Agenda
The registration desk opens at 7:30 a.m. Eastern time (ET) for members of the public attending in person, and the meeting will also be available to the public by live videocast
and conference call. The materials for the meeting can be found here.
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 8:30 a.m. | Welcome and Introductions Ellen W. Blackwell, MSW Social Worker/Health Insurance Specialist, Division of Community and Institutional Services, Disabled and Elderly Health Programs Group, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Co-Chair, IACC Services Subcommittee Lee Grossman President and CEO, Advance Enterprises, LLC Co-Chair, IACC Services Subcommittee |
| 8:45 | Self Determination as a Guiding Principle for Services for People with Disabilities Brian Abery, PhD Coordinator of School-Age Services, Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota |
| 9:15 | Safe and Supportive Environments for People with Autism George Braddock President, Creative Housing Solutions, LLC |
| 9:45 | Criminal Justice Diversion of People with Disabilities Daniel Abreu, MS, CRC, LMHC Senior Project Associate, Policy Research Associates, Inc. Associate Director, The SAMHSA National GAINS Center Taunton, Massachusetts Community Crisis Intervention Team: Steven L. Turner, MS Chairman of the Adult and Youth Taunton Community Crisis Intervention Teams Community Police Officer, Taunton Police Department, City of Taunton Department of Human Services Bill McAndrew, MA Consultant, Community Partnerships, Inc. Site Administrator/Adjunct Faculty, Anna Maria College Keith Bourdon, MA, LSW Probation Officer, Probation Department, Taunton District Court |
| 10:45 | Break |
| 11:00 | Home and Community-Based Services: Federal Precepts and the State Delivery System Ellen W. Blackwell, MSW Social Worker/Health Insurance Specialist, Division of Community and Institutional Services, Disabled and Elderly Health Programs Group, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Co-Chair, IACC Services Subcommittee C. Lee Price, MS Director, Office of Developmental Services, Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services Cindy Gwinn Community Resource Manager, Autism Spectrum Disorder Specialties, Office of Developmental Services, Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services |
| 11:45 | Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. | Americans with Disabilities Act and Olmstead Enforcement Alison Barkoff, JD Special Counsel for Olmstead Enforcement, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice Kathleen Wolfe, JD Acting Special Legal Counsel and Trial Attorney, Disability Rights Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University |
| 2:00 | Panel on Managed Care for People with Disabilities Jami Snyder Administrator, Arizona Long Term Care System, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System Christian Butt, JD Section Administrator , Contract Monitoring & Compliance Section , Hawaii Department of Human Services Nina Wall Côté, MSS, LSW Director, Bureau of Autism Services , Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare Pia Newman Assistant Director, Bureau of Autism Services , Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare |
| 3:15 | Panel Discussion |
| 3:30 | Break |
| 3:45 | Panel on Services Provision to People with Autism June Groden, PhD Executive Director, The Groden Center, Inc. Nancy Jess Murray, MS President, The Arc of Greater Pittsburgh at ACHIEVA Thomas P. McCool, EdD President and CEO, Eden Autism Services |
| 4:15 | Panel Discussion |
| 4:30 | Rehabilitation Research and Employment Services Jennifer Sheehy, MBA Director, Office of Policy and Planning, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, U.S. Department of Education |
| 5:00 | Subcommittee Discussion and Closing Comments |
Schedule subject to change.




