Program Implementation

Tips to Implementation: For agencies interested in implementing a similar program, Stinson emphasizes that they should choose contractors and professionals carefully to guarantee the providers are effective. They should make sure the organization's resources, style, and staff are well suited to the clientele they intend to serve.

Keys to Success:

• Stinson offers that one key to success is maintaining an open relationship with partners and keeping in constant communication with Division of Family and Children Services offices, which implement supports and penalties as necessary. Stinson emphasizes that having community resource specialists from the county office visit the program regularly helps provide wraparound support for the client and facilitates communication between the two offices.
• Stinson suggests that organizations must make an accurate determination of what disabled clients can and will do. Clients must assess themselves as well before the organization can develop a practical plan to help that client achieve the next step.