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Promising Practices in HCBS: New York/Albany-HUD Financial Operations Center Partnership with Northeast Career Planning Under Javits-Wagner-O\'Day Program

This report looks at the Javits-Wagner-O’Day program, which employs people with disabilities to provide services for the federal government, through partnerships with local vocational support agencies. In the spring of 1998, the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Albany Financial Operations Center entered into such a contract with Northeast Career Planning (NCP), a non-profit, vocational rehabilitation organization. This report describes the implementation of that program.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50153

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Promising Practices in HCBS: New York State- Managed Long-Term Care Plan for Integrated Long-Term Care Services

This document provides information on VNS Choice, the New York long-term care program for older people with disabilities. Case managers work with healthcare and long-term care providers to coordinate participants’ Medicare and Medicaid services. The document discusses the intervention and implementation of this program. According to program staff, VNS CHOICE has reduced hospital and nursing home use among participants and has low disenrollment.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50146

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Families USA Updates Report on Economic Effect of Medicaid

Families USA has released Medicaid: Good Medicine for State Economies predicting the impact state Medicaid spending will have on business activity, jobs, & wages in 2005. The report argues that extending the $10 billion in fiscal relief provided by Congress to the states last year, through enhanced Federal participation in Medicaid, through the end of fiscal year 2005 would help strengthen state economies by generating even more business activity, jobs,& wages. Includes data for every state.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50140

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Summaries of the Systems Change Grants for Community Living - FY 2003 Grantees

The Formative Evaluation of the Real Choice Systems Change Grants evaluates how the Systems Change grantees are progressing towards meeting their goals. The Formative Evaluation identifies problems faced by the grantees and ways that they deal with the problems. This document provides summary information about each of the FY2003 Grantees.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50124

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Data Resource Center on Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) Website

This site provides data, tips and tools to use with data for states and families to help guide improvements in community-based systems of care for CYSHCN. You will find a variety of resources on this site - including an easy to use, interactive data query feature that allows users to view and compare state, regional and nationwide findings from the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50108

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Systems Change Grants for Community Living: Compendium Third Edition

The Compendium contains basic information about each of the Real Choice Systems Change Grantees. The Compendium will help you learn more about how these grants will be used to allow more people of all ages with a disability or long term illness to live and participate in their communities. Real Choice Systems Change Grantees will also find the Compendium useful to identify other Grantees with similar goals and activities. This edition of the Compendium replaces all previous editions.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50098

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Work Book: Improving Quality in Home and Community-Based Services and Supports

The HCBS Work Book is a technical assistance guide to assist state agencies with their HCBS quality improvement efforts. It provides step-by-step guidance on how to conduct quality improvement projects within the HCBS waiver program, and illustrates the principles of quality improvement in an easy to use format. The Work Book was developed for CMS by the Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern Maine.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50061

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