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Happy Birthday ADA!
The ADA is 18 years old this July � it�s come of age.� We�ve made some progress; kneeling busses, wider doorways, accessible voting machines, even a Governor with a disability.� We still face some tough barriers to building our lives. We asked people with disabilities what they�d like to see in the next 18 years�take a look and add your ADA dream. Listen to full story.

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	TBI Wavier Program- NYS Department of Health
	The Home and Community-Based Services Medicaid Wavier for Individuals with Tramatic Brain Injury (HCBS/TBI), Sponsored by NYS Department of Health, provides support that allows individuals with TBI to live in the community. CIDNY's Regional Resource Development Center (RRDC) administers the program for Manhatten, Brooklyn, and Staten Island, more...

New Yorkers for Accessible Health Coverage

New Yorkers for Accessible Health Coverage (NYFAHC)
is statewide coalition working to get affordable, accessible, and comprehensive health coverage for people with chronic illness and disabilities. For more information, Please click here.

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Health Care for All New York (HCFANY) is a statewide campaign to win affordable, comprehensive and high-quality health coverage for all New Yorkers. For more information www.hcfany.org

Recent News

6/24/08	Civic Group Offers Solutions
5/28/08	New York Lawmaker to get Earful on Healthcare "For All"
5/22/08	Intergration and Independence for NY's Disabled
5/18/08	Wheelchair-bound Bemoan Long Repair Delays

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Nursing Home Transition and Diversion

CIDNY is the Regional Resource Development Center for the Nursing Home Transition and Diversion Waiver.� This is a program that allows people on Medicaid who are living in nursing homes to return to the community with a wide range of services and also helps people at risk of nursing home placement to remain in their own homes.� There are 17 services available under this Waiver including a rental subsidy.For further information:
Albert R Jennings, Regional Resource Development Specialist ajennings@cidny.org

For more detaials please vist NYS Department of Health.�
And Watch this page for more information including both participant and provider application packages.�

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