INTEGRATED DAY SERVICES. A. “Integrated Day Services” include the following community services and supports that the State shall make available to satisfy the requirements of this Interim Agreement: community- based recreational, social, educational, cultural, and athletic activities, including community volunteer activities and training activities, as well as other non-facility based activities of a person’s choosing that are provided in integrated settings during the day with the appropriate services and supports. B. Integrated Day Services will be provided to all individuals in the TTP and Birch Exit Target Populations for the remainder of all time set forth in an individual’s ISP in a 40 hour work week in which such individuals are not in school or supported employment. Integrated day settings must: 1. Allow individuals with disabilities the opportunity to interact with individuals without disabilities in a community setting to the fullest extent possible for the individual; and 2. Offer individuals with disabilities the same opportunity as do non-disabled individuals: a. To engage in non-work activities that match the interests, preferences, and goals of the participant; and b. To do so at times, frequencies, and with persons of their choosing during the day, when an individual is not working or receiving residential care or educational services. i. Integrated Day Services shall be individualized, flexible, purposeful, and productive daytime activities; shall be individually tailored to a person’s interests, abilities, and goals; and shall afford individuals the services and supports necessary to interact with non-disabled individuals to the fullest extent possible during the day. ii. Integrated Day Services must include an array of group and non-group activities and facilitate meaningful choice by individuals with I/DD between group and non-group activities. iii. Integrated Day Services shall not be services provided as part of a sheltered workshop, day services, group home, or residential service provider’s on-site program.
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Sources: Interim Settlement Agreement, Interim Settlement Agreement, Interim Settlement Agreement