Question for Charlotte Cronin

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Ms. Cronin,

Thank you so much for your time this week, and it could not be a more perfect

topic for our family:

After over a year of " fighting, " and the eventual involvement of our State

Representative, the Illinois DHS has finally approved my two sons for

" eligibility " for the Children's Waiver. Now, I suppose we start the long wait

for actual support.

My question is relating to what we can do with that " money " once it finally gets

to us - we have an intense home-based therapy program (RDI), that costs us a lot

each month for two boys, AND we would like to add some RDI extenders to our

sons' days, AND my husband and I could really use some respite, even if just

once a month or so. Our " service provider " that was identified in the

application process was " Clearbrook " , and we met with them a year ago as we

established our service plan for our two applications for our sons.

Will all of the Waiver funds go to Clearbrook automatically, or will we be able

to choose some Clearbrook services and apply some to our RDI program/expenses?

I know that this question is a bit premature - I understand that we could wait

up to 6-months or more for actual funding, but I couldn't pass up the

opportunity to pose the question to you.

Thanks again for your time,