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Website Links 

The Survival Coalition of Wisconsin Disability Organizations

The Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities (BPDD)

InControl Wisconsin

The Arc Wisconsin

People First Wisconsin

Disability Rights Wisconsin



Links Regarding The Homecare Rule

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  • 10/18/16: Survival Coalition's Recommendations and Considerations for development of the IRIS 40 hour policy
  • 10/16/16: Link to DHS Website with, "IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR IRIS PARTICIPANTS AND CAREGIVERS: IRIS 40-Hour Health and Safety Policy"
  • ​From Disability Rights Wisconsin, "DRW Letter to DHS – 40-Hour Health and Safety Assurance Policy" 5/23/16
  • Link to IRIS Policy Manual on Wisconsin's Department of Health Services website which includes "The IRIS 40- Hour Health & Safety Assurance Policy" (Updated 3/2016)
  • Disability Rights Wisconsin's "Clarification of New Paid Caregiver Policies" Updated 3/10/16
  • Fact Sheet #79E: Joint Employment in Domestic Service Employment Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
  • Action Steps for Consumers and Advocates Regarding the DOL Home Care Rule: How to Prevent Service Cuts and Protect Consumer-Directed Programs 
  • US Department of Labor home care website
  • US Department of Labor’s joint employment guidance
  • Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services Guidance  
  • National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services’ FLSA Toolkit 
  • National Employment Law Project website
  • Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute’s FLSA Implementation State Toolkit

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Information Regarding Medicaid:  Block Grants, The Affordable Care Act, and More...


  • Document from the Long-Term Care Coalition, "How will Medicaid Block Grants Impact Me?" January 2017 
  • Document from People First Wisconsin, "People First Wisconsin Cares about Medicaid." January 2017 
  • Document from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, "Medicaid in Wisconsin, "  January 2017
  • Document from BPDD, "Medicaid Block Grants, Impacts on Wisconsin and People with Disabilities." January 20, 2017
  • Document from BPDD, "The Repeal of the Affordable Care Act, Impact on People with Disabilities." January 20, 2017
  • From The Kaiser Family Foundation: "Medicaid Financing: The Basics," December 22, 2016
  • ​From The Kaiser Family Foundation: "Medicaid at 50, People with Disabilities," May 6, 2015
  • ​From The National Council on Disability, "A Medicaid Block Grant program: Implications for People with Disabilities,"  2013

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