| For Immediate Release July 14, 2021
Contact: Jennifer Miller/Elizabeth Goodsitt 608-266-1683 Wisconsin Submits Plan to Enhance and Improve Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Central to the plan are critical initiatives to strengthen the caregiving workforce left out of state budget passed by legislature The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) has submitted a plan to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to use American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to improve and enhance Wisconsin's home and community-based services under Medicaid. DHS estimates it will receive approximately $350 million under this part of ARPA. Key components of the plan that support Wisconsin's caregiving workforce include increasing rates for home and community-based services and expanding the professional advancement opportunities for the workers who provide these services. "Strengthening our caregiver workforce and making investments in the services that many seniors and people with disabilities rely on across our state are critical steps we must take to support our economic recovery from the pandemic," said Governor Tony Evers. "We are fortunate to have access to these federal funds to move these efforts forward since many of the proposals to support and strengthen our caregiving workforce included in my proposed state budget were removed by the legislature and not included in the budget that was recently passed." View the entire news release. | 
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