Developing and Implementing Self-Direction Programs and Policies: A Handbook

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Article Publication Date: 
3/16/2009
Summary: 
The Handbook was developed to provide state staff, policymakers, service providers, program participants, and other stakeholders with a comprehensive source of information about participant direction programs and policies. Its primary purpose is to explain how States can increase program participants’ choice of and control over their services and supports. In addition to providing detailed information, the Handbook also provides links to additional web resources on the selected topics.
Article Author: 
O’Keeffe, Janet; Crisp, Suzanne; Doty, Pamela; Flanagan, Susan; Smith, Gary; O’Keeffe, Janet; Larson, Teri; Alakeson, Vidhya; Sutkaitis, Angela; Bezanson, Lee; Applebaum, Robert; Kunkel, Suzanne; Velgouse, Linda; Mahoney, Kevin; Simon-Rusinowitz, Lori
Topics: 
Consumer/Participant Direction; Quality
Types/Tools: 
Manuals; Toolkit
Populations: 
Fiscal Intermediary
Sources: 
National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services
Programs/Initiatives: 
Older Americans Act (OAA); Person Centered Planning
States: 
All States/Territories
Keywords: 
Long-Term Care; Information Technology; Enrollment
CDM; Consumer Direction Module; legal authority; counseling; communications; veterans; self-direction; Participant Involvement; Individual Budgeting; Fiscal/Employer Agent Services; cash and counseling handbook

Contact

Elizabeth Maguire
National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services
elizabeth.maguire.1@bc.edu
Phone: 
617-552-0562

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/51890