This comprehensive body of work makes a major contribution to the design and workability of the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Plan. CLASS creates a voluntary, federally-administered insurance program to help individuals pay for needed assistance in a place they call home if they become functionally limited. These in-depth analyses from industry and academic experts shed light on critical issues and are pivotal for successful marketing and uptake of the program. 

Gitlin, Laura N.; Szanton, Sarah L.; DuGoff, Eva H.; Cohen, Marc; Gordon, Jocelyn; Miller, Jessica; Kelley, Marshall E.; Tucker, Susan M.; Simon-Rusinowitz, Lori; Loughlin, Dawn; Mahoney, Kevin; Corby Parker, Cathy; Wironen, James; Murphy, Mollie G.; Sel 

CLASS Act; Supporting Individuals with Disability Across the Lifespan at Home: Social Services, Technologies, and the Built Environment; The Historical Development of Benefit Eligibility Triggers Underlying the CLASS Plan; Understanding Long-Term Care Benefit Triggers: Contract and Implementation; The Independent In-Person Assessment Process; Elements of a Functional Assessment for Medicaid Personal Care Services; Determining Need for Medicaid Personal Care Services; Functional Assessment Processes for Medicaid Personal Care Services; How Did Cash and Counseling Participants Spend Their Budgets, and Why Does That Matter for CLASS; Debit Card Fundamentals and Their Use in Government Programs; Financial Management Services in Participant Direction Programs; Options for Getting Purchasing Power into the Hands of Participants: Lessons from Participant Direction Programs; Considerations for Debit Card and Cash Purchasing Mechanisms in the CLASS Plan; The “Own Your Future” Long-Term Care Awareness Campaign: Implications for the CLASS Plan; Employer Long-Term Care Insurance Market Participation Rates: Implications for the CLASS Plan; Long-Term Care Insurance Buyer Profiles: Implications for CLASS; Building Infrastructure to Support CLASS: The Potential of Matching Service Registries 

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