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Cash & Counseling helps consumers direct and manage their personal assistance services according to their own specific needs.

"Our goal is to expand this proven model to more states, allowing thousands more older adults and people with disabilities to have choice and control over the care they receive."

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C&C States: Your guide to participating states.

Introducing the new Interactive Data Tool

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Introducing Choice Words
Want to receive e-mail notifications about the latest in the world of Cash & Counseling?
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Each issue will highlight news, recent reports, and updates from the states implementing consumer direction.

A Success Story: How has Cash & Counseling helped Aisha Jackson attend college full time?
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n4a and Cash & Counseling Webcast

Materials Now Available
On February 27, 2008, a webcast was given for Area Agencies on Aging throughout the country to explore how the aging network could learn about and support consumer direction. The archived webcast, text transcript, and presentations are available from the webcast.
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Tools & Resources...

NASUA Report

More Can Be Done: Involvement of Older Consumers in the Design, Implementation and Oversight of Home and Community Based Services The role of older participants in planning, developing and overseeing HCBS programs is explored here. The report is based on information gathered directly from interviews with the 56 State and Territorial Units on Aging (SUAs) and seeks to help the aging network identify concrete steps they can take to support the role of older individuals as public policy advocates.
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By States, For States...

What steps are taken to become a participant’s representative? Arkansas uses forms for screening and designating representatives.
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