Action for Disabilities is pleased to present:

Leveraging the Power of the SNAC Collective for Your Top Priorities

We’re going to be organizing around top concerns of SNAC members.

Don’t miss this opportunity to ensure that your organization’s priorities are supported by the group.

At the SNAC PBC Monthly Meeting
Tuesday, February 18th, 2:00-4:30pm
Children’s Services Council
2300 High Ridge Rd
Boynton Beach, FL 33426

SNAC Meeting

Early Childhood

Primary

Transition

Adults

SNAC Meeting Prep

While not required, we encourage you to:

* Bring your laptop

* Prepare in advance by having electronic access during the meeting to documents, articles, links, and videos that inform about or support your priority issues

Many families, organizations, and advocacy groups are very concerned about how this could potentially significantly and detrimentally impact beneficiaries.

Legislative Mandate

In the 2019 legislative session, the Florida state legislature passed a law – Section 26, Chapter 2019-116, Laws of Florida, (see page 22) requiring the Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD) and the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) submit a Medicaid iBudget Florida waiver redesign plan by September 30, 2019 for legislative consideration during the 2020 legislative session.

The agencies presented a one-page Waiver Redesign Overview and 105-page iBudget Waiver Redesign plan to The Florida Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services on October 16, 2019.

Click here to see the video of the Florida Senate Subcommittee meeting where the iBudget Redesign Plan was presented

Addressing Concerns

Across the state of Florida, nearly everyone that is connected to the disabilities community is very concerned about how the iBudget redesign could potentially severely impact those receiving benefits through cuts or disruptions in services.

A great summary of those concerns, along with how to reach out to legislators to express those concerns, was presented at the September meeting (watch the video on this page) of Our Voices Together by:

• Beth Gulling – Vice President Community Relations, Community Resource Network of Florida
• Kevin Lewis – Executive Director, LARC, (Lee County Association of Remarkable Citizens)
• Barbara Braun – Waiver Support Coordinator

Our Voices Together is a collective group of families, friends, direct supports, support coordinators, provider agencies, community members, advocacy groups, and individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) working together to use their voices to improve services in Florida.

How We’re Responding

Action for Disabilities is committed to ensuring that the voices of the community are heard, and appropriate services and funding are guaranteed by organizing and working with all community stakeholders:

• agencies
• organizations
• businesses
• support coordinators
• beneficiaries
• advocates
• advocacy groups
• media outlets
• legislators

Through this website, we’re providing a centralized resource for all the information related to the iBudget redesign, including:

• reports
• analysis
• news
• videos
• memes
• social media posts
• stakeholders

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