Investor Presentaiton
AGING PROGRAMS AND PLAN FOCUS AREAS
OAA FOCUS 2 - ACL DISCRETIONARY GRANTS (cont.)
Virginia
Insurance
Counseling and
Assistance
Program (VICAP)
and Medicare
Improvements
for Patients
and Providers
Act (MIPPA)
With ACL grant funding (April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2020), VICAP is a free, unbiased,
confidential counseling program that offers health insurance information, education,
and assistance to seniors and adults with disabilities (and their families).
Counseling is offered with understanding Medicare, prescription drug plan analysis and
enrollment assistance, Medicare Advantage Plans, CCC Plus counseling for dual eligible
beneficiaries, Medicare supplemental insurance, and LTC insurance. Certified counse-
lors can also help with Medicare denials and appeals and assist with applications for
low-income subsidies.
Additional MIPPA funding (September 30, 2018 to September 29, 2020) allows the
VICAP program to:
1) focus specifically on hard-to-reach and low-income populations, and
2) promote available Medicare preventive service benefits, such as the Annual Well-
ness Visit, among beneficiaries.
During the first year of the grant, 231 VICAP counselors, of which 128 were volunteers,
provided over 47,000 hours of counseling to Virginians.
Virginia
Lifespan
Respite
Voucher
Program
(VLRVP)
231
VICAP Counselors
47,000
Hours of counseling
128 獅
VICAP Volunteers
DARS is currently operating the VLRVP with a three-year ACL grant (September 1, 2018
to August 31, 2021) that will provide reimbursement vouchers to 450 Virginia caregiv-
ers who reside full-time, in the same household as the person receiving care, for the
cost of temporary, short-term respite care provided to individuals of any age.
Priority is given to assist those caregivers with the greatest social and economic need.
The program prioritizes applicants who care for a person with a diagnosis of dementia
or is a grandparent or relative caregiver providing care to a child not more than 18
years of age or an individual 19 to 59 years of age with a severe disability.
Respite funding is limited to $400.00 per family through July 31, 2021 or until funds
are exhausted.
As part of the grant, DARS is also working to increase the Virginia Caregiver Coalition
capacity within target populations, and focusing additional resources toward family
caregivers of individuals living with dementia, grandparents, and relative caregivers.
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