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Elderly and Disability Services Division

Marise McFadden, Director, 505-476-4706

Doyle Smith, Deputy Director, 505-476-4785

Click on the link above to email Ms. McFadden or Mr. Smith

The Elderly and Disability Services Division is responsible for the administration of the Coordination of Long-Term Services Program, the Disabled and Elderly Waiver program, the Personal Care Option program, the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), the Traumatic Brain Injury program, the GAP Program, and Mi Via, New Mexico's Self-directed Waiver program. These programs provide support to enable older adults and individuals with disabilities to remain in their own homes and communities or to return to their homes from a nursing facility or institution. The Division also advocates for each consumer to live in the least restrictive environment, and provides education and training for consumers, case managers, and direct service providers.

 

Goal

 

To develop a statewide, interagency long-term care strategic plan.

 

Objectives

  • To fully implement a Self-Directed Waiver (Mi Via) for our service populations.

  • To develop and implement an enhanced service delivery system for the traumatically brain-injured population.

  • To develop and implement an integrated home and community-based provider database.

  • To develop and implement an integrated consumer database.

  • To standardize the provider enrollment process for community-based service providers.

LINKS TO

 

Testimony by Daniel Bertoni, Director Education, Workforce, and Income Security, about Federal Disability Programs

 

2008 Southwest Conference on Disability

 

ARC's 2008 Convention in Albuquerque

 

Independent Living Centers

in New Mexico

 

Spinal Cord Injury Awareness

 

Traumatic Brain Injury

(TBI) Provides short-term services for persons of all ages who have had a traumatic brain injury

 

National Council on Disability report "Empowerment for Americans with Disabilities: Breaking Barriers to Careers and Full Employment"

RELATED PAGES

 

CoLTS program

(Coordination of Long-Term Services)

 

D&E Waiver

Serves persons who are eligible both medically and financially for the Medicaid institutional level of care

 

Personal Care Option

(PCO) Improves the quality of life for those with disabilities and health conditions

 

Mi Via

self-directed program for the elderly and individuals living with a disability

 

Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly

(PACE) Provides an integrated service delivery system

 

GAP Program

 

Money Follows the Person

 

All EDSD programs