Minnesota's Self Determination Project's goal is to improve management and administration of services, service financing and design, access to services, and quality assurance. Outcomes will focus on consumers having increased choice of supports and control over supports. The project will focus on education, system redesign and technical development for individually controlled resources. The education component consists of assuring that consumers, their supports, and the community receive and understand information regarding self determination, how to make informed choices, person-centered planning approaches, quality assurance issues and other relative topics. The system redesign component focuses on evaluating current regulation and policy, identifying barriers and challenges, and working on changes that are necessary to make self determination a reality for persons with developmental disabilities.
Emphasis is on simplification, assuring health and safety, and supporting consumers.
Technical development for individually controlled resources Technical development for individually controlled resources will allow individuals to have control over their resources for purchasing individualized supports. Minnesota's Self Determination Project has emphasized technical development for implementation.