• - budgeting
• - housing
• - transportation issues

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North Country ENs

• Besides VESID in each county, Franklin and
• Essex County had one other EN.
• Clinton County has none.

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Ticket to Work Advisory Panel

• In their Report of February 2004 stated,
• without immediate attention to the very
• real problems affecting the EN participation
• the Ticket Program will fail.

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• Recommendations
• Reduce the difference between Milestone and
• Outcome payments.
• Move more EN payments to the 1st 12 months of
  employment
• Ensure timely payments.

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• Once the payments are shifted towards the
  beginning of the program with milestones, we can
  conduct increased outreach to employers,
  community agencies and organizations that serve
  individuals with disabilities and increase the
  number of Ens.