Alternatives to Guardianship
Rethinking Guardianship Alternatives Guides
Supported Decision-Making
- Beyond Guardianship – Supported Decision Making by Individuals with IDD-2012 (PDF version)
- DOJ Elder Justice Initiative, Free Online Training Course: “Finding the Right Fit: Decision-Making Supports and Guardianship“
- First in Families Supported Decision-Making (website)
- National Resource Center for Supported Decision-Making (website)
- Supported Decision-Making Agreement Samples (PDF version)
- Tool for Exploring Decision Making Supports (PDF version)
Other Alternatives
- Able National Resource Center (website)
- ARC NC: Guardianship – the ARC’s Life Guardianship page, describing their services and listing alternatives that should be considered.
- Disability Rights NC – Alternatives to Guardianship (PDF version)
- Health Care Decision-Making Authority: Who Makes the Decision? (PDF version)
- Health-Care Decisions Act Summary (PDF version)
- Independent Living Services for Foster Children through the NC Department of Health and Human Services (website)
- NC DHHS: Guardianship and Alternatives to Guardianship – resources from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
- North Carolina Advance Directive FAQ (website)
- North Carolina Advance Directive Healthcare Forms (website)
- Social Security Representative Payee Program (website)
- Two Different Types of Special Needs Trusts from the Special Needs Alliance (website)
- University of Missouri – Kansas City Institute for Human Development Charting the Life Course project