This report details implementation, goals and features, and consumer satisfaction with New Jersey’s Cash and Counseling program, called Personal Preference. The model proved administratively feasible and politically tenable during the evaluation period. Data from discussions with program...

This report details implementation, goals and features, and consumer satisfaction with New Jersey’s Cash and Counseling program, called Personal Preference. The model proved administratively feasible and politically tenable during the evaluation period. Data from discussions with program...

Although providing personal care to a family member with disabilities often is rewarding, it can also be emotionally, physically, and financially burdensome. Caregiver burden may be exacerbated if paid personal care services (PCS), such as those provided by Medicaid-certified personal care...

Promoting the well-being of parents and other relatives who serve as informal caregivers to provide vital, unpaid personal care to children with developmental disabilities is an important policy objective. Furthermore, paid supportive services that children receive in addition to unpaid care...

This report estimates the effects of Cash and Counseling on caregivers who were providing the most unpaid assistance to adult beneficiaries at the time beneficiaries volunteered for the demonstration. Despite variations in design and implementation across states, all three demonstration programs...

Promoting the well-being of parents and other relatives who serve as informal caregivers to provide vital, unpaid personal care to children with developmental disabilities is an important policy objective. Furthermore, paid supportive services that children receive in addition to unpaid care...