FOCUS AREA – FREEDOM FROM HARM
Goal 1A: Identify, monitor and advocate for change in places where people with disabilities learn, live and work.
Maintain a regular presence at the Beatrice State Developmental Center (BSDC), including documentation available to us.
Maintain a regular presence at the Lincoln Regional Center (LRC) at least twice a month.
Monitor at least 20 settings where people with disabilities are segregated, isolated, and congregated.
Implement the Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of the Representative Payee Program.
Goal 1B: Investigate and respond to allegations of abuse, neglect and exploitation using a range of approaches to ensure that vulnerable people with disabilities are free from harm.
- Investigate and respond to at least 25 allegations of abuse, neglect, or exploitation through systemic advocacy, individual advocacy, limited advocacy, and self-advocacy assistance.
- Engage in two activities to address areas where public policy could strengthen protections from harm for people with disabilities.
- Investigate and respond to systemic inappropriate use of restraint and seclusion at the Lincoln Regional Center.
- Conduct three training and outreach activities to educate facilities and entities about the access authority of Disability Rights Nebraska.
