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Family Voices Resources
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- Fall 2018
- Fall 2019
- Fall 2020
- Fall 2021
- Fall 2022
- Issue 1 2023
- Issue 2 2023
- Issue 3 2023
- Issue 4 2023
- Spring 2018
- Spring 2019
- Spring 2020
- Spring 2021
- Spring 2022
- Summer 2018
- Summer 2019
- Summer 2020
- Summer 2021
- Summer 2022
- Winter 2018
- Winter 2019
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- 1. Introduction and Overview
- 2. Is My Child Eligible for the CLTS Program?
- 3. Completing a Functional Screen
- 4. What to Expect After a Child is Determined Eligible
- 5. Developing Your Child's Individual Service Plan
- 6. Your Child's Service Plan: Creating Outcomes
- 7. What Services Might be Covered?
- 8. Appealing a Denial
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- Your Voice Counts #1: Introduction to Family Leadership
- Your Voice Counts #2: Being an Effective Advocate
- Your Voice Counts #3: Families Need to be at the Table
- Your Voice Counts #4: Participating in a Children’s Community Options Program Advisory Committee
- Your Voice Counts #5: Joining a Committee: Thoughts for Families
- Your Voice Counts #6: Overcome Barriers and Get Involved
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- Adult Long-Term Support Programs
- Exploring Self-Employment for Youth with Disabilities
- Financial Planning for Youth with Disabilities
- Healthcare Transition Planning
- Housing for a Young Adult with Disabilities
- Introduction to Integrated Transition for Youth and Families
- Planning for Employment
- Safety Planning for Life in the Community
- Transition for Youth with Mental Health Needs
- Youth Fully Participating and Engaged in Their Community
- A "Medical Home" - What Should I Expect From My Doctor
- ABLE Accounts: What Wisconsin Families Need to Know
- Are You Tele-Ready? Making the Most of Telemedicine Visits
- Birth to 3 Program: A Family Perspective
- Community Connections and Friendship for Children with Disabilities
- COVID and School Safety: Options for Children with Disabilities or Complex Medical Conditions
- COVID Vaccines and Children with Disabilities or Complex Medical Needs
- Creating a Vision for Your Child’s Future
- Early Choices Matter: Children Building Choice-Making Skills
- Finding and Hiring Direct Caregivers
- Finding the Right Doctor for Your Child With Special Needs
- Inclusive Child Care for Children with Disabilities
- Insurance Prior Authorizations
- Katie Beckett Program: A Doorway to Medicaid for Children with Disabilities
- Making the Most of Doctors Appointments
- Medicaid and Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
- Medicaid Coverage for Diapers and Other Incontinence Supplies
- Medicaid HealthCheck "Other Services"
- Medicaid HMO Coverage for Diapers
- Medicaid Personal Care Services
- Medicaid: Appealing a Denial
- Medicaid: Explaining and Exploring Wisconsin Medicaid
- Preparing for Emergencies
- Private Duty Nursing: A Medicaid Covered Service
- Questions for My Health Plan or Insurance Company
- Respite Services for Children with Disabilities
- School and Community Based Therapy Services: Understanding Your Options and Avoiding Insurance Denials
- Self Determination and Children with Disabilities
- Summer Camps
- Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Children with Disabilities
- Supported Decision Making for Transition-Age Youth
- Transition - Health Coverage Options for Young Adults
- Wisconsin’s Guardianship Training Requirement: What Families Need to Know
- Working with a Fiscal Employer Agent
- Working with an IRIS Consultant
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- 2017 Listening Session Report
- 2018 Listening Session Report
- 2019 Listening Session Report
- 2021 Listening Session Report
- 2022 Listening Session Report
- 2023 Listening Session Report
- 2024 Listening Session Report
- Advocacy for Change 2021, Evaluation Summary
- Advocacy for Change 2022, Evaluation Summary
- Shared Participation
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- Birth to 3 Program: Why is a Natural Environment Important?
- Birth to 3 Program: Why is Early Intervention Important?
- Care Map Instructions: Making a Care Map for Your Child
- Emergency Preparedness: Make a Plan
- Medicaid Coverage for Diapers and Other Incontinence Supplies
- Newborn Screening: What if Your Baby's Screening Results are Concerning?
- Newborn Screening: What is Genetics?
- Newborn Screening: What is Newborn Screening?
- Respite Care vs Personal Care: Is there a difference?
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Equity and Diversity
- Connecting with your Child with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities about Racism, Police Brutality, and Protests
- Racial and Social Injustice (ep. 2)
- Structural Racism, Child Health and the Need for a Racial Equity Lens
- Understanding Racial and Social Injustice (ep. 1)
- Understanding Racial and Social Injustice (ep. 3): Mama’s Circle, Part 1
- Understanding Racial and Social Injustice (ep. 4): Dads' Round Table Talk
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Family Leadership
- Advocacy for Change Institute
- DHS: Statutory Boards, Committees, and Councils
- Find Your State Legislator
- Partners in Policymaking
- Speak Up - Finding Your Voice
- State-Level Committees and Councils
- Wisconsin Family Leadership Institute (WiFLI)
- Your Voice Counts #1: Introduction to Family Leadership
- Your Voice Counts #2: Being an Effective Advocate
- Your Voice Counts #3: Families Need to be at the Table
- Your Voice Counts #4: Participating in a Children’s Community Options Program Advisory Committee
- Your Voice Counts #5: Joining a Committee: Thoughts for Families
- Your Voice Counts #6: Overcome Barriers and Get Involved
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Family Support
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- Birth to 3 Program
- Birth to 3 Program: A Family Perspective
- Birth to 3 Program: Why is a Natural Environment Important?
- Birth to 3 Program: Why is Early Intervention Important?
- Disasters and Emergencies - Keeping Children Safe
- Finding and Hiring Direct Caregivers
- Inclusive Child Care for Children with Disabilities
- Respite Care vs Personal Care: Is there a difference?
- Respite Services for Children with Disabilities
- Tips for Keeping Your Family Healthy this Summer
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- An Introduction to Special Education
- ARC Toolkit to Telling Your Story
- Children's Resource Centers
- Community Connections and Friendship for Children with Disabilities
- COVID and School Safety: Options for Children with Disabilities or Complex Medical Conditions
- Emergency Preparedness: Make a Plan
- Finding the Right Doctor for Your Child With Special Needs
- How to Tell Your Story
- Organizations to Assist Families
- Sports and Recreation
- Starting and Sustaining Family Support Groups: Sustaining a Family Support Group
- Starting and Sustaining Family Support Groups: Virtual Support Groups
- Starting and Sustaining Family Support Groups: Where to Begin?
- Summer Camps
- Wisconsin’s Guardianship Training Requirement: What Families Need to Know
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Health Care
- A "Medical Home" - What Should I Expect From My Doctor
- Care Map Instructions: Making a Care Map for Your Child
- COVID Resource List
- COVID Vaccines and Children with Disabilities or Complex Medical Needs
- Glossary: Health Care Acronyms & Abbreviations
- Insurance Prior Authorizations
- Making the Most of Doctors Appointments
- Nursing Services for Students with Healthcare Needs
- Partnering with Your Child's Provider
- School and Community Based Therapy Services: Understanding Your Options and Avoiding Insurance Denials
- TIPS: Partnering with Your Child's Health Plan
- Youth to Adult Health Transition
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Long-Term Supports
- 1. Introduction and Overview
- 2. Is My Child Eligible for the CLTS Program?
- 3. Completing a Functional Screen
- 4. What to Expect After a Child is Determined Eligible
- 5. Developing Your Child's Individual Service Plan
- 6. Your Child's Service Plan: Creating Outcomes
- 7. What Services Might be Covered?
- 8. Appealing a Denial
- Children’s Community Options Program (CCOP)
- Early Choices Matter: Children Building Choice-Making Skills
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Medicaid
- Children's Long-Term Supports Program
- Find Your Federal Representative
- Forward Health - Health Care Programs
- Katie Beckett Program: A Doorway to Medicaid for Children with Disabilities
- Medicaid and Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
- Medicaid Coverage for Diapers and Other Incontinence Supplies
- Medicaid Coverage for Diapers and Other Incontinence Supplies
- Medicaid HealthCheck "Other Services"
- Medicaid HMO Coverage for Diapers
- Medicaid Personal Care Services
- Medicaid: Appealing a Denial
- Medicaid: Explaining and Exploring Wisconsin Medicaid
- Private Duty Nursing: A Medicaid Covered Service
- SSI Child Disability Starter Kit
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Mental Health
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Money Matters
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Recursos en español
Family Voices hojas informativas y boletines en español
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- 1. Introducción y descripción general
- 2. ¿Mi hijo es elegible para el programa de exención para CLTS?
- 3. Completar una evaluación funcional
- 4. Qué esperar después de que se determina que un niño es elegible
- 5. Desarrollando el Plan Individual de Servicios de su Hijo
- 6. Plan de servicios de su hijo: Creando resultados
- 7. ¿Qué servicios se podrían cubrir?
- 8. Apelando una denegación
- Programa de Apoyoa Largo Plazo para NiñosHojasInformativas-Enero de 2019
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- Su vos cuenta #4: Participación en el Comité Asesor del Programa de Opciones Comunitarias para Niños de Wisconsin
- Su voz cuenta #1: Introducción al liderazgo familiar
- Su voz cuenta #2: Cómo ser un defensor eficaz
- Su voz cuenta #3: Las familias necesitan estar presentes en la mesa
- Su voz cuenta #5: Únase a un comité, Ideas para las familias
- Su voz cuenta #6: Supere barreras y participe
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- WITPP 10: seguridad en una vida en comunidad
- WITPP 1: Introducción a Una Transición Integral Para Jóvenes y Familias
- WITPP 2: Jóvenes participando e involucrándose plenamente con su comunidad
- WITPP 3: Transición para jóvenes con necesidades de salud mental
- WITPP 4: Planificación para Conseguir Empleo
- WITPP 5: Programas de apoyo a largo plazo para adultos
- WITPP 6: Vivienda para un joven adulto con discapacidades
- WITPP 7: Planificación para la transición de cuidados de salud
- WITPP 8: Planificación financiera para jóvenes con discapacidades
- WITPP 9: Exploración del trabajo independiente para jóvenes con discapacidades
- Apelación de un rechazo de Medicaid o BadgerCare
- Aprovechar al máximo las citas médicas
- Asociándose con el proveedor de su hijo
- Autodeterminación
- Autorizaciones Previas del Seguro
- Búsqueda de personal para respiro y cuidados personales
- Búsqueda y Contratación de Cuidadores Directos
- Cobertura de Medicaid HMO para pañales
- Cobertura de Medicaid para pañales
- COVID y la Seguridad Escolar
- Cuentas ABLE - Lo Que Las Familias de Wisconsin Necesitan Saber
- Cuidado Infantil Inclusivo para Niños con Discapacidades
- Cuidados de relevo para niños con discapacidades
- Decisiones Hechas con Apoyo
- Eligiendo Al Doctor Correcto
- Enfermera privada: Un servicio cubierto por Medicaid
- Hogar Médico
- Katie Beckett Medicaid
- Los Servicios de Cuidado Personal Y Medicaid
- Medicaid HealthCheck “Otros Servicios”
- Medicaid: Explicando y Explorando Wisconsin Medicaid
- Medicaidy el transporte a citas médicas
- Opciones de cobertura de la salud para jóvenes
- Organizaciones de Wisconsin que ofrecen recursos para familias con niños y jóvenes con necesidades de cuidados especiales de salud
- Preguntas para mi plan de salud o compañía de seguros
- Preguntas para una agencia de salud mental
- Preparación para emergencias
- Programa desde el nacimiento hasta los 3 años: Una perspectiva familiar
- Requisito de capacitación para la custodia en Wisconsin: Lo que las familias deben saber
- Seguro de ingresos suplementario y niños con discapacidad
- Servicios do terapia
- Soñar e imaginar el futuro de su hijo
- Trabajar con un agente fiscal del empleador
- Trabajar con un Consultor de IRIS
- Vacunas de COVID y Niños con Discapacidades o Necesidades Médicas Complejas
- ¿Estás tele-listo/a?
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Telehealth
- Are You Tele-Ready? Making the Most of Telemedicine Visits
- Internet Connectivity Program in Wisconsin
- Internet Resources for Wisconsin Residents during Public Health Emergency
- Telehealth Glossary
- Telehealth Security
- Telehealth Webinar 1: Are You Connected?
- Telehealth Webinar 2: Do You Have a Device?
- Telehealth Webinar 3: Can You See Your Provider?
- Telehealth Webinar 4: Your Family's First Telemedicine Appointment
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Transition to Adult Life
- Adult Long-Term Support Programs
- Creating a Vision for Your Child’s Future
- Exploring Self-Employment for Youth with Disabilities
- Financial Planning for Youth with Disabilities
- Healthcare Transition Planning
- Housing for a Young Adult with Disabilities
- Introduction to Integrated Transition for Youth and Families
- Planning for Employment
- Safety Planning for Life in the Community
- Self Determination and Children with Disabilities
- Supported Decision Making for Transition-Age Youth
- Supported Decision Making Guide - BPDD
- Transition - Health Coverage Options for Young Adults
- Transition for Youth with Mental Health Needs
- Working with a Fiscal Employer Agent
- Working with an IRIS Consultant
- Youth Fully Participating and Engaged in Their Community
- Youth to Adult Health Transition
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The focus of our work is on supporting families. To do this we target three areas: educating families so they can be effective advocates for their children; offering timely and easy-to-understand information; and, engaging in policy and systems change.
“The support that Family Voices provides to families and community partners is full of passion and excellence. The FV team is valued and always trusted!”
Educating Families
We believe that, like professionals, families need the right tools to be successful in navigating the complex systems that support their children. We approach our work, like our training sessions, with this in mind. Each session provides a family perspective on the programs and services meant to help children live up to their fullest potential and guide families in planning their children’s best possible future.
We offer our trainings in a wide variety of formats, in English and Spanish, to meet each family’s different learning needs. Families can attend our face-to-face trainings at the local level, take part in a scheduled virtual training, or visit familyvoiceswi.org to watch our online trainings whenever they have a little free time.
Our Did You Know? Now You Know! training introduces families to how systems of support and services works, while our What’s After High School? transition training focuses on the complex changes that come with transition to adulthood.
Our other trainings focus on specific topics like Medicaid Made Easy, our Supported Decision Making sessions, and our care coordination training, Coordinating your Child’s Health Care, which has been recognized by the National Center on Medical Home Implementation as a Promising Practice.
While all our 2020 trainings are virtual due to the pandemic, we remain committed to our in-person sessions. We find this format provides the richest experience for families. We are always adding new information and updating our existing materials. Visit our website to see new learning opportunities!
“Family Voices does an astronomical job in helping families understand supports, services and the importance of clear, concise communication!”
Timely Information
We believe in the importance of timely information. We write our fact sheets and quarterly newsletters to make sure that families get the most up-to-date information, in language that’s focused on translating the jargon and simplifying the complexity of supports and services, into accessible ideas. We base our fact sheets on the questions and roadblocks families share with us. Our newsletters and fact sheets are available in Spanish and are viewed hundreds of times a year.
“Family Voices has been a powerful engine for the Parent Movement in Wisconsin for as long as I can remember.”
Family Advocacy and Leadership
We believe that families need the skills to be effective advocates for their children and communities. To this end, we offer several skill-building opportunities each year. Advocacy for Change (AFC) brings families and caregivers to Madison to build their leadership and advocacy skills, and then meet with their elected officials to share their ideas about the issues that would help their children. Our tenth AFC will be held as a virtual event on March 30, 2021.
In 2016, we offered a new family leadership training in collaboration with the Waisman Center, the Wisconsin Family Leadership Institute (WiFLI). WiFLI is an in-depth, leadership training for families based on servant leadership. Our goal is to get funding to offer this life-changing training annually.
Additionally, FVofWI has been an integral part of making sure that budgets and state-level policies are informed by families. For over a decade, we have hosted the Family Action Network (FAN) listserv, that connects families to opportunities to provide input on policies and systems change.
Public Policy and Systems Change
We believe that supports and services are most effective when families are involved in their design, use and evaluation. From our, “No Place Like Home” campaign in 2003, to our annual listening sessions at the Circles of Life Conference, FVofWI strives to support families in impacting legislation and state budgets.
Additionally, we inform policymakers on how families are affected by their decisions. Through AFC, our FAN listserv, newsletters and website, families stay informed about opportunities to offer their point of view when critical policy changes and budgets are being considered.
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