Aged, Blind, and DisabledMedicaid Eligibility Survey: State Summaries
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Systems Development for Family Caregiver Support Services - Lynn Friss Feinberg, M.S.W. (This link will appear to have errors at the top. Just scroll down.)
Chapel Hill Training Outreach Project for Children and Families
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CHECK OUT DDS New Jersey received a planning grant in 1997 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to participate in a three state national demonstration program to test the effectiveness of using a "Cash and Counseling" approach for the delivery of in-home support services by allowing elderly and disabled Medicaid-eligible recipients to direct and manage their own personal care services through a monthly cash allowance, participants in the demonstration work with a consultant to develop a cash management plan by which they decide the services they need and the individuals and or agencies they wish to hire to provide the identified services.
Alz Demo Alz Demo Background The program's mission is to expand the availability of diagnostic and support services for persons with Alzheimer's Disease, their families, and their caregivers, as well as to improve the responsiveness of the home and community based care system to persons with dementia. The program focuses on serving hard-to-reach and underserved people with Alzheimer's Disease or related disorders (ADRDs) in the state of Washington.
Welcome to the Utah State Family Council Family Councils are groups of parents working to improve the quality of life for people with disabilities and their families. They are set up on state, region and local levels and are organized and run by family members of individuals with disabilities.
CHCS Publications - Managed Care Best Practices Series
About the Center on Aging Founded in 1974, the University of Maryland Center on Aging is an all-university, interdisciplinary institution designed to foster basic, applied and policy research, education and public service in the areas of health promotion, disease prevention and human aging.
Senior and Disabled Services Division_411_034 The Independent Choices Program is a demonstration project which allows Oregon's Seniors and People with Disabilities Division to collect data relative to an innovative long-term care service option. This option is designed to enhance service to those Medicaid long-term care eligible consumers who are recognized as capable of becoming involved in developing a self-directed service plan, and controlling the implementation and management of that plan.
HCPF - Consumer Directed Attendant Support Program The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) is developing a new program which will enable people with disabilities to manage their own attendant services.
IndependentChoices Home Page IndependentChoices is a special project in Arkansas that gives You the opportunity to direct your care at home, by providing a monthly allowance in place of "Personal Care Services". The results of the project are shaping home services now and into the future.
Promising Practices Home Page Promising Practices Reports address initiatives undertaken by states and communities to improve home and community based services.
Policy Research Brief:Family Support for Families of Persons with Developmental Disabilities in the U.S. Published by the Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration (UCEDD) • College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota
Family NET Works A comprehensive online resource for disability-related information and supports specific to the needs of Maryland families that include a member with a disability.
Welcome to the Quality Mall Welcome to Quality Mall, a place where you can find lots of free information about person-centered supports for people with developmental disabilities. Each of the Mall stores has departments you can look through to learn about positive practices that help people with developmental disabilities live, work and participate in our communities and improve the quality of their supports.
2002.10.31: HHS APPROVES TEXAS PLAN TO ALLOW ELDERLY, DISABLED TO DIRECT THEIR OWN SERVICES HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today approved a Texas plan to allow seniors and disabled Americans receiving Medicaid home- and community-based services to choose and contract for their needs directly.
ACF OPRE CORE Publications and Reports - National Evaluation of Family Support Programs
Child Welfare Waiver Demonstrations
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