Self Advocacy Association in NYS

SANYS 2012 Testimony at Joint Legislative Hearing on the Executive Budget

admin — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:57:09 +0000

Testimony at the Joint Legislative Hearing on the Executive Budget

Presented by Shameka Andrews and Clint Perrin, SANYS’s Co-Directors of Policy

Testimony can be watched and heard on YouTube at timeframe 4:50:30

Shameka

Clint

SANYS 2012 Legislative Platform–People First Principles

Self-Advocacy NYS — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:52:46 +0000

Members of the Self-Advocacy Association of New York State, Inc. attended the New York State Association for Community Residential Agencies (NYSACRA) , January 31st, 2012 Legislative Breakfast.

Robert Klein, SANYS President talks about SANYS Key Legislative Budget, Waiver and Legislative Principles for 2102

SANYS’ Key Principles

Click to read: (SANYS 12 key principles)

Click audio to listen: SANYS’ Key Principles (audio)

Clint Perrin, SANYS C0-Director of Policies presents SANYS 2012 Legislative Platform

SANYS 2012 Legislative Platform

Audio: http://soundcloud.com/sanys-1/sanys-2012-budget-and

SANYS OPWDD People First Waiver RFI Responses

Self-Advocacy NYS — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:32:51 +0000

We are pleased to share SANYS’s response to OPWDD’s Waiver Request For Information (RFI), an important part of the People First Waiver Application. Our response covers 22 questions that we choose to focus on that we felt were most related or significant to the development of individualized and self-directed services. We organized three RFI groups comprised of self-advocates, family members, providers experienced with providing individualized supports, and others related to our field. The RFI sessions were daylong events with at least 30 people in each session. The sessions were located in Rochester, Albany, and NYC with some representation from every region of NY. Participants were divided into smaller groups and each group spent the day discussing the 22 chosen questions in five areas: Assessment, Care Coordination, Quality, Effective Provision of Supports, and Fiscal Administrative and Organizational Structure.

Over 90 people participated in this process. The response was shared with and approved by SANYS’sExecutive Committee on the evening of December 22nd.

The Executive Committee of SANYS’s Board of Directors

Assessment – Responses to RFI Questions Rev. 1

Care Coordination – Response to RFI Questions Rev. 1

Effective Provision of Supports – Responses to RFI Questions Rev. 1

Quality – Responses to RFI Questions Rev. 1

Fiscal Administrative and Organizational Structure – Responses to RFI Questions Rev. 1

Greetings and Happy Holidays to all!

Self-Advocacy NYS — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:42:52 +0000

As members of the Board of the Self-Advocacy Association of New York State, Inc., (SANYS) it is our pleasure to welcome you to the first post of SANYS News, a place to find updates of SANYS ongoing activities. We hope that SANYS News will become a useful way for us to communicate with self-advocates and supporters.

SANYS Board!