Here is the most recent Grace's Law news article!
Here is an update from Jeanine Gleba.
ACTION ALERT!!

Did You Know?

• Nearly 10 percent of New Jersey's public school children have some form of hearing problem or hearing loss.
• Many insurance providers in the state cover the cost of annual hearing tests. However, few cover the cost of hearing aids even when medically necessary.
• No state or federal mandates require hearing aid coverage by insurers.
• Hundreds of hard of hearing and deaf NJ children are unable to afford hearing aids. Hearing aid insurance legislation has been stalled since 1998.
• A child who cannot hear in a classroom usually falls behind, may never
  catch up, and may cost the state of NJ hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Here is How You Can Help

• AG Bell issues Position Statement on Insurance Coverage for Hearing Aids
• Read about the Walkathon on October 18
• Another family's story about Grace's Law gets media attention
• Here's the latest article for Grace's Law
• Another family advocates for Grace's Law - read their story in the Herald News and the Clifton Journal
• Grace's Law Featured on News Channel 12! - Click Here for Video and Article
• Senator Barbara Buono speaks out for Grace's Law in The Record newspaper
• Maine Passes Hearing Aid Law - Why Can't New Jersey?
• Write your legislators and Governor Corzine.
• Sign the Petition

Ask your town to issue a RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT like Washington Boro, Manville, Somerville, Fair Lawn, Oxford, and Jackson Township. Click Here to see what the town of Manville did! Click Here to see a feature article about it. Here is what Fair Lawn did! And, now Clifton has joined us, too!