Ensuring well-being

• Provide the support necessary to ensure the safety and health (protection from harm) of each person by administering medications, providing or arranging for routine health services, providing adaptive equipment, assisting in preparing well-balanced meals, and providing safe and well-maintained homes.
• Provide training in the prevention of abuse, neglect, and exploitation.

• Develop Essential Lifestyle Plans and Daily Maps that outline each person's lifestyle preferences.
• Provide the support necessary to help people participate in activities of choice and to expose people to a wide variety of new experiences. Look for opportunities to encourage choice making in each person's daily life.

• Provide opportunities for the people we support to increase social relationships and to develop and maintain friendships with people at KNI and in the community.
• Provide supports to people to maintain or reestablish relationships with their families and other members of their natural support networks.

• Provide opportunities for people to shop, attend recreational events, participate in jobs, and enjoy a variety of other routine and special activities in the community.

• Focus on each person's preferences, strengths, and desires in deciding how to best support that person.
• Honor personal preferences by helping people develop and follow individualized daily routines and obtain jobs that are consistent with the person's interests and preferences.
• Provide the support each person needs to live in a way that expresses personal preferences and individuality.

GOAL 1: PROVIDING EXCELLENT PERSON-CENTERED, CUSTOMER FOCUSED SUPPORTS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AT KNI

• Comfortable and homelike living environments
• Fewer people living together
• Accessible environments and access to adaptive equipment
• Increased and individualized opportunities for community involvement
• More and different opportunities for employment, including community employment
• People spending their time doing things they enjoy doing
• Promoting strong relationships with family members and community members
• More opportunities for affiliation and social roles in the community
• People who live here having opportunities to learn
• People who live here having responsive health care services
• Opportunities for older people to enjoy person-centered retirement options

GOAL 2: BEING A RESOURCE WITHIN KANSAS AND THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES REGARDING ISSUES AFFECTING PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

• Consulting with community service providers, including developmental disability services providers and others, in our areas of expertise:
  • Person-centered supports
  • Positive behavioral support
  • Adaptive equipment
  • Health care services
  • Supported employment for people with severe disabilities
  • Staff training
• Increasing collaboration with other organizations
  • Increasing contributions to outreach educational and training events such as conferences, university classes, speakers
  • Increasing educational and training activities provided to people at KNI, such is internships, opportunities for nursing students, Vo-Tech students, high school students, etc., to engage in learning activities at KNI
  • Collaborating with other organizations to promote acceptance of people with disabilities
• Increasing awareness of disability issues among policymakers and members of the public
  • Community members and legislators will know about KNI and the people who live here
  • Community members and policymakers will have a greater understanding of person-centered services
  • Opportunities to use the Internet to provide on-demand training to external community providers.
  • Explore on-line training to external groups

GOAL 3: BEING A POSITIVE AND COOPERATIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Employees working cooperatively and effectively together to meet the needs of the people we support
• Positive contributions of employees are recognized and rewarded
• Employees are treated fairly
• Employees treat each other with tolerance and respect
• A work environment that attracts skilled and dedicated staff
• Employees have opportunities for personal and professional growth
• Interested retirees have ongoing involvement in the work environment

GOAL 4: BEING A LEARNING ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES CREATIVE SUPPORTS TO ADDRESS EVOLVING NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES

• Providing creative supports to address evolving needs
• Addressing the challenges presented by supporting an aging population
• Expanding our use of technology
• Providing education and training on demand