This year, the Arkansas Kids Count Coalition is hosting a monthly webinar series, Policy 101, to explore the fundamentals of major policies and programs impacting children and families in Arkansas. The webinars are meant to provide advocates with the essentials around many important topics to help you in advocating for the well-being of Arkansas’s children. We will cover essential components of a program or policy, as well as current issues affecting the policy. We will end by answering your questions.

Arkansas’s PASSE (Provider-Led Arkansas Shared Savings Entity) program is a Medicaid program for Arkansans with complex behavioral health needs and people with developmental and intellectual disabilities. Though a wide range of services are provided in the PASSE, the system is complex and can be difficult to navigate. In the PASSE 101 webinar, Derek Henderson with Disability Rights Arkansas will go over the major aspects of the PASSE and current issues facing those involved in the PASSE.