Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration
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Revised Protocol June 30, 2008 1
Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration
Revised Protocol June 30, 2008 2
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]