Person Centered Planning is the law in Michigan (Michigan Mental Health Code, 1996. A Person Centered Plan builds on your strengths. This means the plan looks at what you can do, not what you can’t do. A Person Centered Plan considers your needs, wishes, and desires in all parts of a your life.

With Person Centered Planning:

• You make your own choices and decisions
• Includes people who care about you: family members, friends, people with whom you work or go to school, and sometimes, paid helpers
• Helps you figure out the kind of life you want; the choice is yours
• Plans for your future, what you want to happen, when you want it to happen, and where your would like it to happen
• Finds supports to help you get where you want to be
• Works with you to make sure your plan is doing what you need it to do