Integrating
Long-Term Supports with Affordable Housing
Grant
Information
Name of Grantee
State of
Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS)
Title of Grant
Expanding
Housing and Supports for Oregonians
Type of Grant
Integrating
Long-Term Supports with Affordable Housing
Amount of Grant
$828,232
Year Original Funding
Received
2004
Contact
Information
Mr. Gerald Stolp, Project
Co-Director
DHS, Seniors and People with Disabilities
500 Summer Street, NE, E-10
503-945-9785
gerald.stolp@state.or.us
Ms. Vicki Skryha, Project
Co-Director
DHS, Office of Mental Health and Addiction Services
500 Summer Street, NE, E-86
503-945-9722
vicki.skryha@state.or.us
Ms. Joyce Phelps
Assistive Technology Specialist
DHS, Seniors and People with Disabilities
500 Summer Street, NE, E-12
503-945-6742
joyce.l.phelps@state.or.us
Ms. Terry N. Mastin
Housing Supp. Ref. Specialist
DHS, Office of Mental Health and Addiction Services
500 Summer Street, NE, E-86
503-945-6722
terry.n.mastin@state.or.us
Subcontractor(s)
Tom Keating, Institute Director
Eugene Research Institute (ERI)
99 West 10th,
541-342-3763
Target
Population(s)
Medicaid-eligible individuals of all ages
with physical, developmental, and psychiatric disabilities.
Goals
Activities
Abstract
Over the years,
Expanding Housing and Supports for Oregonians will
implement infrastructure improvements to remove barriers that prevent people
with physical, developmental, and psychiatric disabilities from residing in the
community housing of their choice. The lead agency for the project is the
Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS). DHS is the single State Medicaid
Agency and manages the State Section 1915(c) Home and Community Based Waiver
and the Section 1115 Managed Care Waiver. The project is a collaborative effort
of two offices within DHS—the Office of Mental Health and Addiction Services
(OMHAS) and Seniors and People with Disabilities (SPD)—which will bring people
together on a cross-disability basis to formulate ways to integrate supports
with housing. The Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) Department will
actively participate in the grant, and meaningful involvement by consumers and
other key stakeholders will be ensured through the Stakeholders Coordinating
Council.
Grant activities include completing analyses of existing
and proposed resources and strategies, planning and implementing identified
infrastructure changes, developing resource materials to support changes,
providing training and technical assistance, and transitioning the grant
accomplishments to insure sustainability. The successful systems reforms will
be accompanied by modifications of service financing systems that reimburse
desired services. Evaluation will include both ongoing formative evaluation
throughout the project to ensure timely completion of project activities and
summative evaluation of project impact and effectiveness.