We Are the Voice for Families That Need to Be Heard
California Advocacy Group specializes in helping families with children diagnosed with or suspected of having developmental disabilities—from mild to severe—obtain the tools, programs and social services needed for the best quality of life.
California Advocacy Group founders Judith Kogan and Eric Weingrad are not only expert advocates with professional backgrounds, but, like you, are special needs parents who've been in the trenches firsthand. Their dedication and passion for helping families struggling to navigate within the system stems from their own experiences fighting for the rights of their respective children.
They get it. They get every part of this confusing and seemingly broken process. California Advocacy Group is not just advocating for your child's rights to services, they are fighting for your family's right to have a bright future.
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Our Services
We work closely with the parents and legal guardians of children who have disabilities to advocate on the family's behalf, help collect retroactive benefits, support and educate caregivers about their rights, and inspire future self-advocacy so that families can attain—and keep—an enjoyable quality of life utilizing the services and programs offered to qualified residents of California.
Why Use An Advocate?
We hear this question a lot. "Should you" or "Shouldn't you" seems to be a polarizing topic on various social sites and, quite frankly, we understand why: Misinformation.
We firmly believe an empowered special needs parent is the best kind. For the parents out there who understand the health care system forward and backwards, we salute you. To the other 99%, this might interest you.
Juggling the demands of caring for a child with special needs doesn't have to come at the cost of neglecting your well-being. By planning and utilizing self-care strategies, caregivers can nurture their health while continuing to provide quality assistance.
These days, more parents are working from home than ever before. It is great to have a work/life balance that allows you to be with your kids. However, the issue can be when you really need to get work done, and you have a toddler or baby in the next room.
You want to do all you can to see your child succeed. From taking classes in education to exploring at-home activities, there are plenty of ways to help. Try these tips to get your little one excited about learning again.
The following resources from the California Advocacy Group are packed with all the information you need to create a safe backyard space for a child on the autism spectrum.
Children with learning disabilities may struggle or become frustrated with education, but finding an interest in the arts can help ignite the passion to overcome such obstacles.
To become a parent-provider you must complete these simple steps outlined here within 90 days from the date you start the process.
When a Medi-Cal service you want is not approved by a Medi-Cal field office or your managed care plan, you have the right to ask for a state hearing.
There’s a lot of confusion about “Protective Supervision” within IHSS and that’s typically because parents are often misled as to what the program actually covers.
The Early Start program is California's early intervention program for infants and toddlers with disabilities solely operated by local regional centers.
The goal of the IHSS program is to allow consumers to live safely in their own home and avoid the need for out of home care, so to qualify a child must require some form of in-home care.
Typically, domestic and related services are comprised of non-skilled tasks that do not demand a licensed healthcare professional to prescribe or order.
Paramedical services are skilled tasks that the child’s doctor or nurse has taught the provider to do, such as the administration of medications, puncturing the skin to give a shot, or inserting a medical device into a body orifice such as tube feeding.
In general, CCS covers medical conditions that are physically disabling or require medical, surgical, or rehabilitative services.
The biggest advantage to obtaining full scope Medi-Cal coverage through "Institutional Deeming" is that your child will be eligible for all approved Medi-Cal services, including medical, dental, and even Early and Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment services.
It's a question our founders once asked themselves when they were personally faced with the insurmountable task of navigating the world of special needs care for their respective children.
Medi-Cal pays for a host of medically necessary things from medical treatments to medications to hospitalization and in-home skilled nursing care.