1. Serve as a Partial Guardian,
or Standby Guardian, as is necessary.
2. Serve as Trustee for a family
trust involving an individual with mental retardation and/or other related
developmental disability.
3. Retain professional investment
counsel to manage the trust funds.
4. Serve as a Representative
Payee for governmental benefits.
5. Attend the school Individual
Education Planning Team meetings.
6. Attend
Person-Centered-Planning meetings.
7. Attend work-place status and
evaluation meetings.
8. Visit group home or other
community residential settings.
9. Monitor Social Security or
Supplemental Security Income matters.
10. Monitor medical-dental concerns.
11. Provide outreach
advocacy in areas such as: transportation, recreation, and human rights.
12. Monitor Michigan Department
of Human services programs (e.g., Medicaid, Home Help Services).
13. Provide family estate
planning.
14. Maintain extended family
contact.
To enroll in the Etheridge Plan,
the family of a participant must join and maintain a membership with The Arc of
Oakland County or ARC Services of Macomb, Inc. depending on their county of
residence. The ongoing work of these organizations is vital to the continued
strength of the Etheridge Plan.
The costs for enrollment and
continuing Etheridge Plan services will be agreed upon in the