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Consumer/Survivor E-News, May 10, 2004 - National Mental Health Information Center

CMHS Consumer Affairs E-News
May 10, 2004, Vol. 04-56

CMS DISABILITY WING CALL ON SELF-DIRECTION

When: Thursday, May 13, 2004
1:00 P.M-2:30 P.M. EST.
Conference Room D
Due to interference on the conference line, we ask that you do not call-in on a cell phone.

To register for this call, please e-mail Janet Miller at jmiller2@cms.hhs.gov by May 11th. Upon receipt of your reservation, we will provide you with the toll-free-number and access code for the call and additional teleconference materials.

Please submit any advance questions you have to Janet Miller at jmiller2@cms.hhs.gov and we will try to incorporate them. Time permitting, additional questions will be taken at the end of each presentation and/or at the end of the call.

Tentative Agenda
1:00 - 1:05 P.M. Welcome, Announcements Janet Miller

Division of Partnership Development

The Strategic Prevention Framework is grounded in six key principles:

1:05 - 1:40 P.M. Self-Direction in Purchasing Rehabilitative Services for Individuals with Mental Illness or Mental Retardation

Shawn Terrell, MS, MSW
Disabled and Elderly Health Programs Group CMSO
1:40 - 2:20 P.M. Independence Plus. An Overview of Medicaid's Self- Directed Initiative (or Cash and Counseling Complexities of Individual Budgeting)

Anita Yuskauskas, Ph.D
Disabled and Elderly Health Programs Group CMSO
2:20 - 2:30 P.M. Questions

Partnerships Disability Wing Website Address:
www.cms.hhs.gov/partnerships/tools/outreach/default.asp.

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The Center for Mental Health Services is a component of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, United States Department of Health and Human Services.