Open Forum Getting Your Questions Answered March 8
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Open Forum: Getting Your Questions Answered March 8, 2004
Application Guidelines p p Available at www. cashandcounseling. org Provide a template for full proposal I. Title Page and Summary II. Body of Proposal Ø Ø III. Background Planning and Implementation Systems Support and Infrastructure Looking to the Future Attachments
Submitting the Full Proposal p Full proposals are due March 31, 2004 p Submit electronically to Kristin Simone via email simonek@bc. edu p Mail 5 hard copies of the complete proposal to the Cash & Counseling National Program Office
Getting Your Questions Answered p Contact Kristin Simone, Deputy Program Director, at 617. 552. 0620 or via email at simonek@bc. edu p General program information, research reports, and Frequently Asked Questions are available at www. cashandcounseling. org
Who is here to answer your questions? p The National Program Office p Barbara Schneider n n n p State Liaison Mentor Participated in site visits for the implementation analyses and quality projects Special interest in the role of the consultant and relationships to consumers and fiscal agents Barbara Phillips n n n State Liaison Mentor Responsible for analyses of the implementation of Cash & Counseling in Arkansas, New Jersey and Florida Provided TA for original states with respect to establishing budget neutrality for 1115 waivers
Who is here to answer your questions? p Tom Reimers n n p Kari Benson n n p Director of the Division of Volunteer & Community Services for Florida Department of Elder Affairs Served as project Director for Florida’s Cash and Counseling Demonstration and Evaluation Project Lead Administration on Aging staff for Cash & Counseling Program Policy Analyst with the Center for Planning and Policy Development at the Administration on Aging Stacy Dale n n Researcher for Mathematica, Policy Inc. Expertise in Cash & Counseling program’s impacts on service use, costs, hired workers and caregivers
Who is here to answer your questions? p Members of the CMS Self-Directed Task Force n Deidra Abbott: Acting Director Division of Benefits, Payments & Coverage p Oversees work related to the 1915 (c) waivers & state plan services p n Anita Yuskas Health Insurance Specialist for Division of Benefits, Payments and Coverage p Technical lead for self-direction and Independence Plus activities regarding 1915 (c) waivers p
Who is here to answer your questions? n Ed Hutton Technical Director, Division of Integrated Health Systems p Provides technical direction for 1115 demonstrations in DEHPG p n Marguerite Schervish Health Insurance Specialist in the Division of Integrated Health Systems within the Disabled and Elderly Health Programs p Concentrates in processing state applications for 1115 demonstration programs. p n Shawn Terrell Technical Advisor for Self-Direction p Assists CMS in developing self-direction initiatives for persons with mental illness and other disabilities p
How to Access CMS Please contact Anita Yuskas with any questions you may have regarding Cash & Counseling and CMS: n n ayuskas@cms. hhs. gov 410 -786 -0268 **If necessary, Anita will refer questions to the appropriate CMS staff member
Remember! p Full Proposals are due on March 31, 2004 p Frequently asked questions are available on the website at www. cashandcounseling. org p The audio archive, text transcript and the Power. Point presentation from today’s telecast will all be available on the website in the grant reference library p Contact Kristin Simone with any questions you may have at simonek@bc. edu or 617 -552 -0620
