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Sussex County senior services director outlines federal changes, funding opportunities
Summary
A county senior services representative told commissioners on Sept. 10 that federal policy changes and new waiver options could expand in-home care and funding streams; county staff said they will publicize program changes through senior services outreach.
Lorraine Hentz, a senior services staff member, told the Sussex County Board of County Commissioners on Sept. 10 that recent federal policy discussions and pending grants could expand home- and community-based services for older adults and people with disabilities. Hentz told the board she attended a federal home- and community-based services conference and described a federal proposal that would create a new Medicaid option to expand access to in-home services without requiring a nursing-home level of care. “This is taking that nursing home level of care out of it and allowing people … the…
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