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people safe, healthy, and happy while also providing learning opportunities to promote independence. SELF ASSESSMENT CHI Friendship uses the Self Assessment tool to learn about what people need to have in their lives, what they don't want, and what they would like. Through this assessment, we also learn about people's favorite activities and foods, as well as their dislikes. This assessment gives us a snapshot of people's view on the quality of their life. OUTCOME INTERVIEW Outcome Interviews help CHI Friendship discover the dreams, hopes, and desires of the people we support. Through this assessment, we learn: what is most important to people whether they are making choices about their lives whether they have control of their lives whether they are receiving the supports they want or need The Council on Quality and Leadership's 21 Personal Outcome Measures are used to complete the interview, and CHI Friendship has chosen to add a 22nd outcome, "People Express Their Spirituality." Each interview is conducted with the person supported and others who know the person best, if needed. Results are then shared with each person's interdisciplinary team and become the driving force behind the development of his or her supportplan. Not only does the Outcome Interview help us determine which outcomes and supports are present for each person supported, the data collected also allows us to implement company-wide practices that promote a certain outcome or support that is lacking for multiple people. VOCATIONAL ASSESSMENT The Vocational Assessment informs us of people's desire for employment and/or how they want to spend their days, as not everyone wishes to be employed, especially those of retirement age. The results reveal to a person's interdisciplinary team his or her dreams and goals, highlights from the previous year, learning opportunities, and supports needed. The team also uses the information to: review the person's schedule and ensure he or she has a meaningful day brainstorm ideas for job development and/oractivities determine areas of growth discuss, anticipate, and plan for potential challenges FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT This tool allows us to measure how well people understand their personal nances. It assesses a person's basic skills with money, such as the ability to identify denominations, rank coins and bills, or count change from a dollar, in addition to more advanced skills, such as the ability to independently use traveler's checks, understand concepts such as "to owe" or "to save," make a budget, and use/manage a credit card. It also evaluates people's ability to complete tasks related to nancial processes, including writing, reading, and math. Historical nancial information is also part of the Financial Assessment, which considers, for example, a person's history of insucient-fund checks, forgery, borrowing money without the ability to pay, and stealing. Any addictive behaviors and/or concerns with exploitation are also evaluated, as are any current restrictions (i.e., whether a person has a representative payee or whether a person retains his or her own checkbook). SUPPORT MEASURING CHI FRIENDSHIP /// chifriendship.com 3

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