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What are Aging and Disability Resource Centers?
Aging and Disability Resource Centers were developed through a partnership between the Administration on Aging/Administration for Community Living, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
The overall goal of the ADRC Program is to empower individuals to effectively navigate their long-term services and supports options to make informed choices, to streamline access to longterm services and supports and organize the long-term support system.
The vision is to have ADRCs in every community serving as highly visible and trusted places where people can turn for information on the full range of long-term support options and a single point of entry to public long term support programs and benefits.
ADRCs are a resource for both public and private-pay individuals. Making information and counseling available to private-pay individuals is a central element of the AOA/ ACL/CMS Resource Center vision. Reaching people before they become Medicaid- eligible and helping them to learn about low-cost options and programs such as private long term support insurance, can help individuals make better use of their own resources and help to prevent or delay spend-down to Medicaid. ADRCs serve adults aged 60 and older and people with disabilities over the age of 18.
The ADRC online resource directory to look for services and service providers: https://montana.my-adrc. org/.
Trained and Certified Information Specialists throughout the state:
• Serve individuals 60 or older, adults with disabilities, their family and caregivers
• Provide information, referral, and assistance
• Provide Options Counseling for planning long term services and supports
• Maintain a current public website directory of Montana services and providers
• Provide outreach work within their communities or service areas All Information Specialists are employees, volunteers, or contracted services through the Area Agencies on Aging and local service providers.
There are eight Montana Area Agencies on Aging that have expanded their services. Area I Agency on Aging ADRC is Action for Eastern Montana: Glendive 1-800-551-3191. Areas served are Carter, Custer, Daniels, Dawson, Fallon, Fort Peck Reservation, Garfield, Mc-Cone, Phillips, Powder River, Prairie, Richland, Rosebud, Sheridan, Treasure, Valley and Wibaux counties.
