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Minnesota Just Disenrolled 61% of Its Medicaid Disability Providers. Other States Are Running the Same Audit. Here's What Families Need to Do Now.
Minnesota's Department of Human Services completed a court-ordered Medicaid...The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ordered all 50 states to run...ABA therapy providers, adult day services, mental health programs, and Integrated...got the green light. Five were cut. Disability advocates worry many legitimate providers...
Lifestyle > Recreation
Adapted Physical Education: What Schools Must Provide
...allow. It's a related service under the Individuals...required when a child's disability prevents full participation...needs of a child with a disability. It modifies curriculum,...accommodation. APE is a distinct service with individualized goals,...matters because related services in special education...for any child whose disability affects their ability...
Legal > Government Benefits
Medicaid Waiver Waiting Lists: How to Join and What to Expect
...and Community Based Services (HCBS) waivers nationwide....Medicaid waivers pay for services that standard Medicaid...employment. These are the services that allow people with...wait years for waiver services. How to Find Your State's...coordinator, social worker, or disability services case manager,...worker, or disability services case manager, they can...
Career > Skills Training
Job Corps for Adults with Disabilities: Free Career Training and Support
...and job placement at no cost to you, and it's required by law to provide disability accommodations. It's called Job Corps, and most parents of young adults...Department of Labor program that provides free career training and support services to young adults ages 16 through 24. It's the nation's largest residential...
Career > Finding Jobs
American Job Centers: Free Employment Services by State
...specialists trained in disability accommodation, access...Centers Offer. The services at these centers...categories: self-service resources you can...appointment, staff-assisted services that require meeting...enrollment. Self-service typically includes...registering. Staff-assisted services include one-on-one...boards. Intensive services are available through...
Career > Finding Jobs
Supported Employment Services: Job Coaching and Placement Assistance
Finding a job is one challenge. Finding one that fits, in a workplace that accommodates what you need, while managing a disability: that's where most employment systems fall short. Supported employment is built specifically for this gap: competitive jobs in the community, with...
Career > Finding Jobs
Ticket to Work Program: Using SSA Benefits to Find Employment
...provides free employment services to SSI and SSDI recipients...placement support from approved service providers. Your healthcare...coverage continues. Medical disability reviews pause while you're...proposition. Not "free career services" as a standalone offer, but...receives Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental...
Career > Advancement
Executive Coaching and Career Counseling for Professionals with Disabilities
...deep expertise in disability accommodation...advancement with a disability, you're often...a gap between services designed for job...job seekers and services designed for executives...don't factor in disability context. Here's...Executive Coaches. The disability employment support...have training in disability accommodation...understand how disability factors into workplace...
News > Advocacy
Pennsylvania Just Signed Three Executive Orders to Protect Disability Families. Here's What It Means and What Other States Can Do.
...agencies collect and share disability data, create a new advisory...requests for autism and disability data from states, requests...different aspects of disability rights and services...disability rights and services in Pennsylvania. Executive...places new limits on disability data collection. State...database using state disability records. Executive...
News > Advocacy
The Federal Agency That Funds Independence for People with Disabilities Is Being Eliminated. Here's What Families Need to Know.
...support programs, disability research, and civil...on for navigation services, home and community-based...regardless of age or disability, should be able to...The agency funds services provided primarily...families navigate disability services, access...navigate disability services, access assistive...National Institute on Disability, Independent Living,...
Assistive Tech > Mobility
Wheelchair-Accessible School Bus Transportation: Legal Rights and Practical Solutions
...transportation is a related service that school districts...Transportation Is a Related Service Under IDEA. IDEA defines...IDEA defines related services as "developmental, corrective,...and other supportive services required to assist a...assist a child with a disability to benefit from special...to school and their disability requires accommodations...
News > Advocacy
The DOJ May Delay the ADA's Web Accessibility Deadline. Here's What Disability Families Need to Know.
...request forms, transportation services, voter registration, and...emergency information: digital services families with disabled children...less costly," according to Disability Scoop's April 14 report....for Mental Health Law, told Disability Scoop the timing and procedural...websites are where you apply for disability benefits, request school...