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The following posting contains many documents from the South Carolina Lower Savannah Council on Governments. Attachments include a description of planned grant activities and functional relationship graphics. There are three fact sheets which respond to questions presented at the 2004 National Association for Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) Conference: streamlining access, marketing and outreach, and information and assistance.

This report summarizes a study supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation examining how states are addressing declining enrollments in Medicaid by renewing outreach. A decline in Medicaid enrollments in recent years and the creation of the Children’s Health Insurance Program prompted many states to undertake renewed outreach efforts to those potentially eligible for medical assistance. The extent and nature of these outreach efforts, however, have varied widely across states.

This job description is for the New Hampshire Aging and Disability Resource Center seeking Advisory Group members. The role of the Aging and Disability Resource Center Advisory Group (ADRC) is to advise the State on the design and operations of the Resource Center.

This document provides a job description for a disability benefit specialist. The Disability Benefit Specialist is a highly specialized position. Benefit specialists are continually trained and monitored by attorneys knowledgeable in elderly or disability law.

The Heart of Central Texas Real Choice is a project of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission through a grant & collaboration between the Area Agency on Aging of the Heart of Texas, the Area Agency on Aging of Central Texas, & the Heart Of Central Texas Independent Living Center. The attached material contain a program overview, job descriptions, workbooks and other materials that explain the program.

In Sept. 2003, CMS released the first in a series of communications on home and community-based services (HCBS) quality. The purpose of this seventh in the series of HCBS Quality Communications is to share the most recent status report on the progress CMS has made in implementing the “CMS Future Actions for HCBS Quality in 2003 - Status Updates.” CMS recently provided this status report to the General Accounting Office (GAO), at its request. Letter referred to as HCBS Quality Communication #7.

In Sept 2003, CMS released the first in a series of communications on quality that transmitted a letter from Secretary Thompson to Senator Grassley and Senator Breaux regarding the “CMS Future Actions for HCBS Quality in 2003.” This letter is the most recent correspondence from Secretary Thompson to Senator Grassley and Senator Breaux transmitting a follow up report on the progress CMS has made in implementing. This letter is also referred to as CMS Quality Communication #5.

This letter dated September 11, 2003 is the first in a series of communications on quality in home and community-based services (HCBS). These communications will inform you of current CMS efforts, new technical assistance products, and future CMS activities related to improving HCSBS quality. This letter is also referred to as CMS Quality Communication #1.

About half of Medicaid LTC spending is for the elderly; the rest goes for services to non-elderly disabled people, especially people with developmental disabilities. There is wide variation in the resources states are currently devoting to LTC. In coming years, different rates of population aging may shift the financial burdens among states. One result may be growing interest in reassessing the federal & state roles in financing. This paper examines the implications for state Medicaid programs.

The Housing Finance Agencies (HFAs) created NCSHA as a nonprofit organization in 1974 to coordinate and leverage their federal advocacy efforts for affordable housing. NCSHA works on three federally authorized programs: Mortgage Revenue Bonds (MRBs), Housing Credit, & HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) program. The website offers news on housing, books, exemplary HFA Initiatives, advocacy and conference information and Industry Job Opportunities.