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Legal > Government Benefits
Maryland Is Cutting $250 Million in Disability Services. Families Have Days to Push Back.
...Administration runs Maryland's Medicaid waiver programs for people...respite care. Unlike other Medicaid programs, waivers are not entitlements....waivers are not entitlements. States control enrollment and funding....proposal of $150 million. The state is closing a $1.5 billion budget...escalating the fastest." The agency was underfunded by roughly...
Financial > Grants
Financial Aid Options for People with Disabilities
...Insurance (SSDI) Medicaid Grants from non-profit...living expenses. Medicaid offers health insurance...https://www.ssa.gov/disability/ and https://www.medicaid.gov/. Eligibility...1-800-772-1213. For Medicaid, contact your state's...Medicaid, contact your state's Medicaid agency...contact your state's Medicaid agency to request...state's Medicaid agency to request an application....
Financial > Financial Planning
Navigating Types of Special Needs Trusts
...provision repaying the state Medicaid agency...repaying the state Medicaid agency for the...state Medicaid agency for the cost of...for the cost of Medicaid benefits received...accounting to the state Medicaid agency...accounting to the state Medicaid agency of trust...state Medicaid agency of trust expenditures....Income (SSI) and Medicaid eligibility. Will...
Legal > Government Benefits
Special Needs Trusts: First-Party vs Third-Party
...whether your state Medicaid agency...your state Medicaid agency can...state Medicaid agency can recover...trust? The Medicaid Payback Requirement:...beneficiary, Medicaid treats the...keep SSI and Medicaid eligibility...return, the state Medicaid agency...the state Medicaid agency recovers...state Medicaid agency recovers what...This is the Medicaid payback requirement....there's no Medicaid payback requirement....
Legal > Government Benefits
Parents of Minor Disabled Children Can't Get Paid as Medicaid Caregivers in Most States. One Lawsuit Could Change That.
...Washington state, if you're...receive Medicaid compensation...professional agency worker,...worker, the state will pay...Washington. Most states bar parents...through Medicaid self-directed...and the state has no...that the state is failing...under Medicaid. The lawsuit...when the state excludes...violating the Medicaid Act. For...changes how states are required...work. Why States Exclude...Programs. Medicaid allows...allows states to run...
Legal > Government Benefits
States Are Cutting Medicaid Family Caregiver Wages. Here's What Self-Directing Families Need to Do Now.
...through a Medicaid self-directed...verify your state's program...year. Other states are watching...the federal Medicaid work requirements...is about state governments...Self-Directed Medicaid Programs...depending on your state: Consumer...programs in some states, participant-directed...the same. Medicaid pays family...care from agency-employed...in all 50 states in some form,...rate for Medicaid personal...
Legal > Government Benefits
Minnesota Lost Its Court Battle to Unblock $243 Million in Medicaid. Here's What Disability Families Should Do Now.
...to unblock $243 million in frozen Medicaid funds. Families who were counting on...generally can't intervene until an agency action is "final," and CMS hasn't concluded...order and preliminary injunction. The state had sued on March 3, 2026, shortly...required procedural steps: notifying the state in writing, identifying the type and...
Career > Finding Jobs
Customized Employment: Creating Jobs That Match Your Abilities
...vocational rehabilitation service funded through state VR agencies, Medicaid waivers, and workforce development...rehabilitation service funded through state VR agencies, Medicaid waivers, and workforce development...rehabilitation service funded through state VR agencies, Medicaid waivers, and workforce development programs. If...
Special Needs > Down Syndrome
Preparing Your Teen with Down Syndrome for Adult Life: A Transition Planning Guide
...Services must connect directly to the stated goals. Agency linkages: the school...connect directly to the stated goals. Agency linkages: the school identifies outside...linkages: the school identifies outside agencies such as vocational rehab, developmental...developmental disabilities services, and Medicaid waiver programs, then coordinates...
News > Advocacy
Your State May Not Know How to Exempt You From Medicaid Work Requirements. Here's What Disability Families Should Do Before June.
...survey of state Medicaid...of state Medicaid agencies...Medicaid agencies published...that 21 states have not...families from Medicaid work requirements....Most other states are set...June 2026. States are required...enrolled in Medicaid expansion...enough that states have to...survey, 32 states plan to...plan to use Medicaid claims data...status. Ten states have identified...codes. Thirty states...
Legal > Government Benefits
Vance Just Suspended $1.3 Billion in Medicaid Payments to California and Threatened Every Other State. Here's What Home Care Families Need to Do.
...billion in Medicaid payments to...fraud in the state's In-Home Supportive...home health agencies nationwide....withholding to other states that don't aggressively...aggressively prosecute Medicaid fraud. California...family relies on Medicaid-funded home...by federal Medicaid dollars and...dollars and state funds. What...California's Medicaid reimbursement...must fill with state dollars while...
Legal > Government Benefits
Federal Fraud Investigations Are Freezing Home Care Funding. What Families Should Do Now.
...Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is...investigations to freeze Medicaid funding that pays...services in multiple states. The mechanism works...withholds funds from states, states can't pay...funds from states, states can't pay providers,...billion in what the agency calls fraudulent payments....decision, which requires states to provide community-based...