DuPage Family Disability Network

DFDN Minutes: 9/13/2006

October 17th, 2006

Meeting minutes are as follows…

DuPage Family Disability Network

Minutes

September 13, 2006

The meeting was called to order at 7:10 pm by president, Barb Petersen.

Guest speakers, Art Dykstra, Executive Director of Trinity Services and Barbara McGoldrick, Board Member of Trinity Services, were introduced. The pair then presented how they were able to purchase a home for Barbara’s son and how Trinity then provides support services.

The property was approved by HUD through the local housing authority and qualified for project based vouchers. With these vouchers, Harris Bank approved a mortgage and Barbara’s son’s Special Needs Trust own the house. Three additional residents live in the home and their rental payments go to the Trust from which the mortgage is paid. Since all of the residents are classified as mentally ill (MI), they are able to access funds from the Department of Human Services that go to Trinity Services which provides all of the necessary support services. Currently, there is money for MI supports, but there is no new money available if the individual’s diagnosis is developmentally delayed (DD).

Questions were entertained from the audience and the meeting was adjourned at 8:35 pm.

The next meeting will be on Monday, October 16, 2006 at 6:30 pm at the Lisle Public Library.

Respectfully submitted,

Mary Ann Ricketts

DFDN Secretary

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