Autism and Health Insurance: Making Your Benefits Work!

What: Free workshop to learn about the insurance that is available for children with Autism (ASD).  The insurance landscape is changing in California with the passage of SB 946, current information is vital before July 1, 2012.

When: June 25, 2012 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Where: First Christian Chuch, 3039 Willow Pass Road, Concord

Space is limited.  No childcare provided

RSVP to Adryon Ketcham, MA, BCBA
aketcham@goalsforautism.com
925-348-6384

Insurance Flyer for more information HERE.

The Kidsdata News Roundup: Rise in autism, gun violence, childhood vaccinations, and more

The Kidsdata News Roundup

News, Research, and Data About Children's Health and Well Being

February 2011

California Officials Urge Parents to Enroll Children with Pre-Existing Conditions in Health Insurance Before March 1 Deadline
Under last year’s Federal health care reform and recent California law, health plans can no longer deny or limit coverage to a child under 19 because of a pre-existing health condition. State health officials are urging families to take advantage of the new law and sign up their children for private health insurance plans before open enrollment ends March 1. Read more in our recent blog post, "Act Fast to Enroll in Affordable Health Insurance for Your Child."

Autism
Autism Diagnoses Triple Among K-12 Students, New Data on Kidsdata.org Show
(California Watch, 2/4/11, by Lin)

Report: Almost 40% of U.S. Youth with Autism Receive No Medical, Mental Health Assistance for Transition to Adulthood
(HealthDay, 2/9/11, by Goodwin)

See the Data:
The number of California public school students enrolled in special education with a diagnosis of autism increased from 17,508 to 59,690 between 2002 and 2010. See a related blog post: "A Closer Look at the Growth in Autism Diagnoses."

Only about 17 percent of California youth ages 12-17 with special needs who lived below the poverty level received services for the transition to adulthood, according to survey data from 2005-2006.

Read more HERE.

Autism and Health Insurance: Making your benefits work for your child

Join Family Voices of California, The Autism Health Insurance Project and Autism Health Advocates for an interactive Webinar:

What: Free Webinar

When: Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Time: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM PST

Featured presenters: Karen Fessel, Dr PH, Executive Director and Founder, The Autism Health Insurance Project and, Feda Almaliti, Autism Health Advocates

To register and for more information click HERE.

Speak Up on Health Care Reform!

President Obama has begun drafting health care reform proposals. Few things impact families who care for children with special needs as dramatically as education, but one of them must be healthcare. Many of us have run into situations where health insurance providers write blanket exclusions for whole categories of disability-- hopefully a thing of the past. You can find out more about the developing proposal and voice your concerns, questions and needs here. 

Low cost insurance for children and teens

Healthy Families Open House
Healthy Families is low cost insurance for children and teens. It provides health, dental and vision coverage to children who do not have insurance and do not qualify for Medi-Cal.
When: Wednesday, May 20th from 12:00 – 6:00 PM
Where: 2811 MacDonald Ave, Richmond, CA
Stop by any time on May 20th between 12 - 6:00 p.m. to enroll or gather information about Healthy Families Affordable Health Care for yourself or your clients.
Call 510-232-3032 or contact Demetria Saunders, Outreach Coordinator.