The Powerful Parents meeting that was originally scheduled for May 10 has been rescheduled for Tuesday, June 5. Please email your RSVP to PowerfulParents@fssa.IN.gov if you plan to attend.
The Division of Disability & Rehabilitative Services (DDRS) is hosting Powerful Parents meetings with goals to:
Create a network of family contacts within Bureau of Developmental Disabilities (BDDS) districts
Share information on available resources for families
Make DDRS plans and initiatives transparent in how they affect your family
Listen to family concerns
Powerful Parent Meeting
Please mark your calendars to attend!
Tuesday, June 5 from 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library 200 SE MLK Jr. Blvd., Evansville
Large Group Study Room, 2nd floor
Check in at Reference desk
Please feel free to contact Kelly Barnett at 812-492-1203 or at kbarnett@evansvillearc.org with any questions you may have.
Golf Gives Back
United Leasing, Inc. is proud to sponsor the United Leasing Championship at Victoria National, an official event of the PGA TOUR. The tournament will be at Victoria National Golf Club from June 25-July 1, 2012.
The PGA TOUR prides itself on giving back to the communities in which its events are held. The United Leasing Championship will continue this tradition by giving the proceeds of its ticket sales back to local charities that help promote the tournament.
Beginning May 1-June 24, 2012, Evansville ARC will have the opportunity to raise money through the innovative Golf Gives Back program. All you need to do is visit www.unitedleasingchampionship.com to purchase your full-week pass and select Evansville ARC from the drop down menu of charitable options. The price of the ticket, less applicable processing fees, will be donated back to Evansville ARC. You print your own ticket and head to Victoria National to watch some great golf! It’s that simple!
Thank you for your support!
Important Information for Families and People with Disabilities
Indiana’s Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) is planning many changes to programs for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including changes to the Medicaid Waiver program.
The Arc of Indiana held a meeting for families in Indianapolis on April 12, 2012 to share information about these changes.
You can find complete information from the meeting, including links to videos of all of the presentations and a summary of the information that was shared by visiting The Arc’s webpage at: http://www.arcind.org/news/?naid=92
This includes information on:
Update on Medicaid Waiver Waiting Lists and Project Growth of the Waiver
Proposed Changes to Medicaid Waivers
Balancing Incentives – Group Home Conversion Proposal
Changes Coming to Case Management
Policy Change for Families as Paid Caregivers
Crisis Plan for People with I/DD and Mental Health or Severe Behavioral Needs
New Initiatives of The Arc of Indiana
You may also want to stay up to date by signing up to receive The Arc of Indiana’s E-Newsletter at: http://www.arcind.org/newsletter/.
UPDATE: On April 12, 2012 DDRS submitted their application to the Center for Medicare
and Medicaid Services (CMS) to amend to the Support Services Waiver. CMS has up to 90 days to review, request
clarifications and issue a decision on the amendment. If approved, the effective date of the amendments would be
July 1, 2012. For more information on what the Family Supports Waiver would entail if approved, please click here.
Did you know that you can support Evansville ARC when you search the web?
All you need to do is use GoodSearch as your search engine! Then select
Evansville ARC as the charity you would like to support when you use the search engine. GoodSearch donates 50 percent of its sponsored search revenue to the
charities and schools designated by its users. You use GoodSearch exactly as you would any other search engine. Most searches generate approximately $0.01
for the charity, but if several people are using GoodSearch, this amount can grow quickly! The money GoodSearch donates to your cause comes from its
advertisers — the users and the organizations do not spend a dime! You can even track how much Evansville ARC has raised!
You can also support Evansville ARC by using GoodShop which is a component of GoodSearch. This is an online shopping mall of merchants that you may
already use. Each purchase made via the GoodShop mall results in a donation to the user's designated charity– averaging approximately 3%
of the sale, but going up to 20% or more! Here’s a link to the GoodShop info.
Please help us by using GoodSearch and spreading the word to others to use it!
Golf Gives Back
Indiana’s Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) is planning many changes to programs for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including changes to the Medicaid Waiver program.
