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2025

Medicaid Moves and Rights in Action

February 8, 2025

An Introduction to Person-Centered Planning: The Goal, Process and Benefits 

  • Jordan Smelley, Self Advocate, MHPS & Certified People Planning Together (PPT) Trainer

Bottom Dollars: Film Screening and Discussion 

  • Lucy Gafford, UNT WISE, & Britni Miles, Texas APSE

Disaster Resilience for Texans with Disabilities 

  • Courtney Walker, Disability Rights Texas

Employment First in Texas 

  • Lucy Gafford, UNT WISE, & Britni Miles, Texas APSE

Employment for People with Disabilities: Strategies for Success 

  • Lucy Gafford, UNT WISE, & Britni Miles, Texas APSE

Finding Your Path to a Place to Call Home 

  • Jacky Sylvie - REACH Center for Independent Living

Guardianship and Alternatives: Respecting Rights and Honoring Choices 

  • Jeff Miller, Disability Rights Texas

Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports: What You Need To Know 

  • Jeff Miller, Disability Rights Texas

Out of Options: Addressing Inequities in Care for Texans with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) and Mental Illness

  •  Sabrina Gonzalez Saucedo, The Arc of Texas

  • Alex Stuckey, Investigative Journalist

Person-Centered Planning: What Does The Future Hold? 

  • Panel discussion facilitated by Jordan Smelley

There is No Place Like Home

  • Panel Discussion facilitated by Jacky Sylvie

Under the Dome: A Preview of Disability Related Issues Before the 89th Texas Legislature 

  • Jeff Miller, Disability Rights Texas, 

  • Sabrina Gonzalez Saucedo, The Arc of Texas

May 10, 2025

Future Planning: SNTs, MTP & ABLE Accounts 

  • Haley Greer & Ashley Melero, The Arc of Texas Master Pooled Trust

It Adds Up: Work, Social Security, and Medicaid 

  • Norine Jaloway-Gil, Imagine Enterprises

Navigating a Successful Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood: Who’s Involved, What’s Included & Why 

  • Julia Chalker, Transition Consultant

Tech Talk with BridgingApps: Apps, Transition to Adulthood & More 

  • Amy Fuchs, BridgingApps

CPS Was Called: Now What? 

  • Krista McIntire, Independent CPS Consultant

Disability Services in Higher Education 

  • Brandie Wiley, UNT Health Science Center

Living Self-Determined: A Life-Long Journey 

  • Ricky Broussard, Imagine Enterprises

Special Education Testing: Who, What, Where, When, Why & How 

  • Monica Santiago, 3 in 1 Advocacy

CHANGE, NOT CHARITY: THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT - Film Screening and Facilitated Discussion

August 9, 2025

MEDICAID:  What is it? How Does it Work? What is at Risk for Texans with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Their Families with the Implementation of the “BIG BEAUTIFUL ACT”? What Should Advocates Do to Minimize Losses? 

  • Allan Bergman, President & CEO of High Impact Mission-Based Consulting & Training

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