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This report provides a summary of how long-term services and supports (LTSS) are financed and describes factors that contribute to uncertainty of the future costs for LTSS, including changes in how LTSS will be delivered. Three projections of future LTSS spending for senior populations under different scenarios are offered. These scenarios differ based on projecting the number of people with varying functional limitations and the resulting need for varying degrees of LTSS.

This is the eighth consecutive year that state Medicaid officials were surveyed to track program trends. In addition to data on expenditures and enrollment, the report outlines policy enhancements and restrictions in all states and the District of Columbia. The resource ends with a discussion of current key Medicaid issues and perspectives of State Medicaid Directors.

Determining how to optimally balance our demand for the best health care with limited funding represents one of the most challenging policy dilemmas facing the U.S. To help understand how to best accomplish this task, the document authors forecast Medicaid expenditures and enrollment for the next ten years. The data are organized by enrollment groups and service settings/categories.

Working Well, the Texas Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment, tests whether health and employment-related services can prevent workers with serious health issues from becoming disabled and dependent on federal benefits. These Issue Briefs introduce the program and present participant data. Brief 3 examines healthcare support workers participating in the project who are at risk for becoming disabled themselves. The website has participant stories and further project information.

Federal data is used to describe the status of Americans with disabilities and their quality of life. The report measures indicators such as employment, education, health status and health care, financial security, leisure and recreation, personal relationships, and crime and safety. The authors also lay out a road map for the federal government to expand the national disability indicator set, as well as for installing the set into a key national indicator system.

The MD Department of Aging envisions the Maryland Access Point (MAP) website as a place where older adults and people with disabilities can find information about services and resources in the state. MAP supports the work of local Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRCs). Use this closed RFP as an example if your program is searching for assistance in website development and maintenance.

AARP Bulletin Online has compiled a state-by-state list of local supports to help you quickly access transportation in your community. More than 6,000 transit systems nationwide provide some form of service to older riders, from reduced fares to use of low-floor vehicles to personalized training sessions. This resource puts information about these options in one place.

Approximately 2.4 million young adults had a serious mental illness in 2006. To better understand challenges that will arise as these youth transition into adulthood, GAO was asked to provide information on the demographic characteristics of these young adults, how selected states assist them, and how the federal government supports states in serving them. The data come from national surveys, the Social Security Administration, published research, and site visits.

MAPP is the Wisconsin Medicaid Buy-In program, allowing qualified workers with disabilities to purchase Medicaid healthcare coverage. Find here several reports outlining enrollment and expenditure data, policies and activities. Also available is a report that evaluates the effectiveness of WI’s return-to-work programs.

This presentation summarizes the role of regional coalitions of multiple stakeholder groups in redesigning Wisconsin’s employment and long-term care systems. Stakeholders are the intended audience.