State/Agency Information

DDS is the agency through which the State of California provides services and supports to children and adults with developmental disabilities. These disabilities include mental retardation, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism and related conditions.

This is a Kentucky bill that was passed when a parent/advocate took her son onto the floor of the Senate and lobbied for its passage - this parent is one of the members of the Real Choices Consumer Advisory Committee. The bill defines self-determined funding and allows for a pilot project for individualized and self-determined funding.

The Quality Mall is \"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.\"

On August 13, 2002, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a letter to State Medicaid Directors highlighting promising state practices. It complements the letter Tommy Thompson sent to Governors.

A link is provided to the website for Wisconsin's Family care project. This project seeks to provide options for long-term care. In addition to the weblink, there is also a report on the program.

An alert is documented featuring the Kaiser Family Foundation State Health Facts Online \"This new resource contains the latest state-level data on demographics, health, and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation.\" The site link is also provided with information about the states.

This is The National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) report entitled State Assisted Living Policy 2002. This comprehensive report examines current regulations and Medicaid reimbursement policies for assisted living facilities in each of the 50 states. The report includes detailed comparisons of state policy and a summary of each state's assisted living regulations.

The Living and Working in the Community 2003 conference, sponsored by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), was held March 4-5, 2003. Participants included Medicaid grantees, consumers, advocates, Federal and State representatives, providers, and academics. The link provide here will direct you to the presentations from this conference. Topics include: Quality assurance, nursing facility transition, mental health, single point of entry, workforce issues and housing issues.

This handbook is a guide to help clients in the Client-Employed Provider Program better use the services available to them through the Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS) and to have a good working relationship with their employee/provider. This handbook includes examples of a job description and job application.

This is a memo from State to Nursing Facilities annoucing NFT grants. This includes information on the Independent Living Partnership, the Nursing Home Transition Grant, and the Hospital Discharge Planning Program.