Funding of State Coalitions and Culture Change
Attending to Financial Issues
Featured funding resources include coalition examples of civil monetary penalty (CMP) fund use. Pioneer Network gratefully acknowledges the state coalitions, CMS and The Long Term Care Community Coalition for providing their documents for our website distribution. To share your coalition resources, contact Cathy Lieblich at cathy.lieblich@pioneernetwork.net or 407-514-1815.
"Attending to Financial Issues" is one of the Key Elements to coalition success. Part of this activity includes determining ways to raise revenue for coalition activities. Some state coalitions have been successful at accessing civil monetary penalty (CMP) funds to support coalition activities. The resources below include information on CMP funding from state coalitions, a CMS letter describing how states may use CMP funds, and a 2006 study of states' use of CMP funding.
Funding for Innovation: A Review of State Practices with Civil Monetary Penalties The Long Term Care Community Coalition's summary of findings from a 2006 study of states' use of CMP funds with recommendations for state and federal governments and strategies for stakeholders (funded by The Commonwealth Fund).
Use of Civil Money Penalty (CMP) Funds by States and Reporting of CMP Funds Returned to the State
June 2009 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Memorandum clarifying how CMPs may be directed and used by States, and sharing suggestions of innovative projects and activities that have already been undertaken with CMP funds in some States.
Use of Civil Monetary (CMP) Funds by States Memorandum discusses "Appropriate CMP Fund Use" including culture change efforts.
Tips for CMP Legislation includes California Culture Change Coalition's tips for drafting CMP legislation and getting it passed.
Factsheet: Civil Monetary Penalties: An Opportunity for Funding Innovation in Nursing Home Care describes the California legislation and provides helpful background on CMP funds use.
California CMP Assembly Bill is the resulting legislation of efforts by the California Culture Change Coalition.
Illinois Grant Request for CMP Funds is the Illinois Pioneer Coalition's grant request describing the use of funds, projects objectives and goals.
Coalition Networking Calls Summaries of networking calls for CMP Funds for State Coalition Activities and Raising Revenue from Conferences.