Human Services

This document, Use of Client-Employed Providers: Participant's Capacity for Self-Direction, provides a list of specific questions a case manager may consider in evaluating the individual's ability to employ CEPs.

This article is entitled: \"Mentally Ill Adjusting to Community Settings\". The article describes the personal experiences of people with mental illness who leave institutions to live in the community.

This audio conference was organized specifically to meet the needs of grantees who expressed interest in hearing more about two CMS-sponsored tools designed to help states develop and refine their quality assurance and quality improvement systems. The two tools are the Participant Experience Survey and Workbook.

The Compendium contains basic information about each of the Systems Change Grantees. Each section is alphabetical by state. Information for each state includes: the name of the grantee organization, the title of the grant, the type of grant, the amount awarded and fiscal year awarded, the primary contacts for each grant, the target populations to be served under the grant, the primary goals and activities of each grant project, and a brief description of the grant activities.

The Division of Behavioral Health Services is one of ten major divisions and four offices within the Arkansas Department of Human Services. The Division of Behavioral Health Services is responsible for ensuring the provision of mental health services throughout the State of Arkansas. Visit the website for additional information.

Arkansas is part of a demonstration project to measure the impact of substituting a cash allowance for Medicaid services from provider agencies. This report describes how the participants were randomly assigned to two groups, one that received Medicaid personal care through a provider agency and one that received a monthly cash allowance and services to help them effectively use the allowance, and their respective outcomes.

In these reports, the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) traces the budget issues that states confronted in 2002 & 2003 and examines how they addressed those issues. The report also describes long-term care legislation enacted in 2002 & 2003 and long-term care planning work that is under way in many states.

Article published in Psychiatric Services on Evidence Based Paractices in Mental Health Settings. Authors describe the rationale for using evidenced-based practices to achieve better outcomes for persons who experience mental illness

This site provides helpful information for the consumer regarding the state's Medicaid services and programs. The site is dividing into sections for providers, recipents, and the general public. The site provides general information on eligibility and programs.

This introduction to root cause analysis, and its adaptation to developmental disabilities systems, has been commissioned by the Human Services Research Institute (HSRI) in an effort to assist state DD program administrators enhance their risk management and quality improvement activities. It is designed to provide guidance on the use of root cause analysis to individuals charged with managing programs and larger systems that serve and support persons with developmental disabilities.