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Issue_150 – My Birthday Wish – Please advocate for those with Disabilities
Issue_149 – CHOA Concerns Update & Advocacy Days
Issue_148 – Clarification-on-Changes-to-GAPP-CCSP-SOURCE-NOW-COMP-waiver-or-children-under-21-years
Issue_147 – URGENT- Advocacy Needed, New Funding and Positive News
- Waiver Supplemental Services Fact Sheet 2016
- WSS-Flow Chart of Process
- Waiver Supplement Services Program Services and Goods List for Support Coordinators
- Waiver Supplement Services Referral Form
Issue_146 – URGENT-COMP Waiver Rewrite – Action Needed
Issue_145 – COMP Waiver Rate Study
Issue_144 – URGENT NEED FOR INPUT From Families & Self-Advocates! July 21, 2015
Issue_143 – Questions for NOW-COMP Waiver Forums & Info on Fulton County CBI program
Issue_142 – National Study on Participate (self) Directed Services for Disability Waivers
Issue_141 – NOW COMP Waiver Community Forums Notice
Issue_140 – Fulton County Changes to CBI Programs for High School Students
Issue_139 – URGENT- DCH needs family input into GA DD waivers
Issue_138 – NOW COMP ICWP Waivers – Need Comments to DCH
Issue_137 – Unite Our Voices Changes and Medicaid RX Changes too!
Issue 136 – Georgia Proclaims Sept. Childhood Cancer Awareness Month!
Issue 135 – New Face Book Group, COMP-NOW Waiver Comments, DCH Change in Policy for Providers
Issue 134 – COMP Waiver & Deeming Waiver update and Training Opportunity with DBHDD
Issue 133 – Georgia NOW & COMP Disability Waivers – Information and Meetings for families
Issue 132 – URGENT- Medicaid Provider Update- REVISED – GOOD NEWS! And Autism Plan
Issue 131 – URGENT- Medicaid Provider Update, DBHDD Info and More
Issue 130 – Transition & NOW-COMP Waiver Conferences and Childhood Cancer Fundraiser
Issue 129 – NOW & COMP Waiver Update, FOCUS, DBHDD changes coming….
Issue 128 – Medicaid Data and Dept of Justice Special Education Funding Formula Investigation
Issue 127 – Waiting List Waiver numbers, Olmstead Needs Volunteers, End R-Word, etc
Issue 126 – NOW-COMP Proposed Rate Changes – Concerns from DD Providers.
Issue 125 – Katie Beckett Waiver Changes, NOW-COMP Proposed Rate Changes, D-Day, and More
Issue 124 – Katie Beckett- Deeming Waiver Process Change and Donuts with Santa!
Issue 123 – Medicaid Redesign – Online Stakeholder Survey- Needs YOUR Input!
Issue 122 – Katie Beckett/Deeming Waiver Update and Upsetting Abuse Information…
Issue 121 – Medicaid Advocacy Needed TODAY!!!!!
Issue 120 – Childhood Cancer Research Grant & Federal Medicaid Action Needed
Issue 119 – NOW/COMP Disability Waiver Rates – Family Forum Announcement
Issue 118 – NOW/COMP Disability Waiver Rates Update
Related Documents (click to view/download)
– 051711 DDD_Proposed_Rates_Public_Comments_Responses
– 022511 Detailed_Models_Proposed_DDD_Rates_
– 022311 Overview_Presentation_Proposed_DDD_Rates
Issue 117 – Cutting Paraprofessional Jobs – Advocacy Needed
Issue 116 – URGENT – Retraction for Newsletter #115
Issue 115 – URGENT – NOW-COMP Disability Waivers – Public Comment Needed for Rates
Issue 114 – GA Crisis Response System Training Information from DBHDD
Issue 113 – URGENT UPDATE: NEED YOUR HELP ON NOW/COMP WAIVERS- proposed rates
Issue 112 – URGENT: Input needed regarding proposed rate changes for NOW/COMP Waivers
Related Documents (click to view/download)
– 022511 DBHDD Draft Rate Model for NOW COMP Waivers
– 022311 DBHDD Proposed Service Rates presentation
– 101910 DBHDD DD Rate Setting Project Summary Details Report for NOW COMP
Issue 111 – HB 229 Efficieny & Fairness in Medicaid Appeals Hearings – Advocacy Needed
Issue 110 – HB 229 Efficieny & Fairness in Medicaid Appeals Hearings – Needs YOUR Support!
Issue 109 – GREAT NEWS: Katie Beckett-Deeming Waiver Update and More
Issue 108 – URGENT Katie Beckett/Deeming Waiver Advocacy Update
Issue 107 – Katie Beckett/Deeming Waiver Information, Jumping for Jacob
Issue 105 – Jumping for Jacob – Childhood Cancer Research Fundraiser
Issue 104 – Monkey Joe’s, Jumping for Jacob Cancer Fundraiser, Disability 101 Seminar, Scholarships for Mom’
Issue 103 – It’s Been A Long Time…….
Issue 102 – Personal Message from Heidi J. Moore
Issue 101 – UPDATE on Important Rx Info, Abilities Expo and more
Issue 100 – Important Prescription Information and more…
Issue 99 – URGENT: Mandatory NOW/COMP Waiver Participate/Self Direction Training from DBHDD
Issue 98 – Sibling Study, DBHDD Advocates Mtg, Restraint & Seclusion forum and an Autism Race
Issue 97 – Flooding information, Monkey Joe’s, Movies and More
Issue 96 – Heidi’s Book, DMHDD Budget, Acumen and Good Media Attention!
Issue 95 – Additional: Acumen Town Hall meetings scheduled in Georgia!
Issue 94 – Acumen is scheduled for Town Hall Mtgs Next Week in Georgia
Issue 93 – Twitter, Acumen, Waiting Lists Petition, DBHDD Board Mtg and More.
Issue 92 – Summer Vacation is Over and Newsletter’s Begin Again!
Issue 91 – Important Announcement from Heidi J. Moore
Issue 90 – Important NOW/COMP Disability Waiver Update and More
Issue 89 – White House and Disabilities
Issue 88 – Legislative Update, Advocacy, Media, Fundraising and More!
Issue 87 – Autism Awareness Month – Media Attention on Channel 11 tomorrow AM!
Issue 86 – HB 228 approved, Success in Business, Prayers and more
Issue 85 – Radio Show, Respite, Money, Meetings and More
Issue 84 – April- Autism Awareness Month Information
Issue 83 – Cherokee County and Unlock The Waiting Lists Advocacy Efforts Needed by YOU and more!
Issue 82 – Advocacy in Action Needed for Individuals with Disabilities NOW!
Issue 81 – President Obama comment on The Tonight Show- Advocacy Needed NOW!
Issue 80 – Advocacy in Action, Special Educational Seminar
Issue 79 – Advocacy Needed for Disabilities TODAY!
Issue 78 – DD Advocates Meeting Minutes for NOW/COMP Waivers
Issue 77 – OLMSTEAD COMMENTS REQUESTED 4-10-09, and Unlock Update Too!
Issue 76 – URGENT: Advocates Meeting with Office of DD Tomorrow -3/10/09
Issue 75 – Advocacy Needed, Disability Day Update, Respite, and More
Issue 74 – Disability Day, AAC news, Unlock, Survey and More!
Issue 73 – Sensory friendly films, media attention to disabilities, Autism insurance bills, transition fair in Forsyth County, and Community Choice Act
Issue 72 – Advocacy for Nurses, Views and Other Important Information!
Issue 71 – Parents Night Out- Movie Night for Children with Special Needs, Tax help for families
Issue 70 – P2P Impact Award, FOCUS EDU Conf., IDEA needs your help, DSAA Fundraiser at Chili’
Issue 69 – President Obama Disability Agenda, Unlock, Educational training and more!
Issue 68 – ADVOCACY NEEDED: Protect our Nurses in Schools!
Issue 67 – Legislative Session, NOW/COMP Waivers, Waiting Lists and More
Issue 66 – Action Needed for Obama Transition Team, Chili’s Restaurant Event and Misc.
Issue 65 – NOW/COMP Waivers, Disability Study Group and GAPP Updates
Issue 64 – NOW/COMP Waiver – Important Information!
Issue 63 – Advocacy, Disability Day, Seminars, Media and More
Issue 62 – URGENT- ADVOCACY NEEDED FOR NOW/COMP WAIVERS:
Issue 61 – BCW Advocacy, NOW/COMP Training, etc.
Issue 60 – Waiting Lists, Olmstead, Waivers and More
Issue 59 – VOTE and Misc. Other Information
Issue 58 – Medicaid Updates (NSE – NOW Waiver) – VERY IMPORTANT INFO
Issue 57 – Medicaid Updates (NOW/COMP Waivers) and a personal thought
Issue 56 – Medicaid Updates (NOW/COMP Waivers) and More
Issue 55 – IMPORTANT: Katie Beckett Waiver Fair Hearing Information!
Issue 54 – Various Disability Information
Issue 53 – Katie Beckett Appeals and Motions for Summary Determination Legal Information
Issue 52 – URGENT: Katie Beckett Waiver Legal Training Announcement & Other Important Information!
Issue 51 – Clarification on Disability Waivers in GA (including the Katie Beckett/Deeming Waiver)
Issue 50 – Concerns with Budget Issues in GA, Presidential Election Info and More
Issue 49 – Media, Meetings and More
Issue 48 – Associated Press Article in the Media – Get Involved!
Issue 47 – Disability Awareness in the Media
Issue 46 – Katie Beckett Waiver Fair Hearing Request and Other DD Information
Issue 45 – John McCain Chooses Sarah Palin as VP Running Mate (who has a child with Down syndrome)
Issue 44 – AJC Articles, Advocacy Needed and Other Information
Issue 43 – Major DHR/DCH Reorganization and Other Information
Issue 42 – Tropic Thunder Updates and Various Disability Information throughout Georgia!