Federal Funding of Community Services: Can the Medicaid Waiver Help?.

McGregor, Gail

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ERIC Number: EJ289958

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Publication Date: 1983

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Federal Funding of Community Services: Can the Medicaid Waiver Help?

McGregor, Gail

Journal of the Association for the Severely Handicapped, v8 n2 p56-64 Sum 1983

The article describes the rationale and provisions of a new policy allowing states to apply for a waiver to use Medicard funds for community services for mentally retarded persons at risk of institutionalization. The current status of waiver requests is summarized, along with the potential impact on community services. (Author/CL)

Descriptors: Community Services, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Federal Programs, Mental Retardation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Language: English

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