Annie Kimbrel, MA, serves as a Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Technical Assistance (TA) Subject Matter Expert on the TA for HCBS and PASRR Programs Contract administered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. She has experience managing enhanced technical assistance projects for state aging and disability agencies, developing training tools and resources, and leading stakeholder engagement efforts to maximize the input of interested parties. Ms. Kimbrel served as a Program Manager at an Area Agency on Aging in Oregon, overseeing implementation of Older Americans Act programming and state-funded in-home care programs designed to support older adults to live and thrive in the community settings of their own choosing. She also worked for many years in Colorado Medicaid waiver case management for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, supporting people to access HCBS and to design person-centered service plans aligned with each person’s unique goals. She started in the field working as a direct care worker at an adult day program and holds a Master of Arts in Special Education.