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Accessing Services 
Flexible Funding
The purpose of this project is to identify, develop, and evaluate the components and elements of flexible funding that enable and support consumers to receive coordinated services from multiple state departments. The goals of this research project are to identify how funding impacts the development and implementation of transition plans for 17- to 20-year-old youth with developmental disabilities, and to design a flexible fiscal roadmap for assuring the integrated delivery of state and community services that support transition planning. CMS has provided funding for this 3-year project under the 2001 Real Choices Systems Change grant solicitation.
Members
- Kathy Adams, Alpha One
- Gail Benvenuta, Muskie School of Public Service (Workgroup Staff)
- Tonia A. Boterf, Department of Labor
- Eileen Griffin, Muskie School of Public Service
- Damon Ivey, University of Maine-Augusta Student
- Jeanne Ivey, Parent Advocate
- Linda Jariz, DHHS, Community Systems Development
- Catherine Ormond, Muskie School of Public Service
- Deb Parker-Wolfenden, Funding & Policy Consultant
- Louise Sidelinger, Department of Labor
- RuthAnne Spence, Muskie School of Public Service (Workgroup Staff)
- Phyllis vonHerrlich, Muskie School of Public Service (Workgroup Staff)
- Danielle Westcott, Muskie School of Public Service
- Stephanie Crystal Wolfstone-Francis, Consumer Advocate
- Bobbi Jo Yeager, United Cerebral Palsy
Reports & Products
- Flexible Funding Models Chart
- Negotiating the Funding Maze: Research Findings from the Youth with
Disabilities Flexible Funding Project
If you would prefer receiving the reports in an alternative format (for example, Braille), please contact RuthAnne Spence.
Project Contact
Lisa Marie Lindenschmidt
V oice: 207-780-4843
TTY: 207-780-5646
Fax: 207-780-4953
Email: lmlinden@usm.maine.edu
