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Locating Hurricane Survivors Placed in Facilities

Dr. Margaret Giannini, Director of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office on Disability needs our help to locate hurricane survivors who were placed in nursing homes and other restrictive facilities. HHS is enlisting our help so they can work with HUD to get these folks back out of the nursing homes and into temporary housing in the community. The attached memo details ways you can send specific information about survivors.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50739

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Aged/Disabled Medicaid HCBS Waiver Programs and Family Caregiving

This Issue Brief summarizes the results of a recent descriptive study, Medicaid and Family Caregiving: Services, Supports and Strategies Among Aged/Disabled HCBS Waiver Programs in the U.S. (Feinberg & Newman, 2005). This issue brief is the first to characterize and analyze the role of Medicaid HCBS waiver programs in supporting family and informal caregivers of frail elders and adults with disabilities. The brief highlights key findings and summarizes conclusions.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50737

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Social Security Administration Streamlines the Employment Network Request for Proposal Process

Organizations interested in applying to become Employment Networks (EN) can now do so directly with the Social Security Administration, no longer having to process requests through MAXIMUS. All Request for Proposal (RFP) applications can be downloaded from the Federal procurement web site. This press release provides detailed instructions and contact information.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50736

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Family Caregiver Support Services: Sustaining Unpaid Family and Friends in a Time of Public Fiscal Constraint

This AARP Public Policy Institute fact sheet and report outlines the need for publicly funded respite services for family caregivers and describes the types available. The research concludes that publicly funded caregiver support programs play an important role in sustaining and strengthening the unpaid, informal care provided by families.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50733

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Saving Lives: Including People with Disabilities in Emergency Planning

The National Council on Disability (NCD) released this report on April 15, 2005. This report provides an overview of steps the Federal Government should take to build a solid and resilient infrastructure that will enable the government to include the diverse populations of people with disabilities in emergency preparedness, disaster relief, and homeland security programs.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50731

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Department of Homeland Security - Disability Preparedness Resource Center

This disability preparedness website provides practical information on how people with and without disabilities can prepare for an emergency. It also provides information for family members of, and service providers to, people with disabilities. In addition, this site includes information for emergency planners and first responders to help them to better prepare for serving persons with disabilities.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50730

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West Virginia Real Choice Community Outreach Material

For the last two years, WV Real Choice has worked in collaboration with other agencies and organizations to create improvements in long term support systems so persons with disabilities and/or long term illnesses can make their own choices and have the necessary supports to live and work in their communities. Attached are the program's community outreach materials such as brochures, flyers, postcards and previous and current conferences advertising materials.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50729

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Medicaid and Family Caregiving: Services, Supports and Strategies Among Aged/Disabled HCBS Waiver Programs in the U.S.

The majority of public funding in the US for home and community-based care comes from Medicaid. Yet we know relatively little about how and in what ways Medicaid HCBS waiver programs support family caregivers or how such waiver services coordinate with other federal or state-funded caregiver programs. This descriptive study is the first to characterize and analyze the role of Medicaid HCBS waiver programs in supporting family and informal caregivers of frail elders and adults with disabilities.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50728

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Parent Leadership: Creating Partnerships During Health Care Visits

Family Voices of North Dakota developed two presentations to assist families in advocacy, navigate the health care system and create collaborative relationships with health care providers and payers. Review the first presentation <i>Getting the Most From Your Health Care Visits</i> for helpful ideas. The second presentation <i>Parent Leadership: Creating Partnerships</i> offers practical tools in care coordination.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50727

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