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A G E N D A
9:00 – 9:05 am: Welcome, Mary Dixon, F2FHIC Director
9:05 – 10:00 am: Medicaid Programs & Redeterminations, Jay Bohn, DHS-DDD Medicaid Analyst
10:00 – 10:30 am: IL Health Insurance for Immigrant Children and Families
Andrea Kovach, Senior Attorney, Healthcare Justice, Shriver Center on Poverty Law
10:30 – 10:45 am: BREAK
10:45 am – 12:00 pm: Social Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Income (SSDI), Josephine Mueller, Jack Myers, and Megan Forristall, Public Affairs Specialists, Social Security Administration
12:00 – 12:30 pm: LUNCH
12:30 – 1:30 pm: Aetna Better Health – Illinois Medicaid Managed Care: Support with Navigation Across the System of Care
Aetna Better Health Team, an Illinois Medicaid Managed Care Organization (MCO):
· Mary Cooley, MS, BSN, RN, Health Services Officer, ABH-IL
· Bret Deyo, ABD, MA, LPC, CADC. Senior Clinical Strategist, Region 1
· Hector Barendt-Hernandez, MA, LCPC, CADC, Director of Care Management, ABH-IL
1:30 – 1:45 pm: BREAK
1:45 – 2:30 pm: Medicaid Waivers for Children-Parent Stories
Erica Stearns, parent of two children enrolled in the Medically Fragile Technology Dependent Home and Community Based Waiver
Ruth Aguilar, parent of a daughter enrolled in the Children and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities Support Waiver
Faith Rosenshein Young, parent of a son enrolled in the DHS-DRS Persons with Disabilities Waiver
2:30 – 3:30 pm: Health Insurance Savings through the IL Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace
Stephani Becker, Associate Director of Healthcare Justice, Shriver Center on Poverty Law
Special Note:
IL Health Insurance for Immigrant Children and Families will be offered in Spanish on Tuesday, September 19th at 6:00 pm with Daniela Vélez-Clucas, Staff Attorney, Healthcare Justice/Immigration, Shriver Center on Poverty Law. Register with your Conference registration or at www.thearcofil.org/events.
Nota especial:
El Seguro Médico de IL para Niños y Familias Inmigrantes se ofrecerá en español el martes 19 de septiembre a las 6 pmc on Daniela Vélez-Clucas, abogada de planta para Justicia Médica/Inmigración, Centro Shiver sobre Ley de Pobreza. Inscríbase con su registro de la Conferencia o en www.thearcofil.org/events
Captioning available in English and Spanish
CONSUMER AND FAMILY STIPENDS
We have two options for family/self-advocate stipends for this event. (Stipends are not available for professionals receiving CEUs.) Call 815.464.1832 or email karin@thearcofil.org to apply.
1. Family to Family (F2F) Conference Stipends are available for families and youth up to age 22 with any type of disability and/or chronic illness.
2. The Arc of Illinois Consumer Stipends are available for parents of adult children over age 22 with developmental disabilities only.
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Español – Las presentaciones serán en inglés con subtítulos en español.