As Director of the Office on Disability, I am very excited to be able to report significant progress in the implementation of provisions that will expand opportunities for persons with disabilities to live in their communities. Within the department, we are taking the lead in coordinating the Community Living Initiative, which will allow more persons with disabilities who wish to live in their own homes to do so. A regulation released today by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will make it considerably easier for states to provide home and community based services in the Medicaid program, allowing people with disabilities to stay in their homes and contribute to their communities.