Housing Options and Obstacles for Individuals with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities – Part 2

12:00 p.m. – 12:10 p.m.

Welcome and Introduction

12:10 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Certified vs. Non-Certified Settings – What to Look for and What to Avoid

Options and How Family Situations Affect Options

• Certified group home

• Non-certified agency-owned group home

• Supervised apartment (agency or paid neighbor)

• Individuals own their home (LLC or SNT?)

• Functional level of individual determines need

Lisa K. Friedman, Esq., Law Office of Lisa K. Friedman

Speaker TBD

1.0 Credit in Areas of Professional Practice

1:00 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.

Intro to Housing Navigation Process

• Housing navigation – How does it work?

• NYHRC

• Address OPWDD and housing

• Support brokers and housing navigators

• How do you get it, and how is it funded?

Jonathan Maltby, Esq., J. Preston & Associates Inc.

Renee G. Schwartz, Esq., Goldman Schwartz LLC

1.0 Credit in Areas of Professional Practice

1:50 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Q&A

Co-Chairs

• Renee G. Schwartz, Esq., Goldman Schwartz LLC

• Lisa K. Friedman, Esq., Law Office of Lisa K. Friedman

• Amy C. O’Hara, Esq., Littman Krooks, LLP

• Ellyn S. Kravitz, Esq., Abrams Fensterman, LLP