During our HEAR. SHARE. ACT. monthly webinars, leading experts in North Carolina’s intellectual or other developmental disabilities (I/DD) community answer frequently asked questions about the waiting list, Medicaid Waivers, DSP crisis, and other issues around services and supports that impact NC’s I/DD community.
This video library answers some of those questions. The videos are listed below by topic. You can also visit the Meet The Need NC YouTube Channel to see all our videos.
Advocacy Tools and Tips
- A Time for Change – Beth Fields (March 2023)
- Adjusting the “What” of Your Advocacy Message (March 2023)
- Can the public attend General Assembly meetings? (January 2023)
- Communicating with Intention and Impact (March 2023)
- Communication Advice from a Legislator (March 2023)
- How to Boost Your Legislative Impact (March 2023)
- What is Policy? (March 2023)
- Social Media and Advocacy (March 2023)
- The Role of the North Carolina General Assembly (February 2023)
- The Who, What, Where, Why of Connecting with Your Legislator (March 2023)
DSP Workforce Crisis
- Breaking Down the Direct Support Professional Workforce Crisis (May 2023)
- Focusing on the Innovations Waiver Amidst the Crisis (September 2023)
- How is Federal Funding Distributed within a Provider Setting? (October 2023)
- Need-to-Know Vocabulary Regarding the DSP Crisis (September 2023)
- North Carolina’s Economical and Political History Behind the I/DD Service Crisis (October 2023)
- The Direct Support Professional Crisis in NC: Cause and Effect of the State’s History, Economics and Politics (October 2023)
- The History of North Carolina and the DSP Crisis (October 17, 2023)
- The Value of the Direct Support Professional (May 2023)
- What the Workforce Crisis Means for the Future (September 2023)
Health Disparities
- Defining a Health Disparity (August 2023)
- Seeing How the Data Suggests a Health Disparity (August 2023)
- Explaining the Health Disparity (August 2023)
- Expanding on the Health Disparity and Innovation Waivers (August 2023)
- Tackling the Health Disparity for People with I/DD (August 2023)
Legal Rights
- DRNC and Samantha R. Case (March 2023)
- Explaining the Olmstead Plan and Why it Exists – Virginia Knowlton Marcus (July 2023)
- Explaining the Olmstead Plan and Why it Exists – Holly Riddle (July 2023)
- How the Olmstead Decision Informs the ADA (August 2023)
- Olmstead: From a Court Case to State Plans (July 2023)
- Requirements of the Olmstead Plan Explained (August 2023)
- Setting Priorities for Funding Independent Living (August 2023)
- Talking Olmstead and Innovations with Disability Rights Inc. (May 2023)
Medicaid & Medicaid Waivers
- A Medicaid Overview (May 2023)
- Basic Medicaid Eligibility Requirements (May 2023)
- Economic Benefits of Waiver Funding (March 2023)
- Exploring North Carolina’s 1915(i) Option (May 2023)
- Innovations Waiver: Ensuring Your Documents Have a Clearly Listed Diagnosis (June 2023)
- North Carolina’s Medicaid Waivers for the I/DD Community (January 2023)
- The History of the Medicaid Waiver (March 2023)
- The Innovations Waiver and Waitlist Explained (July 2023)
- What is an ICF and How Does it Relate to the Innovations Waiver? (May 2023)
- Why does NC need a 1915 (i) option? (May 2023)
Mental Health
- Considering the Biological, Social, and Psychological Impacts of Life’s Challenges (November 2023)
- Diagnoses are Co-Occurring (November 2023)
- The Waiver Waiting List Impacts Mental Health (November 2023)
Waiting List: Registry of Unmet Needs (RUN)
- Explaining the ‘Slot’ System for The Registry of Unmet Needs (June 2023)
- Funding NC Innovations Waiver Waitlist (January 2023)
- The Innovations Waiver and Waitlist Explained (July 2023)