Arkansas

This article describes existing personal assistance service programs as well as information on the Cash & Counseling demonstration and evaluation. The program evaluation, including program design, technical assistance, and selection criteria, is discussed.

This article highlights the specific importance of consumer participation in the pre- and post-survey focus groups, and how that participation enhanced program planners' understanding of survey results, informed the design of the CCDE cash option program, and identified messages to include in social marketing materials for cash option consumers.

Focus groups in Arkansas were created to learn more about home health agency workers and paid workers of clients enrolled in IndependentChoices. This report provides information on workers' views about issues, as well as the similarities and differences between IndependentChoices and agency workers.

This presentation provides an overview of the Cash & Counseling design and research results.

States are increasingly interested in the individual budget model for older Medicaid beneficiaries as a mechanism to improve responsiveness of benefits to beneficiaries’ needs and preferences and to increase their ability to remain outside or leave nursing homes. This report describes 10 operating individual budget model programs that serve older persons and identifies four areas of program design that are of particular importance to the success of the individual budget model.

This brief describes the evolution of beneficiary-managed home and community-based services since the original demonstration and provides an overview of state activity as of January 2006. The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 gives states the option to use this model for an expanded range of home and community based services in their state Medicaid plans without having to obtain a waiver.

Forms are provided for designating a representative and screening a representative for Arkansas' IndependentChoices program.

A template used by Arkansas' IndependentChoices program and a sample report cover page.

Used for Arkansas IndependentChoices program, these templates are for Participant Summaries and Review Summaries.

This form is used for Arkansas' IndependentChoices program.