Maryland

This site provides data, tips and tools to use with data for states and families to help guide improvements in community-based systems of care for CYSHCN. You will find a variety of resources on this site - including an easy to use, interactive data query feature that allows users to view and compare state, regional and nationwide findings from the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs.

The Compendium contains basic information about each of the Real Choice Systems Change Grantees. The Compendium will help you learn more about how these grants will be used to allow more people of all ages with a disability or long term illness to live and participate in their communities. Real Choice Systems Change Grantees will also find the Compendium useful to identify other Grantees with similar goals and activities. This edition of the Compendium replaces all previous editions.

Beginning in 2001 and continuing in 2002 and 2003, technical assistance for the Real Choice Systems Change grantees has been provided by the Exchange Collaborative team (combined efforts of ILRU and Rutgers University/CSHP). These documents provide contact information for the TA providers and two charts indicating which Exchange Team is responsible for providing TA to the grantees. In 2002 & 2002, TA was divided according to states. In 2003, TA was distributed according to theme.

The Maryland Technology Assistance Program was founded to establish a statewide, consumer responsive system for the delivery of technology related assistance to individuals with disabilities, under the Assistive Technology Act of 1998. This site provides helpful information for consumers and relevant, updated news stories.

This site provides information for the health care consumer and provider regarding medical care and mental health services provided in the state of Maryland including links to \"hot\" issues in the media.

This state homepage provides information and links to: government, education, community, employment, tax information, technology and tourism. Maryland's site also includes links to the Department of Disabilities and the Department of Aging.

Division of Rehabiliation Services (DORS) helps Maryland citizens with disabilities go to work or stay independent in their homes and communities. This site provides information and links to: Workforce & Technology Center, a comprehensive rehabilitation facility in Baltimore, One-Stop Career Centers, Disability resources, and the Client Assistance 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.

Presentation on Transitioning Non Elderly People with Disabilities from the Nursing Home to the Community for NFT.