FRASER CONSULTING & ADVOCACY
PROTECTING FUTURES WITH KNOWLEDGE, PASSION, AND COMMITMENT.
FRASER CONSULTING & ADVOCACY
PROTECTING FUTURES WITH KNOWLEDGE, PASSION, AND COMMITMENT.
STANDING WITH
AND FOR YOU.
"Jadolphus is detail-oriented and dedicated to the well-being of his clients. His knowledge of [the California Code, Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC] and communication skills make him an excellent advocate...."
- Carol Behrens, MA
Grade A Advocate
To inform, educate, promote and strategize solutions with and for people with developmental, learning, mental and/or physical disability, and the elderly. Together -- with family members, legal guardians, attorneys and others challenged by plausible discrimination, complicated systems, poor service delivery, obstruction and/or violation of patient, client, educational, constitutional, civil and/or human rights -- we strive to obtain the care, treatment, supports and services needed and legally entitled. This is our Mission.
SERVICES
AVAILABLE NEW SERVICE in 2024
SELF-DETERMINATION PROGRAM (SDP)
Person-Centered Planning &
Independent Facilitator
for California Regional Center Clients
We are certified by Claudia Cares Consulting, Inc. (Sponsored by North Los Angeles Regional Center) to provide services to regional center clients eligible to enroll in the Self-Determination Program, according to WIC § 4685.8 and the Department of Developmental Services. As defined in WIC § 4685.8, “Self-determination” means a voluntary delivery system consisting of a defined and comprehensive mix of services and supports, selected and directed by a participant through person-centered planning, in order to meet the objectives in [his/her] IPP. Self-determination services and supports are designed to assist the participant [in achieving] personally defined outcomes in community settings that promote inclusion. The Self-Determination Program shall only fund services and supports provided pursuant to this division that the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services determines are eligible for federal financial participation.
All services listed below are available to individuals (conserved and nonconserved), parents, guardians, professional fiduciaries, SDP participants, businesses, attorneys, conservators, parents, or others.
EDUCATION and CONSULTATION
Providing information and guidance to clients regarding service needs, service requests, meetings, disputes, complaints, mediations, appeals, and fair hearings as it relates to some services for the developmentally delayed, mentally ill, and long-term care populations. We typically meet with clients telephonically or via video conferencing. When available and it is necessary, we may meet in person. We listen and discuss clients' situations, review and discuss rights, (e.g. statutes, regulations, patients' rights, client rights, bills of rights, civil rights, consumer rights, et al.), provide interpretation and feedback to reports and correspondence, and discuss paths to the best outcome and plausible reconciliation. We do this with our clients' full participation.
ADVOCACY
In addition to education and consultation, doing everything reasonably necessary and possible to bring about the best outcome for clients, including, but not limited to: Corresponding and/or meeting with the necessary persons or businesses in support of and on the client's behalf, with the intent to achieve an outcome that the client needs and qualifies, Conducting necessary research, Requesting needed assessments and services, Reviewing assessments, reports, and correspondences, Background checking existing and prospective service providers, Assisting in the locating of providers of needed services
CARE MANAGEMENT
Using an ethical interdisciplinary approach, connecting patients with appropriate services and healthcare providers, coordinating and overseeing the service delivery. Acting as a liaison between patients, legal guardians, social workers, family members, healthcare providers, and other necessary personnel. Ethically working closely with patients, their loved ones, and healthcare providers to identify and implement the best solutions to ensure the best possible delivery of professional care at home, in clinics, hospitals, nursing homes, and other settings where ethical healthcare may be adequately delivered. This also includes, but is not limited to: Monitoring patients' care by regularly visiting to inventory their quality of care and life, Advocating as needed to ensure continuity of person-centered quality and standard of care, support, and services. Coordinating the application for and delivery of care, needed services, and resources, not limited to entitlement programs. Reviewing care plans and medical records. Seeking solutions for health coverage issues.
BOOKKEEPING
Are you worried about the recording of routine day-to-day financial transactions? We are here to relieve you of that pressure so you can concentrate on other important things in your life and/or business. FCA takes care of all your transaction records including purchases, sales, receipts, and payments. Providing bookkeeping services to start-up corporations, small businesses, non-profit organizations, long-term care facilities, group homes, and more.
SDP PERSON-CENTERED PLANNING
Working closely with regional center clients and their support team to create the person-centered plan (PCP) that is necessary to create the Individual Service Plan (IPP) that is required for the Self-Determination Program. The PCP is created after the prospective SDP participant completes the SDP orientation through the State Council on Developmental Disabilities or the prospective SDP participant's respective regional center. The regional center covers the cost of the PCP after the PCP is delivered to the regional center.
SDP INDEPENDENT FACILITATION
Providing an array of services listed in the California Code, Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 4685.8, on a routine or as-needed basis, including: Making informed decisions about the individual budget, Locating, accessing, and coordinating services and supports consistent with the participant's IPP. Identifying immediate and long-term needs [and] developing options to meet those needs, Leading, participating, or advocating on behalf of the participant in the person-centered planning process and development of the IPP. Obtaining identified services and supports. The cost of the independent facilitator shall be paid by the participant out of the participant's individual budget.
FEE SCHEDULE
Our service fees are hourly, plus travel time, and hard costs. We do not accept insurance. An initial 30-minute consultation is free. We offer rate discounts to new clients referred by existing or former clients and attorneys. The following are completed before services are provided: 1. Services and supports are specified and agreed to in a written agreement. 2. Method and frequency of payment are agreed in the written agreement. 3. The agreed replenishing retainer fee is received (NOT APPLICABLE FOR SDP services),
In addition to the above, Fraser Consulting and Advocacy assists with regional center disputes (including 4731 complaints and fair hearings), gives presentations, and offers training. We also are available to testify in legal proceedings, including, but not limited to, mediations, appeals, fair hearings, and conservatorship investigations.
ABOUT US
FRASER CONSULTING AND ADVOCACY
Fraser Consulting and Advocacy (FCA) provides consultation, advocacy and care management for children and adults -- diagnosed with developmental disability and/or mental illness -- and the elderly living in long-term care or in need of in-home care management. We also offer bookkeeping services.
With a client-centered, integrated approach, we are passionate about helping clients who are experiencing difficulty accessing warranted services which they qualify and are available through, but not limited to, the Department of Developmental Services (Regional Centers), Department of Education (Schools), Department of Social Services, Department of Rehabilitation, Department of Mental Health, Department of Children and Family Services, Community Care Licensing and California Department of Public Health, Social Security Administration, Medi-Cal, and Veteran Administration.
FCA is strategic and committed to educating and helping clients surmount challenges, remedy problems and move toward improving their quality of life with dignity. We are passionate about improving accessibility, accountability, and coordination of services for our clients.
Jadolphus Fraser is the founder and president of Fraser Consulting and Advocacy. He is a Public Counsel trained Guardian AD Litem, a Self-Determination Program Independent Facilitator certified by Claudia Cares Consulting, Inc. (Sponsored by North Los Angeles Regional Center), former president of the Veterans Business Initiative of the Valley Economic Development Center, and a Navy veteran who holds both graduate and undergraduate degrees in psychology from Western American University, with certificates in professional fiduciary management for conservators and trustees from California
JADOLPHUS CW FRASER
State University, Fullerton, certified as a qualified intellectual disability professional (QDIP) by the Developmental Service Network. member of the Southern California Bioethics Committee Consortium and Long-Term Care Bioethics Consortium, Array Crew, and Veterans in Media and Entertainment (VME).
For more than 20 years, Jadolphus has been consulting, care managing, service coordinating, and advocating for clients to receive qualitative and warranted public, social, and healthcare services. The beneficiaries of the work he has done have been children and adults (conserved and non-conserved) diagnosed with mental illness and/or developmental disability and their natural supports, concerned parents, legal guardians, and wards of the state, who received care in the least restrictive environments, including by not limited to, private homes, supported living residential settings, assisted living dwellings, long-term care in facilities. skilled nursing facilities, and locked facilities, just to name a few. In many instances, he has worked closely with attorneys to procure needed services, treatments, care, and more that were being or had been denied or withheld for mutual clients.
Additionally, Jadolphus wide range of knowledge, resources, and experience stems from formal and informal education, fortified by occupations as a: behaviorist, counselor, parent trainer, case manager, service coordinator, intern marriage and family therapist, adult day program program manager, power-of-attorney, professional fiduciary representative, QMRP, intermediate long-term care administrator, executive manager, and entrepeur. He has been a member of a Regional Center forensic team and has overseen a community-based diversion program. As needed for some clients, he has worked in concert with Cout Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs) and provided consultative support to guardian ad litems and public defenders in children's, family, mental health, and criminal courts. A few of Jadolphus's former employers were: Sylmar Health and Rehabilitation, VA Greater Los Angeles Medical Center, Harbor Regional Center, Area Board 10, JDT Consultants, and United Cerebral Palsy of Los Angeles, VEDC, just to name a few.
CONTACT US
FRASER CONSULTING & ADVOCACY
22287 Mulholland Highway #5824
Calabasas, CA 91302
P.O. Box 260114, Encino, CA 91426
info@fraserconsultingadvocacy.com
Tel: (818) 493-9290