**INDIANA***URGENT WAIVER NEWS

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Passing this on from INF2FParents:

Hi all!

Was your child one of the kids in 2003 who received a support

services waiver and Medicaid card, only to have it later revoked because the

state did not have enough money to fund all the spots? If so, and if you

have NOT yet received a letter telling you that your child is targeted again, I

have great news for you!

Monday evening Nanette Whightsel from the Arc of Indiana spoke to

our local parent support group and shared the following information. In

addition to the waiver spots already released in the past couple of months,

FSSA has also committed to funding all of those spots that were granted in 2003

and revoked. All of those families were supposed to get a letter advising

them that they have been targeted, but at our meeting of about 40 parents, we

found at least three families who did not receive the letter, and we are

certain that there are others around the state who are not aware of this

development.

I heard from Nanette today, and the Arc of Indiana has committed

to helping families in this situation to navigate through the red tape and get

this process underway. If this scenario applies to your child, please

contact Nanette Whightsel at Arc of Indiana with your name, address, phone,

name of your child, date of birth of your child, and any other information you

are comfortable sharing with Nanette. She will hand carry that

information to the state office in charge of granting waivers and go to bat for

families to get the process moving.

Nanette will not be in the office the remainder of this week, but

she will be back in on Monday. This gives you a day or so to pull

together your original paperwork and documents to prove that you are in this

group that should have been targeted. Those documents will be very

helpful in getting the process moving, but call even if you cannot locate

them. Here is Nanette’s contact info:

Nanette Whightsel

Director of Family Education and Community Resources

Arc of Indiana

317-977-2383

1-800-382-9100

317-977-2385 (fax)

nwhightselarcind (DOT) org

www.arcind.org

Please pass this info along to your other networks so we can find

all of the families that may need this information! Thank you

Nanette and the Arc of Indiana for making this commitment to help families get

these critical services.

Arland

Regional Facilitator

www.inf2f.org