INDIANA
Grant Information
- Name of Grantee
- Family and Social Services Administration
- Title of Grant
- Indiana Community Personal Assistance Services and Supports
- Type of Grant
- Community–Integrated Personal Assistance Services and Supports
- Amount of Grant
- $725,000
- Year Original Funding Received
- 2002
Contact Information
Kristen Schunk, Director
Bureau of Fiscal Services
Division of Disability, Aging and Rehabilitative Services
Indiana Family and Social Services Administration
P.O. Box 7083
Indianapolis, IN 46207–7083
317–233–3828
kschunk@fssa.state.in.us
Subcontractor(s)
Malone Consulting
Capitol Health Strategies
Target Population(s)
All consumers, regardless of funding source, if they are interested and an appropriate candidate (as determined by a physician).
Goals
- Creation of an enduring infrastructure to support consumer–directed personal assistance services.
- Educate older adults and persons with disabilities and their families or caregivers about these options.
- Assist consumers in recruiting and training providers.
- Expand services available through consumer–direction.
- Ensure that consumers are not abandoned in their privacy and independence, but welcomed and integrated into their communities.
Activities
- Provide outreach and information to increase awareness of consumer–directed personal attendant care services.
- Develop a consumer–directed personal assistance services model and the infrastructure needed to support it.
- Establish a fiscal agent process to ensure accurate and timely claims payment and/or system changes to the Medicaid contractor system.
- Provide enhanced training for state staff and local providers. Case managers will receive additional training on the newly designed consumer–directed attendant care model.
Abstract
This project is designed to maximize consumer choice and self–determination. The Family and Social Services Administration
(FSSA) will serve as the lead agency. FSSA will implement the following changes:
- Focus on systems change. Staff will create an enduring infrastructure to support consumer–directed personal assistance services.
- Direct services. No more than 20 percent of the total grant dollars will be used to directly fund consumer–directed attendant care.
- Collaborators and partnerships. FSSA, as the lead agency, will work closely with other state agencies, the CHOICE Board, the Arc of Indiana, the Indiana Area Agencies on Aging, Independent Living Centers, local advocates and other organizations to provide information, outreach, and establish statewide policies.
- Enhanced training. State staff and local providers will participate in enhanced training to promote consumer–directed care, person–centered planning, quality assurance, and fiscal agent coordination.
- Outcome–Based Reporting. Evaluations will be conducted on the timeliness, adequacy, and quality of the services provided, as well as the impact of care provided by self–directed personal attendants on quality of life measures.
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