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AdvocateDadCO
Practical information, honest conversations, and accountability from the systems families navigate every day.
Medicaid & accountability · Prepared testimony
· Rob Harris
Prepared comments to the Colorado Commission on Medicaid on rural service access, unpaid family care, and three specific requests for state accountability.
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· Rob Harris
What the October 29 Medicaid medical-frailty ruling changes, what remains, and why Colorado implementation matters for families.
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Written public comment · September 17, 2026
Actual access, appeals, rural workforce realities, paid and unpaid caregiving, assessment accountability, and the difference between savings and cost shifting.
Added to the website November 9, 2026.
Supplemental public comment · September 17, 2026
A call for evidence, provider and CMA accountability, and a clear distinction between improper coaching and legitimate family advocacy.
Added to the website November 9, 2026.
Braille & literacy
Timely materials, Braille, qualified instruction, and high expectations belong together.
Medicaid & accountability
What members and caregivers should expect after a Medicaid listening session: answers, commitments, and written follow-through.
Education & leadership
The TSBVI Administrator’s Toolbox gives school leaders a place to prepare before a student arrives.
Accessibility & community
A font change at District 51 shows how identifying a barrier and offering a solution can improve access.
Self-advocacy & D.C.
The original announcement of our D.C. delegation and why lived experience belongs in federal policy conversations.
Medicaid & accountability
Transparency, meaningful member participation, and the responsibility to answer difficult questions.
Braille & STEM
How Project INSPIRE’s resources helped Isabelle’s education and gave family advocacy evidence to carry to Washington.
Family advocacy & D.C.
Connecting lived experience, research relationships, and the continuing work of federal advocacy.
