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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

