Description

Assisted the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in accelerating its understanding of the challenges that states face related to the HCBS direct service workforce and offered potential strategies and solutions to address those challenges, including for individuals/family members hiring and managing their own direct service workers. The project also helped CMS understand and delivery HCBS to specific Medicaid-eligible populations, including youth with disabilities who are transitioning out of the foster care system, and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities living with and cared for by aging parents and guardians.

Contact
Barbara A Kleist
Director
Barbara A Kleist
Subcontract from
Lewin Group [Falls Church, VA]
Funder
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Staff

Barbara A Kleist :: Director, Entrepreneurial and Development Programs


Amy S Hewitt :: Director, Institute on Community Integration


Danielle C Mahoehney :: Community Living and Employment Specialist


Staff

Lynda Lahti Anderson :: Research Associate


Kristin Dean :: Director of Information Technology


Shawn C Lawler :: Web Developer


Staff

Amanda W Ryan :: Academic Technologist


Topics

  • Direct support workforce
    • Retention and recruitment
  • Community life
    • Consumer/self-directed services
  • Housing and residential services
    • Medicaid services (residential)