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PUBLIC CONSULTING GROUP (PCG) CREATED CHAOS WITHIN NJ EARLY INTERVENTION SYSTEM Public Consulting Group (“PCG”) has created absolute chaos [...]

Subcontracting of Services in the Division of Developmental Disabilities January 2017 Currently in the Division of Developmental Disabilities Provider [...]

The Alliance for the Betterment of Citizens with Disabilities (ABCD) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the draft proposal [...]

Information for this Policy Analysis is based upon a preliminary report from the National Governor’s Association, analyses for the [...]

What is a Medicaid Home and Community Based Services Waiver? Home and Community Based Services waivers (HCBS) (also known [...]

In June 2005, New Jersey’s Office of Special Education Programs sent out a guidance for Implementation of the Individuals [...]

ABCD’s statement in support of Senate bill S2455 before the Senate Health, Human, and Senior Services Committee on June [...]

I am writing this letter on behalf of Alliance for the Betterment of Citizens with Disabilities (ABCD) to comment [...]

(Prime Source: FY 2006 Budget in Brief, US. Department of Health and Human Services) There are significant changes being [...]

The Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) adds prescription drug coverage to Medicare through Part [...]

Facts: People with disabilities continued to be the poorest people in the nation. As a national average, SSI (Supplemental [...]

New Jersey received a letter on November 12, 2004 from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) detailing the findings [...]

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is the main federal law dealing with special education. Certain sections of [...]

My name is Lowell Arye and I am the Executive Director of the Alliance for the Betterment of Citizens [...]

Governor McGreevey signed the $10 million rental assistance bill (A2476) into law on September 9, 2004. A2476 (now Public [...]

This Policy Synthesis is based upon a Center for Health Care Strategies Resource Paper written by Taylor Burke, JD [...]

What is Medical Day Care? Medical Day Care (adult day health) is a program of medically supervised health-related services [...]

The Alliance for the Betterment of Citizens with Disabilities (ABCD) is extremely concerned that the Proposed Third Round Rules [...]

The No Child Left Behind act requires that all public school teachers be or become highly qualified in the [...]

No Child Left Behind requires that public schools meet “adequate yearly progress” in reading, math, and by 2007-2008, science. [...]

The Alternate Proficiency Assessment (APA) is used to measure the achievement of students with significant disabilities who cannot complete [...]

ABCD recommends that you consult an attorney who specializes in Special Needs Trusts before establishing one. It is important [...]

This policy synthesis is based upon Priced Out in 2002, a publication by the Technical Assistance Collaborative and the [...]

Information for this Policy Analysis is based upon media reports from the New York Times, Washington Post, Kaiser Foundation’s [...]

(This policy synthesis is derived from Supporting Informal Caregiving, a chapter in Understanding Medicaid Home and Community Services: A [...]

This Legislative and Administrative Note is solely dedicated to issues surrounding the standards for privacy of individually identifiable health [...]

(This Policy Synthesis is based on an Issue Brief: Assuring High Quality Home and Community Based Care through Medicaid [...]