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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow PP, are you having a bad day? OP just asked a simple question - LISS in DC or no LISS.  Thank goodness there is nice people like OP who adopt SN kids.[/quote]

New person.  This was really not a yes or no question.  It was posted with the assumption that Marylanders are simply handed LISS funds to pay for things like camp.  That is so far from the truth.

Our family has NEVER gotten any LISS money, ever, via the LISS lottery.

Maryland, which is a wealthy state, made a choice not to fund Medicaid/SSDI for kids.  So that's why Maryland gives out (if you could call it that) LISS funds.  If we had SSDI for our child, we could devote the massive monthly amounts of money we pay toward therapies to paying for camp, and we wouldn't have to enter some stupid #@&#^! lottery twice a year to try to pay for camp.
Can you imagine this is an effective way to run a social service system?[/quote]

We got LISS for two years prior to it being a lottery system.  It was very appreciated.  However, it was very limited on what it would pay for.  It doesn't always pay for therapies or co-pays and there are very strict rules.  We got denied by one agency but applied to another and got it.  We tried for the lottery and didn't get it twice and gave up.  Before the lottery, it was $3000, but I believe now it is $2000.  Its a lot of money, but not a lot of money given many places charge a premium for SN even though some of it is the same as non-special needs classes.

Medicaid pays 100% therapy costs without copays.  That's huge not to have a premium, deductibles and copays for speech, ABA, OT and even respite care for some kids.  Plus, if the child is in foster care, some agencies pay for camps.  They can use the county rec. department in some places and get a fee waiver.  There are lots of resources for foster parents, which is what OP is until adoption.  Sometimes counties also have special funds for camps, private pay evaluations and more.[/quote]

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