This report from Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. reviews the Money Follows the Person (MFP) demonstration program for Medicaid aimed at transitioning individuals out of institutional care and into community-based care. This report summarizes the progress for the first six months of 2010, concluding that 2,844 transitions were reported with a total of 8,517 individuals enrolled in the program.

From the report:  

This report summarizes the progress of the Money Follows the Person (MFP) demonstration in all 30 grantee states (29 states and the District of Columbia) for the six-month period from January 1 to June 30, 2010. This summary is based on data and information submitted by state grantees in their mid-year 2010 progress reports, which were due in mid-September 2010.

Enrollment in MFP grew steadily over the first half of 2010. The cumulative number of people ever enrolled in the program as of June 30, 2010 was 8,517, just over a 50 percent increase from the cumulative number enrolled as of December 31, 2009, six months before (see Figure 1 below). Overall, states reported 2,844 transitions during the six month period from January to June 2010, 25 percent more than the number transitioned in the previous six month period. However, these overall numbers mask considerable state variation; cumulative transitions to date range from 31 in Delaware and North Dakota to 2,768 in Texas. Relative to the total 2010 annual transition goal of 5,774, MFP transitions during the first half of the year represented 49.3 percent of states’ overall transition goal. If states continue to make progress at the same rate for the rest of the year, the program overall is on track to meet the total transition goal for 2010.

Full Report: Money Follows the Person Demonstration: Overview of State Grantee Progress, January-June 2010 (PDF | 463 KB)

Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. (2011). Money Follows the Person Demonstration: overivew of state grantee progress, January-June 2010. Denny-Brown, N. Lipson, D., Stone, C., and Ross, J.