Ella, Riley, and Victoria's Stories: Life Can Change in the Blink of an Eye
Public service and advocacy run deep in the LaVigne family.
James' Story: Raising a Child in Community
It takes a village—and family caregiving—to raise a child.
Olivia's Story: Finding New Roots in Pennsylvania
Olivia is a firecracker who loves baking and cracking jokes. Medicaid helps her live at home with her family, where she regularly does both.
Charlie's Story: Medicaid Builds A Future for Medically Complex Children
Charlie's Medicaid and access to home and community based services gives him the best quality of life, and future.
Olive's Story: A Smart Cookie Who Loves Crumble
Julie and her family relocated to Missouri from their home state of Arkansas to access better care for their daughter Olive.
Audrey's Story: Medicaid Keeps Kids and Families Together
Without Medicaid, Audrey could become a ward of the state, instead of at home with people who love her.
David's Story: Medicaid is a Lifeline in Our Rural Community
Our close-knit Alaskan community knows it takes a village — and Medicaid — to raise a child.
Liviana's Story: An Accident Can Change Your Life Forever
When a tree branch fell on our daughter Liviana's head, she became a totally different person. Medicaid was there for her in her time of need.
Ansley's Story: How Supportive Services Transform the Lives of Medically Complex Children
The Children's Center at the University of Southern Mississippi values medically complex children as people and provided my daughter Ansley with the best quality of life.
Ian's Story: How the Medicaid Health Insurance Premium Payment Program Saves Lives
The Medicaid Health Insurance Premium Payment Program backs up our private insurance to keep Ian safe and thriving.
Knowing How to Do All the Stuff: An Interview with Kelley Coleman
Her voice was like the spirit guide to parenting I’ve always wanted, telling me how I could do all the hard things, making suggestions and holding my hand.
Be a Hero: In Memory of Ady Barkan
There is the type of courage where we put on our armor and charge into the battlefield, and there is the type of courage where we strip down and bare our vulnerabilities for all to see.
Judy Heumann, Rolling Warrior
Judy Heumann has been called the mother of the disability rights movement, and her life reflected that. She was kind, warm, encouraging to Little Lobbyists families, and, especially to our children.