BENEFICIOS CON DEMASÍA

ASISTIENDO A LOS QUE RECIBEN SEGURO SOCIAL PARA QUE VAYAN A TRABAJAR SIN TEMOR A PERDER SUS BENEFICIOS

Incentivos de Trabajo para Individuos quienes Califican para Beneficios de Incapacidad de la Administración de Seguro Social

1-888-813-8497 (Voz)
1-888-813-8652 (TTY)

BENEFICIOS CON DEMASÍA es un programa de todos los estados financiada por el Seguro Social y administrada por dos centros de vida independiente; el Centro de Vida Accesible en Louisville, Kentucky, y el Lugar de Independencia en Lexington, Kentucky.

Los centros harán disponibles a un Especialista de Beneficios, un defensor con conocimientos, quien le ayudará a entender los requisitos del programa complejo de incentivos de trabajo.

Este programa ayuda a los beneficiarios del SSI y SSDI entre las edades de 14 y 64 a entender sus opciones de trabajo para que ellos elijan estando bien informados en lo relacionado al trabajo. El programa provee información acerca de los incentivos de trabajo del programa federal, estatal y local y sus asustos relacionados.

Como parte de este programa, usted recibirá información acerca de la disponibilidad de protección y servicios de defensa que están disponibles sin pagarse.

PREGUNTAS…

Recibe usted SSI o SSDI?
Desea trabajar?
Está inseguro del como el trabajar afectaría sus beneficios?
Confundido acerca de todas las reglas y regulaciones?
Frustrado porque no puede obtener respuestas a sus preguntas?
Teme al decirle al Seguro Social que desea trabajar?

RESPUESTAS…

Especialistas de Beneficio en todo el estado de Kentucky están disponibles para asistir a los beneficiarios de incapacidad de SSI y SSDI, miembros de familia y profesionales con:

• Información con Beneficios Médicos, Seguro Social, Asistencia de transición, Vivienda Pública, Compensación Laboral, y más.

• Beneficios personalizados en planeamiento y asistencia

• Entendiendo como el trabajar afectaría sus beneficios.

• Asistencia continua en asuntos relacionados a sus beneficios.

COMO PUEDO ENTERARME MÁS ACERCA DEL PROGRAMA?

Llame Gratis al:

1-888-813-8497 (voz)
1-888-813-8652 (TTY)

Un Especialista de Beneficios se comunicará con usted y le explicará el programa. Si usted desea comunicarse con nosotros por correo:

Coordinador de Estado, Beneficios con Demasía
Centro de Vida Accesible
305 W. Broadway, Ste 200
Louisville, KY 40202
e-mail: info@calky.org

El Centro de Vida Accesible y Lugar de Independencia, Inc. No discrimina en base a la edad, raza, creencia, color, sexo, origen nacional o tipo de incapacidad, y provee bajo solicitud todos los materiales e información en formatos alternativos.

TODAS LAS PREGUNTAS Y SERVICIOS SON ABSOLUTAMENTE GRATIS Y SON MANTENIDOS ESTRICTA Y CONFIDENCIALMENTE

Esta publicación fue hecha posible por una subvención de la Administración de Seguro Social Los contenidos de esta publicación son de sola responsabilidad del autor y no representa los puntos de vista oficiales de la Administración de Seguro Social.

Un Programa Cooperativo entre la Administración de Seguro Social, Centro de Vida Accesible, y el Lugar de Independencia, Inc.

Costos de Impresión pagados usando Fondos Federales.

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Housing Information

Our experienced staff can help you with:

Your housing rights
Applying for Section 8
Applying for Subsidized housing
Locating an accessible apartment
Locating affordable housing
Landlord/Tennant communication
Transitioning to independence in a community setting

Helping Individuals with Disabilities Transition to Independence

As Housing Program Manager I have many things about my job that I love. But nothing compares to transitioning someone out of a nursing home into the community. This story is not so unique but the man is. John has lived for the past couple of years at a Nursing Home. He fell about three years ago and broke his lower leg and ankle. He was told by the doctors that he would never walk on his own again. After two years in a Nursing Home and many hours of rehab, John not only walks but walks with out any assistive equipment.

I went to all the section 8 meeting with John and talked with him over the phone on numerous occasions. John just wanted to be out on his own again. The Center made his dreams come true through the Olmstead Program Vouchers. With the help of volunteers and Dismas workers to help move him, we were able to get him back into the community. The picture of him shows him on his first day at his new home signing his new lease. The saying "A picture can speak a thousand words." is so true here. John is beaming with joy that his dream of once again being on his own and independent had come true. Beside helping John this also helps the men at the Dismas House. With their help, they too can see that they are making a difference.

Lee Ann Thomas

What is the difference between Subsidized and section 8 housing??

SUBSIDIZED HOUSING is where the housing complex owns the government subsidize. You apply at each location. Link to Subsidized housing list.

SECTION 8 is where the person owns the government subsidize. You can travel with this. The private landlord must accept section 8.

Section 8 housing list - a new list can be picked-up every Monday at the Vine Street office or view Louisville Metro Housing Authority.

Section 8 application - Call Center for one to be mailed out or go to Vine Street office for one.

Blue update form / Change of address form. For section 8 is used when you move from the original address on section 8 application.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING LIST- There is NO government help with rent involved. Call Center for a list to be mailed out.

Important Housing Numbers

Section 8 LMHA - Louisville Metro Housing Authority - 502-569-6060

Section 8 waiting list - 502-584-1704 (must have social security number to find out where you are on the section 8 waiting list).

LMHA Eighth Street Office - 502 569-3400. Senior Citizens housing run by the city.

SOCAYR- Spirit of Christmas all year round 638-9600 ext 110. Affordable housing.

New Directions - 502-589-2272. Affordable, subsidized housing.

KHC Kentucky Housing Corp. - 1-800-633-8896 Homeownership ext 222, down payment program DAP.

Park DuValle Home Sales - 502-515-1979 / 502-778-9255. Has program for low income and people with disabilities. You must meet their requirements and live there.

River City Housing - 502-587-6763. builds affordable housing for low/ moderate income families apartments.

HOP Home Ownerships Partners - 502-585-5451. Can help with budgeting and getting ready for home ownership. FREE.

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Independent Living Skills Training

Gaining and Maintaining Independence

Independent Living

Independent living means having the right and chance to make decisions and have control over and responsibility for one’s own life. There are many skills that we learn along the way that help us have a more independent life and maintain that independence once we reach our goals. One of the ways the Center for Accessible Living helps people with disabilities to live independently is through Independent Living Skills training.

What are Independent Living Skills?

Independent living skills are as basic as learning to take responsibility, making good decisions, and learning how to solve problems. The teaching of these skills builds self-confidence and leads to independent thinking.

What will I Learn?

Independent living skills topics include, but are not limited to:

• Time Management - Making the most of your day/week/month etc.
• Home Management - Making your home an environment you like.
• Organizational Skills - How to prioritize and get things done.
• Money Management - How to make and work within a budget.
• Meal Preparation - Learning basic nutrition and how to cook.

Independent Living Skills training can be done on an individual basis or as a class.

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Personal Care Attendant Program

”In'de'pend'ent, (adj) 1) self-governing; 2) free from influence, guidance, or control of others; 3) financially self-sufficient, self supporting; 4) self-directing.”

The Kentucky Personal Care Attendant Program (PCAP) has one purpose: to enable eligible severely disabled adults to live independently. The program provides financial support that allows the participant to hire a personal care attendant and thereby achieve independence.

What are Personal Care Attendants?

They are the arms and legs of their employer. Their specific duties can be broken down into three areas:

Domestic: Housecleaning, cooking, laundry, and shopping.

Personal: Transferring, skin care, positioning, bathing, range of motion exercises, dressing, grooming, toilet assistance, and bowel and bladder care.

Transportation: Wheelchair, auto and van, bus, airplanes, etc.

Participant Eligibility

To be eligible, a person must be at least 18 years old have the functional loss of two or more limbs need between 14 and 40 hours of attendant care per week to include overnight, attendant care when needed be capable of instructing and supervising attendants meet income eligibility criteria reside, or through this program be able to reside in a non-institutional setting be capable of preparing or supervising preparation of attendant payroll reports and employer tax statements after training by the Center.

Due to a lengthy waiting list, individuals under the age of 18 can be put on the PCAP Waiting List; but they will not become eligible for the program until they reach age 18 and their name becomes first on the list.

For information, call (502) 589-6620.

Testimony to increase PCAP services, Frankfort, KY

by Georgia Gillispie

I lived in a nursing home for twelve years and some of the situations I saw were unbelievable. I woke up one morning and I found a naked man standing at the end of my bed. It was a resident who they could not control. On numerous occasions, myself and other residents would buzz for staff to come to the room and you could wait for hours because staff would turn off the buzzers at the desk. Imagine yourself living in a house that smelled like urine 24 hours a day. It is not a pleasant experience that anyone would like to live with. One night I went to a Christmas party but didn’t get back until after 11 PM. I had to sit in my wheelchair for over 3 hours until they finally decided to put me in bed because I had not gotten back by 11:00, which was the curfew. Because of this, the doctor rescinded my pass privileges for a month. This is not the way someone in their twenties should be forced to live.

Because my parents had both died and I had no other family, I then became involved with the Center for Accessible Living, and I discovered that I could live on my own with some help. That is where the Attendant Care Program has helped me so much. I was able to get out of the nursing home and start living on my own, which I have done for the last nineteen years. This program has been invaluable to me and to so many others who live on their own with the help of the Attendant Care Program. There are so many others who can greatly benefit with more funding. You don’t know what it is like to live in a nursing home. You have hardly any freedom to even try to live a normal life. So many of you take it for granted that when you lie down at night, to go to sleep in your own home, that you will be safe for the night. I know you have read the horror stories about people living in nursing homes, especially young people who have been raped, either by an employee or a mentally disabled patient. This should not happen to anyone and won’t with more funding for the Attendant Care Program. So I ask you, no I beg you, please make more funding available so no one will have to endure that horrifying experience. When I left the nursing home is when my life really began. It is impossible for me to describe the way I really felt. The first time I entered a grocery store to purchase what I really wanted to eat instead of being told what I had to eat, or the first time I answered my own phone, there are just no words to describe it. The only way I can describe my feelings about that is, I was like a bird out of a cage and I want that feeling for others.

Through the Attendant Care Program I can now decide on what I want to eat or what time I want to go to bed, instead of having someone else make those decisions for me. If I want to go out to a concert or to a ballgame, I can do so without having to listen to the nurse’s aides talk about me getting back too late to put me to bed at 8 or 9 PM. Does this sound like the life you want to live -- to be in by 8 or 9 instead of listening to a concert or watching a basketball game? These are just a few of the reasons that it is so important that we have more funding made available for the Attendant Care Program, so others can have the same opportunity that I speak of. Thank you for listening to my story.

In Loving Memory of Georgia, now living independently in Heaven

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Peer Counseling

We all have times in our lives when situations become difficult, or times when we are not sure what the best action might be. It is helpful to talk things over with another person who will respect us and keep our conversations confidential. Sometimes we have a friend or family member in whom we can confide; other times it is more helpful to talk with a trained counselor, or person who has good listening skills and will aid in our decision-making.

What Is Peer Counseling?

Peer counseling means that the counselor you discuss your concerns with at the Center for Accessible Living will have experience in living with a disability.

Who Can Have Peer Counseling?

Any individual with a disability may schedule a free appointment with the peer counselor by phone or e-mail.

The Center also offers the excellent opportunity to share concerns, ideas, and personal issues with others in similar situations in Peer Support Groups.

What Topics Are Discussed?

Any topic can be discussed with the counselor.  Some common issues are:

Adjustment to a disability
Low self-esteem
Coping skills
Relationship problems and interpersonal communication
Dealing with stress and anger
Grief and loss issues
Trauma from physical, verbal or sexual abuse
Trauma from an accident or sudden onset of a disability
Pain management
Preparation for surgery and enhancing recovery
Communicating with family about a disability and your needs
Loneliness
Why me?!

For more information, please call 502-589-6620.

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Rampbuilders Program

Custom-Designed Home Access

5/19/05
Re: Kirsten Webb

I went to this home to do my ramp inspection. Tracy Webb (Mother) directed me to the ramp in the back yard. In the back yard, I was greeted by a 4 year old boy who said “this is our new ramp” smiling as he ran down the ramp to a swing set located in the back yard. The young lad then said, “look what my sister can do,” as he smiled proudly.

Then, 6 year old Kirsten Webb came out with her walker with the most beautiful smile as she proceeded down the ramp to join her brother at the swing set.

Her parents told me that the ramp had changed their lives. Kirsten could now go outside and play for the first time. Then Kirsten came up to me, smiled, and said “Thank you very much!” Then she went back to playing and moving around the back yard. This is a perfect example of how much difference a ramp can make in peoples lives.

- John Leonard

The Rampbuilders Program has been providing custom-designed home access ramps and railings to persons with disabilities since the incorporation of the Center for Accessible Living in 1981. Whenever possible, ramps are provided at no cost to the recipient. Individuals with mobility impairments can safely enter and exit their homes, providing independence and opportunities for education, employment, and recreation. A ramp provides a very basic level of freedom so that persons with disabilities can make their own choices.

Our program has provided ramps to hundreds of individuals thanks to funding from sources that include or have included Louisville  Metro Government, Louisville Metro Council, Medicaid, and private donations.

Who is Eligible?

Anyone living in the Louisville Metro area who has a permanent mobility impairment. Eligibility may vary due to rules set by funding sources.

How Can I Apply?

Call the Center for Accessible Living and ask to speak to the Information and Referral Manager, who will collect some basic information. You will then be called to complete a telephone application and be mailed a more thorough follow up application.

How Long Does it Take to Get a Ramp?

Time to determine eligibility and to receive authorization varies, depending upon how quickly all paperwork is received from you and whether you live in a restricted area such as a flood plain or historical district, which sometimes requires extra paperwork and government review.

The number of persons already waiting for a ramp and the amount of funding available also greatly impacts the time it may take to get a ramp. Depending upon available funds, we may be able to furnish a ramp in as little as three months, or it may take up to two years. For that reason, it is best to get your paperwork in to reserve your spot on the list.

Who Builds or Installs the Ramps?

A reputable and experienced contractor or supplier builds or installs the ramps to code.

Who is Responsible for Care?

All maintenance is the responsibility of the ramp owner.

How Can I Help?

The Rampbuilders Program is always in need of funding. The average cost of a ramp is about $3,500.00. Every little bit helps, and donations are tax deductible. Please make your check out to the Center for Accessible Living with “Rampbuilders Program” on the memo line.

We greatly appreciate your support of independent living for everyone!

For more information or to make a donation, contact:

Rampbuilders Program
Center for Accessible Living
305 W Broadway, Suite 200
Louisville, KY 40202

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