Respite Care Association of Wisconsin

04/23/2017

Are you looking for an in-home respite care provider? Check out our registry of providers.

04/23/2017

Become a respite care provider and get your name listed on our registry - for free!

04/23/2017

Please share so we can recruit more respite care providers!

04/18/2017

Medicaid provides funding to more than 20 Wisconsin Programs. Medicaid funded services include Personal Care, Job Coaching, Prescriptions, Day Services, Transportation, Therapy, and Respite. Changes to the Affordable Care Act, or what will be called the Affordable Health Care Act, will reduce Medicaid by 25% in Wisconsin through block granting medicaid funds - based on per capita caps. If this concerns you, please contact your U.S. Representatives and Senators and express your concerns. You can go tohttps://arcwi.org/content/uploads/sites/17/2017/04/Next-Big-Challenge-Webinar-4-12-17-FINAL-002.pdf for more details on this issue and actions to take!

03/30/2017

Call your state legislators TODAY and Tell Them To Vote AGAINST a Constitutional Convention.

Wisconsin lawmakers have joined a massive effort underway across the country that could devastate federally-funded programs by changing the U.S. Constitution. Resolutions SJR 18 and AJR21, are asking Congress to assemble a convention to consider amendments to the U.S. Constitution related to federal spending.

How Would Changing the U.S. Constitution Affect People with Disabilities?

Changing the U.S. Constitution could affect people with disabilities in many ways. Perhaps the most important would be to force historic cuts to federally-funded programs such as Medicaid, Social Security, housing, education, employment, transportation, and much more through a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.

What is a BBA (Balanced Budget Amendment)?

It would forbid the federal government from spending more money than it takes in each year. On the surface, this sounds reasonable. But it is not. In fact, it could spell disaster for the nation's economy.
Many economists, business leaders, politicians and others recognize that this would be extremely harmful and a reckless way to address the nation’s long-term fiscal problems. By requiring a balanced budget every year, no matter the state of the economy, such an amendment would raise serious risks of tipping weak economies into recession and making recessions longer and deeper, causing very large job losses.

What is Happening in Wisconsin?

Wisconsin’s resolution has now been introduced in the legislature, the once unlikely idea of a Constitutional Convention has moved a little closer. Committee hearings are scheduled for Tuesday, March 28 and a full vote could come as early as next week.

What Happens if Wisconsin Passes a BBA Resolution?

Congress is required to call a convention if at least two-thirds (34) of states request one. A Constitutional convention would open the Constitution up to whatever amendments its delegates chose to propose. According to supporters, around 28 or 29 states have passed resolutions calling on Congress to convene an Article V convention to propose a balanced budget amendment. Wisconsin has been identified as a target state for passage of a BBA resolution. If it passes in Wisconsin, proponents will be one state closer to the 34 they need!
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What to Say:
• Please oppose SJR 018 and AJR021.
• A Balanced Budget Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is dangerous for the economy and would make a weak economy weaker, causing thousands of lost jobs.
• A balanced budget amendment would mean thousands of lost jobs, drastic cuts to public schools, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid which would hit children and adults with disabilities, and their families, extremely hard.
• The Constitution has served us well for 200 years, with very few changes. There are much better ways to deal with our nation’s fiscal challenges.


MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD TODAY!!

Also find action alerts on our website: www.Survivalcoalitionwi.org

Fil Clissa
On Behalf of Survival Coalition
survivalcoalitionwi@gmail.com
608-698-0333

03/29/2017

The Wisconsin Legislature Joint Finance Committee (JFC) will be holding public hearings across the state on the proposed state budget to hear what people think about it in April.

03/14/2017

Fact Sheet 62: Respite for Family Caregivers of Children and Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) This fact sheet provides a basic overview of useful information for respite providers who work with individuals...

03/14/2017

THIS IS HUGE: The Congressional Budget Office today released its analysis of Congress’s proposal to make major changes to Medicaid and repeal the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) and it estimates that Medicaid spending would be reduced by $880 billion (25% ) over the next decade. Medicaid Per Capita Caps would go into effect beginning in 2020, limiting the amount of federal Medicaid funding provided to states. The CBO estimates Medicaid costs would grow faster than formula that calculates the federal Per Capita reimbursement. This means states would have to choose whether to add extra state money to fully support their Medicaid programs and services—like Family Care, IRIS, Forward Health Card, Katy Beckett, Children’s Long Term Supports, MAPP, BadgerCare, etc.—or whether to “reduce spending by cutting payments to health care providers and health plans, eliminating optional services, restricting eligibility for enrollment, or (to the extent feasible) arriving at more efficient methods for delivering services.” If this impacts you, call your Congressional representative. Full analysis at:https://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/115th-congress-2017-2018/costestimate/americanhealthcareact_0.pdf

03/14/2017

The Wisconsin Board for Developmental Disabilities, Wisconsin APSE and People First Host the Fourth Annual Employment First Conference

03/13/2017

02/16/2017

Hello! We are hoping to make great use of our page in communicating events, trainings, meetings, etc. If you are a person in need of respite, are a respite provider, are a grantee, employee, Board of Director, or simply a friend and support our mission - please like our page and ask others to do so as well. Stay tuned for more updates and info!