Heidi in another question you asked about state spending on center based employment . Ours in Arizona continues to go down and our department will be looking at re-conceptualizing these services due to Olmstead and wioa.

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On Jan 24, 2017, at 5:10 AM, Lawyer, Heidi (VBPD) <xxxxxx@VBPD.virginia.gov> wrote:

Thanks so much

 

Heidi Lawyer

Executive Director

Virginia Board for People with Disabilities (VBPD)

1100 Bank Street, 7th Floor, Richmond, VA  23219

804-786-9369

800-846-4464

www.VaBoard.org

 

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From: xxxxxx@nacdd.simplelists.com [mailto:xxxxxx@nacdd.simplelists.com] On Behalf Of Swedeen, Beth - BPDD
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2017 9:13 PM
To: xxxxxx@nacdd.simplelists.com
Subject: DD Councils Medicaid, federal policy resources, grassroots survey you can adapt from WI

 

Hi folks,

We have multiple orgs in WI working together on educating the grassroots, as well as gathering stories from real people as we encourage local teams to set up in-district visits with their legislators regarding Medicaid block grants and the ACA re: its impact on PWD. I wanted to share these presentation/educational training resources: please adapt as you see fit for your states and for use by national groups (Donna, Cindy). 

 

A special shout-out to our state disability coalition's "Am I Impacted by Changes to Medicaid?" survey (the 4th/final document). This Survey Monkey is designed to simultaneously educate people about what Medicaid programs they use/how much they depend on them, and gather impacts for legislators on what is at stake if the program is significantly cut (families leaving jobs, moves to nursing homes/facilities, etc.) there's also an open question to gather stories, and a query on how they are willing to act (write letters, go on legislative visits, etc). We can put people's addresses through a database and find their legislative districts for easy mobilization. 

 

Please adapt and use these surveys in any ways to help your Partners in Policymakers, grassroots groups, coalition partners, etc. Why re-invent the wheel? No need to give credit: just plug in your own state's info.

Best to all,

Beth  

 

Impact of ACA repeal on people with disabilities http://wi-bpdd.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/BPDDACARepealImpactPWD_012017.pdf

 

Potential impact of Medicaid Block Grants on Wisconsin and people with disabilities: http://wi-bpdd.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/BPDD_MedicaidBlockGrants_012017.pdf

 

Presidential appointments to federal agencies important to people with disabilities: http://wi-bpdd.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/BPDD_PresidentialAppointees_012017-3.pdf

 

“Am I impacted by changes to Medicaid” survey by Survival Coalition: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XVCZFXK

 



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