Fwd: U.S. Nat'l Call-In day for funding of money follows the person

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<<<I am forwarding this without comment. TIME VALUE: the calls are

to be made Spetember 14.

9/14 NATIONAL CALL-IN DAY-FOR MONEY FOLLOWS THE PERSON/ FAMILY

OPPORTUNITY ACT

ACTION ALERT: National Call-In Day - September 14, 2004 - For Money

Follows the Person/ Family Opportunity Act

Congress has returned! They will be in session for only one month.

There is much business to be conducted. If disability advocates want

to be on their agenda, we must make a concerted, forceful push to get

there.

Therefore, disability organizations, including NCIL, ADAPT, AAPD, PVA,

The ARC, United Cerebral Palsy and NAPAS, as well as other

organizations like AARP and Family Voices have joined together to

encourage advocates and friends from all over the country to take

part in a national call-in day on Tuesday, September 14th. Our goal

is passage of federal legislation supporting Money Follows the Person

and the Family Opportunity Act.

Family Opportunity Act: The bipartisan Act would allow states to

provide families with children who have severe disabilities an

opportunity to buy into the Medicaid program so that they have access

to important health care services and supports which they cannot get

through private insurance plans.

Money Follows the Person: a demonstration project that would require

the federal gov to reimburse the state for 100% of the first-year

costs of home and community based services for individuals on

Medicaid who move to the community from nursing homes or other

institutions. In year two, the state match returns to the original

rate.

For more detailed info go to: http://www.aapd-dc.org/callinMFP.html

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Dr. Pratt, Director

Indiana Resource Center for Autism

Indiana Institute on Disability and Community

2853 East Tenth Street

Bloomington, IN 47408

Phone: 812-855-6508

FAX: 812-855-9630

Email: prattc@i... <mailto:prattc@i...>

www.iidc.indiana.edu/irca <http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/irca>

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