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New Online Resource Center Launches to Advance Participant-Directed Services and Promote Independence for People Living with Disabilities
A new Web site, ParticipantDirection.org, offers a guide for policy-makers and advocates seeking to improve the lives of people living with disabilities. This comprehensive site, from the National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services at Boston College (formerly the Cash & Counseling national program office of RWJF), provides information on how individuals can direct their personal care services to best meet their needs. Interactive map: This new mapping tool allows participants and advocates to easily find out what programs and services are available in their state. Expanded library: NRCPDS has developed a searchable database of readiness reviews, presentations, issue briefs and more. Web resources from Cash & Counseling will also be featured on the site. Video features: Learn about participant direction first hand through compelling personal stories in the video series. Join the Network: Become a member of the growing number of participants, representatives and caregivers who are part of the National Participant Network. Learn more by visiting ParticipantDirection.org.

Aging in Place, Stuck Without Options

Summary: By 2015, more than 15.5 million Americans 65 and older will live in communities where public transportation service is poor or non-existent. That number is expected to continue to grow rapidly as the baby boom generation ages in place in suburbs and exurbs with few mobility options for those who do not drive. This report ranks metro areas by the percentage of seniors with poor access to public transportation, now and in the coming years, and presents other data on aging and transportation. Topic(s): Aging Issues Source: Transportation for America More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/3626

Forging a Federal State Partnership

Summary: Read a new ground-breaking study of the revolutionary changes in public policy toward persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities over the past fifty years. Topic(s): Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities, State/Agency Information Source: NASDDDS More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/3619

Health Reform Law Creates New Opportunities for States to Save Medicaid Dollars
Summary: Health care reform offers opportunities for cash-strapped Medicaid programs to save money and get extra federal dollars. Amid the budget shortfalls that most states are experiencing, state policymakers should carefully consider the new opportunities presented by health care reform and direct their resources to those that will both improve health outcomes and services and realize cost savings or efficiencies. Topic(s): Affordable Care Act (ACA), Aging Issues, Money Follows the Person Source: AARP Public Policy Institute More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/3625

Healthy Aging at a Glance

Summary: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Healthy Aging Program has released an updated version of its annual Aging At A Glance report. It addresses not only implications of an aging society, and opportunities for improving older adult health, but also how CDC and its partners are addressing these issues. Review the statics and success stories. Topic(s): Aging Issues Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/3620

Incentives for "Medicaid Works" Report - Virginia

Summary: How does the state of Virginia measure how financial incentives affect disabled workers' decision to work? To learn more, read this report which features a model used to predict behavior of individuals, budget costs, and related savings of the Virginia Medicaid Works program, along with the well-being of affected individuals. This frame-work will also be used to predict how proposed changes in the Medicaid Works program would affect behavior. Topic(s): Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities, Employment Programs, Medicaid Infrastructure Grant, Physical Disabilities, Sustainability Source: Grantee produced, Virginia More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/3618

Making Connections. Improving Lives: 2011 AoA Health and Dementia Grantee Meeting Resources
Summary: Looking to boost your healthy aging program? Find free tips on business planning, creating partnerships, using data to tell your story, tapping opportunities in Medicaid and health reform, and increasing consumer demand from our Center for Healthy Aging. The Center has posted presentations and resources from a recent grantee meeting for free download. Topic(s): Aging Issues Source: Center for Healthy Aging, NCOA More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/3624

Medicaid Work Incentive Network 2009 Exit Survey Results - West Virginia
Summary: How does the state of West Virginia evaluate the effectiveness of their MIG programs and services? Explore these exit survey results as well as corresponding conclusions and recommendations. This particular survey is mailed monthly to individuals after they leave the state's Medicaid Work Incentive Network; discover the variety of reasons. Topic(s): Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities, Employment Programs, Medicaid Infrastructure Grant, Physical Disabilities Source: Grantee produced, West Virginia More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/3529

North Dakota Benefits Planning Network Newsletters

Summary: Here are two examples of quarterly eNewsletters put out by the North Dakota Medicaid Infrastructure Grant. The state uses the newsletters to keep readers up to date on important and relevant information such as policy changes, recent research findings, upcoming events, and more. Use the attachments to learn more about how the state educates consumers. Topic(s): Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities, Medicaid Infrastructure Grant, Physical Disabilities Source: Grantee produced, North Dakota More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/3518

Responding to Community Health Needs within the Framework of the Affordable Care Act (ACA): A One-Day Symposium
Summary: The ACA creates a new framework to address community health needs as an integral component of the success of overall health reform. This symposium was designed to address current broad-based attempts to advance healthy communities and healthy living, which are less recognized contributions of the ACA than activities such as coverage expansion, health insurance regulation and reform, and changes in medical practice and payment. Learn more about the agenda and view the presentations. Topic(s): Affordable Care Act (ACA) Source: The Hilltop Institute More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/3623

The Fiscal Survey of States: 2011

Summary: While state revenues have increased from FY 2011, this National Governors Association and the National Association of State Budget Officers report finds that states still face a combined gap of over $75 billion for their FY 2012 budgets. The report examines state Medicaid spending and projects future costs associated with an aging population. Topic(s): Financing HCBS Source: National Governors Association and National Association of State Budget Officers More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/3627

The Impact of the 200709 Recession on Workers with Disabilities

Summary: Disability measures recently introduced into the U.S. Current Population Survey offer an unprecedented opportunity to track, month by month, the labor force status of working-age adults with disabilities in the midst of a major economic downturn. Over a one-year period, the number of employed workers with disabilities declined at a rate more than three times that of workers without disabilities, and the unemployment rate rose dramatically to levels far exceeding that of other workers. Topic(s): Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities, Workforce/Direct Care Source: Monthly Labor Review More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/3621

Training Needs Assessment Report: Paths to Employment Resource Center - Wisconsin

Summary: This needs assessment is one example of how the state of Wisconsin is working to achieve the goals of the Medicaid Infrastructure Grant and to strengthen its employment infrastructure for residents with disabilities. Within this report find input from consumers, employment service providers, advocacy groups, and other stakeholders as well as recommendations for for emerging training needs in order to best serve those involved in the community rehabilitation process. Topic(s): Consumer/Participant Direction, Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities, Employment Programs,

Medicaid Infrastructure Grant, Physical Disabilities Source: Grantee produced, Wisconsin More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/3532

Workplace Personal Assistance Services (PAS) for People with Disabilities: Making Productive Employment Possible.
Summary: This study explores the perceived value of workplace accommodations from the perspective of the individual users of PAS who had contacted the Job Accommodation Network (JAN). A follow-up survey assessed their perspective on the impact of PAS and other accommodations. The findings indicate that people who have considered or implemented PAS accommodations perception of work ability increases from being "Substantially Limited" with no accommodation to "Not Limited at All" with accommodiation. Topic(s): Accessibility, Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities, Medicaid Infrastructure Grant, Workforce/Direct Care Source: Journal of Rehabilitation More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/3622

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