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UPDATE:  5/16/19 This if from the Michigan Medicaid Provider Manual and applies to all Medicaid services for people with developmental a...

This is from an editorial in the Miami Herald, "Floridians with developmental disabilities need more help " by the President of...

Heights Manor in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, provides subsidized housing to low-income seniors. According to an article in the Minneapoli...

This is an article that was written by Tamie Hopp, the Director of Government Relations & Advocacy for VOR , the only national organi...

These talking points are found on the website of the Wisconsin Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. They are in defense of a senior ...

Wild Turkey From the VOR weekly news update, August 8, 2014 Kentucky: A new wave of progress in healthcare is coming This is from Excep...

I missed this story in January, but it is an important one.  Remember the foofaraw in April of 2013 when the U.S. Department of Housing...

This is an announcement of events and updates from Desiree Kameka from Madison House Autism Foundation, Rockville, MD, and the Coalition f...

Michigan's Medicaid-funded Home Help Program that provides services to elderly and disabled people in their own homes is fraught with ...

These are gloomy days for anyone trying to understand where and when we took a turn for the worse and began to see dependence, unemploymen...

My best dog-friend died last week in a freak accident and we are heartsick. Lucy was eleven years old, in good health, and in fine shape, ...

An article in the Detroit News from March 10, 2014, "Mich.slaps health care union with 2nd largest elections fine ever", by Cha...

The Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council approved a policy called "Employment First in Michigan" in August of 2013 which ...

The Integrated Care Forum is about Michigan's plan, scaled back to a 3-year demonstration project, to integrate care for dual eligible...

Prickly Hearts We are fortunate in not having to deal with changing health insurance. Our sons have been covered by Medicaid since they ...

The Community Choice Coalition ( CCC ) is a national coalition of organizations supporting increased housing options for people with disab...

This is from featured news on the National Autism Network website:    Meet VOR : An organization that unites by refusing to redefine indivi...