Demo Waiver entries for Florida.

State:

FL ^viii*

Section ¹:

1115

Date submitted ⁱⁱ:

May 1996

Date approved ⁱⁱⁱ:

Oct 1998

Date started ^iv:

Mar 2000

Expiry date ^v:

Feb 2008

Name of project:

Consumer Directed Care Plus ^ix

Target group (eligibility) ^vi:

Aged/Physically disabled adults ^x, MR/DD adults, children with DD

No. slots:

6,000

Services covered:

HCBS waiver services and any others approved by the consumer's state program office (e.g. yard work).

Area covered:

Statewide (children with DD). Selected counties (other groups).

Further details:

FL participated in RWJF ‘Self-Determination’ project.
Approved under IP.

Florida Consumer-Directed Care Plus Waiver Operational Protocol (Dec 2003)
http://www.cashandcounseling.org/resources/20060118-095701/FLOptrtnlProtocol.pdf

Foster, L., Phillips, B. & Schore J.
Consumer and Consultant Experiences in the Florida Consumer Directed Care Program (June 2005):
http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/FLcdcp.htm