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Cost Barriers to Mental Health Care for People with Intellectual Disabilities
...Insurance coverage gaps: Many private insurance plans exclude behavioral health services for individuals with developmental disabilities or apply restrictive criteria...criteria that limit the number of sessions covered. Medicaid covers these services in theory, but provider acceptance is uneven. Some states allow Medicaid...
Lifestyle > Self-Care
ARCH National Respite Locator: How to Find Emergency Backup Care
...with their own directory of trained providers. The network includes agencies that offer in-home care, facility-based programs, and volunteer respite services. Some specialize in specific disabilities. Others serve families regardless of diagnosis. What they share is a focus on short-term relief care that's...
News > Advocacy
Medicaid Work Rules Are Forcing States to Rebuild Their Systems. Here's What Disability Families Should Know Before Coverage Terminations Begin.
The June 1 regulations from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services were supposed to give states the clarity they needed. Instead, health policy experts and state officials say the new rules deviated so sharply from...
News > Advocacy
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 provider revalidation...Minnesota story. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ordered all 50 states to run the same revalidation...That includes ABA therapy providers, adult day services, mental health programs, and Integrated Community...
Lifestyle > Recreation
Adapted Physical Education: What Schools Must Provide
...school extends when resources allow. It's a related service under the Individuals with Disabilities Education...a reasonable accommodation. APE is a distinct service with individualized goals, delivered by a credentialed...specialist. The distinction matters because related services in special education carry specific procedural...
Lifestyle > Recreation
Preventing Summer Regression in Children with Autism
...invented. It's a documented phenomenon in autism research. Studies show that many autistic children lose skills during extended breaks from school-based services and structured routines. A 2007 study published in Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities found that autistic children lost an average...
News > Advocacy
Colorado Is Halving Paid Family Caregiver Hours. Ohio and Pennsylvania Are Next. What Families on Medicaid Waivers Need to Do Now.
...Medicaid by shifting more costs to states. Because home and community-based services are optional under federal law, they're the first thing states cut when...face a gap they have to fill with their own budgets or close by cutting services. HR...
Legal > Housing
Moving from a Nursing Home to Community Housing Under Olmstead
...held that states must provide community-based services when: Treatment professionals determine community...available resources and the needs of others receiving services This decision created an affirmative obligation...maintain waiting lists and phase in community services, but they must demonstrate active progress toward...
Legal > Government Benefits
Medicaid Waiver Waiting Lists: How to Join and What to Expect
...Medicaid Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) waivers nationwide....Cover. Medicaid waivers pay for services that standard Medicaid doesn't:...employment. These are the services that allow people with disabilities...still wait years for waiver services. How to Find Your State's...social worker, or disability services case manager, they can identify...
Financial > Financial Planning
Medicaid Estate Recovery and Special Needs Trusts
...recoup costs they paid for long-term care and services. Federal law requires states to attempt recovery...55 or older, or who received nursing facility services or home and community-based services at any age....facility services or home and community-based services at any age. For individuals with disabilities...
Financial > Financial Planning
Housing Planning for Adults with Disabilities: Group Homes, Supported Living, and Home Ownership
...for group home placements. Most states operate Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waivers that cover residential support services, including staffing,...Community-Based services (HCBS) waivers that cover residential support services, including staffing, room, and board. Coverage varies by state, but most...
Career > Skills Training
Getting to Work Independently: Transit and Paratransit Training for Employees with Disabilities
...I want you to know is this: the skills and the services are there. You don't have to piece this together...Travel Training as a Vocational Rehabilitation Service. Travel training isn't "just practicing the bus...agencies fund travel training as a pre-employment service in most states. If you're working with a VR counselor,...