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Cash & Counseling provides a flexible monthly allowance (based on the consumer’s care plan or claims history) that consumers can use to hire their choice of workers, including family members, and to purchase other goods & services. A demonstration was implemented in three states-Arkansas, Florida, & New Jersey. Based on their experiences, this paper draws lessons on designing & implementing a Cash & Counseling program, to provide information useful to states thinking of adopting such a program.

This report is a product of collaboration between HHS and DOL in response to the requests from the U.S. Congress. Staff at these Departments worked collaboratively to share information and data pertaining to direct care workers in long-term care settings and to develop a joint set of recommendations for the future. This report includes information on informal caregivers, direct care workers, and paraprofessional direct services workers.

In this report, the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) traces the budget issues that states confronted in 2002 and examines how they addressed those issues. The report also describes long-term care legislation enacted in 2002 and long-term care planning work that is under way in many states.

The National Council on Disability (NCD) assesses the nation's response to the United States Supreme Court's decision in Olmstead v. L.C., 527 U.S. 581 (1999) that the unjustified institutionalization of people with disabilities is a form of discrimination.

The innovative site is an important component of the ADRC Technical Assistance Exchange, housed at The Lewin Group. ADRCs are designed to overcome barriers to community living for people with disabilities of all ages by streamlining access to long-term support services through \"one-stop\" resource centers. Twenty-three states and one territory have received grants to develop ADRCs. Also included here is a presentation of the major TA activities support for the ADRC grantees.

This report presents the findings of a survey of the 50 states and the District of Columbia conducted by the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy/NASHP Community Living Exchange Collaborative to identify states that operate single entry point (SEP) systems and to describe the characteristics of SEPs.

A link is provided here to a press release from HiSoftware Company, a content quality management solutions company. The press release announces that the State of Florida Governor's ADA Working Group will be implementing AccVerify, AccRepair and AccMonitor Server from HiSoftware Company to manage state-wide accessibility initiatives.

This manual offers local officials and affordable housing advocates tools for overcoming NIMBYism, or the Not In My Back Yard syndrome. The report answers questions such as: \"What is Affordable Housing\", \"Who Lives in Affordable Housing\", \"What Role Does Design Play?\"

As a result of the determination of one ordinary citizen, Karen Shidel, courts have issued a landmark ruling in support of growth management that has statewide ramifications. The Fourth District Court of Appeal has upheld the right of citizens to require local governments to follow their comprehensive plans. The newsletter explains the case in detail.

This report details the results of Flordia's Legarcy 2002 project. Legacy 2002 brings together 30 indicators of sustainability — longterm health and vitality, in all sectors — for Greater Orlando and Orange County. The report provides a summary of the results of this year’s report, presented as “Ten Key Findings.”