The State Money Follows the Person Project allows funds for persons who has lived in a nursing facility for a minimum of 3 months to receive services through the Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Frail Elderly (FE) or Physically Disabled (PD) waiver program upon relocation to the community. This lessened the strain to move residents to the community while there was an HCBS waiting list. The HCBS-FE waiver program has not had awaiting list since SFY 2004.

 

MFP Federal Demonstration Grant

Kansas has received a Money Follows the Person (MFP) five-year demonstration grant that permits the funding to “follow the person” to the most appropriate and preferred setting of that resident’s choice. Kansans making long-term care decisions will be provided complete and informative information. They will be given the opportunity to discuss their choices and to know how they can be served in the community as an alternative to nursing facility (NF) care.

This program will help shift Medicaid’s traditional emphasis on institutional care to a system offering greater choices that include Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) and help eliminate barriers that prevent residents from transitioning back into the community.  This grant will be administered through Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS), Kansas Department on Aging (KDOA) and Kansas Health Policy Authority (KHPA).

MFP provides transitional opportunities to the Frail Elderly, Physically Disabled, Traumatic Brain Injured and Mentally Retarded/Developmentally Disabled.

MFP Publications

• MFP Consumer Brochure (PDF)
• Chart of MFP options and qualifications (PDF)

For more information on MFP, contact Deb Schwarz (785) 296-3591 or by e-mail at Deb.Schwarz@aging.ks.gov.