Human Services

In the study described in this report, the authors used the Medicaid Statistical Information System (MSIS) files to examine the use and costs of Medicaid services for beneficiaries with mental illness in one state (New Jersey). This report includes an overview of findings on service use and costs for beneficiaries with mental illness compared with services for other Medicaid beneficiaries.

This paper — which is one of a series of Appendices included in the demonstration's final report — describes New Jersey's nursing home transition program, called Community Choice. Community Choice is one of the first permanent, publicly funded nursing home transition programs in the United States.

This paper — which is one of a series of Appendices included in the demonstration's final report — describes an initiative called One-to-One: Vermonters in Transition (One-to-One), is one of a series of nine case studies presenting results from the Demonstration.

This paper examines the role that states play in providing early childhood education. It reviews evidence on states’ level of support for pre-kindergarten programs, the quality and effectiveness of state-funded pre-kindergarten, and state efforts to build integrated, comprehensive, early childhood systems for children from birth through age five that have a focus on school readiness.

This paper — which is one of a series of Appendices included in the demonstration's final report — describes Texas' nursing home transition grant.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services   Using Medicaid to Cover Services for Elderly Persons in Residential Care Settings: State Policy Maker and Stakeholder Views in Six States Executive Summary

This paper — which is one of a series of Appendices included in the demonstration's final report — describes Florida's Nursing Home Transition Grant Project, is one of a series of nine case studies presenting results from the Demonstration. The case studies provide useful information as states consider nursing home transition efforts or implement nursing home transition programs.

This paper — which is one of a series of Appendices included in the demonstration's final report — describes Arkansas' Passages program. The case studies provide useful information as states consider nursing home transition efforts or implement nursing home transition programs.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Update of ASPE Activities Related to Community-Integration Executive Order for People with Disabilities