NEW YORK
Grant Information
- Name of Grantee
- New York Department of Health
- Title of Grant
- Real Choice Systems Change Grant
- Type of Grant
- Real Choice Systems Change
- Amount of Grant
- $1,385,000
- Year Original Funding Received
- 2002
Contact Information
Betty Rice, Director
Division of Consumer & Local District Relations
Office of Medicaid Management
One Commerce Plaza, Room 724
Albany, NY 12237
5184749138
brr02@health.state.ny.us
Gary Lind, Director
Office of Policy, Planning and Individualized Initiatives
NYS OMRDD
44 Holland Avenue
Albany, NY 12229
5184739697
gary.lind@omr.state.ny.us
Subcontractor(s)
SelfAdvocacy Association of NYS, Inc.
Personcentered planning experts
Target Population(s)
The Department of Health's project will target individuals of all ages and disabilities. The Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities will focus on transitioning persons with developmental disabilities from Intermediate Care Facilities (ICFs) to more integrated residential settings.
Goals
- Divert individuals who can live in the community from nursing home care; transition persons with developmental disabilities from intermediate care facilities (ICFs).
- Develop partnerships that foster collaboration between longterm care stakeholders in the community who are involved in advocating for, arranging for, or providing longterm care services. The partnerships will enhance existing information, assistance, and advocacy (IA&A) systems or develop new ones.
- Promote consumer independence, freedom of choice, and the ability to live in the most integrated setting appropriate to their needs.
- Identify barriers that impede individuals from living in the most integrated settings appropriate to their needs and develop recommendations for systems change.
Activities
- Fund consortia of longterm care stakeholders who will provide consumers, caregivers, and professionals, regardless of payer source, with comprehensive and unbiased information on available longterm care services and programs.
- Provide assistance to consumers in obtaining needed services.
- Provide advocacy services when needs are not being appropriately met.
- Partner with the SelfAdvocacy Association of NYS to provide information and peer mentoring to residents of participating
ICFs/DD.
- Help ICF residents, who so choose, to transition to more integrated community settings through a personcentered planning process.
Abstract
New York will conduct two related projects, each designed to help individuals with disabilities live in the most integrated setting appropriate to their needs. The Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
(OMRDD) will focus on transitioning persons with developmental disabilities from ICFs to residential settings. The Department of Health
(DOH) in partnership with other state agencies will focus on diverting individuals from nursing homes. DOH will award grant funds to applicants to develop new, or enhance existing, IA&A systems which will facilitate entry into communitybased care by providing consumers, caregivers, and human services professionals with accurate and impartial information and assistance in accessing New York State's broad spectrum of longterm care services. Proposals must demonstrate cooperation and planning between government, providers, consumers, and other appropriate longterm care stakeholders. Applicants from private and/or public communitybased organizations, as well as consumer organizations will be sought who have the capacity and experience to provide ongoing IA&A to persons, regardless of disability, age, or payer.