Archive for January, 2007

Connecticut receives a $24.2 million federal grant to implement Money Follows the Person, for 700 Connecticut residents over the next five years.

Posted January 11th, 2007
In 2005 Joseph Stango, a Southbury, Connecticut resident, attempted to bring his 83-year-old mother, Dora, home from a skilled nursing facility. Stango learned, however, that because his mother’s care was paid by Medicaid, the government health insurance for lowincome elderly and disabled persons, Dora Stango’s benefits would not follow her home. Unable to afford the cost of caring for his mother at home, Stango was forced to leave her in the nursing facility. Thus began a quest by Stango to bring “Medicaid Choice” to Connecticut.

Governor Rell Announces $24.2 Million Federal Grant to Help Connecticut Residents Move from Nursing Homes

Posted January 10th, 2007
Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced that Connecticut is receiving a $24.2 million federal grant to pioneer new ways of helping people move from nursing facilities and other institutions to life at home with family and friends. The initiative has become known in Connecticut as Money Follows the Person.