Initially, the project focused on the passage of legislation that would allow North Dakota citizens receiving Medicaid and working to buy in to Medicaid health care coverage, much like a premium payment for health insurance, thus providing individuals with disabilities the opportunity to be employed without the risk of losing much needed coverage. The legislation was passed during the 2003 session and has been successfully implemented and is currently being monitored. The work and efforts of the MIG project have expanded to a encompass a wide variety of projects impacting and affecting persons with disabilities throughout North Dakota. These include: • A 5-year initiative to research, develop and implement a statewide plan for a Comprehensive Employment System (CES) to assist persons with disabilities to secure and maintain meaningful employment; • A statewide Housing Task Force working to identify and address housing issues and concerns related to individuals with disabilities; • A Transitional Jobs Task Force that is developing a pilot project to assist individuals who are transitioning from incarceration to the community to secure and maintain meaningful employment; • An effort to develop and implement a 10-year plan to end chronic homelessness in the Bismarck/Mandan area; • An effort to address problems and concerns relative to the access to, provision of and payment for personal health care services by Qualified Service Providers (QSP); and • An initiative to study the need for and current levels of availability of Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) in the state. The Consensus Council has provided a variety of planning and facilitation services to the MIG projects participants since 2002.