Strategic Planning

Included under the Strategic Planning tab are resources to support the organization in identifying and attaining transformation goals. As part of implementing Strategic Planning, resources should be shared with all stakeholders to stimulate discussion and initiate partnering in the transformation process.
Webinars
The following webinars offer insights into the development and implementation of an effective strategic planning process.
  • Person-Centered Planning and Shared Decision Making
    Person-Centered Planning and Shared Decision Making are essential tools in an agency's journey of cultural change. Ability Beyond discusses how they successfully transformed employment supports by supporting individuals to make informed choices around personal, social, and career goals, manage concerns and fears around change, and implement concrete ways to maintain existing friendships while welcoming new relationships and employment roles. 
  • Techniques for Involving All Stakeholders in Transformation
    Organization and Work Center transformation goals are met effectively when all levels of the organization are engaged in the process. Techniques for Involving All Levels of Stakeholders in Transformation explores ways to encourage all stakeholders to learn about and participate in the transformation process.
  • Transformation Is A National Affair
    ​Presented by Jennifer Monthie of Disability Rights NY, Transformation Is A National Affair examines the history of work centers and the legal concerns that have fueled Work Center transformation.
  • Rights, Responsibilities, Entitlement, & Opportunities 
    ​Work Center transformation offers people increased employment opportunities but also challenges them in new ways. Using a person-centered focus, Jennifer Monthie of Disability Rights NY explores how people can successfully navigate the new employment terrain and become financially self-sufficient.
  • ​Changing Business Models
    ​When organizations change the way they do business, they must consider the impact of fixed costs on their fiscal viability. In this presentation, Laurie Kelley and Allan Blum of Loeb & Troper LLC discuss potential challenges and pitfalls of changing business models and offer resources and solutions.
  • Identifying Corporate Structural Changes for Business Model Design
    Laurie Kelley and Allan Blum of Loeb and Troper offer insights into the corporate structural changes required to transform work centers into sustainable stand-alone businesses.
  • Transformation, Compliance, Employment, and Enforcement Issues
    Barclay Damon LLC discusses legal issues to consider when transforming the way employment supports are delivered, including those related to structuring labor, employment, and compliance issues.
Videos
  • Manufacturing Extension Partnerships: An Important Resource
    In this video, Everton Henriques, NYS FuzeHub Solutions Manager, describes the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) system in NYS and discusses how MEPs can be helpful to rehabilitation providers who would like to transform their Work Centers into sustainable businesses.
  • Pitch Tank
    ​Wouldn't it be great to run a business idea before a panel of experts to hear some input and get some new ideas? Tracy Tuttle of St. Lawrence ARC had that opportunity when she attended Pitch Tank as part of the 2016 New York State Rehabilitation Association (NYSRA) Summit. Watch this video to see what she learned. 
Additional Resources
  • Olmstead
    Learn more about the Olmstead decision and how it defines how services are offered and integration is implemented.
olmstead__community_integration_for_everyone_--_about_us_page.pdf
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  • Home & Community Based Services (HCBS) Settings Rule 
    The HCBS Settings Rule requires that individuals receive services in settings that are community-based and integrated. Work Centers often are not in compliance with the Settings Rule. CMS (Medicaid.gov) has provided information about the regulations and spirit of the Settings Rule in this PDF handbook. The following PDFs provide comprehensive information about the requirements and spirit of the HCBS Settings Rule.
hcbs_settings_rules_what_you_should_know__final_1_22_2016.pdf
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  • Heightened Scrutiny 
    Information from HCBS about Heightened Scrutiny: this handbook provided by Medicaid.gov provides guidance on compliance with the HCBS Settings Rule.
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  • Employment First
    Employment First is a national initiative through which individual states establish guiding principles for making employment the natural next step after an individual finishes his or her education. According to the Association for Providers of Supported employment (APSE): “Employment First strategies generally consist of a clear set of guiding principles, policies and practices disseminated through state statute, regulation or operational procedures that identify employment in integrated, community-based businesses as the priority for state funding.”
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The resources below provide additional information about implementing Employment First principles.
employment_first_provider_transformation_brief.pdf
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provider-transformation-manual.pdf
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  • Work Center Transformation 
    In this blog, Annette Shea of the Administration for Community Living (ACL) shares suggestions for transforming the current structure of Work Centers.
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  • Manufacturing Extension Partnerships 
    This brochure provides general information on how the NYS Manufacturing Extension Partnerships (MEP) system can be a resource for Work Centers.
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  • Apprenticeships 
    Apprenticeships offer opportunities for individuals to gain important work skills in integrated settings. The resources below provide information about apprenticeships as options for preparing for employment. Additional information about apprenticeships can be found under the Individuals and Families and Workforce and Human Resources Development tabs.
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