Wanna make a difference with just the click of your mouse?
Renee Beauregard, a mom, adocate, and small business has laid out a very important proposal over at change.org.
Oh. You haven’t heard about change.org? Let me fill you in a bit:
“Ideas for Change in America is a citizen-driven effort to identify and create momentum around the best ideas for how the Obama Administration and Congress can turn the broad call for “change” across the country into specific policies. You can help by submitting an idea for how you would change America, discussing ideas with others, and/or voting for your favorites.”
Renee’s proposal is HUGE: Fully Fund Medicaid Waiers for the Developmentally Disabled.
I propose that if the Medicaid waiver program were fully funded that the action would not only end decades-long waiting lists for people with developmental disabilities, but would also create small businesses and jobs because more service providers would be needed. Funding must be available in all states, portable across and within states and promote self-determination for the individual with the disability, their families and legal guardians. Furthermore, parents who have had to stay home to be caregivers could go back to work, and people with developmental disabilities would also be able to go to work because they would have employment supports to do so. Portability of services across states and counties also should be mandated so that families can, during these difficult times, move to another state and continue to receive services if they had them before. Right now, if a family moves, they placed at the bottom of the new state’s waiting list and can wait many years for services.
Can I just say, “Been There, Lived THAT?”
Voting is EASY. Just click on the picture above or you can vote directly from Renee’s site.
After you’ve voted, would you mind sharing this opportunity with any support groups you may be on, along with your own blog readers?
The end of waiting lists for those for cognitive disabilities would be the greatest blessing ever for thousands and thousands of American families.
You can also find Tammy and Parker hanging out on their other blog: Praying For Parker