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
government 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
Some
are the melody, some are the rhythm, some are the harmony