The Ohio Access Success Project (Success Project), administered by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, expands Ohio’s capacity to serve long-term care consumers in the community by identifying individuals living in a nursing facility who wish to live in a community-based setting and who can do so with linkages to community services and supports.

Funded through a combination of federal grant funds and state funds, the project provides qualified nursing home residents with assistance in making plans for relocation from the nursing facility to community based settings; assistance with linking to needed supports and services, such as housing, transportation, financial assistance programs and supportive services; and one-time funding to assist with relocation expenses.

To be eligible for the program an adult must:

• Be a resident in a nursing home
• Be eligible for Medicaid
• Need the care that is provided in a nursing home; and
• Have care needs that can be provided in the community at no more than 80 percent of the average Medicaid cost of care in a nursing home.

For more information about the Success Project, please contact:

Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
Bureau of Community Services Policy
P.O. Box 182709
Columbus, OH  43215-3414
Phone: 614-466-6742
Fax: 614-466-6945
E-mail: BHCS@jfs.ohio.gov