A ray of hope for Colorado
There is a ray of hope, and perhaps, a light at the end of the tunnel for Colorado ADAPT in the fight to get Health Care Policy and Financing director, Steve Tool, to allow Colorado to apply for the Money Follows the Person grant. As a direct result of the hard work of Colorado ADAPT, there will be a meeting on Thursday with Mr. Tool to discuss signing on. ADAPT members will propose writing the actual grant so that Tool will need to dedicate only one staffperson for the project. It will take lots of hard work to get the grant in by November 1st, but ADAPT has already done quite a bit of research, and have the actual grant writers in place. These folks have already gotten the framework for the grant down, which will save a lot of time. It only remains for Steve Tool to say yes, and the chances for that have gotten better, as it seems that his attitude has softened in the ensuing weeks due to the pressure from state legislators at the request of ADAPT. Hopefully, the meeting will have a positive outcome. I will keep you abreast of the happenings in this ongoing saga.