Massachusetts Medicaid Infrastructure and Comprehensive Opportunities Grant

state of Massachusetts The University of Massachusetts in collaboration with the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) was awarded a Comprehensive Employment Systems (CES) grant from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in January of 2008. This grant follows two previous grant awards from CMS in 2000 and 2004.

The grant focus in on systems change to minimize barriers to employment for people with disabilities. Grant activities will continue to include research and program development to support these systems changes. Current major project areas include Policy Analysis and Development, Consumer Advocacy Outreach and Training, Employer Outreach and Training, Employment Provider Outreach and Training, and Clinical Provider Outreach and Training.

The grant offers a unique opportunity for collaborations among state agencies involved in disability and employment policy, people with disabilities and their advocates, and two nationally recognized research and training centers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and Boston Campus respectively; the Center for Health Policy and Research (CHPR) and The Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI).

For information on the Massachusetts Medicaid Infrastructure and Comprehensive Employment Opportunities Infrastructure Grant, please visit our web site.

Key Contacts:
Jay Himmelstein, MD, MPH
Principal Investigator
Center for Health Policy and Research- University of Massachusetts Medical School
Email: Jay.Himmelstein@umassmed.edu
phone: (508) 856-7857

Alexis D. Henry, ScD, OTR/L
Co-Principal Investigator
Center for Health Policy and Research- University of Massachusetts Medical School
Email: Alexis.Henry@umassmed.edu
phone: (508) 856-8833

William Kiernan, PhD, MS, MBA
Co-Principal Investigator
Institute for Community Inclusion- UMass Boston
Email: William.Kiernan@umb.edu
phone: 617-287-4300

Cindy Thomas, MS, BA
Project Director
Institute for Community Inclusion- UMass Boston
Email: Cindy.Thomas@umb.edu
phone: 617-287-4312

Annette Shea, MEd
EOHHS Liaison
Office of Medicaid- MassHealth
Director of Disability Policy and Home and Community Based Waiver Oversight
Email: Annette.Shea@umassmed.edu
phone: 617-573-1751

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