ABOUT US
Our Mission and Approach
HCBS Strategies’ mission is to transform supports for people with disabilities and older adults so that that maximize choices and increase independence for participants of publicly-funded programs. We accomplish this by identifying and targeting pressure points that present the greatest opportunities for changing systems.
These pressure points fall into three general categories:
- Clarifying the mission, vision, and strategies for supporting individuals with disabilities and older adults.
- Developing program operations that implant these strategies as intended.
- Obtaining financing to create a stable and sustainable systems.
Rather than trying to create the perfect system, HCBS Strategies focuses on achieving the most meaningful change possible given the structural, financial and political situation in a given state or service area. We identify champions within the agencies we partner with and work with them to select strategies with the greatest likelihood of success. Wherever possible, we try to build capacity within our clients so that change can endure after our work is finished.
By applying this approach, HCBS Strategies staff have played a central role in the establishment of many of the major HCBS systems changes efforts over the past quarter of a century including:
- Aging and Disability Resource Centers and No Wrong Door (NWD) initiatives
- Money Follows the Person (MFP)
- Securing and expanding Medicaid Administrative Claiming (MAC) to support individuals before and beyond what Medicaid can provide.
- Expansion of evidence-based family caregiver support interventions
- Development of person-centered, reliable, and valid assessment and support planning processes
- Adoption of practices that support data-driven solutions that increase efficiencies and equity
- Building multi-state collaborative infrastructure that reduces costs and increases learning across states.
Rather than trying to create the perfect system, HCBS Strategies focuses on achieving the most meaningful change possible given the structural, financial and political situation in a given state or service area. We identify champions within the agencies we partner with and work with them to select strategies with the greatest likelihood of success. Wherever possible, we try to build capacity within our clients so that change can endure after our work is finished.
HCBS
By applying this approach, HCBS Strategies staff have played a central role in the establishment of many of the major HCBS systems changes efforts over the past quarter of a century including:
- Aging and Disability Resource Centers and No Wrong Door (NWD) initiatives
- Money Follows the Person (MFP)
- Securing and expanding Medicaid Administrative Claiming (MAC) to support individuals before and beyond what Medicaid can provide.
- Expansion of evidence-based family caregiver support interventions
- Development of person-centered, reliable, and valid assessment and support planning processes
- Adoption of practices that support data-driven solutions that increase efficiencies and equity
- Building multi-state collaborative infrastructure that reduces costs and increases learning across states.
Our Clients
Most of our clients are state agencies, including designated single-state Medicaid agencies, state units on aging, and agencies supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We also partner with local government and agencies, including area agencies on aging, centers on independent living and non-profits supporting people with disabilities, such brain injury associations. We have worked on systems supporting all populations with disabilities including, medically-fragile technology dependent children and individuals with multiple diagnoses including mental health and substance issues that result in their being very complex to serve.
