Parents Workshop on SSI / Medicaid 11/ 20 -- Last Call

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Parents Workshop on SSI / Medicaid set for 11/ 20 Last Call

The National PASS Network announces its Fall Parents Saturday

Workshop for 2010 on accessing Social Security disability,

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Medicaid benefits on

Saturday, November 20, 2010 in Austin, Texas at The Arc of Texas.

With the national economy crashing down all around us, parents of

children with lifelong disabilities desperately need cash

resources and medical supports they can control and count on.

SSI and Medicaid are more important than ever in this Recession

as families and people with disabilities struggle with federal

and state budget and Medicaid cutbacks and the real need for cash

assistance and medical supports and services.

The National PASS Network has been providing self-help disability

benefit and Medicaid access case-management services and

educational outreach to families with children with lifelong

disabilities for nearly 28 years. Parents and professionals from

all around Texas and the country attend the parent workshops.

The workshop ÒAccessing Social Security Disability Benefits to

Provide Opportunities for Self-Support for People with

DisabilitiesÓ is a must for families who need to plan and learn

how to access these important federal disability benefit support

programs for their children of any age. Don't put off any longer

this chance to get this important information!

A complete Training Agenda for the Parents Saturday Workshop can

be downloaded at http://bit.ly/NPN-Agenda .

The Social Security disability programs provide many positive

opportunities for children, young adults and older adults with

disabilities, but these opportunities are available only if

parents know about the programs and know how to access them. The

Social Security Administration does not come looking for you. If

you donÕt know about these benefit programs, these resources can

not and will not help your child.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

The Parent Saturday Workshop provides families with a

comprehensive consumer background on how the federal disability

benefit programs work (and don't work) and how to access the

programs; what the eligibility requirements are for all the

Social Security disability programs; how to calculate

eligibility; and how to make sure that you receive the full

amount of your SSI eligibility.

Participants will learn how to use the variety of helpful

programs like the Plans for Achieving Self-Support (PASS ) as

your child begins transition employment in high school to

preserve benefits and pay for needed services. You will learn how

to make sure Social Security pays the full amount of SSI. Most

parents only get 2/3 of SSI eligibility for their adult child who

lives at home. You will learn how to advocate for benefits with

denial-oriented SSA claims representatives.

The comprehensive workshop is also appropriate for parents for

future planning to preserve SSI, Medicaid eligibility benefits as

their child grows older. For a more detailed explanation of the

workshop and the many comments parents who have attended the

workshops have to say about the Parents Saturday Workshops go to

our full online brochure at http://bit.ly/NPNWksp .

YOUR COURSE LEADER

The parents workshop is presented by longtime national disability

benefit advocate Scarborough. His easy-to-understand,

non-technical and graphic-rich presentation style emphasizes a

person-first, consumer empowerment approach to understanding and

accessing the complicated Social Security disability benefit and

long-term care programs for adults and children. Mr. Scarborough

is known nationally for his decades of dedicated work with

children with severe disabilities and adults with lifelong

disabilities and their access to Social Security disability

benefits and health supports from Medicare and Medicaid to live

in their community with their family and friends.

Mark your calendars and register soon if you would like to attend

this powerful workshop. Registration is required. There is a

tuition involved. There is a significant discount for early

registration!

All NPN Training Programs are entirely supported by the tuitions

and fees of the participants.

WORKSHOP INFORMATION :

When: November 20, 2010

What time: 9:00 am -- 4:30 p.m.

Where: The Arc of Texas, 8001 Centre Park Drive, Suite

100, Training Center, Austin, Texas 78754

TUITON:

Regular Registration: $85 per participant/ $160 for both parents,

postmarked with the Post Office before November 13, 2010.

Late Registration: $95 per participant, postmarked with the US

Post Office after November 13, 2010.

For additional information contact NPN at or email

us at info@... .

HOW TO REGISTER

To register for the parent workshop send the appropriate tuition

payment to:

National PASS Network

PO Box 1176

Austin Texas 78767

Send along legible, relevant contact information with your name,

mailing address, contact phone # and your legible contact email

address.

When we receive your tuition and contact information, we will

confirm your registration by email. Registration occurs when we

receive the tuition payment and we send the email notice to you.

REGISTER FOR THIS IMPORTANT WORKSHOP TODAY !!!!

Scarborough

National PASS Network

PO Box 1176

Austin,Texas

78767

dscarborough@...