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Single Point of Entry - Opportunities in Alabama

The Alabama Medicaid Agency contracted with The Lewin Group to conduct a single point of entry feasibility study. Lewin and the Alabama Medicaid Agency staffed a single point of entry work group composed of Alabama consumers and other long term care stakeholders; this work group guided the study. A literature search on SPE best practices and national initiatives was used to develop three possible models for the state, each of which presents an array of pros and cons.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/51031

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Money Follows the Person: State Approaches to Cost Effectiveness

This Discussion Paper summarizes selected approaches for analyzing the cost effectiveness of nursing home transition/MFP projects. It identifies questions that should be asked about the cost effectiveness of nursing home transition projects, discusses each question, identifies available national and state data pertinent to the question, and shows how states have answered these questions.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/51029

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Money Follows the Person Tool Box

This tool box is intended to synthesize information that is available from multiple sources about nursing home transition and Money Follows the Person (MFP) initiatives to help states prepare for the MFP Demonstration program created by the Deficit Reduction Act. Each chapter summarizes the state of the field in a particular MFP design component, such as identifying consumers, planning and implementing transitions from an institution, financing MFP, and evaluating programs and progress.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/51028

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Essentials of Housing Teleconference - September 2006

Guest speaker Linda Couch, Deputy Director of the National Low Income Housing Coalition presents federal housing policy updates. Topics include: HUD appropriations for the next fiscal year; proposed changes to public housing and the Section 8 voucher program (expanding the Moving to Work demonstration and almost eliminating public housing authority plans); current information on Low Income Housing Tax Credits, HOME, and CDBG; creating a National Housing Trust Fund, and other timely issues.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/51027

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Community Options- Development and Implementation of a Continuing Education Seminar

This presentation was developed by the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene as part of their Real Choice Systems Change Grant. The grant created and executed a Discharge Planning Resource Seminar to educate discharge planning professionals about basic Medicaid services as well as other State-run and privately-funded home and community-based services. The attached presentation reviews the progress, outcome and evaluation of the outreach efforts.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/51025

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Hiring In-Home Help: A Practical Guide for Consumers

This booklet can assist individuals when they need help to remain in their own homes as a result of an accident, prolonged illness, disability or frailty that comes with age. It also provides individuals with the basic tips designed to walk through the many facets of hiring in-home help or what many consider a \"consumer-buying guide\" for a certain type of care.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/51024

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Let\'s Learn Together: Personal Assistance Booklet

This booklet was created by the Montana Choice program for people who are either receiving personal assistance services in their home or those persons who deliver personal assistance services in the home setting. The content focuses on the relationship between the personal assistant and the consumer. The booklet is divided into two sections: What is Personal Assistance and Am I a Good Personal Assistant?

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/51023

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Utah Care Notebook

This Care Notebook is an organizing tool for families who have children with special health care needs. Utah created the book to help families keep track of important health care information, list providers and community organizations contact information, prepare for appointments and file and share health history. Utah Family Voices shared this guide so that other resource centers may use this as a template when developing a similar tool.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/51022

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Did You Know, Now You Know training

Provided by Family Voices of Wisconsin, this training is organized into two modules and designed to provide a comprehensive, primary overview of health care and community supports for children and youth. The overall goal of this initiative is to help families access services that will benefit their children. The goal is that one day, they won't hear parents say, \"Why didn't anybody tell me about this before?!\" Presentation slides and evaluations are included.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/51021

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