Urgent Action Needed: Congress Voting on a NEW COVID-19 Bill
The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote as soon as today on the next pandemic relief package - and we can't be left behind! The proposed bill includes many provisions that will provide critical support to people with disabilities, their families, and the direct support professional (DSP) workforce during this pandemic. Contact your [...]
#ForgottenFaces Campaign
Latest News: Signs of Progress Serve as Urgent Reminder to Keep the Pressure On! Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requested from states' Medicaid directors two years' worth of budgetary information and other identifying information about providers that would enable HHS to disburse relief payments to Medicaid-funded I/DD providers. We read [...]
Urge Congress to Vote No on the Tax Reform Bill
Contact your Congressman or Congresswoman today! Click here for more information!
Help Get DSPs a Living Wage
Rally for DSPs in Buffalo...Please join in the fight... Click here for more information!
TRC Staff and Self-Advocates Travel to Albany
TRC staff and self-advocates stand on the steps of the State Capital on Wednesday, December 6. The group traveled from Jamestown to Albany to take part in a #bFair2DirectCare rally aimed at encouraging Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York State lawmakers to accelerate the timetable for providing money that will allow service providers like The Resource [...]
Report, petition urge Governor Cuomo to fix the housing crisis affecting people with developmental disabilities
The Keep the Promise Family Coalition has issued a report to Governor Andrew Cuomo on the current residential crisis affecting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in New York State. Thousands of people are waiting for their own homes, and many are in immediate need of residential opportunities. Click here to read the report. The Keep the Promise [...]
Urge Rep. Tom Reed to vote “no” on health care bill
Republican members of Congress have developed a new version of the American Health Care Act (AHCA). While the original version of the bill would have threatened services to people with disabilities by drastically changing the way the Medicaid system operates, the new bill is even more damaging. Republicans in the House of Representatives hope to [...]
The Government wants to change how Medicaid is funded!
Did you know there is a risk from the federal government that may impact services to persons with disabilities and their families? President Donald Trump and some members of Congress want to change the way the Medicaid program is funded. They are calling for doing away with the current program (in which people are entitled [...]