Since the development of the previous NC Person-Centered Planning (PCP) Manual in 2010, there has been a significant shift in our understanding of what person-centered practice is and how it must be implemented to better support individuals and families in achieving their unique vision of a good life. In 2016, a DMHDDSUS workgroup was formed to begin modifying the PCP Manual and accompanying PCP Template to better support our mission to advance PCP across our system of care. This diverse workgroup had subject matter experts from each disability and developmental age group, as well as individuals and family representatives with lived experience. From this work group, a more user-friendly Guidance Document and PCP Template was created to assist anyone responsible for developing person-centered plans.<\/p>\n
To support providers in meeting the standards as set forth in the PCP Guidance Document, a virtual, four-hour training introducing the key principles and practices of PCP was developed and required for all DMHDDSUS providers working in a program where the service definition includes PCP. This training was offered in a series of webinars in 2023 and then subsequently recorded and archived on the UNC Behavioral Health Springboard platform to ensure its ongoing availability.<\/p>\n
This PCP Resources website was developed to build upon the introductory training and provide you with a wide array of tools to support your implementation of PCP in day-to-day practice. Users of this website are expected to have completed the prerequisite training as the application of any tool is only as strong as they skill of the person who is using it. PCP tools are optimized when a user has had training to more fully embraces the core values and principles of PCP.<\/p>\n
While the development of the new North Carolina PCP Guidance Document has evolved only over the last decade, it is important to acknowledge that the state has a long history of working to support people using a person-centered practices framework. Starting in the early 1990s, part of the state\u2019s commitment to Thomas S. class members was to provide services using Essential Lifestyle Planning (ELP). In the late 1990s the state supported the use of Wellness Recovery Action planning (WRAP) as self-directed recovery tool for people living with mental health concerns. Additionally, the state supported training in several other models of person-centered planning, including Planning Alternative Tomorrows with Hope (PATH), Making Action Plans (MAPS), Circles of Support, and Person-Centered Thinking\u00a9. This history reflects a rich tradition of PCP models in North Carolina and across the country as a whole. While these models and tools may have been applied more consistently with certain populations or with youth versus adults, they ALL share the same core values and mission of helping people to live a good life as they define it and to maximize their self-determination, choice and control in all aspects of care. The intent of the PCP Guidance Document and this PCP tools platform is not to endorse any ONE SINGLE model. Rather, this website aims to help you build your very own PCP \u201ctoolbox\u201d by curating and collecting the very best of PCP tools from a wide variety of sources and organizing them for you in a single, user friendly and accessible web-based platform. They have been gathered from, or originated in, public information sources, national subject matter experts, leading PCP programs, research-based activities, lived experience recommendations, and North Carolina \u201chome-grown\u201d resources to support quality PCP practice, including core resources such as the PCP Guidance Document and Template.<\/p>\n
This website project has been made possible through the leadership of the DMHDDSUS PCP Project team and coordinated by the Yale Program for Recovery and Community Heath with support from a passionate cadre of PCP friends and colleagues around the country. We invite you to explore and utilize the diverse resources offered on the site. We hope you find them useful in partnering with the diverse individuals and families you serve as you walk beside them on their unique paths to recovery, wellness, and better lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
More About the North Carolina Person-Centered Planning Initiative Since the development of the previous NC Person-Centered Planning (PCP) Manual in 2010, there has been a significant shift in our understanding of what person-centered practice is and how it must be implemented to better support individuals and families in achieving their unique vision of a good … <\/p>\n