Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 16/10/2014

Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority; Administration for Community Living

The Administration for Community Living (ACL) was created in order to achieve several important objectives: to reduce the fragmentation that currently exists in Federal programs addressing the community living service and support needs of both the aging and disability populations; to enhance access to quality health care and long-term services and supports for all individuals; to promote consistency in community living policy across other areas of the Federal government; and to complement the community infrastructure, as supported by both Medicaid and other Federal programs, in order to better respond to the full spectrum of needs of seniors and persons with disabilities. This reorganization will further advance these objectives by establishing a Center for Consumer Access and Self- Determination to serve as the locus for programs that assist older Americans and people with disabilities to access both health care services and long-term services and supports, as well as initiatives to expand the use of self-directed and person-center service models; and by establishing a Center for Policy and Evaluation to provide a strategic focal point for the development and implementation of pol