• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Background
• Preface
• Introduction and Purpose
• Community Services 2008-2009 Projected Funds and 2010-2011 Requested Funds and Average Monthly Caseload
• Interest List Reduction
• Resolutions
• Recommendations for System Change
• Community Relocation Policy
• Status Reports for Fiscal Years 2008
• 2006 Promoting Indpendence Plan Recommendations Update
• 80th Legislature Update — Selected Riders and Appropriations
• Children's Issues
• Housing Issues
• Workforce
• Agency Status Reports for Fiscal Year 2008
• Grants
• Conclusion
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Appendix C
• Appendix D
• Appendix E
• Appendix F
• Appendix G
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Promoting Independence Advisory Committee(PIAC) 2008 Stakeholder Report

Submitted to Albert Hawkins, Executive Commissioner,
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
by the Promoting Independence Advisory Committee
October 2008

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Background
• Preface
• Introduction and Purpose
• Community Services 2008-2009 Projected Funds and 2010-2011 Requested Funds and Average Monthly Caseloads
  • Table 1: DADS Waiver and Attendant Care Appropriations Projected and Requested HHSC STAR+PLUS Appropriations Expended and Projected
  • Table 2: DADS Waiver and Attendant Average Monthly Caseload Projected and Requested HHSC STAR+PLUS Waiver and Attendant Average Monthly Caseload Expended and Projected
• Interest List Reduction
• Resolutions
• Recommendations for System Change: Fiscal Years 2010-2011 Funding and Policy Recommendations
• Community Relocation Policy: Money Follows the Person and Promoting Independence Priority Populations
• Status Reports for Fiscal Year 2008
  • 2006 Promoting Independence Plan Recommendations Update
  • 80th Legislature Update – Selected Riders and Appropriations
  • Children’s Issues
    • Table 3: Trends in Number of Children in Institutions by Type of Facility
  • Housing Issues
  • Workforce
  • Agency Status Reports for Fiscal Year 2008
• Grants
• Conclusion
• Appendix A – Promoting Independence Advisory Committee Membership
• Appendix B – Governors’ Executive Orders, GWB 99-2 and RP-13
• Appendix C – Individuals in Institutional Settings
• Appendix D – Health and Human Services Circular – 002
• Appendix E – Money Follows the Person Demographic Data
• Appendix F – Update: 2006 Promoting Independence Plan Recommendations
• Appendix G – Children in State School Report

Updated: May 18, 2009