URGENT – Help us help Dream House for Kids
I received a letter yesterday from The Dream House for Medically Fragile Children, who Realize has chosen as a charity to benefit from our community outreach program. If you live in Georgia, they need your help, and it’s easy and inexpensive, but it’s urgent.
In 2008, the State of Georgia created licensure for Children’s Transition Care Centers (CTCCs) – places where medically fragile children could be cared for while they are transitioned out of institutional care and into regular homes. These centers are designed to help the families of these children coordinate resources and care for these kids for a successful transition to a full time regular home.
When this legislation was passed, a Medicaid administrator on the advisory committee for this bill insisted in a very high staffing ratio as part of the rules and regulations for this licensure, and acknowledged at that time that Medicaid would need to provide reimbursement to support this ratio.
Medicaid administration here in Georgia is now objecting to reimbursement for CTCC services.
Help us help Dream House by supporting their letter-writing campaign. All you have to do is download the advocacy letter, sign it, and mail it to the State officials listed in the letter.
Or, if you’re more comfortable simply making a donation, we’d encourage you to do so immediately. This delay in reimbursement for CTCC services from Medicaid has created an operational shortfall.
Thank you for supporting Dream House for Medically Fragile Children and Realize’s community outreach.
