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Implementation Issues For Consumer-Directed Programs: Comparing Views Of Policy Experts, Consumers, And Representatives

This article describes the importance of examining views from multiple key stakeholders involved in implementing CD programs. The report focuses on the three background studies that informed the Cash & Counseling Demonstration and Evaluation, as well as results from the first year of implementation.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/52229

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Implementation Issues For Consumer-Directed Programs: A Survey Of Policy Experts

Implementation issues discussed in this article are centered around how consumers, providers, payers, and policy makers are affected by consumer-directed programs. The information for the report was gathered through interviews with twenty policy experts from the aging and disabilities community.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/52228

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How Cash & Counseling Affects Informal Caregivers: Findings From Arkansas, Florida, And New Jersey

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.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/52227

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Overview Of The Consumer Direction Module

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.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/52225

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Participant Goal Setting Tool

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.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/52224

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