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		<title>State Medicaid Director Suzanne Brennan Discusses Gaps in Speciality Care</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maddie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Listen to Part II of the interview What are some of the gaps that you see in the service delivery system as it is currently? &#8220;Access to specialists for sure.  There are some gaps there. There not a lot of specialists that actually take Medicaid clients.  We’re also seeing that there are fewer and fewer &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>State Medicaid Director Suzanne Brennan Discusses Dual Eligibles</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AdvocacyDenver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Listen to Part I of the interview &#8220;In Colorado we have approximately 71,000 individuals who are dually eligible for both Medicaid and Medicare. And those individuals actually represent 13% of our total Medicaid population.  Those dual eligible individuals who are receiving Medicaid benefits account for 43 % of our Medicaid budget.  That is about 1.2 &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Part II: Interview on Health Benefits Exchange with Senator Boyd</title>
		<link>http://www.advocacydenver.org/part-ii-interview-on-benefits-exchange-with-senator-boyd/</link>
		<comments>http://www.advocacydenver.org/part-ii-interview-on-benefits-exchange-with-senator-boyd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AdvocacyDenver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Listen to Part II of the interview Senator, what do you view as the biggest challenges facing the Health Benefit Exchange in Colorado? “I think the two biggest challenges are the timelines and finding the money that it’s going to take to develop an appropriate IT system. Colorado’s had a pretty spotty record in the &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Part I: Senator Boyd to sponsor transfer bill</title>
		<link>http://www.advocacydenver.org/part-i-senator-boyd-to-sponsor-transfer-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AdvocacyDenver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Part I of her interview with Catherine Strode, Senator Boyd discussed asked the proposed transfer of services for the elderly and services for people with developmental disabilities to the Department of Healthcare Policy and Financing. Listen to Part I of the interview Senator Boyd, What do you think about the potential transfer and will &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Approaching: Medicaid Buy-in Program for Working Adults with Disabilities</title>
		<link>http://www.advocacydenver.org/approaching-medicaid-buy-in-program-for-working-adults-with-disabilities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.advocacydenver.org/approaching-medicaid-buy-in-program-for-working-adults-with-disabilities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AdvocacyDenver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coloradans with disabilities have long faced the complex issue of accessing Medicaid benefits while not crossing the fine line of generating too much income as to render them ineligible. They’ve also found themselves in instances where they’ve fallen through the cracks coverage-wise while transitioning from Medicaid to Medicare during long wait periods or where they &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Inclusion in the School System</title>
		<link>http://www.advocacydenver.org/inclusion-in-the-school-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.advocacydenver.org/inclusion-in-the-school-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AdvocacyDenver</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parent/Family Support]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.advocacydenver.org/?p=1079</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Beginning in 1976, AdvocacyDenver (formerly ARC of Denver) has promoted the belief that individuals with disabilities belong in the community and have a fundamental moral, civil and constitutional right to be fully included and actively participate in all aspects of society. The National organization adopted this belief in 1998. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>2011: A Snapshot of Advocacy</title>
		<link>http://www.advocacydenver.org/2011-a-snapshot-of-advocacy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.advocacydenver.org/2011-a-snapshot-of-advocacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AdvocacyDenver</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AdvocacyDenver News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two-thousand eleven was quite a busy year here at AdvocacyDenver.  Individual advocacy was in great demand and each advocate pulled through (and continues to do so!) to provide quality advocacy support to individuals with disabilities and their families.  To analyze the amount and types of support provided, AdvocacyDenver tracks its core programming through the use &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>New Website Launches</title>
		<link>http://www.advocacydenver.org/new-website-launches/</link>
		<comments>http://www.advocacydenver.org/new-website-launches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AdvocacyDenver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have done some serious website re-modeling here at AdvocacyDenver.  We’re pleased to share the new design with you and we hope you find it useful.  Our intentions behind the re-design were to improve the functionality of the website and increase the quality of the information and tools it offers to both prospective and existing &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Daniels Fund Awards AdvocacyDenver Grant for Individual Advocacy</title>
		<link>http://www.advocacydenver.org/daniels-fund-awards-advocacydenver-grant-for-individual-advocacy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.advocacydenver.org/daniels-fund-awards-advocacydenver-grant-for-individual-advocacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AdvocacyDenver</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fundraising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grant]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Denver, Colorado—Recently, AdvocacyDenver was awarded a $30,000 grant from the Daniels Fund to support its core program, individual advocacy.  AdvocacyDenver features seven advocates who provide individual, technical, and referral-based advocacy assistance to individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities (I/DD) and their families in Denver County.   Advocates work alongside clients to gain access to quality &#8230;]]></description>
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