Session One: Best Practices for States in Considering Advocate and Public Feedback
Join NASHIA and the Grassroots Project for a must-attend webinar!
Learn how to enhance your state’s brain injury Medicaid program by effectively incorporating advocate and public feedback. This webinar will provide actionable strategies for states to:
Meet and exceed CMS requirements for public comment periods of 1915(c) waivers.
Foster an inclusive and responsive public engagement process for waivers and other activities focused on Medicaid.
Support advocates in participating in new advisory councils set to be created through implementation of the Access Rule.
Utilize advocates effectively to support Medicaid goals through legislation or agency outreach.
Navigate the CMS landscape to ensure the voices of people with lived experience are heard.
Implement best practices applicable to waiver programs and other topic areas for which people with lived experience’s voice is vital.
Whether you operate a 1915(c) brain injury waiver, are looking to build a waiver or other Medicaid programs for brain injury, or support individuals with brain injuries through other means, this webinar will equip you with the tools to build a stronger, more inclusive program.
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from experts.
Kate Brady, PhD, ABD, Director, ACL Grassroots Project, Human Services Research Institute
Zaida Ricker, MPS, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Policy, National Association of State Head Injury Administrators
About NASHIA:
Since 1990, National Association of State Head Injury Administrators has been fulfilling its mission of assisting state government in promoting partnerships and building systems to meet the needs of individuals with brain injury and their families. Serving as the leading source of information and education for state employees who support public brain injury programs, NASHIA provides information on national trends, best practices, and state contacts to federal agencies, state and national associations and TBI partners across the country. NASHIA provides technical assistance to state governments and their partners as well as collective representation on federal policy issues through its membership.
About the Grassroots Project:
The Grassroots Project is a national effort to support disability grassroots advocacy. This new initiative is administered by the Human Services Research Institute with funding from the Administration for Community Living.
The Grassroots Project uses a multi-system (e.g., national, state, and local) approach to:
Develop structures, processes, and relationships necessary to build the next generation of cross-disability, cross-generational, and culturally diverse leaders within the advocacy movement.
Connect, grow, and strengthen networks of grassroots advocacy and action coalitions supporting each other and with the skills and knowledge to advocate for improvements in the quality of community-living supports.