Individualized Budget

This report estimates the effects of Cash & Counseling on the caregivers who were providing the most unpaid assistance to adult beneficiaries when those beneficiaries volunteered to participate in the demonstration and completed a baseline interview. The caregivers in this analysis--identified by beneficiaries as their primary informal caregiver at baseline--were interviewed about 10 months later.

This report assesses the effects of Cash & Counseling on Medicaid beneficiaries' primary informal caregivers and describes the experiences of their directly hired workers. The abstract (free) and full report (subscription required) are available.

This is a presentation, from the 2007 Government & Vendor Fiscal/Employer Agent Workshop. An overview of the Consumer Direction Module, a web-based software application for supporting the delivery of self-directed services, is provided here. The CDM is designed to make communication among the program participant, support broker, Fiscal/Employer Agent and state administrator simple and efficient; permit ongoing, timely, and efficient monitoring; and enhance the delivery of self-directed services.

This tool was developed to help participants in Cash & Counseling programs set personal goals. There are three major objectives sighted for the process: To develop a structured process to ensure that the participants’ goals are clearly articulated and that the spending plan represents the needs and wishes of the consumer, to assure and improve quality at the individual level, and to use data collected for quality improvement at the program level.

A two page open ended questionnaire to help consumers determine what services and purchases will help meet their needs.

West Virgina uses this brochure with participants in their Personal Options program. The brochure covers financial management and resource consultant services.

This FAQ was developed for West Virginia's Personal Options program. It includes information on employer responsibilities and support services.

These talking points were developed for West Virginia's Personal Options program. They provide information on support services and the participant responsibilities.

This guide to self determination programs in Michigan provides information on person centered planning, service options, budget development, fiscal services and more.

A description of Florida's Cash & Counseling program implemented under an Independence Plus 1115 waiver amendment including information on organization and structural administration, reporting items, and benefits.