Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Grant: Tribal Initiative

Funding Opportunity Number: CMS-1LI-14-001 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.791Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-CMSClosing Date: Oct 17, 2013Award Ceiling: $1,000,000Expected Number of Awards: 50Creation Date: Jul 22, 2013Funding Opportunity Description: The purpose of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Money Follows the Person (MFP) Tribal Initiative (TI) is to offer existing MFP state grantees and tribal partners the resources to build sustainable community-based long term services and supports (CB-LTSS) specifically for Indian country. The funds are subject to all the terms and conditions of the MFP Program. The TI may be used to advance the development of an infrastructure required to implement CB-LTSS for American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) using a single, or a variety of applicable Medicaid authorities. Funding is intended to support the planning and development of:

1) An in-state Medicaid program CB-LTSS (as an alternative to institutional care) tailored for
AI/AN who are presently receiving services in an institution; and
2) A service delivery structure that includes a set of administrative functions delegated by the state Medicaid agency to Tribes or Tribal organizations (T/TOs), such as enabling tribe(s) to design an effe...

Source: Grants.gov - July 23, 2013 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding