In this webinar, Dr. Olivia Raynor and Kecia Weller discuss:
- What Employment First is and is not
- About some of the benefits of working
- About the California Employment Consortium for Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (CECY)
- What things you can do if you want to work
Dr. Olivia Raynor is Director and Kecia Weller is Self Advocacy and Community Liaison at the Tarjan Center at UCLA. Dr. Raynor and Ms. Weller are also members of the Employment First Committee of the State Council on Developmental Disabilities. Dr. Raynor is also the Director of CECY.
In this webinar, Sandy Magaña, PhD, Professor of Disability and Human Development at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will discuss:
- Research on the mental and physical health of caregivers, including that of Latinos and African Americans
- Recognizing the importance of caring for yourself as a caregiver
- Recognizing signs of stress and depression
- Including others in caregiving
- Setting health goals for yourself
In this webinar, Bill Moore, Deputy Director of the Vocational Rehabilitation Employment Division, and Kelly Hargreaves, Chief Counsel of Legal Affairs, both at the California Department of Rehabilitation, discussed:
- How the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) differs from the Workforce Investment Act (WIA).
- What it means for people with disabilities who want to work, including a focus on youth who are preparing to work.
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- What services are available in schools
- Who provides the services
- Accommodations and modifications
- Strategies for developing an I.E.P. that meets the student’s unique needs
- How to be an effective advocate
In this webinar, speaker Judy french, from PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center, Los Angeles, will discuss:
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- How you can tell if your child is being bullied
- How to work with the school
- Advocacy/Self-Advocacy/Peer Advocacy: learning to help one another and ourselves
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- Different housing options
- Subsidized housing
- SSI benefits / ABLE Act
- Statewide Housing Plan
- Sources of help / advocacy
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- What In-Home Supportive Services is
- Who is eligible
- The kinds of services that are available
- Who can provide the services
- How to apply for IHSS
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- How it differs from No Child Left Behind
- How E.S.S.A. addresses students with disabilities
- I.E.P. considerations in light of E.S.S.A.
- What E.S.S.A. says about postsecondary education and employment
- How to find out status of E.S.S.A. in your state
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- What is sensory processing?
- How to identify signs that a person may need an occupational therapy (O.T.) assessment
- How to get an assessment, and how to make the most out of the process
- Signs an individual is benefiting from O.T.
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- Research on the mental and physical health of caregivers, including that of Latinos and African Americans
- Recognizing the importance of caring for yourself as a caregiver
- Recognizing signs of stress and depression
- Including others in caregiving
- Setting health goals for yourself
In this webinar, Bill Moore, Deputy Director of the Vocational Rehabilitation Employment Division, and Kelly Hargreaves, Chief Counsel of Legal Affairs, both at the California Department of Rehabilitation, discussed:
- How the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) differs from the Workforce Investment Act (WIA).
- What it means for people with disabilities who want to work, including a focus on youth who are preparing to work.
In this webinar, speaker Nishanthi Kurukulasuriya, attorney with Mental Health Advocacy Services, Inc., will discuss:
- What services are available in schools
- Who provides the services
- Accommodations and modifications
- Strategies for developing an I.E.P. that meets the student’s unique needs
- How to be an effective advocate
In this webinar, speaker Judy french, from PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center, Los Angeles, will discuss:
- Children with disabilities are more likely to be bullied than non-disabled children
- How you can tell if your child is being bullied
- How to work with the school
- Advocacy/Self-Advocacy/Peer Advocacy: learning to help one another and ourselves
In this webinar, speakers Patti Uplinger (Consultant and Coordinator at the Lanterman Housing Alliance) and Kristine McCann (Executive Director of the Bay Area Housing Corporation) will discuss:
- The importance of housing planning
- Different housing options
- Subsidized housing
- SSI benefits / ABLE Act
- Statewide Housing Plan
- Sources of help / advocacy
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- What In-Home Supportive Services is
- Who is eligible
- The kinds of services that are available
- Who can provide the services
- How to apply for IHSS
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- How it differs from No Child Left Behind
- How E.S.S.A. addresses students with disabilities
- I.E.P. considerations in light of E.S.S.A.
- What E.S.S.A. says about postsecondary education and employment
- How to find out status of E.S.S.A. in your state
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- How to identify signs that a person may need an occupational therapy (O.T.) assessment
- How to get an assessment, and how to make the most out of the process
- Signs an individual is benefiting from O.T.
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- Why screening is critical; what is screened
- Red flags for autism spectrum disorder
- What services are recommended for young children with developmental concerns
- How we can keep children from falling through the cracks
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- Possible outcomes of having sex
- When, where and with whom it's OK to have sex
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- The free tools available to track milestones.
- Your role in tracking children’s development
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- Collective Family Empowerment and the importance of future planning
- The changing landscape of disability programs and services with siblings as professionals, advocates, and caregivers
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- What to do if your family member is arrested and charged with a crime
- What steps to expect from the justice system
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• SB 614, the Peer Certification bill.
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• Talk about the Student Success Support Program (SSSP), including how it enables access and equity to California's community colleges.
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- How does it relate to Special Education?
- How does it affect my child's IEP?
- What kinds of accommodations can be written into the IEP in order to help my child succeed with Common Core?
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• What is the goal of the study?
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• Who are involved in this study?
• What are the results to date?
Despite Allegheny County’s rich array of services to prevent and address homelessness, approximately 240 young people, ages 18 through 24, are living on the street, in abandoned buildings, and in shelters. Designed to inform local leaders, this report places the local issue within a national context and provides information about local services available to these youth and ways in which our region might improve its systems to prevent chronic homelessness and better support youth while they are experiencing a housing crisis.
In this webinar, Christofer Arroyo, an advocate with the State Council on Developmental Disabilities in the Los Angeles office, will discuss:
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- Why it is part of Self-Determination
- How it can be used with IPPs and IEPs now
- Who develops it
- How it is developed
- How it is used to plan the individual’s services
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- What “independent living” means when you have a disability
- Forward-thinking ideas about disability & services
- How contributions from people with disabilities can change the future
In this webinar, Marian Williams, PhD, Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the USC UCEDD and Program Area Lead in Early Childhood Mental Health Programs, and Co-Director
of Interdisciplinary Training discussed:
- A project to increase access to early screening and intervention for youn children in underserved communities
- Why screening is critical; what is screened
- Red flags for autism spectrum disorder
- What services are recommended for young children with developmental concerns
- How we can keep children from falling through the cracks
In this webinar, Dr. Nora Baladerian, licensed clinical psychologist, discusses:
- The Do's and Don'ts of having sex
- Different kinds of sexuality
- Possible outcomes of having sex
- When, where and with whom it's OK to have sex
In this webinar, Fran Goldfarb and Debbie
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California, discussed:
- How the program helps in early identification of developmental delays.
- The free tools available to track milestones.
- Your role in tracking children’s development
In this webinar, speaker Shea Tanis, PhD, past-chair of the National Sibling Leadership Network, co-founder of Colorado Sibling Leadership Network Chapter - Sibling Tree, and Associate Director of the Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities at the University of Colorado, discusses:
- The evolution of the sibling relationship across the lifespan and generations
- Collective Family Empowerment and the importance of future planning
- The changing landscape of disability programs and services with siblings as professionals, advocates, and caregivers
- The sibling movement and how you can support siblings
In this webinar, speaker Peggie Webb, Manager, Forensic & Behavioral Health Services at San Diego Regional Center, will discuss:
- How people with developmental disabilities are at risk of encounters with the justice system
- What to do and what not to do when interacting with police
- What to do if your family member is arrested and charged with a crime
- What steps to expect from the justice system
In this webinar, Michaele Beebe, Director of Public Policy and Research at United Advocates for Children and Families will discuss:
• What certification entails.
• SB 614, the Peer Certification bill.
• Peer certification accreditation for parents, family members, consumers & youth with lived experience in the mental health, alcohol/drug abuse, foster care, juvenile justice & special education systems.
In this webinar, Debra Hart, Director of Education & Transition at the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts, Boston and Sylvia Dorsey-Robinson, Vice President of Student Services at West Hills College Lemoore, did:
• Give an update on the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA), and its impact on students with intellectual disabilitites.
• Talk about the Student Success Support Program (SSSP), including how it enables access and equity to California's community colleges.
In this webinar, Kevin Schaefer, Assistant Director of Special Programs at WestEd's Center for Prevention and Early Intervention, addresses the following topics:
- What is Common Core and why was it adopted?
- How does it relate to Special Education?
- How does it affect my child's IEP?
- What kinds of accommodations can be written into the IEP in order to help my child succeed with Common Core?
In this webinar, Fred R. McFarlane, PhD, Professor Emeritus and Co-Director of the Interwork Institute at San Diego State University, and Joe Xavier, Director of the California Department of Rehabilitation, will discuss:
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• What is the goal of the study?
• What interventions are being tested?
• Who are involved in this study?
• What are the results to date?
Despite Allegheny County’s rich array of services to prevent and address homelessness, approximately 240 young people, ages 18 through 24, are living on the street, in abandoned buildings, and in shelters. Designed to inform local leaders, this report places the local issue within a national context and provides information about local services available to these youth and ways in which our region might improve its systems to prevent chronic homelessness and better support youth while they are experiencing a housing crisis.
In this webinar, Christofer Arroyo, an advocate with the State Council on Developmental Disabilities in the Los Angeles office, will discuss:
- What a Person-Centered Plan is
- Why it is part of Self-Determination
- How it can be used with IPPs and IEPs now
- Who develops it
- How it is developed
- How it is used to plan the individual’s services
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- What an ILC is, and what services are available
- What “independent living” means when you have a disability
- Forward-thinking ideas about disability & services
- How contributions from people with disabilities can change the future
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- The power of telling your story to representatives about your needs
- How you can make your voice heard
In this webinar, Marty Ford, Senior Executive Officer of Public Policy with The Arc of the United States, discusses:
* What is the ABLE Act?
* Is the ABLE Act for everybody?
* How will I know if it’s right for me?
* What can ABLE funds be used for?
* How do I sign up?
* When will it start?
In this webinar, Katie Hornberger, disability rights attorney and the Director of the Office of Clients’ Rights Advocacy (OCRA) at Disability Rights California, will talk about:
* Regional centers’ requirement that you access your private insurance for certain services,
* What to do if your insurer denies coverage for an autism-related service
* Co-insurance, co-payments, and deductibles
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> The importance of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Home & Community Based Services (HCBS) for people with developmental disabilities and their families.
> What changes are coming to HCBS and and how people with developmental disabilities will be affected.
> How to prepare for and participate in the development of new HCBS regulations.
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of the State Council on Developmental Disabilities discusses:
- What Self-Determination is
- How it works
- How to decide if it is right for you
- How to enroll
- When it starts
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- Derechos y responsabilidades
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- different types of crime
- tips for staying safe at home
- tips for staying safe when out in the community
- tips for staying safe when riding the bus
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- How to vote
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Webinar: “I Got Hired!” Increasing Employment of Youth & Adults with Developmental Disabilities
1. Welcome to the USC UCEDD Webinar Series
for Individuals with Disabilities & Parents
funded by grant #90DD0695 from
the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD)
Administration on Community Living
September 29, 2016
2. Your Moderator
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Susan Kanegawa
USC UCEDD Family Support Coordinator
skanegawa@chla.usc.edu
www.uscucedd.org
The USC University Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at Children’s Hospital
Los Angeles (USC UCEDD) is one of 68 UCEDDs funded to promote systemic change,
advocacy, and capacity building in states on behalf of individuals with, or at risk for,
developmental, behavioral and/or special health care needs, and their families.
The USC UCEDD Webinar series is designed to educate the community about current policy
issues which impact the lives of people we serve and their families. Our primary audience is
individuals with special needs and their families. At this time, our webinars are in English only.
We are exploring methods to make this series available in other languages in the future.
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3. Structure and Logistics
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4. Poll:
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5. “I Got Hired!”
Increasing Employment of Youth and Adults
with Developmental Disabilities
Olivia Raynor, Ph.D. and Kecia Weller
U.C.L.A. Tarjan Center
September 29, 2016
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6. About Our Presenters
Olivia Raynor
Director of the Tarjan Center,
a University Center for
Excellence in Developmental
Disabilities, and Adjunct
Professor in the Department
of Psychiatry and
Biobehavioral Sciences at the
Semel Institute, U.C.L.A.
ORaynor@mednet.ucla.edu
The Tarjan Center is a catalyst for collaboration, innovation, and systems change to advance the
self-determination and inclusion of people with disabilities.
They serve as a bridge between the university and persons with disabilities from state, regional
and local communities, state and local government agencies and community providers.
Kecia Weller
Self-Advocacy and
Community Liaison, at
the U.C.L.A. Tarjan Center
KWeller@mednet.ucla.edu
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8. Webinar Overview
By the End of This Webinar,
Participants Should Be Able to…
• Understand the definition of Employment First
• Describe some key practices learned through CECY that lead
to competitive integrated employment (CIE)
• To know about key policies creating enhanced or new services
in education, rehabilitation, and the regional center for CIE
• Identify some next steps to take if you want to work or
advance in your career
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10. Employment First Philosophy
Employment Is a Win/Win for Everybody
• Everyone can work and there is a job for everyone
• Individuals, schools, families and businesses must raise their
expectations
• People with developmental disabilities (DD) are hired because
of their ability
• Communities embrace people who contribute
• Not working should be the exception
• People are healthier, safer & happiest with meaningful work
• Employment is not a social service.
• Employment is a win/win for everybody.
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11. What Does Employment First Mean?
Employment First = Competitive
Integrated Employment
• It’s a paid job – at least minimum wage — $10 an hour in CA
• The job is in the community ― in typical workplace settings
• The person is paid directly by their employer
• Fully integrated with co-workers without disabilities
• The person receives the same benefits as any other worker
doing the same work
• Support and accommodations are provided as needed
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12. What Employment First Is NOT
• A program, plan or service – it is a philosophy, a set of beliefs
about the capability of people with disabilities to work
• Employment First is not employment only, it is about enabling
individuals with developmental disabilities to be a part of the
community and live more independent and productive lives
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14. California’s Employment First Policy
From WIC Sect. 4869(a)(1)
October 9, 2013
“It is the policy of the state that opportunities for
integrated, competitive employment shall be given
the highest priority for working age individuals with
developmental disabilities regardless of the severity
of their disabilities.”
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15. Definitions: Employment, Unemployment,
and Labor Force Participation
• People who work are employed
• People who are not working and seeking work are
unemployed
• People who are neither employed nor unemployed
are not in the labor force
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16. National Disability Employment Statistics
Ages 16 years and Over
• Labor Force Participation
– People with disabilities: 19.8%
– People without disabilities: 68.8%
• Unemployment Rate
– People with disabilities: 11.3%
– People without disabilities: 4.8%
ODEP, August 2016
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17. The majority of working age
people with disabilities are
not in the labor force.
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18. Fast Facts About Employment in California
for People With Developmental Disabilities
82,963 individuals with I.D.D. are served by the regional
center system
• 12.5% earned wages
• $6,776 in annual earnings
• 76% attend day programs
DDS (2014), Annual Report Employment and Day Services
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19. Youth with I.D.D. Expect and Want to Work, Go to
College, and Be Involved in Their Communities
• Youth today experienced the benefits
of IDEA, technology, and K-12 inclusion
• Most 15-19 year olds with D.D.
expected to go to some P.S.E. and get
a paid job in their future (NLTST-2)
• Youth want to learn and socialize with
age appropriate peers, make friends,
have a life!
• Youth want to work, earn money, buy
things!
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20. What Does
Employment First
Mean to Me?
• Gainful employment is the work that I do every day
• I feel productive and contribute to the work place
• I have a sense of purpose and feel needed
• I have friends at work
• Tracy’s Story
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22. The California Employment Consortium
for Youth and Young Adults With IDD.
Our Mission……
To stimulate policy change and build capacity in California
state systems and local communities to increase the
number of youth and young adults with IDD in competitive
integrated employment
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23. Where We Started:
The California Landscape
Stiglingh, Piet: Senwes Grain Silos. [Photograph]. Retrieved from:
http://www.xtraspace.co.za/blog/articles/five-of-the-worlds-biggest-storage-spaces-no5
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28. Strategies that Work
Local Successful Employment Models
• Person Centered Planning
• Use of multi-media marketing
materials
• Collaborative Partnerships
• Diversified access to various funding
streams
• Engagement of families
Spotlight on…
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31. Significant Changes in Policy and Practice
• Americans with Disabilities Act/Olmstead
• Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
• Medicaid Home and Community Based Waiver
• California Competitive Integrated Employment Blueprint
• California Legislation ABX2-1
Lots of moving
parts
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33. What Can You Do If You Want to Work?
There Is No One Path!
• I want to work and I am in high school
• I have a job but would like a better one or move up
• I want a job! I want to find one
• I don’t think I want to work, but I may not know
enough about it
(adapted from Ohio Dept. of Developmental Disabilities, Employment First)
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34. I Want to Work
I am in High School…..
• Advocate for yourself. Share your plan with your transition IEP team.
• You might want to share pictures, or a video, or a PowerPoint that
shows you doing things you like to do
• Ask your transition IEP team if you can take classes that prepare you
for the job you want or to go to college
• Ask for opportunities to work or volunteer
• Ask for transition services that help you explore education and
training opportunities and careers
• Most important–GET PAID WORK EXPERIENCE!
CA Transition Alliance and CECY (2016), I Want to Work, I Know I Can.
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CA Transition Alliance and
CECY (2016), I Want to
Work, I Know I Can.
Steps I Need to Take
to Get a Job
36. Kecia’s Work Experience
• I have been working since I was 9 years old—I have
always been an entrepreneur!
• Non-competitive jobs—did not pay me what I was
worth
• Competitive jobs
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37. Kecia’s Work Today
• Currently working as the Self Advocacy and Community
Liaison at the Tarjan Center
– Uses a job coach to support her work at times
• Governor Appointed Member of the State Council on
Developmental Disabilities
• Other activities, committees
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38. “One thing we can agree on is this; we must seize this
opportunity to create new possibilities for competitive
integrated employment for every person with a disability
who wants a job, along with the resources, relationships
and meaning that comes from working.”
David Mank, DOL blog, July 13, 2015
Chairman, Advisory Committee on Increasing Competitive Employment
for People with Disabilities
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39. Resources
Wondering about getting a job or a career change?
• http://www.mynextmove.org/
• http://www.catransitionalliance.org/content.aspx?id=1561
Considering college?
• www.thinkcollege.net
• www.semel.ucla.edu/opendoors
Want to know more about CECY?
• https://www.semel.ucla.edu/tarjan/employment
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40. Resources
Want to know more about the California CIE Blueprint?
• http://www.chhs.ca.gov/Pages/Competitive-Integrated-
Employment-(CIE).aspx
Need more information about the Home and Community Based
Waiver?
• http://www.dds.ca.gov/Waiver/Home.cfm
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