Aging centers grant money

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FY 2008 Real Choice Systems Change and Aging and Disability ResourceCenter/Area Aging Grant RFPFri, 18 Apr 2008 09:11:00 -0500

Date: 04/18/2008

Subject: FY 2008 Real Choice Systems Change and Aging and DisabilityResource Center/Area Aging Grant RFP

Content: CMS has available approximately thirteen million dollars inavailable funding to continue to support States' efforts to addresscomplexissues in long-term care reform. In addition to approximately eightmilliondollars in Real Choice Systems Change Grant funding, CMS was alsoawardedfive million dollars for Aging and Disability Resource Center/AreaAgencieson Aging grants. The FY 2008 Grant Category: Development andImplementationof a Person-centered Hospital Discharge Planning Model.

The new grant solicitation will build upon the successes and directionofearlier Real Choice Systems Change and Aging and Disability ResourceCentergrant opportunities by providing targeted assistance to States' in theirefforts to improve hospital discharge planning through collaborationwith,Aging and Disability Resource Centers(ADRCs), Area Agency on Aging andCenters for Independent Living. Specifically, this grant opportunityfor FY2008 is designed to:

1. Promote the development and implementation of enhancedhospital discharge planning models that meaningfully engageMedicaid-eligible individuals with disabilities (and their informalcaregivers);

2. Increase the capacity of existing , and develop new,singleentry points (including ADRCs) to provide critical linkages to availablelong-term care services in the community and much needed supports forinformal caregivers themselves;

3. Inform CMS, other Federal agencies and Congress onnationalpolicy related to hospital discharge planning, person-centered planning,andcaregiver assessment.

States, territories and the District of Columbia are eligible to applyforfunding under this solicitation. Applications are due no later thanJuly17, 2008 and must be submitted electronically on the grants websitefoundbelow in the links outside of CMS. The full solicitation can also befoundin the links inside CMS above.