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Officials flag housing, transportation, workforce and behavioral health as hurdles for rural PACE rollout
Summary
In the webinar, Carrie Amero said Connecticut will need to address housing affordability, transportation barriers, workforce shortages and unmet behavioral health needs to make PACE work—especially in rural areas.
Carrie Amero highlighted several challenges stakeholders raised during feasibility work and early planning that the state will need to address to implement PACE successfully.
Amero said housing cost pressures can make it hard for participants to remain at home even with supports, and she noted transportation and workforce shortages in rural areas as material constraints. She also emphasized unmet behavioral health needs among older adults as a critical service gap.
Those concerns will inform the state's RFP and the capacity requirements it sets for prospective PACE organizations, Amero said, including potential expectations around housing navigation, transportation services, and culturally appropriate staffing.
