New
Mexico
I. Overview of a State's Comprehensive Person-Centered Employment Initiatives
New Mexico has a Medicaid Buy-In program and a Medicaid Infrastructure
Grant (MIG) project
New Mexico also was the recipient of a State Partnership Initiative
(SPI) grant from the Social Security Administration administered by
the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation and which is called Project
SUCEED
The link to the Project SUCEED web site is as follows:
http://www.dvrgetsjobs.com/Public/SpecialPrograms/
DVRServicesSpecialProgramsProjectSucceed.asp
Project SUCCEED, administered by the New Mexico Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation, enhances employment for SSI/SSDI recipients
in New Mexico using a two tier approach. First, at the state level,
through an interagency agreement, the project is analyzing local service
delivery systems and conducting policy analysis to facilitate the
identification and removal of employment disincentives. Secondly,
at the local level, the project provides benefits management, job
development and job placement at model sites in Albuquerque, Roswell,
Carlsbad and Hobbs.
State Medicaid Buy In Program
The Medicaid Buy-In Bill, which will allocate $1.4 million to provide
health insurance to people with disabilities who choose to work, was
signed into law by Governor Johnson on April 12, 2000. The program
is expected to be implemented in Fall 2000.
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- Download file of two summary
charts
Chart contents:
State's Medicaid Buy-In Program Design Features
- Income Eligibility Criteria
- Resource Limits and Exclusions
- Cost Sharing - Minimum Income Level and Premium or Cost Share Methods
- Work Related Policies and Protections
State's SSI and Other Medicaid Income Standards for Adults
with Disabilities
II. What's New and Persons to Contact
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There were 786 enrollees in the New Mexico Medicaid Buy-In program
as of March 31, 2003.
The New Mexico Medicaid Buy In program became effective January 1,
2001.
See below to download a copy of the regulations and a brochure explaining
the program.
Contact Information
Medicaid Infrastructure Grant (MIG) Project Staff
Ivie Vigil
New Mexico Human Services Department
Phone: 505-827-6228
E-mail: IVIE.VIGIL@STATE.NM.US
Project SUCCEED - Division of Vocational Rehabilitation- 435 St.
Michael’s Dr., Building D, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505. 1-800-318-1469
FAX (505) 954-8562 Program Manager - Darlene (Kelly) Davis, email
kdavis@state.nm.us. For information on the newsletter or website,
email Fbarnes@state.nm.us. The SUCCEED state office
staff includes a management analyst and rehabilitation technician.
The pilot sites of Albuquerque and Roswell (which includes Carlsbad
and Hobbs) are each headed by an Employment Services Coordinator.
Please contact the pilot sites at: Albuquerque office (505) 841-6431
and Roswell (505) 624-6024.
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Fanny Pearce, SUCCEED Management Analyst
Cynthia Del Rio, SUCCEED Community & Social Services Specialist
III. Program Development - Past and Present
- Executive Branch Leadership, Cross Disability Coalition Leadership
and Interagency Working Groups
- Initial Planning, Information Gathering and Program and Fiscal Estimates
SUCCEED, one of only 12 states funded by the Social Security
Administration to assist people with disabilities on benefits to enter
or return to the work force, is funded at $660,690 a year for five
years. The Program, administered by the New Mexico Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation, began in December 1998. Funding for SUCCEED
came out of President Clinton's Executive Order on March 13, 1998
establishing a National Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities
and designating the Secretary of labor as the chair of this effort.
The purpose was to create a coordinated and aggressive national policy
to bring working-age individuals with disabilities into gainful employment
at a rate approaching that of the general adult population.
The foundation for SUCCEED is a strong partnership, implemented
by a cooperative agreement, among the Department of Labor, Department
of Health, Department of Human Services, Commission for the Blind,
Housing and Urban Development and Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.
SUCCEED and Agency Partners also will recommend policy changes
at the state and federal level to improve coordination of services
to persons with disabilities.
Extensive data is collected on each participant for comparison to
a control group so that a cost/benefit analysis can be completed at
the end of the project. SUCCEED by June 13, 2000 has 231 participants
at four pilot sites, will serve 500 participants over the five years
of the program, 75% who must have a diagnosis of mental illness. Of
these participants, it is planned that 10% will leave social security
benefits.
SUCCEED is on line with Department of Labor's job bank for
service to SUCCEED clients at our Job Resource Center in Albuquerque.
We have begun planning of statewide focus groups to be conducted with
consumers, employers and community based service providers to identify
barriers to employment for persons with disabilities. A survey was
developed to get partners and advocates input into the planning of
the focus groups. State systems will be analyzed for system gaps in
services. The findings will be incorporated with the focus group findings.
The creation of a comprehensive plan for identification and removal
of employment barriers for individuals with disabilities in New Mexico
will be written.
Download Fiscal Estimates
Paper Prepared by University of New Mexico/Bureau of Business and
Economic Research.
IV. State Legislation - Adopted and Pending
The Medicaid Buy-in Bill, funded at $1.4 million, was signed into
New Mexico law in April 2000.
V. Current State Policies and Program Descriptions
- State Policies: State Plans, Regulations and Waiver Requests
to Federal Agencies - Pending and Adopted Programs
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Link to application for New Mexico Medicaid Buy-In program
http://www.state.nm.us/hsd/mad/pdf_files/General%20Info/WDI%20Application.pdf
- Ensuring Informed Choice and Person - Centered Programs: Benefits
Counseling, Work Force Investment Act Implementation and Related Educational
Services
- Descriptions for Consumers and Staff Training Activities
File: Download a copy of
the New Mexico Medicaid Buy In Regulations "Working Disabled
Individuals (WDI) - Category 043
or for a direct link to an index of New Mexico Medicaid regulations
go to
http://www.state.nm.us/hsd/mad/EligIndex.htm
and click on "WDI - Working Disabled Individuals"
File: Download a copy of the
brochure describing the "Working Disabled Individuals" program.
VI. Program Data and Impact
- Medicaid Buy-In Data
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There were 786 enrollees in the New Mexico Medicaid Buy-In program
as of March 31, 2003
- Customer Surveys and Evaluation Studies
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