State Plan Purpose FY 2013 Focus Areas
The State Plan serves multiple purposes:
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Documenting the tangible outcomes planned and achieved as a result of state long-term care reform efforts.
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Translating activities, data, and outcomes into proven best practices, which can be used to leverage additional funding.
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Providing a Blueprint that spells out the activities the state will undertake in modernizing its long-term care system.
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Building Capacity for long-term care efforts in the state.
It is the intent of AoA that States incorporate into the State Plan as many of their activities related to aging as possible, regardless of funding source. The plan should serve as a valuable tool for planning/tracking all efforts on behalf of older adults.
In responding to the focus areas, states are expected to discuss their leadership role in developing comprehensive service systems for older individuals, caregivers, and persons with disabilities served throughsingle point of entry projects. Such efforts should be client centered and allow older individuals and persons with disabilities to live as independently as possible in the residential setting of choice.
AoA is also interested in learning about how states are taking advantage of opportunities offered through the Affordable Care Act. Are there new activities taking place as a result of this funding? Have new partnerships materialized? Include information about any existing or new plans in this area.
State plans must include measurable objectives that address all of the focus areas below. In developing objectives consider the role these areas serve in optimizing the state’s home and community-based service system (HCBS). Questions to consider include but are not limited to:
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What are the state’s goals, initiatives and priorities for HCBS?
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What is the state’s current capacity (e.g., workforce, fiscal outlook, etc) to meet those goals?
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What challenges will the state face and how are these being addressed through the measurable objectives?
Data and other resources for developing measurable objectives/performance measures are available on the “Resource Links” section of this site.
1.) Older Americans Act (OAA) Core Programs - OAA core programs are encompassed in Titles III (Supportive Services, Nutrition, Disease Prevention/Health Promotion and Caregiver Programs), VI (Native American Programs), and VII (Elder Rights Programs), and serve as the foundation of the national aging services network. Describe plans to coordinate with the Title VI Native American programs, and strengthen or expand the Title III & VII services, as well as how they will be integrated with AoA discretionary programs addressed in Focus Area B below.
Specific resources to assist states in maximizing coordination and planning efforts in Core programs are available on the “Resource Links” section TASC Planning Zone:
2.) AoA Discretionary Grants – For each of the following AoA Discretionary Grant programs received by your state, develop measurable objectives that include integration of these programs with OAA core programs above (Focus Area A): Community Living Programs (CLP); Alzheimer’s Disease Supportive Services Program (ADSSP); and Evidence-Based Disease and Disability Prevention Program.
Note: For ADRC Discretionary grants, list your 1) Projected Objectives, 2) Partners, and 3) Budget leading to the statewide expansion of ADRCs and full integration with OAA core programs.
Specific resources to assist states in developing objectives for respective AoA discretionary grants are available at links below.
3.) Consumer Control and Choice – Making fundamental changes in state policies and programs which support consumer control and choice is recognized as critical focus for State Plans. OAA Title VII programs and services are designed to support this effort, and opportunities also exist for maximizing consumer control and choice in Title III and VI programs. Describe your planned efforts (measurable objectives) to support consumer control and choice across the spectrum of long term care services, including home, community and institutional settings.
Specific resources to assist states with building consumer choice and control into aging programs are available at the link below as well as on the “Resource Links” section of the TASC Planning Zone.
