KANSAS

Grant Information


Name of Grantee
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, Resource Development
Title of Grant
Kansas 21st Century Long–Term Care Project
Type of Grant
Real Choice Systems Change
Amount of Grant
$1,385,000
Year Original Funding Received
2002

Contact Information


Brent Widick, Grant Manager
Docking State Office Building, 6th Floor
915 SW Harrison Street
Topeka, KS 66612
785–296–4723
BAZW@srskansas.org

Subcontractor(s)

Request for Proposal has been issued; subcontractor has not been identified yet.

Target Population(s)


Individuals of all ages with disabilities or long–term illness.

Goals


  • Develop a strategic plan to guide future systems change.
  • Investigate the potential of improved screening instruments for functional eligibility determination and de–institutionalization.
  • Enhance the Diversion project by providing short–term case management services to divert individuals who are at–risk of institutional placement upon discharge from a hospital.
  • Provide technical assistance to expand capacity to deliver community–based services based on currently identified needs, and needs articulated in the strategic plan, including increasing the systems' flexibility to accommodate both the unique needs of consumers and the state.
  • Develop and present effective education materials among the broad range of service providers and other long–term care stakeholders.

Activities


  • Convene a strategic planning task force comprised of relevant stakeholders to develop a 3 year action plan to articulate a philosophy and direction for systems change.
  • Implement new or modified long–term care level of care screening tools.
  • Establish a technical assistance pool to provide technical assistance to local service providers in developing local resources to meet the needs of individuals to remain in (or return to) and participate in the community.
  • Conduct professional development/continuing education programs aimed at changing referral patterns from institutional dependence to the fullest possible participation in the community.

Abstract


The Real Choice Systems Change project seeks to build upon the incremental improvements in long–term care, which Kansas has implemented through Medicaid home– and community–based services waivers. The primary purpose of the project is to make home– and community–based services as accessible to individuals with disabilities or long–term illness as institutional care.

A Strategic Planning Committee including consumer, provider, funding, and regulatory stakeholders will address legal, regulatory, and policy barriers to a community–first long–term care system, including funding issues, capacities of service providers to provide access to necessary supports and services, and employment related issues. The 3–year action plan seeks to expand self–determination by providing additional control over supports and services for all individuals with disabilities or long–term illness based on the premise of self–determination, independent living, and personal autonomy.

 

 

 

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