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Legal > Advocacy
Guardianship and Developmental Disabilities
Surrogate Decision Making for People...Surrogate Decision Making for People with Developmental...financial, and medical decisions for herself, but...legal, financial, and residential decisions for her....financial, and residential decisions for her. Susie, however,...financial, and medical decisions for him. Guardianship...appoints someone to make decisions for a person who...
Legal > Government Benefits
Maryland Is Cutting $250 Million in Disability Services. Families Have Days to Push Back.
...27, to reconcile differences between the two chambers. That's the final decision point before the budget is locked. If your family depends on DDA services...received services through DDA waivers. Services include personal care, residential support, day programs, job coaching, and respite care. Unlike other Medicaid...
Social Engagement > Community Living
Accessible Housing 101: Finding, Funding, and Moving Into Your Home
...adult with a disability, or your adult child's needs, is one of those decisions that sits at the intersection of practical and profound. It's about doorway...offer a baseline for what accessible construction looks like, even though residential homes aren't always required to meet them. The takeaway: start with the...
Legal > Housing
Group Home Rights Under the Fair Housing Act
...homes serving people with disabilities from residential neighborhoods. If a city says group homes can...provides support. These homes are protected as residential use under the FHA, even when local zoning treats...the restriction applies equally to all similar residential uses. That guidance has...
Financial > Financial Planning
Housing Planning for Adults with Disabilities: Group Homes, Supported Living, and Home Ownership
...of a realistic long-term plan. Group Homes: Residential Programs with 24/7 Staffing. A group home is...Programs with 24/7 Staffing. A group home is a residential facility where several adults with disabilities...Community-Based Services (HCBS) waivers that cover residential support services, including staffing, room, and...
Career > Skills Training
Job Corps for Adults with Disabilities: Free Career Training and Support
...don't guarantee job placement. Meanwhile, there's a federally-funded residential training program that covers tuition, housing, meals, healthcare, and...services to young adults ages 16 through 24. It's the nation's largest residential career training program, with 120 centers across the country offering...
Financial > Government Benefits
Medicaid Waiver Waiting Lists: How to Access Services While You Wait (and How to Jump the Line)
...toileting) Respite care for family caregivers Supported employment and job coaching Adult day programs Home modifications and assistive technology Residential habilitation Federal law doesn't require states to offer waivers, and states can cap enrollment. When more people qualify than a state is willing...
Legal > Government Benefits
Idaho Passed $22M in Medicaid Disability Cuts. Here's What Families Can Do Before the Governor Signs.
...The bill cuts provider reimbursement rates for residential habilitation services. Combined with last year's...reduces how much Idaho Medicaid pays providers for residential habilitation services by $21.8 million in fiscal...services by $21.8 million in fiscal year 2027. Residential habilitation includes group homes, supported...
Legal > Government Benefits
When Your Medicaid Provider Stops Taking Patients: What Families Can Do
...you've been going to for three years, or the residential habilitation program that's been a lifeline is...services, reducing provider reimbursement rates for residential habilitation programs. Combined with last year's...how much they pay therapists, dentists, and residential programs for serving Medicaid patients. A provider...
Financial > Grants
The Lifespan Respite Care Program Was Just Renewed: Here's What Caregivers Can Get From It
...programs that let you choose your own respite provider. Others fund networks that match families with trained workers. Some programs cover short-term residential care for situations where a family caregiver becomes ill or has an emergency. The goal in each case is the same: creating real options for people...
Legal > Housing
Finding Home: Decoding Housing Laws for Special Needs Individuals
...needs individuals have established protections. The Federal Fair Housing Act, for instance, prohibits discrimination based on disability in any residential real estate transactions such as rentals and sales. This means that housing providers, including landlords and real estate companies, cannot refuse...
Financial > Housing Assistance
Wanted: A Place of My Own
Living Innovations pioneers a new residential model: Shared Living. For...living on our own, getting a job, making new friends and finding our place...group homes offered one of the few residential alternatives for people who need...been a pioneer in offering a new residential option – Shared Living – in which...