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INDIANAPOLIS—In a little more than 60 days families who care for their medically complex kids through the attendant care program will no longer be paid to do so.
Come July 1st those families will be required to transition to the health and wellness waiver, where they will be part of the structured family care program. That program will give parents a daily rate rather than hourly, severely decreasing the amount of pay they are receiving. Dewitt was one of six moms who will have to transition to the structured family care program. They surveyed 250 families that will have to go through the transition come July.
Dooley says her son Jacob has cerebral palsy, is nonverbal and has a permanent feeding tube. She says not knowing what the future holds is frustrating."The girls had so much information to share with them and I just hope that they heard it and are going to actually work to making some changes,” Dooley said.
Each of the woman are college educated. Between them they have ten degrees. Each of them gave up their career to care for their children full time because they weren’t able to find a nurse or medical professional to provide the full time care their medically complex kids need. They hope this will bring answers to the hundreds of families that are impacted by this decision made by FSSA.
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