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To Support the Competitive Employment of People with Disabilities Section 203 of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act (TWWIIA) of 1999 directed the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a grant program to support State efforts to enhance employment options for people with disabilities. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is the designated HHS agency with administrative responsibility for this grant program. The Medicaid Infrastructure Grant program is authorized for 11 years, and $150 million in funding has been appropriated for the first five years of the program. The minimum grant award to an eligible state is $500,000 per fiscal year. The goal of the Medicaid Infrastructure Grant program is to support people with disabilities in securing and sustaining competitive employment in an integrated setting. The grant program will achieve this goal by providing money to the States to develop and implement the core elements of the TWWIIA so as to successfully modify their health care delivery systems to meet the needs of people with disabilities who want to work. The personal assistance services (PAS) determines whether States are eligible for MIG funding. Eligible States must offer services under the personal care services option (Section 1902 (a) (24) of the Social Security Act).
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