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Open Forum: Getting Your Questions Answered March 8, 2004

Open Forum: Getting Your Questions Answered March 8, 2004. Application Guidelines. Available at www.cashandcounseling.org Provide a template for full proposal Title Page and Summary Body of Proposal Background Planning and Implementation Systems Support and Infrastructure

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Open Forum: Getting Your Questions Answered March 8, 2004

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  1. Open Forum: Getting Your Questions AnsweredMarch 8, 2004

  2. Application Guidelines • Available at www.cashandcounseling.org • Provide a template for full proposal • Title Page and Summary • Body of Proposal • Background • Planning and Implementation • Systems Support and Infrastructure • Looking to the Future • Attachments

  3. Submitting the Full Proposal • Full proposals are due March 31, 2004 • Submit electronically to Kristin Simone via email simonek@bc.edu • Mail 5 hard copies of the complete proposal to the Cash & Counseling National Program Office

  4. Getting Your Questions Answered • Contact Kristin Simone, Deputy Program Director, at 617.552.0620 or via email at simonek@bc.edu • General program information, research reports, and Frequently Asked Questions are available at www.cashandcounseling.org

  5. Who is here to answer your questions? • The National Program Office • Barbara Schneider • 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 • 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

  6. Who is here to answer your questions? • Tom Reimers • 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 • Kari Benson • 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 • Researcher for Mathematica, Policy Inc. • Expertise in Cash & Counseling program’s impacts on service use, costs, hired workers and caregivers

  7. Who is here to answer your questions? • Members of the CMS Self-Directed Task Force • Deidra Abbott: • Acting Director Division of Benefits, Payments & Coverage • Oversees work related to the 1915 (c) waivers & state plan services • Anita Yuskauskas • Health Insurance Specialist for Division of Benefits, Payments and Coverage • Technical lead for self-direction and Independence Plus activities regarding 1915 (c) waivers

  8. Who is here to answer your questions? • Ed Hutton • Technical Director, Division of Integrated Health Systems • Provides technical direction for 1115 demonstrations in DEHPG • Marguerite Schervish • Health Insurance Specialist in the Division of Integrated Health Systems within the Disabled and Elderly Health Programs • Concentrates in processing state applications for 1115 demonstration programs. • Shawn Terrell • Technical Advisor for Self-Direction • Assists CMS in developing self-direction initiatives for persons with mental illness and other disabilities

  9. How to Access CMS Please contact Anita Yuskauskas with any questions you may have regarding Cash & Counseling and CMS: • ayuskauskas@cms.hhs.gov • 410-786-0268 **If necessary, Anita will refer questions to the appropriate CMS staff member

  10. Remember! • Full Proposals are due on March 31, 2004 • Frequently asked questions are available on the website at www.cashandcounseling.org • The audio archive, text transcript and the PowerPoint presentation from today’s telecast will all be available on the website in the grant reference library • Contact Kristin Simone with any questions you may have at simonek@bc.edu or 617-552-0620

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