State health department awards Ryan Coller grant to enhance goal-setting processes during Individualized Service Planning within the Children’s Long-Term Support waiver program

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) awarded Ryan Coller, MD, MPH, associate professor and chief, Division of Hospital Medicine, a $153,073 grant to expand the use of and enhance goal-setting processes during Individualized Service Planning within the Children’s Long-Term Support waiver program. This will be accomplished through an innovative online application used by families who have children with disabilities. The grant is part of a statewide effort intended to improve Medicaid home and community-based services that help older adults and people who have disabilities. Coller’s project, “Creating Goals for Children,” centers around an online application, available in both English and Spanish, that guides families through meaningful goal setting for their children. Read more.