15 States Selected for Technical Assistance for Person-Centered Initiatives

ANCOR is sharing this announcement by the National Center on Advancing Person-Centered Practices and Systems (NCAPPS) as an update on our prior article announcing the creation of the Center.

As announced by NCAPPS:

“For up to 100 hours per year for up to three years, NCAPPS provides technical assistance to state agencies, territorial governments, and tribal governments to advance person-centered thinking, planning and practice to support people with disabilities and older adults with long-term service and support needs.

In February 2019, NCAPPS received 33 applications for technical assistance, and 15 states were selected for the first cohort. Technical assistance recipients work with national subject matter experts toward individualized goals focused on systems change to ensure the person is at the center of service organization and delivery.

[The 15 covered state agencies are:]

Alabama Department of Mental Health (DMH)

Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF)

Connecticut Department of Rehabilitation Services (DORS) State Unit on Aging

Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS) Division of Aging Services (DAS)

Hawaii Department of Human Services (DHS) Med-QUEST Division

Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Division of Medicaid

Kentucky Department for Aging and Independent Living (DAIL)

Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) Senior and Long Term Care

North Dakota Department of Human Services (DHS)

Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM)

Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS) Aging and People with Disabilities (APD)

Pennsylvania Department of Aging (DOA) Aging and Disability Resource Office

[Texas] Medicaid and CHIP/ Policy and Program Development/ Texas Health and Human Services

Utah Division of Services for People with Disabilities (DSPD)

Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS)”