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HCBS.org is the premier clearinghouse promoting the development and expansion of home and community-based services for people of all ages who depend on these supports to live in their homes and participate fully in community life. HCBS.org provides program developers, policy makers, researchers, funding organizations, advocacy groups, and others engaged in systems change with timely access to information, tools, data, and state-produced resources on best practices.
Originally part of the Community Living Exchange Collaborative (The Exchange) was a joint effort of ILRU (Independent Living Research Utilization) and Rutgers Center for State Health Policy (CSHP). The Exchange was funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) through grants awarded under the Systems Change Community Living Initiative launched in September 2001 and ending in September 2008. Due to federal policy changes, funding for HCBS.org from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will no longer be available.
Using tools from any or all of these categories, The Exchange works with individual Systems Change grantees to create customized TA strategies focused on accomplishing specific goals. With assistance from The Exchange a number of states are making impressive headway toward the day when people with disabilities of all ages will have real choice in where and how they live.
Currently, HCBS.org is funded with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Starting in June 2009, this site will be funded by a Corporate Sponsorship Program. Our Sponsors share a common interest in home and community based services and therefore they support access to the valuable resources inside the Clearinghouse.
There are many examples of the effective and enduring changes that are occurring throughout the nation to the benefit of people who do not want to spend their lives in institutions; the HCBS.org Clearinghouse strives to highlight these creative work and programs.
This is an exciting time in our country's history-an optimistic time for millions of Americans with disabilities who are finally realizing real choice in where and how they live. Our work in systems change is far from done-and all of the people and organizations associated with HCBS.org look forward to contributing our expertise, energy and enthusiasm to the overall effort.
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See also: Bio Sketches for the HCBS Team from the
Boston College Graduate School of Social Work
Boston College Graduate School of Social Work
HCBS.org is the premier clearinghouse promoting the development and expansion of home and community-based services for people of all ages who depend on these supports to live in their homes and participate fully in community life. HCBS.org provides program developers, policy makers, researchers, funding organizations, advocacy groups, and others engaged in systems change with timely access to information, tools, data, and state-produced resources on best practices.
Originally part of the Community Living Exchange Collaborative (The Exchange) was a joint effort of ILRU (Independent Living Research Utilization) and Rutgers Center for State Health Policy (CSHP). The Exchange was funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) through grants awarded under the Systems Change Community Living Initiative launched in September 2001 and ending in September 2008. Due to federal policy changes, funding for HCBS.org from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will no longer be available.
Using tools from any or all of these categories, The Exchange works with individual Systems Change grantees to create customized TA strategies focused on accomplishing specific goals. With assistance from The Exchange a number of states are making impressive headway toward the day when people with disabilities of all ages will have real choice in where and how they live.
Currently, HCBS.org is funded with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Starting in June 2009, this site will be funded by a Corporate Sponsorship Program. Our Sponsors share a common interest in home and community based services and therefore they support access to the valuable resources inside the Clearinghouse.
There are many examples of the effective and enduring changes that are occurring throughout the nation to the benefit of people who do not want to spend their lives in institutions; the HCBS.org Clearinghouse strives to highlight these creative work and programs.
This is an exciting time in our country's history-an optimistic time for millions of Americans with disabilities who are finally realizing real choice in where and how they live. Our work in systems change is far from done-and all of the people and organizations associated with HCBS.org look forward to contributing our expertise, energy and enthusiasm to the overall effort.
See also: Bio Sketches for the HCBS Team from the
Boston College Graduate School of Social Work
Boston College Graduate School of Social Work
HCBS / Clearinghouse for the Community Living Exchange Collaborative / (http://www.hcbs.org)