FINANCING
The plan requires shared planning among state and local agencies. It states a clear intent that funding be focused on, or follow, the consumer and/or family. It identifies the newly established MH/DD/SA Trust Fund as a source for bridge dollars to expand community capacity and assist in the implementation of the Olmstead plan and encourage joint agency ventures for housing, transportation, and employment. The plan also suggests paying LMEs to provide administrative and management functions and basing all funding for services on realistic costs. But the plan also recommends that payments for services or to providers that do not meet standards should be stopped. It suggests that Medicaid and state funding be revised and Medicaid waivers be considered. The implementation plan sets a date of March 2002 to present a five-year financing plan.