Essential Public Information Hour - November 19, 2023

Our focus topic of the day is CAREGIVING and resources for mobilizing change in state and federal programs providing (or not, as the case may be) "in-home supportive services" in the county of Lake.  The latest report from the Fire Adapted Communities Network local liaison (Magdalena Valderrama) and a new NASA firewatch resource listed following these windows on the real world of disabled citizens in the Golden State:

      In-Home Supportive Services and the state’s governance program limitations:

www.counties.org/ihss-moe

      Opportunity for advocacy, November 30, 2023, interactive workgroup sponsored by the Department of Health Care Services:

CalAIM Explained: Overview of New Programs and Key Changes - California Health Care Foundation

      California Health Care Foundation:

https://www.chcf.org/resource/calaim-in-focus/seniors-people-with-disabilities/

      Lake County In-Home Supportive Services Advisory Committee:

https://www.lakecountyca.gov/1173/Lake-County-In-Home-Supportive-Services-

      Consumer Virtual Education Session on Medi-Cal Eligibility and Updates:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ga5xsL8GpA&t=1s

      California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR):

https://canhr.org

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      Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network -- "A Community Radio Network that CAN" by Magdalena Valderrama:

https://fireadaptednetwork.org/a-community-volunteer-radio-network-that-can/

      NASA's new planetary observation website, "FireSense":

https://espo.nasa.gov/firesense/content/FireSense_0