HCBS Quality Improvement Funding Announced for Adult Daily Living and Specialized Medical Equipment and Supplies - RCPA
The Department of Human Services (DHS) Office of Long-Term Living (OLTL) has developed a funding opportunity under an approved home and community-based services (HCBS) spending plan that includes the two following HCBS provider types:
OLTL will provide the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to these enrolled providers to strengthen HCBS. Consistent with the original announcement, the purpose of the funding opportunity is for the implementation of quality improvement projects by HCBS providers to improve the services available to HCBS participants through the Community HealthChoices (CHC) and OBRA 1915(c) waivers. More specifically, this funding opportunity is focused on supplementing activities in a manner that improves and strengthens the quality of HCBS services. The use of the ARPA funding, however, is limited to those activities that supplement HCBS services rather than supplant the existing services.
DHS will provide funding of up to forty thousand dollars ($40,000) per approved request submission to qualified providers. DHS will approve funding on a one-time basis to each qualified provider and will review and approve submissions in the order in which they are received until the total funding allocated has been exhausted. Funding will only be provided for the following improvement projects:
Please see the Funding Opportunity document for more information and for the HCBS Quality Incentive Funding Request Form. The document is also available on the Department’s Long-Term Care Providers web page under the heading “Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Quality Improvement Funding Opportunity.”
If you have any questions about this message, please send them to the OLTL HCBS Opportunities Resource account.