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2019 IOWA SPIL - Disability Community Input Survey

Request for Input from Iowans With Disabilities and Others For SPIL Development

We would like to ask Iowans with disabilities, as well as family members or friends of someone with a disability and disability advocates/service providers, to please give us your input on the development of the new State Plan for Independent Living (SPIL).

The SPIL lays out the activities we will conduct to strengthen the six Iowa Centers for Independent Living, and what we will do to strengthen services and resources for people with disabilities so they can remain living independently and not be forced to live in an institution such as a nursing home.

THANK YOU for taking the time to give your input!

For each question, please Rank Highest Level of Importance for You Personally as a Person with a Disability, as a family member or friend of someone with a disability, or as other disability advocates/service providers.

You may go back and change your responses at any time up until you submit the survey.

1.Access to Center Services and Funding

How important is it to you that additional State and Federal funds, and other sources of funding, be identified for the current six Centers for Independent Living so they can adequately serve individuals with disabilities, and that additional funding be identified to expand the current six CILs so they are able to serve individuals with disabilities in all 99 counties?
2.Centers for Independent Living (CILs) and the Statewide Independent Living Council (SILC)

How important is it to you that activities are put in place to help ensure that the CILs and the SILC are accountable for the services/activities they provide and the use of their funds?
3.Working Together to Make Sure Services for Individuals With Disabilities are Available

How important is it to you that activities are put in place to help ensure that the CILs and the SILC are actively collaborating on services important for people with disabilities?
4.Systems Advocacy to Advocate for the Needs of People with Disabilities - CIVIL RIGHTS

CIVIL RIGHTS - How important is it to you that efforts continue to advocate for Civil Rights for people with disabilities?
5.Systems Advocacy to Advocate for the Needs of People with Disabilities - EDUCATION

EDUCATION - How important is it to you that educational opportunities improve for Students who experience a disability?
6.Systems Advocacy to Advocate for the Needs of People with Disabilities - EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYMENT - How important is it to you that there are increased opportunities for employment for people with disabilities?
7.Systems Advocacy to Advocate for the Needs of People with Disabilities - FAMILY SUPPORT

FAMILY SUPPORT - How important is it to you that family members be paid to provide care?
8.Systems Advocacy to Advocate for the Needs of People with Disabilities - HEALTH CARE

HEALTH CARE - How important is it to you that health care for people who experience disabilities be equal to that provided to those without a disability?
9.Systems Advocacy to Advocate for the Needs of People with Disabilities - HOUSING

HOUSING - How important is it to you that additional affordable and accessible housing options be provided in your community?
10.Systems Advocacy to Advocate for the Needs of People with Disabilities - TRANSPORTATION

TRANSPORTATION - How important is it to you that affordable and accessible transportation be available in your community?
11.Systems Advocacy to Advocate for the Needs of People with Disabilities - COMMUNITY AND IN-HOME SUPPORT SERVICES

COMMUNITY AND IN-HOME SUPPORT SERVICES - How important is it to you that community and in-home services are available in your community?
12.Systems Advocacy to Advocate for the Needs of People with Disabilities - MEDICAID

MEDICAID - How important is it to you that advocacy occur around Iowa’s Medicaid Managed Care so that services that Consumers need are part of the care and services that the Medicaid Managed Care program provides and will pay for in a timely manner?
13.Systems Advocacy to Advocate for the Needs of People with Disabilities - SOCIAL SECURITY

SOCIAL SECURITY - How important is it to you that payments from Social Security programs to people who experience a disability be increased?
14.OUTREACH – It is important to provide outreach and education to both the disability population and the general public on disability issues, including independent living history and philosophy, disability awareness, and leadership training for youth/young adults and other adults to develop disability leaders.  Outreach needs to include people with disabilities who are members of unserved and underserved populations, and include urban and rural populations and minority populations (African American, Asian, Latino, Native American, Pacific Islander).

How important is it to you that these types of outreach activities are conducted in Iowa?
15.OTHER ISSUES – Please list other issues that you feel are important and need to be addressed for the Iowa disability community:
Current Progress,
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