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Oregon Closes Last ICFMR
October 28th, 2009
This week the state of Oregon closed the last of its Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Retarded (ICFMR). ICFMRs are places where people with intellectual and developmental disabilities receive services in a congregate care setting, such as a group home or institution.
Oregon now operates 100% under the community based services waiver. The waiver allows people to receive individualized supported living services in their own home, in their community.
Hope House Foundation follows the community based services model exemplified by the community based services waver. Currently Hope House Foundation is the only organization in Virginia that supports adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in their own home.
One Person had this to say...
By dismantling the existing infrastructure of group homes and community-based facilities, the government can slash personal service rates – as they are doing in Virginia right now – and the person who receives only home-based services loses all of his power to fight back. Also, I once worked in a community based facility that provided day services to “groups” of persons with developmental disabilities, and I can tell you that those attending those “group” programs absolutely loved the sense of community there. It may be well-intentioned, but I think it is a mistake to think that persons with developmental disabilities are better served in an exclusively individual setting. Sometimes a “group” setting is their “community” setting.
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