Rutgers/NASHP

On November 13th and 14th in Washington, D.C. teams from Kentucky, Florida, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, and Delaware and the District of Columbia participated in a Regional Housing Forum to increase understanding and shape the design and implementation of strategies that promote affordable and accessible housing choices for persons with disabilities. Forum participants generated recommendations for CMS and HUD to help support their systems change activities and improve housing choices.

This report describes Community Living Excahnge Collaborative's technical assistance needs assessment of the 52 Real Choice Systems Change grantees operating in 37 states and one territory (Guam). The report also describes the findings of the needs assessment.

These materials are from the national conference sponsored by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and held in Nashville on May 2-3, 2002. The goal of the conference was to provide an opportunity for information exchange among decision-makers in the design and implementation of quality management/improvement. This conference was designed to facilitate communication around quality management among state staff, federal agency staff, providers, and consumers/advocates.

This teleconference was intended to address grantees concerns regarding recruiting and retaining a committed and qualified workforce for people of all ages and all different support needs.