State/Agency Information

This report describes the results from a survey of adults with developmental disabilities in Florida. The survey was conducted prior to implementing the Cash and Counseling program in the state. The research process and results are presented and discussed.

This report describes the results from a telephone survey in Florida. The survey was conducted prior to implementing the Cash and Counseling program in the state. The research process and results are presented and discussed.

The Cash & Counseling Demonstration gives Medicaid beneficiaries who are eligible for personal care services a consumer-directed allowance in lieu of traditional agency services. This report discusses the effects of this program on both the medicaid costs and personal care services recieved in Arkansas.

This Website, while Wisconsin specific, offers a Health Insurance guidebook that others might wish to use as a model. It is likely to be helpful to Family2Family grantees

The attachments are part of the Colorado Screening Tool ULTC 100.2 and include the Long Term Care Assessment For Instrumental Activities Of Daily Living Form And the Initial Screening and Intake Form.

The attached form is a copy of the North Carolina's assessment tool for the Community Alternatives Program for Disabled Adults program. There is also an example of Plan of Care form, AQUIP, provided.

The attached files are the instructions for filling out the Alaska Consumer Assessment Tool (CAT) and a copy of the tool. The form was designed to be an objective tool that is easily coded. Each subsection of the manual includes the “how to complete” instructions and the time frames in which to measure the person’s abilities. The design facilitates immediate eligibility determination by the assessor.

This report presents twenty-five case stories about the experience of adults with disabilities who receive the cash option in the Personal Preference Program in New Jersey. The report focuses on how “care units,” composed of consumers and/or representatives, paid workers, and counselors interacted around issues of consumer directed care.

This report focuses on workers’ compensation laws and systems as they pertain to domestic service workers. Workers’ compensation laws and regulations are reviewed, as well as promising practices in the states. Tables can be downloaded as one document or individually by topic.

This guide is designed to provide states and programs involved in consumer-directed services with a practical handbook on ensuring and improving the quality of services. This guide is based on a philosophy that the views of the major program stakeholders – consumers, families, program staff, regulators, funders – are the necessary starting point for the design of a quality system.