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Proposal Creating A Purple Alert For Missing Persons With Disabilities, Brain Injuries Heads To Governor's Desk


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The purple alert would function similarly to other missing person alerts. Adults who don t fit the criteria for a silver alert could be covered under a purple alert if they have a disability or brain injury and can t be returned safely without law enforcement intervention.
A proposal to create a purple alert for missing adults with certain disabilities or brain injuries is heading to the governor s desk. The proposal is for people who have cognitive, developmental, physical, or emotional disabilities as well as those with brain injuries who go missing and cannot be returned safely without law enforcement intervention. ....

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Medicaid iBudget Waiting List To Shrink Amid Lingering Worker Worries


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A brochure for the iBudget Florida program. The program is designed to help people with developmental disabilities choose home and community-based services.
Advocates worry about a worker shortage that, they say, will only grow worse as more people qualify for the program unless lawmakers do something about increasing wages for people who provide services.
Lawmakers have agreed to spend an additional $95 million a year to provide more people with intellectual and developmental disabilities access to services they need to live in their communities and out of institutions.
Advocates said it’s the largest increase in recent history in funding to reduce a waiting list in the Medicaid iBudget program. But they worry about a worker shortage that, they say, will only grow worse as more people qualify for the program unless lawmakers do something about increasing wages for people who provide services. ....

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Nonprofit Empowers Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities to Find Independent Housing


Published February 23, 2021 at 11:37 AM EST
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Damian, a resident of a ROOF group home in Miami.
We continue our year-long celebration of the 30th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act through our “Move to Include” initiative by learning about a nonprofit called Residential Options of Florida, or ROOF. Its mission is to empower individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to successfully obtain and maintain affordable and inclusive housing of their choice. ROOF currently operates six three and four-bedroom homes in Lee, Collier and Charlotte counties with more under development. It also operates in Clay County near St. Augustine and in Miami-Dade County. ....

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