Everything You Need To Know About Pennsylvania Waiver Programs

For more information: https://accessmobpittsburgh.org/community-lecture-series/2024-lectures/11-25-24/

Living as a disabled person in Pennsylvania is a full-time job. Whether it’s by speech, ASL, writing, or assistive technology, advocating for yourself to meet our unique needs takes communication skills. Equally important is knowledge. We need to know what services meet our specific requirements, where and how to obtain those services, and how they are paid for. Finding the services in our area is the easy part. The difficulty lies in finding financing.

The Commonwealth provides waiver programs to assist disabled people to live in the community if they so choose. The waiver programs are like strings tied into a knot holding all the services in place. We must know which string to pull to loosen the knot and have our needs met. Some cords aren’t for us because we don’t qualify. Others may not be correct because they do not provide the services we require. How can we know which to pull? Serena Lowe is here to help us untangle the Pennsylvania waiver system. She will teach us what waivers there are, the requirements for them, and how to best advocate for the services we need. She will give us the knowledge to back our advocacy.

Join us for our upcoming Community Lecture Night! Due to the upcoming holiday, this lecture will be online only. Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMlfu-hpzIjH9JHA1eUxsiWkV8pJdPcd87F

• When: November 25th from 6:00-7:30 PM

• Where: Zoom only

• Meeting Accessibility:

• There will be sign language interpreters and closed captioning available on Zoom.

• Chat will be disabled on Zoom during the lecture to better serve people using screen readers. Participants will still be able to message the hosts.

• When it comes time for the Q&A, people may ask by messaging in the chat so the host can read it out loud or by raising their hand on Zoom so the host can call on them to ask by voice or by ASL.

• For more information, check out our Technical Info page.

If anyone has any other access needs please contact [email protected] as soon as possible, but no later than November 20th.