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Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Background
The Aging and Disability Resource Center Grant Program is part of the President’s New Freedom Initiative, which aims at overcoming barriers to community living for people with disabilities of all ages. A joint program of the Administration on Aging and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Resource Center program takes an important step towards meeting the AoA vision for long-term care:
- Affordable choices and options that promote independence and dignity for individuals
- Consumer control and meaningful involvement in the design and delivery of the programs and services that affect their lives
- Information that empowers people to make informed decisions
- Easy access to a range of health, long term care and environmental supports
- Support for family caregivers
- Assurances that people are getting the highest quality care available
The documents below provide additional background information on the Aging and Disability Resource Center Grant Program.
CMS funding for the ADRC program comes from the Real Choice Systems Change Initiative, part of the President’s New Freedom Initiative. For more information on other Real Choice Systems Change grant opportunities go to
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/home/medicare.asp or
www.hcbs.org.
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