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Technical Assistance to States on Home and Community Based Settings (HCBS)

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

New Editions assists the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in the national implementation of regulations, particularly with regard to ensuring that beneficiaries receiving home and community-based services (HCBS) live and work in settings that are home and community-based and that are integrated into the community. In March 2014, CMS published regulations to improve Medicaid HCBS by providing increased guidance on person-centered planning and clarifying what protections must be in place when restrictions are imposed on individual rights.

Analytic Support for Administration for Community Living (ACL)

Department of Health and Human Services

Administration on Community Living

New Editions provides the Office of Program Evaluation (OPE) within the Administration for Community Living (ACL) analysis and technical assistance support. ACL strives to ensure that all people, regardless of age and disability, live with dignity, make their own choices, and participate fully in society.

Administration for Community Living (ACL) Data Restructuring

Department of Health and Human Services

Administration on Community Living

New Editions provides data design and analytical support to the Office of Performance and Evaluation (OPE) in the Administration for Community Living (ACL). ACL's mission is to maximize the independence, well-being, and health of older adults, people with disabilities across the lifespan, and their families and caregivers. OPE coordinates a range of data collection and analysis activities and disseminates data through a variety of modalities including the provision of the data portal “Aging Integrated Database” (AGID).

Money Follows the Person (MFP) Technical Assistance (TA) Needs Assessment

Screenshot of MFP Needs Assessment Dashboard

Money Follows the Person (MFP) Technical Assistance (TA) Needs Assessment is a survey that collects data on states' progress and TA needs in implementing the MFP Demonstration.

Money Follows the Person (MFP) Technical Assistance (TA) Tracker

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The MFP TA Tracker allows MFP-related professionals to track technical assistance requests and outcomes. It allows users to track assigned requests, reassign them to other users, add comments to requests and more.

National Clearinghouse of Rehabilitation Training Materials (NCRTM) Website

The National Clearinghouse of Rehabilitation Training Materials (NCRTM) website offers the vocational rehabilitation and education communities an opportunity to contribute new knowledge to their specific fields and gain visibility for their work.

Interagency Committee on Disability Research (ICDR) Website

The Interagency Committee on Disability Research (ICDR) website is designed to assist the ICDR in its goal to promote coordination and cooperation among federal departments and agencies conducting disability, independent living, and rehabilitation research programs. It provides information about ICDR activities, resources and accomplishments.

Money Follows the Person (MFP) Technical Assistance (TA) Website

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The Money Follows the Person (MFP) Technical Assistance (TA) website promotes promising practices and provides guidance on program improvement strategies in the areas of system performance and individual consumer outcomes for the MFP Rebalancing Demonstration.

Rural Housing Toolkit - Money Follows the Person (MFP)

Money Follows the Person (MFP) Demonstration projects across the country say that the biggest obstacle to successful transition is the lack of affordable, accessible housing. When someone chooses to use self determination to return home to a tiny community out in the middle of nowhere, the problem can seem exponentially more difficult. Coupled with lack of housing, there is typically a lack of formal services and limited (if any) public transportation.

Peer Reviewer Orientation Module

Online orientation training module developed by New Editions for peer reviewers for the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). The module was developed to assist individuals with understanding their responsibility and role in reviewing materials submitted by grantees of NIDILRR's various grants.