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A Place for Everything, and Everything in Its Place: Protecting Family Homes from the Medicaid Estate Recovery Program
Thursday September 3, 2026 2:15pm - 3:15pm CDT
Conference Room 301
The Medicaid Estate Recovery Program seeks to recover the costs of long-term medical care after a Medicaid recipient passes away. Low-resource individuals who qualify for Medicaid worry that their children will continue the cycle of poverty and be left without the family home.  

This session is based on a project in which presenters have helped community members understand MERP and take steps to protect intergenerational assets before and after a loved one’s death. Presenters will discuss the disproportionate impact MERP can have on low-income and immigrant communities, the role estate planning can play in preventing avoidable loss, and how community justice workers and other trusted non-attorney advocates can help deliver critical legal information in accessible ways. Attendees will leave with a stronger understanding of the problem, the outreach and legal education strategies being used in response, and how similar approaches might be adapted in other settings.

This session discusses the Medicaid Estate Recovery Program (MERP), how it works, and how low-resource families can protect the family home with low-cost probate alternatives.
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Selma Lara

Attorney Fellow, Texas Immigration Law Council
Selma Lara is an attorney fellow at Texas Immigration Law Council as part of the Economic Justice Initiative. Her project revolves around estate planning, title clearing, and asset preservation for indigent individuals. As the first in her family to attend college, she graduated cum... Read More →
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Thursday September 3, 2026 2:15pm - 3:15pm CDT
Conference Room 301
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