MFP Stakeholder Advisory Council

In December 2022, an MFP Stakeholder Advisory Council (SAC) was formed to provide input and strategic advice to the MFP Program. The SAC meets quarterly and includes agencies that provide direct services to MFP’s target population (see WHO IS ELIGIBLE?). The SAC also has the responsibility to review the Transition, Food, and Housing Plan (included in the program’s Operational Protocol) and provide feedback. After receiving feedback, necessary amendments are made to the Operational Protocol and the plans. After this, they will be disseminated for a period of 30 days for public comment.

MFP Stakeholder Advisory Council

1. American Samoa Medicaid Office

2. ASCC Nursing Department

3. Dementia Friendly American Samoa

4. Department of Commerce: Statistics Division, Housing Division

5. Department of Health - Community Behavioral Health Division

6. Department of Health - Leo o Aiga

7. Department of Health - Maternal Child Health

8. Department of Health - Nursing Division

9. Department of Education - Special Education

10. Department of Human & Social Services - Children, Family Services Divn

11. Developmental Disabilities Planning Council

12. Development Bank of American Samoa, Housing Programs

13. Fatuoaiga Hope House

14. LBJ Tropical Medical Center - Discharge Planning/Social Services Divn

15. LBJ Tropical Medical Center - Physical Therapist

16. Office of Protection & Advocacy for the Disabled (OPAD)

17. Office Public Works - Dial A Ride Transit Service

18. Office of Samoan Affairs

19. Office of Vocational Rehabilitation - Independent Living Program

20. Parent of Child with Disability

21. Parent of Child with Disability

22. Parents of Children with Special Needs (PCSN)

23. Student with Lived Experience

24. Territorial Administration on Aging (TAOA)

MFP Committees

Transition Committee

• PCHS - Money Follows the Person – Staff, Chair

• Hope House - Clinical Services Director

• AS DOH - American Samoa Department of Health

• LBJ TMC - Social Services/Discharge Planning Division

Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Committee

• PCHS - Money Follows the Person – Staff, Chair

• AS DOH - Community Behavioral Health Services Division

• AS Medicaid - HCBS Specialist

• LBJ TMC - Physical Therapist

• AS Office of Vocational Rehabilitation - Independent Living Program

• Family Representative of Individuals with Disability

Housing Committee

• PCHS - Money Follows the Person - Staff, Chair

• AS Department of Commerce -Housing Division, Emergency Rental Assistance Prog

• AS Department of Commerce - Statistics Division, GIS Mapping, Housing Inventory

• Development Bank of American Samoa - Home Rehabilitation Assistance Program

• Office of Samoan Affairs - Village Mayors, Communal Land/Traditional Fale

• Parent of Individual with Disability; and Individual with Disability

Data Committee

• PCHS - Money Follows the Person - Staff, Chair

• American Samoa Medicaid State Agency

• AS DOC - ERAP/Statistics Division

• Territorial Administration on Aging

• LBJ TMC – Data Quality Management Division

Health Policy Committee

• PCHS - Money Follows the Person – Staff, Chair

• AS DOH - Maternal & Child Health Program

• Prime Consultants

• Tautua Samoa Counseling

• Pacific Basin Telehealth Resource Center