Person-centered planning is when a person with a disability is in control of their choices with the support and help that they choose. Autistic leader Nicole LeBlanc shares with Liz why person-centered planning is important.

To learn more about the National Center on Advancing Person-Centered Practices and Systems (NCAPPS), visit [ Ссылка ].

LIZ: Hello and welcome to another Tuesdays with Liz: Disability Policy for All! Today I have the great fortunate to be talking to Nicole LeBlanc, who is the Person-centered Advisory Leadership Coordinator and she's a friend of mine. So welcome, Nicole.

NICOLE: Thank you! It's great to be on your show.

LIZ: The first question is: I know that you're working for NCAPPS.

NICOLE: I just advise them.

LIZ: Um, project. What does is stand for and what is the purpose of the project?

NICOLE: NCAPPS stands for the National Center on Advancing Person-centered Practices and Systems. The project is a new initiative of the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services, CMS, and the Administration for Community Living. It was established with an initial 5-year plan for guaranteed at least 3 years’ worth of funding. The goal of NCAPPS is to support states, tribes, and territories in achieving the big dream of being truly person-centered.

LIZ: Thank you.

NICOLE: Even though some systems say they're person-centered, it doesn't always feel that way from the perspective of somebody with lived experience.

LIZ: Thank you. What does person-centered planning mean?

NICOLE: Person-centered planning, to me, is the idea that the person is the expert in the way they want and need to live. On what they need and want in their life. To be person-centered means to function in a way that creates a culture where staff and providers presume competence of high expectations and embrace the dignity of risk. Learning to let go is one of the things we must strive for. Like right now, there's been groups that are coming up with a definition of person-centered planning but it isn't really accessible. And the dream--the big dream is to move away from being systems-centered to person-centered.

LIZ: Okay, thank you. If people would like more information about the project, where should they go and learn about it?

NICOLE: To learn more about the National Center on Advancing Person-Centered Practices, you can visit our website at https/ncapps.acl.gov. Stay tuned for the launch of a social media website as another way to stay connected. And we have monthly webinars. And also as a part of this project we have subject-matter experts that are working on, you know, stakeholder engagement, providing technical assistance to states, tribes, and territories. And on our website we have plain language webinar summaries of all the webinars we do.

LIZ: Okay, thank you very much. This has been very informative, and very, very... I think this will make a lot of people get more out of person-centered, so thank you very much!

NICOLE: You're welcome. It's always great to be on your show.

LIZ: Tuesdays with Liz is a weekly video series that is in plain language, highlighting current issues in disability policy. It's hosted by me, Liz Weintraub, a long-time disability advocate, and produced by AUCD. We welcome your comments. Please contact: myself, Liz Weintraub, at lweintraub@aucd.org, or Rylin Rodgers, rrodgers@aucd.org. And it's produced by Jalyn Marks, jmarks@aucd.org.

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