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**Updated July 6, 2009- Special Open Door Forum: Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) Outreach and Enrollment Grants- Cycle I will be held on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 from 2pm-4pmET. The solicitation for the Outreach and Enrollment Grants will be the subject of this Special ODF. If you wish to participate, dial 1-800-837-1935 Conference 17418037. Please see the Downloads section below for the full participation announcement. To find out when the New Freedom Initiative Open Door Forum scheduled, please see the "Related Links Inside CMS" to sign up on the E-Mailing List. A Listserv notice will be sent out 2 weeks prior to the scheduled date. ***New Freedom Initiative ODF Overview The New Freedom Initiative was announced by President Bush on February 1, 2001, followed up by Executive Order 13217 on June 18, 2001. The initiative is a nationwide effort to remove barriers to community living for people of all ages with disabilities and long-term illnesses. It represents an important step in working to ensure that all Americans have the opportunity to learn and develop skills, engage in productive work, choose where to live and participate in community life.
The New Freedom Initiative Open Door Forum (ODF) is a quarterly call for all interested stakeholders to discuss topical issues related to the national effort to remove barriers to access for people with disabilities and illnesses. Some of the discussions in this ODF focus on individual efforts within CMS to provide regulatory flexibility for states to rebalance long-term care funding, help disabled workers enter or remain in the workforce, and help improve better self-direction of health care resources for individual beneficiaries.
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