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Ellen Garber Bronfeld

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Job Opportunity and Medicaid Update

Family Support Network is in need of a Part-time Assistant!

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Family Support Network Members and Friends:

The Family Support Network in the South Suburbs is

looking for a part-time Clerical –Assistant!

Are you able to work at least 15 hours a week? Email me

your resume: Shirleyfsn@...

NECESSARY SKILLS

The skills necessary to successfully perform this job

include, but are not limited to, the list below:

Be a creative thinker and a self-motivator,

Be well organized,

Be able to work unsupervised,

Be able to listen to others with patience and empathy,

Be able to keep confidences,

Be diplomatic,

Be able to speak in front of groups.

Have strong computer skills.

Knowledge and skills with the following programs a plus:

Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, Excel, Access, and Outlook.

Be able to contribute written articles to the Family

Support Network Newsletter or similar publications.

Email me: Shirleyfsn@...

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Medicaid - President Obama’s plan for deficit

reduction and what it means for Medicaid

“On September 19th, President Obama outlined a set of

proposals to reduce the nation’s debt by more than $4 trillion and fund the

American Jobs Act. The plan cuts $2 in spending for every dollar in new

revenues. These cuts are in addition to the $1 trillion in spending that has

already been cut from the budget under the Budget Control Act. As stated by the

President, his proposals include “structural reforms to reduce the cost of

health care in programs like Medicare and Medicaid,†as well as cuts to many

other parts of the Federal budget. The plan has been sent to the Congressional

Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction for their consideration as they seek

to develop a proposal to reduce the nation’s deficit by at least $1.5 trillion

over the next 10 years.

To help pay for the plan, the President proposed $320

billion in health savings over the next decade with approximately $248 billion

in cuts to Medicare and $73 billion in Medicaid cuts. The proposed Medicaid

changes include phasing down but not eliminating the use of Medicaid provider

taxes, limiting federal reimbursement for certain durable medical equipment,

simplifying the federal Medicaid payment formulas for states and other changes.

The Arc will be analyzing the proposals to assess the impact on people with

intellectual and or developmental disabilities and their families. "

Why Does this matter to us?

Medicaid program that are cut will likely result in

cost shifting to low income Americans and impact families with disabilities.

What can you do?

Get to KNOW your legislators. If you would like to

figure out who your legislators are, here's the website that will do it.

http://www.vote-smart.org

Stay tuned for the analysis of this proposal by the

Arc.

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Home and Community Based Waivers and Pre-vocational

Services

" The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

issued an Informational Bulletin to update its Waiver Technical Guide Version

3.5 and clarify its position on employment and employment related services. In

the update, CMS emphasized the importance of competitive work for people with

disabilities and highlighted its goal to promote integrated employment options

through the waiver program. The TA Guide added a new core service definition by

splitting supported employment into two definitions – individual and small

group supported employment. It clarified that volunteer work and other unpaid

integrated community employment activities are pre-vocational services, not

supported employment services. The TA guide also clarified that pre-vocational

services are designed to help obtain competitive employment and are time-limited

although no specific limit is given in the update. "

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Join the Family Support Network by clicking on the

following link: www.familysupportnetwork.org! On the FSN home page select the

link to your left, " Join the FSN. " It will open up to our 2011 membership

brochure. Please download, complete and return to FSN. If you are unable to

download and need an application mailed to you, please send an email to

ShirleyFSN@... and I will mail you an application.

...Sincerely,

Shirley

Shirley A.

Executive Director

Family Support Network

651 E. 159th Place

South Holland, IL 60473

Telephone: 708-331-7370

Fax: 708-339-5423

ShirleyFSN@...

The mission of the Family Support Network is to unify

individuals with disabilities and their families to advocate for funding,

services, and community resources that strengthen and support the individual and

the family directly by responding to their individual needs and empowering them

to live in their own homes. The Family Support Network further seeks to ensure

the continuation of all individual supports throughout the life span of the

individual.

NECESSARY SKILLS

The skills necessary to successfully perform this job

include, but are not limited to, the list below. A successful Assistant must:

able to contribute written articles to the Family

Support Network Newsletter or similar publications.

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