Money Follows the Person Quality Grant: The National HCBS Quality Enterprise: Assisting States to Achieve Enhanced Quality in a Rebalanced Environment

The summary for the Money Follows the Person Quality Grant: The National HCBS Quality Enterprise: Assisting States to Achieve Enhanced Quality in a Rebalanced Environment grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Money Follows the Person Quality Grant: The National HCBS Quality Enterprise: Assisting States to Achieve Enhanced Quality in a Rebalanced Environment: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is soliciting proposals from qualified organizations to improve the quality of HCBS programs through the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Project. The grant supports States' efforts to improve quality in a "rebalanced" long-term support system by offering $3.9 Million over 4.5 years in a competitive grant to a qualified organization. The grant supports States to adopt a strategic approach to improving quality across home and community-based services programs as they design and implement their rebalancing initiatives.

Federal Grant Title:	Money Follows the Person Quality Grant: The National HCBS Quality Enterprise: Assisting States to Achieve Enhanced Quality in a Rebalanced Environment
Federal Agency Name:	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Grant Categories:	Health
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	HHS-2009-CMS-RCMFTP-0002
Type of Funding:	Grant
CFDA Numbers:	93.791
CFDA Descriptions:	Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration
Current Application Deadline:	Oct 06, 2008
Original Application Deadline:	Oct 06, 2008
Posted Date:	Aug 07, 2008
Creation Date:	Aug 12, 2008
Archive Date:	Nov 05, 2008
Total Program Funding:	$3,900,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award:	$864,197
Minimum Federal Grant Award:	$864,197
Expected Number of Awards:	1
Cost Sharing or Matching:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: CMS will award one National HCBS Quality Enterprise grant to a qualifying organization to improve quality in a rebalanced long term support system. CMS will accept one proposal from each applicant to participate in the grant. The organization must propose a total demonstration period of no greater than 4.5 years, with three funding periods, Fiscal Years 2009 and 2010 consisting of 12 months each, and Fiscal Year 2011 consisting of 30 months. This grant opportunity is open to any organization with demonstrated experience working with States on quality in Medicaid home and community-based services programs. This experience is further defined as an organization that can demonstrate all of the following: -- Method of Technical Assistance: -- Recipient(s) of Technical Assistance: -- Focus of HCBS Authorities: -- Medicaid authorities: -- Focus of Technical Assistance Provision: -- Publication of HCBS Quality Manuscripts: -- Partner in the Development and Testing of HCBS Measures: Please see the solicitation for a description of each of the above. CMS expects to issue a grant award to a non-government entity for quality technical assistance activities. Faith-based and community organizations are eligible to apply.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Information not provided
Grant Announcement Contact: Anita Yuskauskas [email protected]
Anita Yuskauskas [[email protected]]
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