by Carrie Hunsucker | Aug 1, 2023 | Coffee Chat
What is the Special Needs Guidance Group? In this Coffee Chat video, Carrie asks Scarlett about the history of the Special Needs Guidance Group. (Scarlett has been running SNGG for the past five years, and Carrie joined her in the spring of 2023.) Carrie and Scarlett...
by Carrie Hunsucker | Jul 25, 2023 | Coffee Chat
Spina bifida, Prader-Willi, Phelan-McDermid & Down syndrome What do these four diagnoses have in common? They are the last four conditions that are served by the Florida Medicaid Waiver that we are reviewing. In this Coffee Chat, Scarlett discusses the four...
by Carrie Hunsucker | Jul 18, 2023 | Coffee Chat
What is the High Risk category on the Waiver Application? In this Coffee Chat, Scarlett briefly explains what is meant by “Individuals between the ages of 3-5 at high risk for a developmental disability” in the Application for Services (aka Waiver Waitlist...
by Carrie Hunsucker | Jul 11, 2023 | Coffee Chat
Cerebral Palsy and the Florida Medicaid Waiver Scarlett Kibbey of the Special Needs Guidance Group explains what the two definitions of cerebral palsy are according to Florida State statutes. These statutes dictate who may be eligible for the Medwaiver waitlist and...
by Carrie Hunsucker | Jun 27, 2023 | Coffee Chat
Autism and the Florida Medwaiver In this Coffee Chat, Scarlett discusses “Severe forms of autism,” the second category of disabilities served by the Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD). Scarlett mentions that specific Florida statutes inform...
by Carrie Hunsucker | Jun 19, 2023 | Coffee Chat
Intellectual Disabilities and the Florida Waiver Carrie and Scarlett are starting a series in which they discuss each of the seven diagnoses that may make someone eligible for the Florida Medicaid Waiver Waitlist. In this Coffee Chat, Scarlett explains more about a...
