Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration

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Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration

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MFP Demonstration DSS is lead agency for CMS grant

$56 Million Dollars• $31 Million Federal Dollars• $13 Million State Match• $1 Million State Bond for Accessibility

Modifications• $11 Million in State RAP subsidies

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Goals of Demonstration

Reduce reliance on institutional care

Increase effectiveness and efficiency of the long term care system

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Two Programmatic Components

Design and implementation of a transition initiative moving people from institutions to communities and supporting them with community services for 365 days;

Design and implementation of infrastructure change initiatives supporting the State’s capacity to develop high quality care in the community.

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Number of People Transitioned by Target Population by Calendar Year

Elderly PhysicalDisability

MI MR ChronicCare

Total

PCA ABI IFS Comp

2008 10 6 1 5 1 1 0 24

2009 85 45 10 41 10 10 2 203

2010 78 41 10 41 10 10 14 204

2011 94 49 13 54 13 13 33 269

Total 267 141 34 141 34 34 49 700

Percentage 38% 20% 5% 20% 5% 5% 7% 100%

Transitions by Target PopulationTransition 700 People who have been institutionalized for at least 6 months

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Community Housing Options

Qualified Residences– Assisted Living– Apartment or own home– Group home with fewer than 4 unrelated

persons– Family home

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Qualified Services

A qualified service is any service that the State has committed to continue beyond the MFP demonstration year (first 365 days in the community after transition).

Qualified Services will be sustained by one of the following “target waivers” in year 2

– DDS IFS or Comprehensive Waiver

– Elder Waiver

– PCA Waiver

– ABI Waiver

– MI Waiver

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MFP Process

Selection Process – Must use MFP application/notice of interest– DDS WL/Olmstead – Contact Siobhan Morgan or Deb Duval

DDS case manager work with MFP transition coordinator to plan transition from institution to HCBS.

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Contact information

www.DSS.state.ct.us for more info

Dawn Lambert – Project Director, Money Follows the Person Rebalancing

Demonstration—DSS – [email protected]