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Building Relationships: Parallels Between Infant-Toddler Development and the Public Policy Process
This article from the ZERO TO THREE Policy Center explores relationship-building in early childhood and in the world of policy and advocacy.

Rebalancing Long-Term Care: The Role of the Medicaid HCBS Waiver Program
The Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) waiver program is the major public financing mechanism for providing long-term care services in community settings. Authorized under section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act, states have used HCBS waiver programs to serve a wide variety of populations, including seniors; people with physical disabilities, HIV/AIDS, mental retardation and developmental disabilities (MR/DD), and traumatic brain injury (TBI); and children who are medically fragile and/or technology-dependent (such as ventilator dependent due to paralysis). Under the waiver program, states are permitted to provide HCBS to individuals who require the level of care provided in institutional settings [that is, hospitals, nursing homes, or intermediate care facilities for people with mental retardation (ICFs/MR)]. Because of the diversity of the populations served, as well as other factors such as unique state delivery systems, payment structures, and service models, it is difficult to generalize about the programs that have been implemented under the authority of section 1915(c).