Issue Briefs: New York Self-Directed Care Pilot

These twin briefs describe early findings from an evaluation of New York’s Self-Directed Care pilot. The first brief describes the implementation of the program, which began in 2017 and is being piloted as part of the State’s Medicaid 1115 Waiver Demonstration. It provides information on the project timeline, participant characteristics, goals and purchases, and implementation lessons from the early days of the program. The second brief covers preliminary findings from the outcomes evaluation, which examined participant-reported quality of life outcomes before and after self-direction.

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