Policy alerts, briefs, letters & papers

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

Standards required of Arkansas' fiscal management contractor. Includes descriptions of program deliverables and performance indicators.

Titled “Now You Have a Choice in Personal Care”, this tri-fold brochure was designed to be mailed without an envelope. The handout offers a program overview and provides a Request for Additional Information form.

This flowchart depicts the enrollment process for the IndependentChoices program in Arkansas.

Forms for Arkansas' IndependentChoices program. Source(s): Other, State Grantee

Includes a Backup Worker form, a Changing/Adding a Worker form, and a Worker Address and Phone Number form. In addition, there is an Employment Application and Personal Care Assistant Agreement form available.

An excel spreadsheet used to track a participant's hours of personal care and other expenditures for their monthly allowance.

Includes a self-assessment, self-assessment of personal care needs, and personal care assessment tools.

 This is Alabama's application for a Self-Directed Personal Assistance Services State Plan, used to implement their Cash & Counseling project.

Making use of data and knowledge sharing to drive benefits outreach, enrollment, and retention efforts promotes the efficient use of limited resources, states a new issue brief from NCOA's National Center for Benefits Outreach & Enrollment. Sharing data also can help enroll eligible individuals in more than one benefits program at a time.