Research Outcomes for Money Follows the Person (C5027) - FY 25 (CL 1) - Capacity Building

The purpose of the Money Follows the Person (MFP) program is to identify, contact, and assist clients in nursing facilities or intermediate care facilities for individuals with mental retardation (ICF/MR) facilities to relocate back to a community setting. Under the agreement, the University of Kentucky Institute for Biomedical Informatics (UKIBI) shall provide CHFS with professional staffing to conduct research and support the delivery of the MFP program, monitor and evaluate clients who have moved to community setting, develop and maintain information technology systems for tracking client referrals, application and assessment to determine client relocation, evaluation of home modification and household start-up needs, audit of program expenditures, and program evaluation and CMS reporting.