Funding

How Safe is your Family’s Medicaid Waiver?

On March 6, 2017, Congress removed the “Repeal and Replace Obamacare” from it’s locked down secret location and revealed to the world the GOP plan for healthcare. The announcement has many of us scratching our heads wondering if Medicaid services as we have come to know them will change. The answer is still unclear. What […]

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Developmental Disability Awareness Month: A little history.

Presidents and Parents and Advocates Leading the Way In the early 1960’s President, Kennedy used the power of the Presidency to bring attention to the needs of people experiencing life with an intellectual and developmental disability (IDD).  Back in the 1960’s, individuals with IDD were labeled as “mentally retarded.”  Up until that time, people with

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What’s the #1 Old School Strategy for Negotiating New World Rehabilitation Realties?

“I don’t wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.” Pearl S. Buck # 1. Self-reliance My daughter, Mikelle and I serve on several boards, commissions, committees and councils focused on the future on rehabilitation and special education services. We are

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Follow the Money!

  The now infamous hundred year storm was just winding up, getting ready to smack Colorado on the backside as parents, rehabilitation professionals and interested citizens drove on wet roads and downpours to arrive on deck at the Arc of Arapahoe-Douglass County’s doorstep. These intrepid adventurers brushed off the rain, shook their multi-colored umbrellas and

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Will We Lose Funding for our Special Needs Children? Five Steps to Secure your Child’s Future.

It is nearly a month since President Obama issued an order instituting what’s known as sequestration. Deep spending cuts are not just on the horizon, they are beginning to be felt in various programs. Most notably in a number of states, including Colorado, Vocational Rehabilitation Programs have gone to Order of Selection. This process occurs because

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