Family Voices Indiana

FV Indiana recognizes that several of our members currently have coverage via the Indiana Comprehensive Health Insurance Association. Governor Daniels announced that Indiana will not expand this pool. The Federal HHS will establish a coverage program for Indiana. FV urges those who use the current pool to learn more about what this will mean for their coverage. The Governors Press Release on this topic follows: For immediate release: Apr 30, 2010 12:00:00 EST Posted by: [GOV] Contact: Jane Jankowski Phone: 317/232-1622 Email: jjankowski@gov.in.gov Governor opts for federally run high-risk insurance pool INDIANAPOLIS -- Governor Mitch Daniels said today in a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that Indiana will not expand the state's high-risk insurance pool program under the option presented by the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Indiana instead will allow HHS to establish a coverage program for Indiana. Daniels said the state dec

Below, please find a draft agenda for the May 12 ICC meeting that will begin at 10AM. There will be a time for public comment during the meeting. You are also invited to participate on any of the ICC Workgroups that may interest you. Proposed Agenda ICC Meeting, May 12, 2010 Easter Seals Crossroads, 4740 Kingsway Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46205 10:00 AM- 3:00 PM 10:00-11:00 AM **Council Workgroups Meet. * chairperson. (Public invited to participate) A. Nature of the ICC (Claudia Cummings *, Missy Hahn, Paul Hyslop) B. Promoting Parent rights, skills, knowledge and responsibilities (Sarah Sparks *, Phyllis Kikendall, Christina Endris) C. Service Availability and Best Practice (Jamie Stormont-Smith *, Dawn Downer, Lora Miller) D. Statewide Consistency in Service Delivery (Jim Vento *, Molly Kitchell, Becky Haymond) E. Transition ( Susie Lightle *, Donna Driscoll, Kim Minniear) 11:00-12:00 Workgroups reports 12:00 Lunch on site for ICC members 1:00 Regular ICC Business Minutes, State upda

May 12, 2010 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Eastern This webinar focuses on building and supporting parent partnerships with states to support programs and services for young children. The webinar is part of NASHP’s Assuring Better Child Health and Development (ABCD) program sponsored by The Commonwealth Fund. Participants will learn about a three-part framework for building parent partnerships, why each level of engagement is critical to efforts to improve care coordination and services for young children, and how states engaged in these initiatives can incorporate parent partnerships into their work. Two states will describe examples of parent partnership in action. Register at the following link: https://cc.readytalk.com/r/400z54rdwbwi

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) has extended a special invitation to Family Voices and affiliates to submit nominations to be prioritized in the Institute’s 2010-11 BPCA Priority List of Needs in Pediatric Therapeutics. The nomination form, background information, and the prioritization process by which all nominations will be considered and evaluated can be located in a Request for Information (RFI) in the National Institutes of Health Guide: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HD-10-010.html. The RFI is titled “Call for Nominations for NICHD’s 2010-11 BPCA Priority List of Needs in Pediatric Therapeutics.” The RFI contains a link to an online form and also provides the option to email, fax or mail the completed form to NICHD. Nominations will be accepted through May 30, 2010. Nominations should specify: 1) A drug, biologic, or medical device that requires further study in children, and 2) The proposed Ther