Related Massachusetts Reports and Activities

NEW!!-The Community First- Olmstead Plan- September 2008

Final Reports from the Massachusetts Real Choice and Independence Plus grants- 

"When CPIGs Fly- Meaningful Consumer Involvement in Systems Change," February 2007 (Adobe PDF version of booklet) 

"When CPIGs Fly- Meaningful Consumer Involvement in Systems Change," February 2007 (Text Version of booklet) 

NOTE: If you need the above booklet in a large format size, when you print it out in Adobe Acrobat, select 115% under the Print settings menu, and it will print the booklet at the correct large format size.  The content will still fit on an 8.5 x 11" piece of paper, however you may lose some border coloring in the process.

"When CPIGs Fly- Meaningful Consumer Involvement in Systems Change"- 

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Massachusetts Real Choice Pilot Evaluation- Final Report, December 2006

• Key Findings 
• Introduction 
• Outreach and Enrollment 
• Individual Budgets 
• Spending Plans 
• Support Brokerage 
• Fiscal Intermediary 
• Financial Implications 
• Participant Profiles 
• Appendix 1: Evaluation Scope and Methodology 
• Appendix 2: Participant Interviews 
• Appendix 3: Focus Groups with Community Liaisons, Workers and Caregivers 
• References 

Facilitated a workgroup of Executive Office of Elder Affairs (EOEA), Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS), Office of Clinical Affairs (OCA) and Aging Access Service Points representatives to develop an initial slate of quality measures and propose potential implementation strategies for those measures, presented in the following report entitled "Quality Framework for Frail Elder Home and Community-Based Services," April 2007

"Support Brokerage in the Real Choice Pilot: An Analysis of Experiences and Perceptions of Consumer-Directed Agencies' Staff," December 2006

"Diversion and Transition Services in the United States- Promising Practices and Options for the Future," May 2006

"Promising Practices: Managing the Care of People with Disabilites," October 2004

Developed a white paper entitled "Transforming Long-Term Supports in Massachusetts" (December 2003)

• PDF version  
• Large Print version  
• Screen Reader version