People First of Missouri's Five Priorities:
During the People First of Missouri's conference, there was a presentation on the five priorities that the members had chosen to be People First of Missouris for the next year.
Here are those five priorities:
1. Transportation
2. Financial Wellness
3. Self-Determination: Being Respected as People and Allowed to Make Our Own Choices
4. Supporting Decision Making, Guardianship Education, and Awareness
5. Housing and being supported to Live where a Person wants to Live
At the July steering committee meeting, we focused on discussing the Supported Decisions Making, Guardianship Education, and Awareness priority.
Over the next couple of weeks, there will be a weekly online meeting where members will start the process of identifying what they want to concentrate on in each of the priority areas and begin to identify who to engage to be part of workgroups. The facilitator will use the LifeCourse Trajectory and Support star for these meetings.
Beginning this fall workgroups are going to be formed for each of these priorities.