Money Follows the Person Quality Grant: The National HCBS Quality Enterprise: Assisting States to Achieve Enhanced Quality in a Rebalanced Environment

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is soliciting proposals from qualified organizations to improve the quality of HCBS programs through the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Project.

The grant supports States' efforts to improve quality in a "rebalanced"

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long-term support system by offering $ 3. 9 Million over 4. 5 years in a competitive grant to a qualified organization.

The grant supports States to adopt a strategic approach to improving quality across home and community-based services programs as they design and implement their rebalancing initiatives.

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Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration

Department of Health and Human Services


Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

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Estimated Funding: $3,900,000





Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
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Additional Information of Eligibility:
CMS will award one National HCBS Quality Enterprise grant to a qualifying organization to improve quality in a rebalanced long term support system.

CMS will accept one proposal from each applicant to participate in the grant.

The organization must propose a total demonstration period of no greater than 4.5 years, with three funding periods, Fiscal Years 2009 and 2010 consisting of 12 months each, and Fiscal Year 2011 consisting of 30 months.

This grant opportunity is open to any organization with demonstrated experience working with States on quality in Medicaid home and community-based services programs.

This experience is further defined as an organization that can demonstrate all of the following: -- Method of Technical Assistance: -- Recipient(s) of Technical Assistance: -- Focus of HCBS Authorities: -- Medicaid authorities: -- Focus of Technical Assistance Provision: -- Publication of HCBS Quality Manuscripts: -- Partner in the Development and Testing of HCBS Measures: Please see the solicitation for a description of each of the above.

CMS expects to issue a grant award to a non-government entity for quality technical assistance activities.

Faith-based and community organizations are eligible to apply.



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Agency Email Description:


Agency Email:
Anita.Yuskauskas@cms.hhs.gov

Date Posted:
2008-08-07

Application Due Date:
2008-10-06

Archive Date:
2008-11-05


Employers For Childcare Charitable Group (EFCG), a Lisburn-based charity, has been crowned top Social Enterprise at the Ulster Final of 2014’s Ulster Bank Business Achievers Awards. EFCG seeks to “make it easier for parents with dependent children to get into work and to stay in work.”






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