Scaling the Cliff: Helping VR Clients Receiving SSDI Achieve SGA WEB: PROJECT H235L100004 IS...

Scaling the Cliff: Helping VR Clients Receiving

SSDI Achieve SGAWEB:

www.communityinclusion.orgwww.vr-ssdi.org

PROJECT H235L100004 IS FUNDED BY RSA, OSERS, US DEPT. OF EDUCATION

JOE MARRONEEMAIL: joseph.marrone@gmail.com

BOB BURNSEMAIL: robert.burns@umb.edu

ROB GROENENDAALEMAIL: robert.groenendaal@ed.gov

JULISA CULLYEMAIL: julisa.cully@umb.edu

KELLY HAINESEMAIL: kelly.haines@umb.edu

RSA GRANT FUNDED:PARTNERS:

ICI, UMASS BOSTON MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH

NEW ADDITION: RURAL RRTC @ UNIV OF MONTANA

WHY DO IT?:CONCERN OF LIMITED SUCCESS WITH PEOPLE ‘S ACHIEVING SGA

MAJOR POLITICAL ISSUE

IS THERE A BETTER WAY OUT OF POVERTY FOR PEOPLE W.

DISABILITIES?

VISION OF LIFE SUCCESS

IS WORK THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF LIFE FOR EVERYONE?

NO. BUT IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF LIFE THAT WE IN HUMAN SERVICES ARE

LEAST SUCCESSFUL AT HELPING OUR CONSTITUENCY ACHIEVE.

A SHIP IN HARBOR IS SAFE -- BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT SHIPS ARE BUILT FOR.

JOHN A. SHEDDSALT FROM MY ATTIC, 1928

REMAINING UNEMPLOYED IS WORSE FOR YOU THAN BEING EMPLOYED IS GOOD FOR YOU.

AVOIDING LONG TERM UNEMPLOYMENT IS A BETTER

OPTION THAN WAITING FOR AN IDEAL OR PERFECT JOB MATCH.

“IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE YOUR OWN FUTURE

WHEN YOU ARE NOT PART OF

THE ECONOMIC FABRIC

OF THE CULTURE YOU LIVE IN”

PATRICIA DEEGAN20th World Congress Rehab International: Oslo,

Norway – JUNE 2004

------ JOE MARRONE

INITIAL RESEARCH ASSESSMENT WORK:

1] REVIEW OF SVRA DATA2] CASE STUDY SITE VISITS3] DELPHI GROUP

ROLE/ LIMITS OF TRAINING?“You can teach a turkey

to climb a tree, but it’s easier to hire a

squirrel.”FROM Spencer M. Lyle Jr., McClelland C. David, Spencer M.

Signe (1994) Competency Assessment Methods. History and state of the art. Paper first presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Conference, Boston, MA  P. 8

•RAPID ELIGIBILTY AND PLANELIG = 2 DAYSIPE = 30 DAYS

•WEEKLY CONTACT OF SOME KIND WITH AT LEAST ONE MEMBER OF TEAM (TEL, EMAIL, IN PERSON)

•EMPLOYMENT OR PROGRAM LEADING TO EMPLOYMENT = 45 DAYS•SPECIFIC FOCUS MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING TRAINING AND USE – (ENGAGEMENT IS STAFF RESPONSIBILITY EARLY ON)

• SPECIFIC STANDARDS FOR a)EMPLOYER CONTACTS (? 20 WEEK) INTERVIEWS ( ? 7 X PLACEMENT GOAL)b)PLACEMENTS (? 3- 4 MONTH W. 75% LEADING TO CLOSURE)) HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT (? 30 WEEK)c)SGA LEVEL (? 50% AT SGA LEVEL WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF APPL)• 30 DAY PLACEMENT PLAN• CONTACT W. CLIENT WITHIN 1 WEEK OF APPLICATION• DIRECT JOB PLACEMENT/ MARKETING ASSISTANCE

•FOCUS ON FINANCIAL EDUCATION NOT JUST BENEFITS PLANNING•BPQY = 21 DAYS•SELF SUFFICIENCY PLAN = 30 DAYS•SELF SUFFICIENCY PLAN IN IPE•MONTHLY FINANCIAL EDUCATION SEMINARS•ACCESS TO SELF DIRECTED RESOURCES (E.G., DB 101)

“ I CAN’T UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE ARE FRIGHTENED

OF NEW IDEAS; I’M

FRIGHTENED OF THE OLD ONES.”

JOHN CAGE, COMPOSER

“LIFE LIVED WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE HUMAN

SERVICE & REHABILITATION

LANDSCAPE IS A LIFE IN WHICH THE FREEDOM TO BECOME & MAKE YOUR

OWN FUTURE IS DIMINISHED”

PATRICIA DEEGAN20th World Congress Rehab International: Oslo,

Norway – JUNE 2004

TERRY PRATCHETT"I'll be more enthusiastic

about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on

inside it. “ 

LILY TOMLIN“No matter how

cynical you become, it's never

enough to keep up.”

“ BEWARE THE CONTINUOUS

IMPROVEMENT OF THINGS NOT WORTH

IMPROVING “

W. EDWARDS DEMING

SHOOK, J. (2010) HOW TO CHANGE A CULTURE. MIT SLOAN MGMT REVIEW, 51 (2), 62-68

SHOOK, J. (2010) HOW TO CHANGE A CULTURE. MIT SLOAN MGMT REVIEW, 51 (2), 62-68

JERRY GARCIA“ SOMEONE HAS TO DO SOMETHING AND IT’S PRETTY PATHETIC IT’S GOT TO BE ONE OF US “

“The nature of passive resistance within a nonprofit

setting is at levels that could teach Gandhi lessons.”Reynold Levy

President of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and former president of International Rescue Committee

SO WHAT USUALLY GETS IN THE WAY OF CHANGE

AT ANY LEVEL?

ANY DEAD HORSES IN YOUR ORGANIZATION?

(TAKEN FROM MATERIAL FROM ARTHUR EVANS, PH.D., FORMER DEPUTY COMMR, CT DMHAS),

NOW MH DIRECTOR, PHILA MH

Dakota tribal wisdom says that when you discover you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. However, in human

services, we often try other strategies with dead horses,

including the following:

* Saying things like “This is the way we have always ridden this horse.” or from a Native American Tribal Saying:

"If we don't turn around now, we just may get where we're going."

* Appointing a committee to study the horse. * Harnessing several dead horses together for greater performance * Providing additional funding to increase the horse’s performance * Arranging to visit other sites to see how they ride dead horses

* Increasing the standards to ride dead horses * Creating a training session to increase our riding ability * Changing the requirements; declaring “this horse is not dead.” * Declaring the horse is “better, faster and cheaper” dead * Promoting the dead horse to a supervisory position

Finding a consultant knowledgeable about dead horses.

OLD YIDDISH PROVERB

If 1 person calls you a jackass, ignore him;

If a second person calls you a jackass, think about it;

If a third person calls you a jackass- get a saddle.