Fw: Update for November 15, 2011, Care Coordination Subcommittee Meeting

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Update for November 15, 2011, Care Coordination Subcommittee MeetingFYI

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Ellen Garber Bronfeld

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Update for November 15, 2011, Care Coordination Subcommittee Meeting

Are you, or do you love, a person with a developmental

disability who needs quality community services?

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Family Support Network Members and Friends. . .

News you need to know!

NOTE from HFS: Update for November 15, 2011, Care

Coordination Subcommittee Meeting

" Due to the level of interest expressed, and after

allocating space for committee members, presentation guests and required staff,

we regret that we cannot confirm in-person attendance for the November 15, 2011,

Care Coordination Subcommittee meeting. All confirmations to attend in-person

are revoked. Attendance at both the Chicago and Springfield locations will be on

a first-come, first-served basis. However, we will be offering a “listen

only†Dial-In Option for the meeting. To listen to the meeting dial

1-877-402-9757 and use Participant Code: 8876267. Following the meeting, please

feel free to submit your comments and questions to HFS.CareCoord@...

If your interest in the meeting is mainly to keep

informed on the development of the Innovations Project, we respectfully request

that you use the Dial-In Option. This will allow space for those wanting to

actively participate, and in particular give input on the performance and

quality measures for the Innovations Project, to attend in-person. Additional

meeting material for the November 15, 2011, meeting has been posted on the

Medicaid Advisory Committee’s Web site at:

http://www.hfs.illinois.gov/mac/news/

We appreciate your continued support of the Innovations

Project and will keep you informed as developmentsmove forward. "

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The Ligas Consent Decree is going to have major positive

implications for the Illinois Disability Service System for years to come.3, 000

individuals will move off the Illinois Waiting list in the next six years. In

the next 19 months, 1,000 people will move! Any of the 6,000 individuals in an

ICFDD, over a six year period, will be able to transition into the most

integrated community-based setting of their choice! The Illinois Disability

System will expand by about 30%! The court has ruled that this decree must be

funded regardless of what our friends in the Capitol say!

Are you, or do you love, a person with a developmental

disability who needs quality community services?

Plan to attend a special presentation by:

Tony Records

Court Monitor for the Ligas

Consent Decree

Monday, November 28, 2011

7:00 to 8:30 P.M. in the Robeson Bavilion Rooms A & B

Champaign Public Library

200 West Green Street

Champaign, IL

For more information call IAMC at 217-778-5388 or

QualityLifeinIL@...

Sponsored by: Illinois Assoc. of Microbords &

atices, The Arc, Community Choices, C-U Autism Network, Champaign Regional

Planning Commission and Developmental Services Center.

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Do You want to learn how to access Emergency Respite?

We hope you will be able to participate in a webinar

regarding the process of

accessing Emergency Respite Funds!

SAVE THE DATE: Thursday, November 17, 2011

Time:10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Short Description:

“Webinar participants will receive information on

eligibility, funding and resources to support caregivers of children with

special needs or adults with special needs who have an urgent need for respite

care in the absence of any other funding source through the Illinois Lifespan

Emergency Respite Program.â€

Stay tuned for further details regarding the webinar.

Please share this announcement with others!

Brought to you by the Illinois Respite Coalition in

collaboration with the Illinois Department on Aging

Pandya- Statewide Respite Coordinator

Illinois Respite Coalition

164 S. Prairie Ave. 630.529.2871 X3242

Bloomingdale, IL 60108 630.529.3266 Fax

juliepandya@...

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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

708-331-7370

ShirleyFSN@...

www.familysupportnetwork.org

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