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
518–474–9138
brr02@health.state.ny.us

Gary Lind, Director
Office of Policy, Planning and Individualized Initiatives
NYS OMRDD
44 Holland Avenue
Albany, NY 12229
518–473–9697
gary.lind@omr.state.ny.us

Subcontractor(s)

Self–Advocacy Association of NYS, Inc.
Person–centered 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 long–term care stakeholders in the community who are involved in advocating for, arranging for, or providing long–term 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 long–term care stakeholders who will provide consumers, caregivers, and professionals, regardless of payer source, with comprehensive and unbiased information on available long–term 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 Self–Advocacy 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 person–centered 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 community–based 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 long–term care services. Proposals must demonstrate cooperation and planning between government, providers, consumers, and other appropriate long–term care stakeholders. Applicants from private and/or public community–based 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.

 

 

 

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