The Great Lakes Music Company

09/03/2025

We want to wish a Happy Wedding Week to Lauren Berger as she gets ready to become Mrs.Shassburger! We celebrated her shower a couple of weeks ago with cookie decorating at Say it With a Cookie in Crown Point!

08/25/2025

Please help us to support Northwest Indiana Moms by joining us for the 2025 Hope Walk!

🌟 Join us for the 2025 HOPE WALK! 🌟At the Northwest Indiana Center for Maternal Wellness, we are passionate about supporting moms at every stage of their motherhood journey, including prenatal, pregnancy, postpartum and beyond. With the help of trained volunteers, we provide education, peer su...

08/23/2025

This is why we do the Lullaby Project!

Music is a universal tool that has the ability to heal, calm and connect. Lullabies are one of the earliest ways that humans experience this connection. Lullabies allow for a way to soothe and nurture both parent and baby, as they engage multiple regions of the brain that help reduce stress and lower cortisol levels.⁠
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From ancient traditions to modern research, lullabies remain a universal source of comfort 🎶⁠
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08/11/2025

Keeping up with our month-long celebration of The GLMC's 9th birthday, here are some more facts and photos from the vault!

08/06/2025

The GLMC Anniversary Facts Coming in Hot!

08/04/2025

This month the GLMC turns 9 years old!! We're going to highlight some facts about our company throughout the month of August to celebrate!

07/23/2025

Please submit your public comment if you haven’t yet! ddrswaivernoticecomment@fssa.IN.gov

Indiana has proposed changes to Medicaid waivers that provide home- and community-based services including a significant cap on certain therapy services. Advocates and providers said the proposal from the Indiana Family and Social Services Administrati...

07/14/2025

The GLMC is excited to begin a collaboration with First Things First Porter County Northwest Indiana Symphony , and Northwest Indiana Center for Maternal Wellness to offer Carnegie Hall's Lullaby Project to mothers of babies 0-3. This is a free 5-week program that will help mothers write custom lullabies for their babies, participate in music assisted relaxation, and be a part of a community of mothers in northwest Indiana.
The meetings are on Fridays at 1pm at Power's Health in Valparaiso on August 1st, August 15th, August 29th, September 12th, and September 26th.

To sign up, please use this link: https://forms.office.com/r/u0KrA31MAf

Please send any questions to jnovak@theglmc.com!

07/09/2025

Please take some time to speak out AGAINST service caps for therapies, specifically music therapy!! Waiver caps will reduce client choice and negatively impact our most vulnerable clients by limiting their access to their preferred services.

DDRS has announced that upcoming amendments to the Community Integration and Habilitation, Family Supports, Health and Wellness, and Traumatic Brain Injury waivers will be open for public comment from July 9 – August 8, 2025. December 2025 is the projected effective date to implement the changes. Learn more here: https://www.arcind.org/news/waiver-amendment-public-comment-announcement-july-2025/

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07/03/2025

Yesterday the Senate passed its version of the Reconciliation bill by a vote of 51-50. The bill includes close to $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts, nearly 20% of the federal Medicaid budget and nearly $200 billion in cuts to SNAP food assistance. The bill has gone back to the House of Representatives, and action on the bill is expected to move quickly.

Contact your U.S. Representative to share your concern about these substantial cuts and how they will impact people with disabilities and their families, as well as the direct care staff that support them. Ask them to vote "No" on the Senate bill and continue to work on changes to the bill.
https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

07/02/2025

Please call your representatives and ask them to vote NO for Medicaid cuts!!

Urgent Call-to-Action

The U.S. Senate passed the reconciliation bill this morning with Vice President Vance casting the tie-breaking vote. It will now move back to the U.S. House of Representatives for approval.

Despite last minute changes to the Senate Bill, it still includes nearly $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid. Please take this opportunity to contact your U.S. Representative and ask them to reject cuts to Medicaid by voting no on this bill. A House vote may occur within the next 24-36 hours, so please don't delay. Let your voice be heard.

To find the phone number for your U.S. Representative see this link:
https://clerk.house.gov/Members

Or call the U.S. House switchboard: (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to your Representative’s office.

✅ Encourage your colleagues, friends, and family to call too—every voice counts!

Thank you!