2002 Real Choice for Systems Change Grants

NEW MEXICO

Grant Information

Name of Grantee
Human Services Department, Medical Assistance Division
Title of Grant
Individual Choices
Type of Grant
Real Choice Systems Change
Amount of Grant
$1,385,000
Year Original Funding Received
2002

Contact Information*


Carolyn Ingram, Director
Medical Assistance Division
PO Box 2348
Santa Fe, NM 87504–2348
505–827–3016
carolyn.ingram@state.nm.us


Subcontractor(s)

None.

Target Population(s)

All populations with disabilities.

Goals

Activities

Abstract

New Mexico is reforming its Medicaid long-term care service system, and this project will provide an important testing ground for strategies to provide individuals with resources and information on how to access services and make choices about their living environment and their provider of services. The project will include training on consumer-directed selection/management of providers and an advocacy and leadership training program for individuals with disabilities to lead systems change. This training will include the History and Philosophy of Disability, Public Policy (including the philosophical underpinnings of self-directed and community supports), State Policy Systems (including the State Legislature), Current Service Delivery and Available Resources, and Community Development and Organizing Strategies.

New Mexico plans to submit an 1115 waiver to integrate long-term care services and expand consumer choice opportunities to shift the existing bias from institutional services to community-based services and individual choice. This project's strategies will be integrated into the Medicaid 1115 Global Funding waiver that is projected to begin in 2003. The Individual Choices strategies will be implemented prior to the start of the 1115 waiver to enable consumers to better understand the 1115 waiver and make appropriate choices for care.

*Grantee did not provide updated contact information for this edition.