MDHHS Tried to Consolidate Michigan’s Behavioral Health System. A Court Stopped It.Ten regional entities would have become three. A consultant was paid millions to design the procurement. In January 2026...
42 states have supported decision-making laws. Michigan still doesn’t. Twenty-four states and DC have a supported decision-making statute. Eighteen more require courts to consider it before appointing a guardian. Michigan...
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...
The Waskul settlement changed Michigan self-determination. Are you using your new rights? A federal court set a floor under Community Living Supports budgets, gave administrative law judges the power to...
HCBS Settings Rule Compliance in 2026: What Actually Changes for Families After years of statewide transition plans, provider audits, and compliance deadlines, the federal HCBS Settings Rule is finally reaching...
The Olmstead Rollback: What the Executive Order on Institutionalization Means for Your Family On July 24, 2025, a federal executive order instructed the Attorney General to reverse the judicial precedents...
Voting Rights and Civic Participation for Autistic Adults Autism and intellectual disability do not automatically disqualify anyone from voting, even under full guardianship in most states. That fact gets violated...
Autism and the Criminal Justice System: When Your Adult Child Is a Suspect, Victim, or Witness Autistic adults are disproportionately represented in the criminal justice system, in every role that...
The Waskul settlement and what it means in meetings A 2013 class action settlement already tells your CMH exactly how services are supposed to be decided. Most families have never...
Your rights under the Michigan Mental Health Code A psychiatric crisis strips away the illusion that you’re in control of anything. The Mental Health Code says you and your family...
