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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> Adrienne Grizzell [<a href="mailto:adrienne@grizzell.org">mailto:adrienne@grizzell.org</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 22, 2015 2:18 AM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Medicaid Waiver Changes - Invitation to Community Forums<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#00B050">FYI from Kentucky Self-Advocates for Freedom—PLEASE SHARE WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><u><span style="font-size:24.0pt;color:red">Medicaid Waiver Changes - Notice of Community Forums<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Because of changes in federal rules related to Medicaid, Kentucky’s Medicaid Waiver Programs will soon be undergoing numerous changes. Changes are intended to improve the lives of people with
disabilities through better community living. Changes will be made over the next 5 years, and will apply to all waivers, including the Home and Community-Based Services, Supports for Community Living, Michelle P., Acquired Brain Injury & Acquired Brain Injury
Long Term Care.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If you are an individual with a disability or a family member, you are invited to a Community Forum to<span style="color:black">
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">February 17, 2015,
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">3-5PM EST, Big Sandy Area Development District, 110 Resource Court,
<b>Prestonsburg, KY<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">February 19, 2015,
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">3-5PM EST, Florence Government Center, 8100 Ewing Blvd.,
<b>Florence, KY<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">3-5PM CST, Four Rivers Behavioral Health, 425 Broadway Street,
<b>Paducah, KY<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">February 26, 2015,
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">3-5PM CST, LifeSkills, Inc.,
</span><span class="the-text1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">380 Suwannee Trail Street,
</span></span><span class="the-text1"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Bowling Green, KY</span></b></span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">These forums will be an opportunity to learn and give feedback. There will be a 30-minute presentation<span style="color:black">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The forums are presented by the Community Integration Subcommittee of the Kentucky Commission on Services & Supports for<span style="color:black">
</span>Individuals with Intellectual & <span style="color:black"> </span>Other Developmental Disabilities (</span><a href="http://dbhdid.ky.gov/ddid/commission.aspx"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">HB 144 Commission</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In Central KY, individuals & family members are invited to attend next HB 144 Commission Meeting, on Thursday, March 5, 1-4:30 pm<span style="color:black">
</span>EST, at the Capitol Annex, Room 113 in Frankfort. Presentation & Public Comments Period will be the last item on the agenda.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="color:windowtext">For more information about upcoming waiver changes, visit
</span><a href="http://chfs.ky.gov/dms/"><span style="color:windowtext">http://chfs.ky.gov/dms/</span></a><span style="color:windowtext"> or
</span><a href="http://www.medicaid.gov/Medicaid-CHIP-Program-Information/By-Topics/Long-Term-Services-and-Supports/Home-and-Community-Based-Services/Home-and-Community-Based-Services.html"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext">http://www.medicaid.gov/Medicaid-CHIP-Program-Information/By-Topics/Long-Term-Services-and-Supports/Home-and-Community-Based-Services/Home-and-Community-Based-Services.html</span></a><span style="color:windowtext">
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<p class="Default"><span style="color:windowtext">Sponsored by: The Commonwealth Council on Developmental Disabilities, 32 Fountain Place, Frankfort,</span>
<span style="color:windowtext">KY 40601</span>,<span style="color:windowtext"> </span>
<a href="http://www.kyccdd.com">www.kyccdd.com</a> <span style="color:windowtext">
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:windowtext">For more information or to request a disability-related accommodation, contact:
</span></b><a href="mailto:shelley.runkle@ky.gov"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">shelley.runkle@ky.gov</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:windowtext">or (502) 782-8604.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:red">PLEASE FORWARD THIS NOTICE TO OTHERS WHO MAY BE INTERESTED!</span></b><span style="color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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