Special Projects and Initiatives
Special Projects and Initiatives include short term grants and projects undertaken by the Division of Disability and Aging Services.
- Aging & Disability Resource Center Grant (ADRC)
Three-year grant to establish Aging & Disability Resource Centers (ADRCs) in Vermont. Aging and Disability Resource Centers are designed to serve as highly visible and trusted places in the community where people of all ages and incomes can turn for information on the full range of long term support options and serve as a single point of entry for access to public long term support programs and benefits.
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Implementation Grant
The main goal of this grant is to improve services for individuals with traumatic brain injury and their families.
- Money Follows the Person Demonstration Project
Money Follows the Person (MFP) is a five-year federally-funded demonstration project for Vermont’s Long-term Medicaid Choices for Care program. The statewide program helps people living in nursing facilities move into their communities with the supports they need. Transition funds, up to $2,500, helps provide items and services not covered by Medicaid.