Long Term Care Ombudsman for Adult Foster Care (AFC) residents An adult in AFC has an independent advocate whose entire job is investigating exactly the complaints families are afraid to...
Crisis services and autism: 988, MiCAL, mobile crisis, EmPATH Michigan has more than one number to call in a crisis, and knowing which one to dial, and what to hand...
Influencing your local CMH board (who’s who and how to testify) Somewhere in your county, twelve people you’ve never met vote on the policies and budgets that shape your family...
Budget cuts and loss of navigation resources When a state cuts funding to the organization that helps you find every other service, the cut doesn’t show up on a services...
CMH basics and being your own best case manager Your case manager is not your enemy, and they are not your only path forward either. Once you know who actually...
Menstruation and Reproductive Health Management for Autistic Women and Girls Caregivers ask about this constantly in every support group that exists. Published guidance almost never answers them, because almost everything...
Medication Management and Finding a Qualified Psychiatrist Polypharmacy risk, what a real medication review looks like, how to track outcomes and side effects, and the five questions to bring to...
Medicaid Waivers and HCBS Basics What a waiver actually is, what “level of care” really means, why waiting lists exist, and the questions every caregiver should walk into the first...
Isolation as disability discrimination Years alone at home with no day program, no transportation, and no plan is not simply a gap in services. Under federal law, unnecessary segregation of...
K.B. v. Michigan DHHS: what the children’s HCBS settlement means for adult services A federal court made Michigan build statewide intensive home and community based services for children. Your adult...
