PDD Important Actions

Fact Sheet

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  • The Government department, Alberta Seniors and Community Supports, has started changes to make the PDD program better.
  • The PDD program supports about 9,300 adults with developmental disabilities.
  • The Important Actions will make PDD better:
    • People will know how PDD works and services PDD will pay for
    • PDD will be fair and the same all over Alberta
    • PDD will help different needs and do good things for people
    • The program will be good with its time and money
    • PDD will be there for lots of years
  • PDD Community Boards work with other people to help adults with developmental disabilities. Some of these people are:
    • community people
    • families
    • guardians
    • workers in service agencies

Vision of the PDD Program (What PDD plans for the future)

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  • PDD wants people with developmental disabilities to be treated like all other people in Alberta.

Mission of the PDD Program (What PDD does)

  • Works with others
    • Families
    • Friends
    • Employers
    • Communities
  • To help people do things in their community
  • To help people do as much as they can on their own

Plan for Change

The Important Actions look at:

Clarity (To make clear)

  • The PDD program’s new Mission says:
    • PDD will work with others
    • PDD cannot be the only help for adults with developmental disabilities
    • PDD will help people to be involved in their community
    • PDD will help individuals do as much as they can on their own
  • PDD will have three main jobs.
    1. Help people live in a home
    2. Help people connect with others in their community
    3. Help communities be good at involving adults with developmental disabilities
  • The new mission and main jobs will make sure everyone knows what PDD’s work is and how they will help people.

Consistency (Done the same way all the time)

  • A rule was made that started on August 1, 2009. The rule tells who can get help from PDD.
  • The rule makes it easier to know who gets help from PDD.
  • The rule makes sure people wanting help are treated the same way all the time.
  • PDD will start to use a new way to make sure the needs of all people in PDD will be looked at the same way.
  • This will get help to people who need it.

Effectiveness (How well it works)

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  • The PDD program wants to make it easy for families to hire their own staff.
  • PDD wants to:
    • decrease the paperwork filled out by families
    • make it easier for families to change services when they need to
  • Many individuals being supported by the PDD program need special services.
  • Doctors say these people have two disabilities:
    • a developmental disability, and
    • a mental illness or physical problem.
  • The PDD program will work with others, to get better help for people who need special services.

Efficiency (How to work better)

  • The PDD program will look at how to do its work better, and with the community boards and with PDD agencies.

Sustainability (Keep it up)

  • When PDD starts to do these changes, the lives of people in PDD will be better.
  • The program will be there for lots of years.

The End

  • With these changes, and by working together with others, all Albertans can take part in our communities – both today and in the future.

Call Us

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To talk to PDD about the important actions, phone staff at:

  • PDD South Region Community Board: 403-381-5777
  • PDD Calgary Region Community Board: 403-297-5011
  • PDD Central Region Community Board: 403-340-5003
  • PDD Edmonton Region Community Board: 780-427-2817
  • PDD Northeast Region Community Board: 780-645-6417
  • PDD Northwest Region Community Board: 780-538-5115
  • PDD Program Branch: 780-427-1177

To call free, first dial 310-0000. Then put in the phone number.