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...
Michigan’s day program landscape after prevocational services disappeared Michigan removed Prevocational Services from the Habilitation Supports Waiver in the renewal effective October 2024 and gave families six months to land...
Michigan’s FY27 budget, read the way a disability family reads it Seventy five point two billion dollars, signed on July 21, 2026. Direct care wages held. The autism navigator survived....
Appeals, grievances, and fair hearings (MDHHS/PIHP denials) A denial letter looks final. It isn’t. Michigan gives you a real, structured path to challenge it, with a clock that starts the...
Michigan pays direct care workers $17.13. Illinois pays $21.30. Same labor market, same year, same job. A four dollar and seventeen cent gap that Michigan rebuilds by hand every single...
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...
How to Testify at the Michigan Legislature: A Practical Guide for Families Three minutes. That’s often all the time a family gets in front of a legislative committee. Used well,...
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...
When the hours are authorized and nobody shows up A denial you can appeal. An unfilled shift is not a denial, so most families have no idea it is actionable...
