Archived conference materials / Presentations

All CMS Real Choice housing grantee were invited to participate in this conference call in an effort to share the model of integrating services within a public housing setting. The call included presenters from the Housing Authority of City of Milwaukee & the Milwaukee County Department on Aging. The presentation focused on the Lapham Park Venture, a collaboration of partner agencies who provide a continuum of care for residents. This entry contains meeting notes and questions & answers.

This entry has materials from the 2004 Reinventing Quality Conference: Developing and Integrating Quality Initiatives to Improve Performance and Enhance Inclusion. The event was sponsored by the National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services, Human Services Research Institute, and Research & Training Center on Community Living . Over 20 presentations happened during the conference; topics include a variety of subjects and are listed in the keyword section.

NCHSD held its 4th Annual National Fall Technical Assistance Conference for Medicaid Infrastructure Grantees. This year’s meeting featured pre-conference regional gatherings, a day-long session on building public-private partnerships with employers, updates from our CMS partners, and a series of state expert panel presentations. Attached are the Fall 2004 Conference Edition eNews with highlights and promising practices plus the conference materials and presentations from every session.

This presentation from the November 2004 Gerontological Society of America Conference assesses the progress of 2003 ADRC grantees. The presentation includes the preliminary findings on Stakeholder Partnerships & Input, Business Operations, Streamlined Eligibility, IT / MIS, and Critical Pathways.

This presentation from the November 2004 Gerontological Society of America Conference discusses how the ADRC Iniative will develop a national framework for and implement a single point of entry system in states that will help streamline access to long-term care.

The Community Living Exchange Collaborative At ILRU has prepared this summary notes from the National Summit on Self-Determination and Cognitive Disabilities held on April 26-28, 2004. The notes provide an overview of how to: plan for risk, manage risk, optimizing independent functioning, organizing community, natural and peer supports. Each subject is broken into the tools needed, changes needed, solutions, and training needed.

ServiceLink is a NH statewide network of 13 regional offices & 50 satellites offices locally-administered, community-based resources for seniors, adults with disabilities and their families. Attached are the ADRCs program materials: overview presentation, evaluation framework, marketing plan, evaluation presentation, and customer satisfaction survey

On May 25, 2004 representatives from seven Connecticut towns gathered at the University of Connecticut A.J. Pappanikou Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities in Farmington to share ideas and experiences related to the inclusion of people with disabilities in the life of their communities. In attendance were representatives from the Model Communities of Bridgeport, Groton and New Haven, as well as four other community representatives from municipalities not selected for funding.

Presented May 2004 these slides speak to the issues of quality in the ever growing arena of HCBS services. Growth in funding and growth in people served in self-directed services presents challenges for assuring quality. The slides speak to CMS Quality Initiatives and the Quality Framework Focus Areas.

Presentation at the 2003 CMS conference this presentation summarizes the principles of effective coalition building which emphasizes how cross-disability consumers and advocates can work together and work with state policy makers to effect meaningful systems change.