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IndependentChoices Final Report: December 1998 – March 2008
03/16/2009 | Requests *Summary
Learn from 10 years of experience in administering the consumer-directed Cash & Counseling program in Arkansas. The report provides a candid history of the development, implementation, and lessons learned from the program. The author gives details on partnership development and use, changes in agency culture and operations, and data on outcomes, cost neutrality, and participant demographics. Also included are the 2003 and 2008 program budgets.
Author
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Keywords
Personal Assistant; Medicaid; Individualized Budget; Independent Living; Human Services; Formative Evaluation; Expenditures; Community Inclusion; Cash and Counseling; Caregiving; 1915c; 1115; 1915j; 1915(j); partnership; budget; cost neutrality; assessments; implementation
Topic
Aging Issues, Consumer/Participant Direction, Financing HCBS, Long-Term Care, Physical Disabilities, State/Agency Information, Waiver
Type/Tool
Data, Reports
Source
Arkansas Department of Human Services
State
Arkansas, All States/Territories
Date Created
03/16/2009
Contact
Arkansas Department of Human Services: Division of Aging and Adult Services
501-682-2441
501-682-2441
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* Reflects requests since January 1, 2007
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HCBS / Clearinghouse for the Community Living Exchange Collaborative / (http://www.hcbs.org)