Article Publication Date:
3/30/2006
Summary:
The Dept. of Health Care Policy & Financing awarded four grants totaling $125,000 to improve services to rural residents with disabilities in the areas of non-emergent medical and specialty transportation, adult day and mental health services. The programs are designed to remove transportation barriers, to increase the availability of psychiatry and to provide adult day services. This report summarizes program outcomes, analyzes the opportunities and challenges and outlines the lessons learned.
Types/Tools:
Populations:
Psychiatric Disabilities/Mental Illness; Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities; Physical Disabilities; Psychiatric Disabilities/Mental Illness
Sources:
Grantee produced
Colorado
Programs/Initiatives:
Real Choice Systems Change
States:
Keywords:
N/A
Telepsychiatry; Adult Day Services;
Contact
Laura Hershey
SCRC Project Administrator
Laura.Hershey@state.co.us
Phone:
303-866-5309
Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50879