Transforming State LTSS Access Functions into a No Wrong Door System for All Populations and All Payers: Statewide Implementation

Post Date

May 15th 2015

Application Due Date

July 27th 2015

Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.

Funding Opportunity Number

HHS-2015-ACL-CCASD-NW-0110

CFDA Number(s)

93.048

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Income Security and Social Services

Number of Awards

6

Eligibility Categories

State Governments

Eligible applicants must be from one of the 25 states which received a 2014 Transforming State LTSS Access Programs and Functions into A No Wrong Door System for All Populations and All Payers grant. Applicants must be a state entity. Only one application can be submitted for a given state. Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship organizations are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $4200000

• Award Range:

  $700000 - $850000

Grant Description

The U.S. Administration for Community Living (ACL), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) have developed this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to assist states in the transformation of their existing publicly administered and publicly funded long term services and supports (LTSS) access functions into a No Wrong Door System of Access to LTSS for all populations and all payers (NWD System). The NWD System’s purpose is to help individuals access the long term services and supports they are seeking. The NWD System will make it easy for people of all ages, disabilities and income levels to learn about and access the LTSS they need. The NWD System will also provide states with a vehicle for better coordinating and integrating the multiple existing access functions associated with their various state administered programs that pay for LTSS. Most states have already developed programs that help consumers understand and access their LTSS options using various federal grants and authorities, such as Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) grants, Money Follows the Person (MFP) grants, and the Balancing Incentive Program (BIP). However, few states have transformed their existing access functions into a NWD System that reflect the functionality and operational capacity described in this FOA. Matching funds are not required.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  Administration for Community Living

• Agency Contact:

  Joseph Lugo
  Joseph.Lugo@acl.hhs.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Grants Policy

• Agency Email Address:

  Joseph.Lugo@acl.hhs.gov

• More Information:

  http://acl.gov/Funding_Opportunities/Announcements/Index.aspx