Money
Follows the Person Rebalancing Initiative
Grant
Information
Name of Grantee
Maine
Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services
Title of Grant
Shifting
the Balance: Individual Choice and Community Options
Type of Grant
Money
Follows the Person Rebalancing Initiative
Amount of Grant
$750,000
Year Original Funding
Received
2003
Contact
Information
David Goddu
Financial and Resources Manager
40
Kennebec County
Augusta
207–287–6642
David.Goddu@maine.gov
Subcontractor(s)
Eileen Griffin, Project Director
Muskie School of Public Service
509 Forest Avenue
PO Box 9300
Portland, ME 04104–9300
207–780–4813
eileeng@usm.maine.edu
Target
Population(s)
Adults with mental retardation and
autism; adults with brain injury; persons with any type of disability in all
age groups.
Goals
Activities
Abstract
With this grant project, the Maine Department of Behavioral
and Developmental Services (BDS), with the Maine Department of Human Services
(DHS) as an active partner, will continue its current efforts to shift control
to the consumer and to shift services to the community. Each of the grant's
three goals responds directly to recommendations made by
For persons with mental retardation and autism receiving
waiver services, individual budgets are currently based on provider-negotiated
cost reimbursement, answering the question "What does the provider need to
support this individual?" rather than "What supports does the
individual need?" To enhance individual choice and control, BDS will adopt
a standardized assessment and budgeting tool that will be used to produce
consistent, fair, predictable, and truly portable budgets based on individual
need rather than provider need.
For persons with brain injury, many of the services
available are inadequate to make living in the community a meaningful option.
DHS will (1) analyze and test the feasibility of offering cost-effective
community options that redirect funding for individuals with brain injury to
more integrated settings and (2) develop strategies for stimulating new
community service options to support such individuals.
The two departments will work with
Products will include feasibility studies, implementation
plans, and sustainability plans. Major partners include consumers, families,
providers, and other State agencies.