Developing and Implementing Self-Direction Programs and Policies
February 27, 2009 | Toolkit
This handbook explains how states can increase program participants' choice of and control over their services and supports.
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The Impact of Specialized Benefits Counseling Services on Social Security Administration Disability Beneficiaries in Vermont
April 1, 2004 | Journal Article
People who receive disability benefits from the Social Security Administration (SSA) have a high unemployment rate partly because they are afraid that, if they take a job, they will lose their benefits, especially their health insurance. One respons ...
Partnership Streamlines Care for Families with Disabled Children in Rural Missouri
August 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
From 1998 to 2002, staff at University of Missouri's School of Medicine developed and implemented the Missouri Partnership for Enhanced Delivery of Services (MO-PEDS).
Just in Time: Program Gives Emergency Help for People with Disabilities in Alameda County, Calif.
June 22, 2004 | Program Result Report
The County of Alameda Social Services Agency developed a "rapid response" program to provide emergency and short-notice personal assistance services to people who are disabled.
Kentucky Launches Consumer Directed Option for People With Disabilities
June 11, 2013 | Program Result Report
Kentucky launched Consumer Directed Option, giving disabled Medicaid recipients choice and control over their personal assistance services, including hiring workers and purchasing assistive devices, through the Cash & Counseling national program.
Minnesota Focuses on Attracting Older Adults to Participant-Directed Services in Medicaid
June 11, 2013 | Program Result Report
Minnesota increased enrollment of frail older disabled Medicaid recipients in Consumer Directed Community Supports, giving them choice and control over their personal assistance services, through the Cash & Counseling national program.
New Mexico Gives Older and Other People With Disabilities Control and Choice Through Participant-Directed Services
June 11, 2013 | Program Result Report
New Mexico launched Mi Via (“my path,” “my way,” “my road”), giving disabled Medicaid recipients control over their personal assistance services, including hiring workers and buying assistive devices, through the Cash & Counseling national program.
Pennsylvania Confronts Challenges to Create Stronger Self-Directed Personal Assistance Services
June 11, 2013 | Program Result Report
Pennsylvania launched Services My Way, which gives some Medicaid recipients with disabilities choice and control over their personal assistance services through the Cash & Counseling national program.
Cash & Counseling
June 11, 2013 | Program Result Report
The Cash & Counseling program created a cost-effective model of participant-directed services to improve the health of frail older adults and other people with disabilities and contributed to national policy change on participant-directed services.
Faith in Action
May 31, 2009 | Program Result Report
From 1983 to 2008, RWJF funded more than 1,700 projects across the country to support interfaith volunteer caregiving through three national programs.