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This study of the Cash & Counseling demonstration program for adults in the three participating states examines how a new model of consumer-directed care changes the way that consumers with...
Posted Nov 3, 2016
The following report presents twenty-four case stories about the experience of adults and children with disabilities who receive the cash option in the Consumer Directed Care Program in the state...
Posted Nov 23, 2016
This report presents twenty-five case stories about the experience of adults with disabilities who receive the cash option in the Personal Preference Program in New Jersey. The report focuses on...
Posted Nov 23, 2016
These brochures were used as marketing materials for the Cash & Counseling National Program Office during the project demonstration and replication.
Posted Nov 3, 2016
States are increasingly interested in the individual budget model for older Medicaid beneficiaries as a mechanism to improve responsiveness of benefits to beneficiaries’ needs and preferences and...
Posted Nov 3, 2016
Kevin Mahoney, Ellen Mahoney, and Michelle Putnam recently published Self-Direction in Long Term Services and Supports: The Cash and Counseling Demonstration and Evaluation Ten Years On,...
Posted Nov 12, 2019
This report documents the Replication States’ experience developing and implementing their new programs. The Grantees’ experience is divided into three stages: (1) planning, (2) design/development...
Posted Nov 21, 2016
We are excited to announce that the Journal of Gerontological Social Work has released a Special Issue devoted to key research on self-direction as a ten-year follow-up to the...
Posted Apr 4, 2019
Kevin Mahoney, Founding Director of the National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services (NRCPDS), led the member-only webinar, Unmet Needs in Self-Directed HCBS Programs. This...
Posted May 10, 2019
This paper presents findings from the Cash & Counseling demonstration in Arkansas. The report shows results from a survey of 1,739 elderly and non-elderly adults. The results include that...
Posted Nov 23, 2016
The Arkansas Department of Human Services submitted their Independent Choices Final Report (December 1998- March 2008) to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Arkansas was one of the...
Posted Aug 13, 2019
This article describes the importance of examining views from multiple key stakeholders involved in implementing CD programs. The report focuses on the three background studies that informed the...
Posted Nov 23, 2016
Two NRCPDS articles are part of the 2010 Public Policy and Aging Report: The Benefits of Consumer-Directed Services for Elders and Their Caregivers in the Cash and Counseling Demonstration and...
Posted Nov 17, 2016
This article focuses on the effect of Arkansas' Cash & Counseling demonstration on nursing facility use and expenditures. The results are compared to traditional Medicaid PCS and the affect on...
Posted Nov 23, 2016