Welcome to the Center for Personal Assistance Services 
Our Center provides research, training, dissemination and technical assistance on issues of personal assistance services (PAS) in the United States. Our research can be found under the links above, prior trainings are in presentations, webcasts and on the PAS Users page. Assistance can be found on the Ask Mike page and via contact with staff.
This website includes PAS resources such as state data, contact details for government agencies, staff publications, policy and legislation, events calendar and our newsletter. This website does not include job posting for personal assistants.
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PAS Center Publications
Consumer-directed personal care: Comparing aged and non-aged adult recipient health-related outcomes among those with paid family versus non-relative providers.
Posted: January, 2012 read more
Profiling health and health-related services for children with special health care needs with and without disabilities.
Posted: December, 2011 read more
Caring in America. A Comprehensive Analysis of the Nation’s Fastest-Growing Jobs: Home Health and Personal Care Aides.
Posted: December, 2011 read more
Studying Recipients of Long-Term Care Services and Supports: A Case Study in Assembling Medicaid and Medicare Claims and Assessment Data in California
Posted: December, 2011 read more
News
Cuts to Medicaid Programs Avoided Due to ADA Compliance Issues
Posted: January, 2012 read more
State officials settle lawsuit to keep disabled out of nursing homes
Posted: January, 2012 read more
Justice Department Obtains ADA Agreement Regarding the Commonwealth of Virginia's Developmental Disabilities System
Posted: January, 2012 read more
Illinois governor to close two state institutions
Posted: January, 2012 read more
Latest Research in PAS
Proposed Medicaid Long-Term Care Changes Raise Host of Questions About Impact.
Posted: January, 2012 read more
State of the States Survey 2011: State Aging and Disability Agencies in Times of Change.
Posted: January, 2012 read more
Long-Term Care Fundamentals: Nursing Facilities in California.
Posted: January, 2012 read more
Flexible Accounting for Long-Term Care Services: State Budgeting Practices that Increase Access to Home- and Community-Based Services. Recommendations for California.
Posted: January, 2012 read more
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