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Value Options is Neither: No is Not The Right Answer – Guest Post
Imagine for a moment, you are in the middle of a serious crisis with your child, who has been fighting a potentially life threatening illness for several months; you are doing everything you can to keep it together and ensure that they are getting the best care available. There are multiple hospitalizations, treatment team meetings,…
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Value Options is Neither : Making a Fortune Killing the Individual Grant Program
I know a lot about how Value Options does business because the State of Illinois Department of Mental Health began contracting with Value Options in 2007 to manage the Individual Care Grant program. The Individual Care Grant, or ICG, is a program, became law in Illinois in the 1970’s, and was revised to this current code…
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Value Options is Neither – An Open Letter to Tom Warburton, Vice President of Corporate Communications, Value Options, Inc.
Perhaps you read about Pickles, the eight-year-old girl with Schizoaffective Disorder that Value Options is trying to have removed from her residential treatment facility against the medical advice of her treatment team. Adrienne Jones of No Points For Style wrote this brilliant blog post about the situation, which is still ongoing. Adrienne and Pickle’s mom are dear…