Federal Agency:

Department of Health & Human Services

Program Office:

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Funding Opportunity Title:

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

Announcement Type:

Initial

Funding Opportunity Number:

HHS-2009-CMS-RCMFTP-0002

CFDA Number:

93.791

Due Date For Letter of Intent:

08/25/2008

Due Date for Applications:

10/06/2008

Category of Funding Activity:

Health

Executive Summary:

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.

Funding Instrument Type:

Grant

Anticipated Total Funding Amount:

$3,900,000

Anticipated Number of Awards:

1

Ceiling on Amount of Individual Awards:

$864,197 per budget period

Floor on Amount of Individual Awards:

$864,197 
per budget period

Eligible Applicants:

  • Others (See below)

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.

Cost sharing and Matching:

None

Electronic link to full announcement:

Click on the following link: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/DeficitReductionAct/downloads/MFPQualityGrantSolicitationFinal8_08_08.pdf

 

If you have problems linking to the full announcement contact:

Name:

Anita Yuskauskas

E-mail address:

Anita.Yuskauskas@cms.hhs.gov