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About Us

MyPlaceCT.org is a free, web-based resource designed to help older adults and people with disabilities live at home or in the community with optimal independence, health and well-being.

It helps people explore their options and features current information on a wide range of services and supports – all in one place.

The easily accessible information and the opportunities for training featured on MyPlaceCT.org will help a variety of stakeholders – providers, communities, partners – maximize time, create efficiency and have an even greater impact on the people they serve.

As a virtual home of No Wrong Door (NWD), MyPlaceCT.org reflects the philosophy that each person is unique, with individual needs, on their own journey to seek long-term services and supports. Regardless of where an individual starts, partners and providers can help people utilize MyPlaceCT.org to better understand and access their options and support their decision-making.

MyPlaceCT.org is sponsored by the Connecticut Department of Social Services, in collaboration with partner state agencies 2-1-1/United Way of Connecticut and My Place CT Partners. MyPlaceCT.org is an initiative of Connecticut’s Strategic Plan to Rebalance Long-term services and supports and is aligned with initiatives to address the social determinants of health. Funding is provided by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Provider Network

My Place CT Partners help people understand their options, support them in their decision-making process, and assist them in identifying and accessing services and supports. Below is a list of My Place CT Partners who have completed their training requirements, signed a Partner Agreement and now utilize MyPlaceCT.org to help maximize their time and create greater efficiency with their work.

  • Pamela Atwood
    Atwood Dementia Group
  • Nancy Becker
    Hartford Health Care Center for Healthy Aging – New Britain
  • Daniel Belonick
    LiveWell
  • Francie Berger
    Hall Memorial Library
  • Dorota Biesiada
    Bright Care Services
  • Carrie Concatelli
    Town of Bolton/Senior and Social Services
  • Jessica Delgado
    Connecticut Community Care, Inc.
  • Jessica Hughes
    Connecticut Community Care, Inc.
  • Jessica Mastroianni
    Connecticut Community Care, Inc.
  • Karoline Semanoff
    Connecticut Community Care, Inc.
  • Sherry Ostrout
    Connecticut Community Care, Inc.
  • Renée Fernandez
    Personal Care Solutions
  • Paul Finney
    October Kitchen
  • Anita Freeman
    Helping Others to Succeed, Inc.
  • Sharon Garrard
    Town of Hebron/Russell Mercier Senior Center
  • Morgan Greening
    United Way of Western Connecticut
  • Casey Levene
    United Way of Western Connecticut
  • Susan Grundstrom
    North Central Area Agency on Aging
  • Lee Morgan
    North Central Area Agency on Aging
  • Teresa Holabird
    Smith Library/Northford
  • Sally Huck
    Senior Resources Agency on Aging
  • Lori Napolitano
    Senior Resources Agency on Aging
  • Michele Jakab
    Trumbull Human Services
  • Dawn La Valle
    Connecticut State Library
  • Michelle Lavoie
    Hartford Health Care Center for Healthy Aging – Southington Family Health Center
  • Marc Levesque
    Hartford Health Care Center for Healthy Aging – Meriden
  • Ann LoBosco
    Newtown Social Services
  • Peggy McCarthy
    Mansfield Public Library
  • Diana McRae
    Seven Stars Home Care Services, LLC
  • Daryl Might
    Newtown Youth and Family Services
  • Mary Ann Murray
    Manchester Housing Authority
  • Heloise Nana
    Ferguson Library
  • Patricia Richardson
    State of CT Department of Aging and Disability Services
  • Marlene Schempp
    North Central Regional Mental Health Board
  • Agnes Sienicki
    Polish Care Services
  • Teri Snyder
    Newington Senior and Disabled Center
  • Dianne Stone
    Newington Senior and Disabled Center
  • Jane Wisialowski
    Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut

Major Milestones

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1980

Mental Health Systems Act provides federal funding for ongoing support and development of community mental health programs with an emphasis on deinstitutionalization.

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1981

Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver program is enacted under Section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act, allowing states to offer home and community-based services that are not strictly medical in nature through Medicaid as an alternative to institutional care.

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1982

Established under the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act, the Katie Beckett Medicaid state plan option permits states to cover children with disabilities living in the community; previously, these children were eligible for Medicaid only if institutionalized.

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1990

American with Disabilities Act (ADA) signed into law. Prohibits discrimination and guarantees that people with disabilities have the same opportunities as everyone else.

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1999

U.S. Supreme Court’s Olmstead decision promotes broader HCBS coverage for people with disabilities, per ADA’s community integration mandate.

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2005

The Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005 (P.L. 109-171) made several changes to Medicaid policies governing state financing and provision of long-term care services. Among its other provisions, it created the Money Follows the Person (MFP) demonstration program.

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2007

Connecticut awards a CMS grant for MFP program, which allows states to help remove barriers for people with disabilities who choose to receive services in the home.

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2010

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides new access to health insurance and options to states under the Medicaid program to incentivize the improvement of their Long-Term Services and Support (LTSS) infrastructures and expand HCBS. Provisions include the Balancing Incentive Program, the Community First Choice (CFC) state plan option and an MFP extension, among others.

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2013

As a result of ACA, Connecticut works to create a health insurance exchange, known as Access Health CT, that allows access to health care in the state through both private and public coverage options.

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2013

Governor’s Rebalancing Plan

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2016

Connecticut launches Community First Choice, an option provided by the ACA, which represents a huge shift in person-centered care. It promotes choice, purpose and meaning in daily life. The individual decides what his or her goals are.

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2017

Connecticut uninsured rate dropped by 45% due to ACA / Access Health CT (according to the CT Health Foundation) .

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2018

Connecticut reached goal of 5,000 people who have transitioned out of nursing homes and into the community through MFP.

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2019

MyPlaceCT.org relaunch

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