Cash and Counseling: Early Experiences in Arkansas

This brief is based on Mathematica's evaluation of Cash and Counseling, a three-state demonstration in which Medicaid enrollees eligible for personal assistance services and other paid help around the home and community get a monthly cash allowance to purchase these services and related goods, instead of obtaining them through a home care agency. They also receive counseling to help plan their purchases. The three states included in the demonstration are Arkansas, Florida, and New Jersey. [12 PDF pages]