Re: Possible Moving To Memphis

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Tennessee has TennCare. The Bureau of TennCare within the Tennessee Department

of Finance and Administration is in charge of administering the TennCare

program. This link will take you to an overview of the program:

http://www.tn.gov/tenncare/forms/tenncareoverview.pdf

You have to apply for and be approved for medicaid and then they determine what

services you may be eligible for. A friend who lives here (she used to live in

Pensacola), tells me it is easier to get assistance in Tennessee than it was in

FL with APD. She says, some parts of Tennessee are a little behind in providing

services, while others are quite good. She lives near Shelbyville, and

recommends this site: http://tnautism.org

This is the applicant info page:

http://www.tn.gov/tenncare/members.shtml

Autism Foundation Tennessee has good info on their resources page:

http://autismfoundationoftennessee.org/

Regards,

Glenda

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> Hi all,

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> There is a possibility that we will be moving to Memphis.  Is anyone familiar

with the laws and programs that are available for our kids there.  I have a 17

year old who is severely Autistic and has a one on one behavioral tech with him

now.

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