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.