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May - June 1997
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Toward a Unified Child Care Subsidy System: A Model Fee Scale for Family Copayments
As a result of the elimination of the child care guarantee for welfare recipients and the consolidation of funding streams for child care for welfare recipients and the working poor, states may create unified child care subsidy systems that serve both groups. This article presents a model child care family copayment sliding fee scale that seeks to maximize poor families' access to quality child care available through the subsidy system.
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An Advocate's Primer on Medicaid Managed Care Contracting
As states require Medicaid recipients to enroll in risk-based managed care programs, understanding the contents of Medicaid managed care contracts and the contracting process is helpful. This article not only offers strategies on how to use the contract to represent individual clients and to improve consumer protections but also suggests model contract provisions and a checklist for monitoring contracts.
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Funding Assistive Technology for Persons with Disabilities: the Availability of Assistive Technology Through Medicaid, Public School Special Education Programs, and State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies
Persons who are poor and disabled are among the most needy clients. Assistive technology can help them reach high levels of independence and may help them obtain employment and escape poverty. This article discusses three primary funding sources for assistive technology.
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Diversity in the Public Schools: Recent Legal Developments
This article reports on the most significant recent court decisions regarding the right of all students to participate as valued and respected equals in public education.
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Legal Research on the Internet: Places to Start
As the quantity of legal resources available on the World Wide Web continues to grow, finding relevant legal information can seem overwhelming. Beginning with the National Center on Poverty Law's Web site, this column describes several Web sites that offer users searching capability and even direct links to useful sources of information.
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