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What Is the Ligas Consent Decree? Will It Help My Child?

What Is the Ligas Consent Decree? Will It Help My Child?

The Ligas Consent Degree is a legal agreement that could help your child with special needs receive community services, instead of institutional care. To best understand your child’s rights to certain services, it will be helpful to understand a little …
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What Are Medicaid HCBS Waivers? Why They Are So Important, Especially for Adults With Special Needs

What Are Medicaid HCBS Waivers? Why They Are So Important, Especially for Adults With Special Needs?

If you are working on getting services for your child with special needs, you may have heard about Medicaid HCBS waivers. You may not realize how important getting an appropriate HCBS waiver is for adults with special needs. What Are …
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New Illinois PAC Aims to Help People with Special Needs

New Illinois PAC Aims to Help People with Special Needs

Inclusion PAC, a new political action committee, aims to help people with special needs in Illinois. Rubin Law is excited to highlight Inclusion PAC ’s formation because it is the first PAC in Illinois and one of the first in the nation …
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