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ADAP’s PAIMI program priorities are established annually by ADAP’s governing authority working jointly with ADAP’s PAIMI Advisory Council. Below are our proposed FY21 PAIMI priorities along with examples of the advocacy strategies we will pursue under each of them. To comment on these priorities, email ADAP at adap@adap.ua.edu or call us at (205) 348-4928.
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Protection from Abuse & Neglect
Individuals living with serious mental illness SMI) or serious emotional disabilities (SED) will be free from abuse and neglect and live in healthier, safer or otherwise improved facility or community settings. Under this priority, ADAP will: • Investigate and monitor in facilities and community settings in response to allegations of abuse and neglect • Seek individual and systemic corrective actions to identified abuse and neglect • Protect the safety and well-being of in- dividuals with SMI involved in the crimi- nal justice system Supporting Self-Determination Individuals living with SMI or SED will be em- powered to make their own decisions about their lives to the maximum extent possible. Under this priority, ADAP will: • Advocate for the expansion of peer supports • Pursue lesser alternatives to guardianship Educational Opportunities Youth with SED will be provided a free appropri- ate public education in their least restrictive en- vironment. |
Under this priority, ADAP will:
• Provide individual special education ad- vocacy services to families of children with SED related to eligibility, inappro- priate discipline practices, provision of appropriate services in least restrictive environment, and transition to adult living • Engage in systems change activities to ensure that youth with SED are af- forded equal educational opportunities Community Access Individuals with SMI or SED will have access to services and opportunities that will enhance their ability to live and work as active and equal members of their communities Under this priority, ADAP will: • Advocate for accessible and supported housing • Advocate for supports to foster com- petitive, integrated employment • Protect access to healthcare services as the state transitions to a Medicaid managed care system • Ensure that Medicaid-eligible children receive all medically-necessary mental health services • Advocate for treatment access for dually-diagnosed individuals (MI and ID/DD) • Advocate for treatment services in the least restrictive environment |