Hometown Hall

Parent to Parent of Georgia in conjunction with local community partners, will sponsor community health forums on Katie Beckett/Deeming Waiver and the new Champions for Children health care financing option. Brian Dowd, Director of the Member Services and Policy Unit at Georgia’s Department of Community Health (DCH), will provide a Katie Beckett/Deeming Waiver overview, and Easter Seal’s regional Champions for Children Coordinators will provide details of their new program. Easter Seals Southern, North, East, Middle and West Georgia will be represented at the forums.
Beginning August 19th, and continuing through October, five informational sessions will allow families and professionals to learn more about the Katie Beckett/Deeming Waiver and Champions for Children Programs. The forums will take place in Albany, Augusta, Columbus, Dublin, and Fulton/Dekalb (Metro Atlanta). 

The basic eligibility requirements for the Champions for Children Program are as follows:

Children must be 21 and under with a physical, cognitive, developmental or medical disability. The child must currently live at home, and must not be eligible for Medicaid.

Please look for further detailed announcements to be forthcoming. You may also view updated information at http://www.parenttoparentofga.org. To learn more about Champions for Children visit http://www.championsforchildrenga.org, and for more details about Katie Beckett/Deeming Waiver link to http://dch.georgia.gov (general link), or http://dch.georgia.gov/00/channel_title/0,2094,31446711_31946814,00.html (direct link).

For questions, please contact Sherry Richardson, Director – Family to Family Health Information Center, Parent to Parent of Georgia, at (770) 451-5484, (800) 229-2038 or via email at sherry@parenttoparentofga.org.