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Person-centered planning empowers people to plan their life, find their voice, and work toward reaching their goals. It is used to create waiver service plans.
The goal of person-center planning is to support participants to be the center of planning their supports and goals.
Person-centered planning is really ensuring that the plan is developed with the person, for the person and by the person and so it really is a different way of thinking of how we create services and supports for people based on what the participant wants and not what the system has to offer.
Tony Green, Facebook Live, April 2020
Resources for Participants
Nebraska's Person-Centered Planning Initiative
DHHS - Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) encourages Person-Centered Planning.
- In 2020 DDD and the Nebraska Council on Developmental Disabilities (NCDD) began working together on an initiative to refocus on person-centered supports. This started with a series of webinars led by Dr. Mark Friedman.
- As part of the 2022 DHHS Business Plan, DDD committed to developing training and supports for using the Charting the LifeCourse (CtLC) framework for service planning. This framework is from the University of Missouri—Kansas City (UMKC).
Life Experience Quick Guides
Questions from each life domain for a specific age. Can be used by anyone to work toward their good life.
Charting the LifeCourse
Charting the LifeCourse (CtLC) is a tool for person-centered planning. It was developed by the Institute for Human Development at the University of Missouri - Kansas City, a University Center for Excellence (UCEDD). CtLC was created in partnership with many different stakeholders and has been used in many states for supporting person-centered planning and decision-making.
- A statewide kick-off was held March 9, 2022 for more than 290 stakeholders across Nebraska. A recording of the meeting is on the PCP Resources page, along with presentation materials.
- In April 2025 the National Community of Practice (CoP) was in Nebraska. They provided a Visit Summary to help Nebraska better support families.
- DDD continues to encourage the use of the CtLC framework.
PCP Champions: Dive into Charting the LifeCourse
DHHS hosts a discussion on the first Tuesday, every other month, at 3:00 PM, Central. This is led by Amy Callendar-Taft, a Service Coordinator Supervisor and CTLC Ambassador.
See the calendar on the DDD homepage for topics.
Anyone can attend. We want to engage participants, guardians, and providers.
Join Webex Meeting
Meeting number: 2484 319 0031
Meeting password: FQtsucjC343
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Attending training will:
- Empower participants, guardians, and family members in decision making.
- Deepen communication between Service Coordinators and participants, guardians, and family members.
- Strengthen relationships between service providers and participants, guardians and family members.
DHHS supports participants to advocate for themselves throughout their lives. Participants should choose their own services and supports. Person-centered plans include Charting the LifeCourse tools.
Closed captioning is available on all sessions.
For training done in partnership with the NCDD, an experienced translator provided live audio Spanish translation for webinars when requested. Translation was based on input from Jessica Gutierrez, Bilingual-Parent resource coordinator at Munroe-Meyer Institute and on our Project Advisory Committee.
Charting the LifeCourse (CtLC) translations are being developed. The CtLC website has the options for languages. There is a specific page of Spanish Resources.
This project was supported in part by grant funds provided to the Nebraska Council on Developmental Disabilities through Grant #2001SCDDNE, from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201. Grantees undertaking projects with government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official ACL policy.