Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services,
The Virginia Ability Alliance is a coalition of Northern Virginia non-profits focused on ensuring all people with disabilities are living a full life in their home community. We have a vested interest in ensuring the Individual and Family Support Program (IFSP) is implemented in a way that fulfills the mandates of the Department of Justice settlement, while meeting the critical needs of the 12,000+ individuals with developmental disabilities on the waiting list for Waiver services.
We submit the following suggestions for updates to the regulations for the IFSP program based upon feedback we have heard from our families who have utilized this program in the past.
We thank DBHDS for the significant improvements made to the program in the last year and hope that our suggestions are incorporated into the program regulations to further increase the accessibility and value of this program.
Sincerely,
The Virginia Ability Alliance
Point of Contact:
Lucy Beadnell, Chair
Lucy.Beadnell@TheArcofNOVA.org
703-208-1119 x116