A summary from the June 2001 symposium titled, “Independent Choices: A National Symposium on Consumer-Direction and Self-Determination for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities”. Major themes and outcomes are highlighted based on the dialogue from the various speakers including policymakers, program administrators, consumer advocates, service producers, and researchers. 

Squillace, Ph.D., Marie R. 

Medicaid; Individualized Budget; Fiscal Intermediary; Expenditures; Enrollment; Eligibility; Cash and Counseling; 1915c; consumer-directed models; consumer choice models; inventory of consumer-directed programs; policymakers, program administrators, consumer advocates, service providers, and researchers; policymakers; program administrators; consumer advocates; service providers; researchers; future directions for policy development; promote effective and responsive consumer-directed service systems; Europe; coalition building 

Consumer/Participant Direction 

Archived conference materials / Presentations, Assessments, Reports 

NRCPDS 

Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Commonwealth Northern Mariana Islands, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virgin Islands, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, All States/Territories 

01/25/2010 

Elizabeth Maguire
National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services

elizabeth.maguire.1@bc.edu
617-552-0562