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Seniors and people with disabilities who receive Medicaid should have access to the home and community-based services that enable them to live with dignity and independence in their homes. Under Medicaid law, funding exists to give consumers the ability to receive necessary long-term services and supports without moving into a nursing home or other healthcare institution. We work at the federal and state level to help expand and preserve home and community-based funding for settings that are truly non-institutional, and provide assistance to state advocates to ensure that low-income seniors get the care they need in the setting they prefer.
Policy Priority: Increase Equitable Access to Home-Based Care, January, 2023
Fact Sheet: HCBS Federal Legislative Update, November, 2022
Letter: Justice in Aging and Disability Rights California Joint Comments on California’s Final State Transition Plan for Complying with the HCBS Settings Rule, November 10, 2022
Letter: Calling on Senate leaders to provide robust funding for HCBS, ongoing
Letter: Justice in Aging’s Comments on New Jersey’s 1115 Waiver submitted to CMS, April 8, 2022
Letter: Justice in Aging’s statement on the Record for the Senate Aging Committee Hearing on the Importance of Home-Based Care, March 21, 2022
Letter: Calling on Congress to Maintain Funding for Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services in Build Back Better, November 3, 2021
Letter: Justice in Aging’s Comments on New Jersey’s 1115 Waiver Proposal, October 11, 2021
Toolkit: Better Care Better Jobs Act Twitter Toolkit
Letter: Template letter for state advocates in support of the Better Care Better Jobs Act HCBS investment
Letter: Calling on California’s Congressional delegation to fully fund Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services, September 13, 2021
Letter: Calling on Congressional leaders to invest the full $400 billion in Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services, July 19, 2021
Letter: Updated HCBS Service and Workforce Recovery Recommendations, May 23, 2021
Letter: Justice in Aging Feedback on the HCBS Access Act, April 26, 2021
Policy Priority: Medicaid and Medicare Home and CommunityBased Services Policy Priorities for the New Adminstration, December, 2020
Issue Brief: Building an Equitable Medicaid HCBS Infrastructure in New Jersey for Older Adults, June 2022
Fact Sheet: Key Principles for Advocates When Talking About Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS), February 2022
Fact Sheet: Investing in Medicaid HCBS is Good for Medicare, September 2021
Issue Brief: Medicaid’s Unfair Choice: Wait Months for In-Home Assistance—or Get Nursing Facility Coverage Today, September 2021
Fact Sheet: Why Older Adults Need Bold Investment in Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services, July 2021
Primer: Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services for Older Adults with Disabilities April, 2021
Webinar: HCBS 101—Access to Home & Community-Based Care for Older Adults, March, 2021
Issue Brief: Medicaid Enrollees Put at Risk When State Medicaid Programs Assume Support from Family Caregivers, October, 2018
Issue Brief: How States Can Prevent Evictions When Implementing Federal HCBS Regulations, August, 2017
For more resources on the HCBS Settings Rule, check out our Resource Library.
Fact Sheet: Make the Medicaid Money Follows the Person Program Permanent, November 2022
Fact Sheet: Make the Expanded Spousal Impoverishment Protection Permanent, November 2022
Letter: CCD Letter on Money Follows the Person Spousal, October 17, 2019
Letter: Aging Disability Spousal Impoverishment Protection Money Follows the Person letter to House Leadership, March 15, 2019
Fact Sheet: Make the Expanded Spousal Impoverishment Protection Permanent, January, 2019
Learn about our successful spousal impoverishment litigation in California.
The opportunity to live with dignity, regardless of financial circumstances—free from the worry, harm, and injustice caused by lack of health care, food, or a safe place to sleep. By using the power of law to strengthen the social safety net, and remove the barriers low-income seniors face in trying to access the services they need, we work to ensure the future we all envision for our loved ones and ourselves.
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