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1 Department of Aging and Disability Services By Ruth Marin

2 D.A.D.S. Mission The DADS mission is to provide a comprehensive array of aging and disability services, supports, and opportunities that are easily accessed in local communities. ices.html

3 D.A.D.S. Vision Older Texans and persons with disabilities will be supported by a comprehensive and cost-effective service delivery system that promotes and enhances individual wellbeing, dignity, and choice.

4 D.A.D.S. Goals Goal 1 Long-term services and supports To enable older and disabled Texans to live dignified, independent, and productive lives in a safe living environment through an accessible, locally based, comprehensive and coordinated continuum of services and opportunities; to provide appropriate services and supports based on individual needs ranging from in-home and community-based services for elderly people and people with disabilities who request assistance in maintaining their independence and increasing their quality of life, to institutional services for those who require that level of support, seeking to ensure health and safety and to maintain maximum independence for the individual while providing the services and supports required.

5 Goals Continued Goal 2 Regulation, certification and outreach Provide licensing, certification and contract enrollment services, as well as financial monitoring and complaint investigation, to ensure that residential facilities, home and community support services agencies, and providers of services in facilities or home settings comply with state and federal standards and that individuals receive highquality services and are protected from abuse, neglect, and exploitation.

6 Goals Continued Goal 3 Indirect administration Assure the efficient, quality, and effective administration of services provided to elderly persons and persons with disabilities.

7 Key Responsibilities to the Citizens of Texas Working in partnership with consumers, caregivers, service providers and other stakeholders. Developing and improving service options that are responsive to individual needs and preferences. Ensuring and protecting self-determination, consumer rights and safety.

8 Guiding principles Customer focus Accountability Best business decision Integrity Continuous improvement Teamwork and partnerships Respect

9 Provider Services The assistant commissioner for Provider Services is responsible for institutional and community services for older Texans and people with physical disabilities. Provider Services contracts with and oversees hundreds of community and in-home services providers. The division ensures that consumers have a full array of services delivered by qualified providers. The division also provides for better coordination across models of care, integrating practices that achieve higher quality of care for individuals receiving services.

10 Types of Services D.A.D.S. Provides Adult Foster Care (AFC) Community Attendant Services (CAS) Community Based Alternatives (CBA) Community Living Assistance and Support Services (CLASS) Consumer Managed Personal Attendant Services (CMPAS) Day Activity and Health Services (DAHS) Emergency Response Services (ERS) Family Care Services (FCS) Hospice Services Home Delivered Meals (HDM) In-Home and Family Support Program (IHFSP) Primary Home Care (PHC) Medically Dependent Children Program (MDCP) Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Residential Care (RC)

11 Long-Term Services & Support Supervisors at D.A.D.S. and UTEP Liason Blanca Sanchez

12 Long-Term Services & Support Supervisors at D.A.D.S. Yvette Gonzalez Raul Huerta

13 Long-Term Services & Support Supervisors at D.A.D.S. Mary Rivera Lydia Lujan

14 Long-Term Services & Support Workers at D.A.D.S. Carlos Rincon Alex Alvarez

15 Long-Term Services & Support Workers at D.A.D.S. Mary Herrera Rosa Fasolino

16 Long-Term Services & Support Workers at D.A.D.S. Enrique Garcia Greycy Diaz

17 Long-Term Services & Support Workers at D.A.D.S. Ramon Ortega Patsy Jaramillo

18 D.A.D.S. Clerks Esther Acosta- Unit 11 Maria Martinez-Unit 17

19 Clerks Unit 11 Cecilia Trejo- Unit 15 Luis E. Ortiz- Unit 11

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