Home- & Community-Based Services (HCBS)

This report examines the efforts of state faith community liaisons (FCLs) in promoting the states’ implementation of Charitable Choice policies and regulations that govern how states and localities contract with faith-based organizations (FBOs), and to expand public partnerships with FBOs.

  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The purpose of this evaluation was to assess the impact of the "Home Health Aide (HHA) Partnering Collaborative"  — a quality improvement initiative implemented at the Visiting Nurse Service of New York  — in three main areas: (1) patient outcomes; (2) patient service use; and (3) aide job perceptions and retention.

This brief describes the key components of the HHA Partnering Collaborative model, implementation challenges and successes, and the results and implications from the evaluation. [9 PDF pages]

Penny Feldman, Ph.D., Miriam Ryvicker, Ph.D., Robert Rosati, Ph.D., Theresa Schwartz, B.A., and Gil Maduro, Ph.D. Visiting Nurse Service of New York Center for Home Care Policy and Research

The Home Health Aide Partnering Collaborative is a quality improvement project developed and implemented at the Visiting Nurse Service of New York. The primary purpose of the Collaborative was to enhance the quality of work life for home health aides while improving outcomes for home health patients.