Beckett Waiver and CMO Updates

[Guest guest]

August 16, 2007

Dearest Advocates:

I wanted to make sure you had the most recent information on the CMO’s (need participation in public hearings) and the Beckett/Deeming Waiver (regarding a request for proposals being sent out to finally put together a non-profit organization to help those families denied the Beckett Waiver and others). Happy Reading!

Heidi

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CMO Update and need for your participation:

The House and Senate Appropriations Health Subcommittees will hold meetings on Tuesday, Aug. 28 and Wed., Aug. 29 on the progress of the transition to CMOs in the state's Medicaid program. There will be an opportunity for public comment at the Tuesday hearing. This would include providers and patients. Details are as follows:

Tuesday, Aug. 28, 10am - 4pm Update from Dept. of Community Health and Public Hearing.

Wednesday, August 29 9am-12 noon. Update from the CMO’s.

You may sign up to testify by calling 404-463-2247. The requirement is that you limit your comments to 5 minutes and bring 15 copies on any written material you wish the committee to have. The subcommittees (House and Senate), are chaired by Rep. Mickey Channell, Greensboro; and Sen. Greg Goggans, , respectively.

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Beckett Waiver Update:

The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta is pleased to release the attached Request for Proposals (RFP) on behalf of the Champions for Children with Exceptional Needs Initiative. Led by a diverse Advisory Committee of service providers, parents, and advocates for medically fragile and special needs children, Champions’ central task is to identify a nonprofit or network of nonprofits to provide support for Georgia’s medically fragile and special needs children and their families.

The purpose of this request is to identify a statewide nonprofit organization or network of nonprofits to provide direct financial assistance to qualifying families of medically fragile and special needs children who do not have access to or have exhausted all available public and private resources for medical, therapeutic, and other support needs of their children. The selected nonprofit(s) will be expected to connect families of medically fragile and special needs children to other service providers that offer a variety of resources in the community. The Initiative will grant $4.25 million dollars to fund this comprehensive statewide effort over a period of four years. Guidelines for proposals, as well as a timeline detailing orientation and Q & A sessions, are provided in the RFP. Please review the attached RFP and circulate it among other nonprofit organizations

who may be interested in applying.

Submissions for this RFP are due by Wednesday, September 19th, at 5:00PM.

Champions for Children with Exceptional Needs

Ugarte Pardi, Program Officer

a , Program Associate

The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta

(404) 688-5525 www.atcf.org

You can review the RFP by going to the following website or contact the above contact:

http://gcdd.org/programs/grants/Champions%20for%20Chidlren%20RFP.doc

--Heidi J. (Proud Mother to - 7 years old with Down syndrome & - 5 years old) For more information about how Heidi can help you maximize your child's potential, please go to www.heidijmoore.com "Help The Children Now, So They Can Help Themselves Later!" The material contained in this e-mail is for general information only. It is not intended in any way to provide or offer legal advice. To obtain legal advice, please consult with your attorney or a qualified legal representative. For previous advocacy email's, please go to the following website: http://www.lgtinc.org/authors/41/Heidi-J.-. To see how you can advocate for your child go to www.kidshealthcarega.org.