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Every Friday, the Indiana ACT for Families coalition will spotlight a family support member who is helping to care for a loved one with autism. Our first Family Friday spotlight is Christina Snider, a special education teacher from Goshen and mother to three boys, including one son who has Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Christina’s Story…
INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Earlier this month, the Indiana ACT for Families coalition, InPEAT, The Arc of Indiana, and other coalition members sent a letter to the Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning (OMPP) urging them to consider all implications of Medicaid coverage cut for ABA therapy. The letter strongly urges OMPP to consider “the need to increase…
ANDERSON — The state of Indiana is looking at Medicaid reimbursement rates with potential modifications in mind. No decisions have been made. Indiana ACT 4 Families coalition, an organization that seeks to protect access to Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), along with Indiana Providers of Effective Autism Treatment, traveled to the Statehouse in Indianapolis on Wednesday…
On Wednesday February 15, Indiana ACT for Families joined Indiana Providers of Effective Autism Treatment (InPEAT) for an Advocacy Day at the Statehouse. The organizations banded together with ABA providers, therapists, Hoosier families and other autism advocacy groups to emphasize the impact that a Medicaid reimbursement rate cut would have on the access and quality…
The Indiana ACT for Families coalition and InPEAT recently hosted a joint advocacy day to speak with state legislators about maintaining access to autism services INDIANAPOLIS, IN — The Indiana ACT for Families coalition joined Indiana Providers of Effective Autism Treatment (InPEAT) for an Advocacy Day at the Statehouse on Wednesday, February 15. The organizations banded together…
Earlier this week, Governor Holcomb emphasized the need for a “significant increase in our state’s public health appropriation,” because improving public health will help lower costs for the state in the long run. Indiana is a leading state for access to diagnostic and therapeutic care for children with autism. Yet, too many families, especially…
The Indiana ACT for Families coalition recently welcomed Autism Society of Indiana, Indiana Special Needs Living and Circle City ABA as new members to their coalition INDIANAPOLIS, IN — The Indiana ACT for Families coalition recently added three new organizations as members of the coalition. These new members will help the coalition’s work to protect access…
In a few weeks, our state legislators will convene for the 2023 legislative session. One issue that will likely be top-of-mind is Indiana’s high healthcare costs, which are creating a heavy burden on Hoosiers in Hamilton County who are already feeling the pain in their pocketbooks from high inflation. The emphasis on high healthcare costs…
The Arc of Indiana, families, therapists, and therapy services providers are joining forces to support fair funding for ABA therapies for individuals with autism and other developmental and intellectual disabilities INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Hoosier families, ABA therapists, ABA therapy providers, and other stakeholders, including The Arc of Indiana and other advocacy groups, are joining together…
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