Reports

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.

A presentation of Utah's current activities to promote community integration and choices for long term care consumers.

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 question “How do we know cultural competence when we see it?” prompted HRSA to sponsor a project to develop indicators of cultural competence in health care delivery organizations. The tool is intended to 1)develop an analytic framework for assessing cultural competence in health care delivery organizations; 2)identify specific indicators that can be used in connection with this framework; and 3) assess utility, feasibility and practical application of the framework and its indicators.

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.

Final report of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health (issued July 22, 2003). The Commission is part of the \"President's New Freedom Initiative\" to eliminate inequalities for Americans with disabilities. The report outlines goals for mental health and recommendations for achieving them.

As part of its evaluation of the New Jersey Senior Initiatives Community Choice Counseling Program, the Center for State Health Policy at Rutgers conducted an evaluation of former nursing home residents who were discharged through the Community Choice Counseling Program. This report addresses clients' current living situation, use of informal and formal assistance, service deficiencies, satisfaction, and quality of life.

Included here is a Power Point presentation of Central Texas' Real Choice Project efforts. An organizational chart of the project can also be found here.

This paper proposes a major structural change to how health and human services are provided in New Hampshire that would correct the inherent problems caused by trying to deliver hundreds of safety net services to residents in 234 cities and towns through a complicated and fragmented system of regional centers.