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$16 Million Available to States to Offer Assistance
on Long-Term Care Decisions
May 4, 2005 The Administration on Aging has about
$16 million they want to give to states to increase efforts in helping
senior citizens and others in making informed choices about long-term
care. They are seeking proposals from states that want to join the 24
states that received these grants in the last two years.
WASHINGTON, DC The Administration on Aging (AoA)
Assistant Secretary Josefina G. Carbonell today released a solicitation
for proposals to bolster state efforts to help consumers make informed
choices regarding their long-term care decisions through Aging and
Disability Resource Centers (ADRC).
The Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRC)
grants are part of the New Freedom Initiative, which brings several
federal agencies together to overcome programmatic barriers to community
living for the elderly and people with disabilities. ADRC grants help
states integrate their varied long-term support programs for consumers
into a single coordinated system.
Aging and Disability Resource Center grants offer
states the opportunity to create one stop entry points to long-term
support services, said Assistant Secretary Carbonell. These centers
can be visible and trusted places for information on long-term care
options, to help seniors and people with disabilities get long-term care
where they want it. This is the foundation for community-based care.
The ADRC grants are administered through a joint
effort of the Administration on Aging (AoA) and the Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency that administers the Medicare
and Medicaid programs. Under the ADRC program, up to twenty projects
will be funded for up to $800,000 over three years.
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Currently, a broad range of programs and services are available to
assist older adults and individuals with disabilities in need of
long-term support services. These services are supported by numerous
agencies and frequently have complex eligibility requirements.
Individuals seeking support services and their families often have
difficultly sorting through or even locating community-based services,
which may, in some cases, lead to unnecessary institutionalization.
The ADRC grants are designed to give states
flexibility in the development and administration of their programs.
Some states may utilize a single agency as the entry point to long-term
support while other states will establish centers with multiple sites
that may work together to ensure uniform access to long-term support
options.
Twenty-four states have received AoA and CMS ADRC
grants since 2003. States that received a grant from AoA and CMS in 2003
or 2004 are not eligible to apply for this funding opportunity.
Applicants must have the support and active
involvement of the Single State Agency on Aging and the Single State
Medicaid Agency. To be considered for funding, applications must be
received by the deadline of July 7, 2005.
For more information on the Aging and Disability
Resource Centers Grant program, please visit
www.grants.gov, the AoA web site at
http://www.aoa.gov or the CMS web site at
www.cms.hhs.gov/newfreedom/default.asp.
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