ERIN PRANGLEY

Opposing Restoration of Employment Choice for Adults with Disabilities Act H.R. 8736, ; Support "Raise the Wage Act; Oppose 14C certificates (subminimum wage for people with disabilities); Opposing Restoration of Employment Choice for Adults with Disabilities Act H.R. 8736.

ED and Congress urging Department of Ed to be maintained; Full funding for IDEA;

Support HR 1389, Marriage Equality for Disabled Adults; S 73/HR 1757 - Eliminating the Marriage Penalty in SSI Act (EMPSA); Support HR 7828 - SSI Income Restoration Act (marriage penalty, asset limits; Comment on Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Request for Information Related to Comprehensive Regulations to Uncover Suspicious Healthcare (CRUSH); CMS settings rule and urging that it be maintained; Oppose reorganization of HHS; Opposing breaking up the Administration for Community Living (ACL) along with the transfer of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Agency (SAMHSA); Support Autism Family Caregivers Act; Support SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act; Protect Medicaid (no cuts) in FY26 reconciliation/budget; Comments Opposing delaying the compliance dates for its web and mobile app accessibility rule; support protecting and strengthen Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); Oppose any further cuts or harmful changes to Medicaid through any budget reconciliation or other legislation; Comments opposing and recommending stronger protections for people on Medicaid theMedicaid Community Engagement Requirements Interim Final Rule;

Protect Medicaid from cuts in the FY26 and FY27 budget/reconciliation; Support Protecting Healthcare and Lowering Costs Act of 2025 to repeal all of the health care provisions in H.R. 1 and make permanent the enhanced Advanced Premium Tax Credits for purchasing marketplace health insurance plans and similar legislation to repeal the harmful cuts to Medicaid included in H.R.1; Recommendations to Medicaid Community Engagement Requirements Interim Final Rule to ensure people will not be removed from Medicaid because of administrative error.

Support SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act; Support Home and Community Based Services Access, Support Older Americans Act (OAA) programs to ensure community living.

Protect Medicaid that supports transportation funding in budget/reconciliation.

Oppose FMAP cuts for DC Medicaid.

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Oppose FMAP cuts for DC Medicaid.

Support funding for DD Council work in North Carolina and California in support of disaster relief.

CMS settings rule and urging that it be maintained; Oppose reorganization of HHS; Opposing breaking up the Administration for Community Living (ACL) along with the transfer of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Agency (SAMHSA); Support Autism Family Caregivers Act; Support SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act; Protect Medicaid (no cuts) in FY26 reconciliation/budget.

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Support "Raise the Wage Act; Oppose 14C certificates (subminimum wage for people with disabilities)

Protect Medicaid from cuts in the FY26 budget/reconciliation

Protect Medicaid that supports transportation funding in budget/reconciliation.

Oppose cuts/work requirements for Medicaid/Medicare. Support access for home and community based services, HCBS Access Act, Better Care Better Jobs Act. Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting; Stop Unfair Medicaid Recoveries Act; Medicaid Program; Support Medicaid and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Managed Care Access, Finance, and Quality; Include I/DD and mental disabilities in the HCBS Access Rule Comment; Enforcement of State Compliance with Reporting and Federal Medicaid Renewal Requirements under the Social Security Act.

Support Transition to Competitive Employment Act, worker rights for people with disabilities; HCBS Relief Act wages for direct support professionals; support Unemployment Insurance Modernization and Recession Readiness Act; Support Expanding Access to Capital Act; Support regulations to end 14c subminimum wages.

Support Real Emergency Access for Aging and Disability Inclusion for Disasters (REAADI) Act and Disaster Relief Medicaid Act (DRMA) (S.3120 and H.R.6029)

Increase appropriations for State Councils on Developmental Disabilities, Protection and Advocacy, University Centers on Excellence in Disability, WIC, Title V Maternal & CHS program AMCHP, SET-NET program AMCHP, IDEA full funding, non-defense discretionary program funding. Oppose cuts to Medicaid, TANF, SNAP, and anti-poverty programs. Support funding for Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act FY25 continuing resolutions.

Support Rubio-Hassan Organ Transplant Discrimination Bill, CharlotteWoodwardOrgan Transplant Discrimination Act, DC Statehood legislation, voting rights legislation; Protecting Healthcare for All Patients Act; Support Funding for Election Administration Statement for Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing; John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act; ACE ACT; Health Equity and MENA Community Inclusion Act; DACA Health Care Access Comment; Mental Health Justice Act; CCD Statement on Reducing Police Responses to People with Disabilities Update; Comments on the 2024 Election Administration Commission (EAC); Census Sign-On Letter to Director Santos; Opposing Anti-DEIA Appropriations Riders Civil Rights Principles for Multilingual Learner Education; FDA proposed rule banning electric skin shock devices; Disability Reproductive Rights at HHS; .

Support College Transparency Act, The Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower (RISE) Act, 21st Century Dyslexia Act, education equity for people with disabilities; Safe Schools Improvement Act, 21st Century Dyslexia Act; CCD Comments RE: NPRM re: Child Care and Development Fund; Domenic & Ed's Law; Letters to [President Biden] [Congress] in Support of Doubled Funding for OCR; The Guardianship Bill of Rights Act

Support for immigrant worker rights in home and community based services; Protecting Immigrant Families DACA Health Care Access Comment.

Support DC statehood bills; Words Matter for the District of Columbia Courts Act (S. 3698)

Support Mobility Aids On Board Improve Lives and Empower All Act (MOBILE Act) of 2023, support disability access to transportation legislation; support Mobility Aids On Board Improve Lives and Empower All Act (MOBILE Act) of 2023; strengthen ADA Standards for Transportation Facilities, Request for Information on Accessibility Improvements for Transportation Facilities; comment to ADA Standards for Transportation Facilities, Request for Information on Accessibility Improvements for Transportation Facilities.

Support DC statehood bills; Words Matter for the District of Columbia Courts Act (S. 3698)

Support for immigrant worker rights in home and community based services; Protecting Immigrant Families DACA Health Care Access Comment.

RFI Health Equity comments to HHS/ACL; Support HCBS Access Act, Better Care Better Jobs Act, Access to Dental Surgical Services, protection against discrimination in organ transplants; Stop the Wait Act Support Letter: Innovation and Public-Private Sector Partnerships; Access to Dental Surgical Services Healthcare Extension and Accessiability for Developmentally Disabled and Underserved Population (HEADs UP) Act; Child Nutrition Programs: Revisions to Meal Patterns Consistent with the 2020 DGAs; Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act; Include key insulin policies in summer package; Extenders Package; Autism CARES Act; Requirements Related to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA);Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting; HHS OCR Final Rule on Implementing Section 1557 of ACA NBPP Proposed Rule re: Adult Dental Coverage; Credit for Caring Act Endorsement Sign on Letter; Stop Unfair Medicaid Recoveries Act; Letter Urging Funding for the Division of Adolescent School Health and the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act of 2024; Discrimination on the Basis of Disability: Accessibility of Medical Diagnostic Equipment of State and Local Government Entities; Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Accessibility of Medical Diagnostic Equipment of State and Local Government Entities; PHE Unwinding Sign-On Letter to CMS Medicaid Program; Medicaid and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Managed Care Access, Finance, and Quality Medicaid Program; Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services Medicaid Program; Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services; Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act.

Oppose cuts/work requirements for Medicaid/Medicare. Support access for home and community based services, HCBS Access Act, Better Care Better Jobs Act. Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting; Stop Unfair Medicaid Recoveries Act; Medicaid Program; Support Medicaid and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Managed Care Access, Finance, and Quality; Include I/DD and mental disabilities in the HCBS Access Rule Comment; Enforcement of State Compliance with Reporting and Federal Medicaid Renewal Requirements under the Social Security Act.

Support College Transparency Act, The Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower (RISE) Act, 21st Century Dyslexia Act, education equity for people with disabilities; Safe Schools Improvement Act, 21st Century Dyslexia Act; CCD Comments RE: NPRM re: Child Care and Development Fund; Domenic & Ed's Law; Letters to [President Biden] [Congress] in Support of Doubled Funding for OCR; The Guardianship Bill of Rights Act

Support Real Emergency Access for Aging and Disability Inclusion for Disasters (REAADI) Act and Disaster Relief Medicaid Act (DRMA) (S.3120 and H.R.6029)

Support Transition to Competitive Employment Act, worker rights for people with disabilities; HCBS Relief Act wages for direct support professionals; support Unemployment Insurance Modernization and Recession Readiness Act; Support Expanding Access to Capital Act; Support regulations to end 14c subminimum wages.

Increase appropriations for State Councils on Developmental Disabilities, Protection and Advocacy, University Centers on Excellence in Disability, WIC, Title V Maternal & CHS program AMCHP, IDEA full funding, non-defense discretionary program funding. Oppose cuts to Medicaid, TANF, SNAP, and anti-poverty programs.

Support College Transparency Act, The Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower (RISE) Act, 21st Century Dyslexia Act, education equity for people with disabilities; Safe Schools Improvement Act, 21st Century Dyslexia Act; CCD Comments RE: NPRM re: Child Care and Development Fund; Domenic & Ed's Law; Letters to [President Biden] [Congress] in Support of Doubled Funding for OCR; The Guardianship Bill of Rights Act

Support Mobility Aids On Board Improve Lives and Empower All Act (MOBILE Act) of 2023, support disability access to transportation legislation; support Mobility Aids On Board Improve Lives and Empower All Act (MOBILE Act) of 2023; strengthen ADA Standards for Transportation Facilities, Request for Information on Accessibility Improvements for Transportation Facilities; comment to ADA Standards for Transportation Facilities, Request for Information on Accessibility Improvements for Transportation Facilities.

RFI Health Equity comments to HHS/ACL; Support HCBS Access Act, Better Care Better Jobs Act, Access to Dental Surgical Services, protection against discrimination in organ transplants; Stop the Wait Act Support Letter: Innovation and Public-Private Sector Partnerships; Access to Dental Surgical Services Healthcare Extension and Accessiability for Developmentally Disabled and Underserved Population (HEADs UP) Act; Child Nutrition Programs: Revisions to Meal Patterns Consistent with the 2020 DGAs; Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act; Include key insulin policies in summer package; Extenders Package; Autism CARES Act; Requirements Related to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA);Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting; HHS OCR Final Rule on Implementing Section 1557 of ACA NBPP Proposed Rule re: Adult Dental Coverage; Credit for Caring Act Endorsement Sign on Letter; Stop Unfair Medicaid Recoveries Act; Letter Urging Funding for the Division of Adolescent School Health and the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act of 2024; Discrimination on the Basis of Disability: Accessibility of Medical Diagnostic Equipment of State and Local Government Entities; Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Accessibility of Medical Diagnostic Equipment of State and Local Government Entities; PHE Unwinding Sign-On Letter to CMS Medicaid Program; Medicaid and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Managed Care Access, Finance, and Quality Medicaid Program; Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services Medicaid Program; Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services; Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act.

Oppose cuts/work requirements for Medicaid/Medicare. Support access for home and community based services, HCBS Access Act, Better Care Better Jobs Act. Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting; Stop Unfair Medicaid Recoveries Act; Medicaid Program; Support Medicaid and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Managed Care Access, Finance, and Quality; Include I/DD and mental disabilities in the HCBS Access Rule Comment; Enforcement of State Compliance with Reporting and Federal Medicaid Renewal Requirements under the Social Security Act.

Support for immigrant worker rights in home and community based services; Protecting Immigrant Families DACA Health Care Access Comment.

Support Rubio-Hassan Organ Transplant Discrimination Bill, CharlotteWoodwardOrgan Transplant Discrimination Act, DC Statehood legislation, voting rights legislation; Protecting Healthcare for All Patients Act; Support Funding for Election Administration Statement for Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing; John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act; ACE ACT; Health Equity and MENA Community Inclusion Act; DACA Health Care Access Comment; Mental Health Justice Act; CCD Statement on Reducing Police Responses to People with Disabilities Update; Comments on the 2024 Election Administration Commission (EAC); Census Sign-On Letter to Director Santos; Opposing Anti-DEIA Appropriations Riders Civil Rights Principles for Multilingual Learner Education; FDA proposed rule banning electric skin shock devices; Disability Reproductive Rights at HHS.

Support Rubio-Hassan Organ Transplant Discrimination Bill, CharlotteWoodwardOrgan Transplant Discrimination Act, DC Statehood legislation, voting rights legislation; Protecting Healthcare for All Patients Act; Support Funding for Election Administration Statement for Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing; John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act; ACE ACT; Health Equity and MENA Community Inclusion Act; DACA Health Care Access Comment; Mental Health Justice Act; CCD Statement on Reducing Police Responses to People with Disabilities Update; Comments on the 2024 Election Administration Commission (EAC); Census Sign-On Letter to Director Santos; Opposing Anti-DEIA Appropriations Riders Civil Rights Principles for Multilingual Learner Education; FDA proposed rule banning electric skin shock devices; Disability Reproductive Rights Coalition comment on HHS Section 504.

Support Transition to Competitive Employment Act, worker rights for people with disabilities; HCBS Relief Act wages for direct support professionals; support Unemployment Insurance Modernization and Recession Readiness Act; Support Expanding Access to Capital Act;

Support College Transparency Act, The Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower (RISE) Act, 21st Century Dyslexia Act, education equity for people with disabilities; Safe Schools Improvement Act, 21st Century Dyslexia Act; CCD Comments RE: NPRM re: Child Care and Development Fund; Domenic & Ed's Law; Letters to [President Biden] [Congress] in Support of Doubled Funding for OCR; The Guardianship Bill of Rights Act

Support Mobility Aids On Board Improve Lives and Empower All Act (MOBILE Act) of 2023, support disability access to transportation legislation; support Mobility Aids On Board Improve Lives and Empower All Act (MOBILE Act) of 2023; strengthen ADA Standards for Transportation Facilities, Request for Information on Accessibility Improvements for Transportation Facilities; comment to ADA Standards for Transportation Facilities, Request for Information on Accessibility Improvements for Transportation Facilities.

Increase appropriations for State Councils on Developmental Disabilities, Protection and Advocacy, University Centers on Excellence in Disability, WIC, Title V Maternal & CHS program AMCHP, IDEA full funding, non-defense discretionary program funding. Oppose cuts to Medicaid, TANF, SNAP, and anti-poverty programs.

Support HCBS Access Act, Better Care Better Jobs Act, Access to Dental Surgical Services, protection against discrimination in organ transplants; Stop the Wait Act Support Letter: Innovation and Public-Private Sector Partnerships; Access to Dental Surgical Services Healthcare Extension and Accessiability for Developmentally Disabled and Underserved Population (HEADs UP) Act; Child Nutrition Programs: Revisions to Meal Patterns Consistent with the 2020 DGAs; Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act; Include key insulin policies in summer package; Extenders Package; Autism CARES Act; Requirements Related to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA);Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting; HHS OCR Final Rule on Implementing Section 1557 of ACA NBPP Proposed Rule re: Adult Dental Coverage; Credit for Caring Act Endorsement Sign on Letter; Stop Unfair Medicaid Recoveries Act; Letter Urging Funding for the Division of Adolescent School Health and the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act of 2024; Discrimination on the Basis of Disability: Accessibility of Medical Diagnostic Equipment of State and Local Government Entities; Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Accessibility of Medical Diagnostic Equipment of State and Local Government Entities; PHE Unwinding Sign-On Letter to CMS Medicaid Program; Medicaid and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Managed Care Access, Finance, and Quality Medicaid Program; Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services Medicaid Program; Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services; Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act.

Increase appropriations for State Councils on Developmental Disabilities, Protection and Advocacy, University Centers on Excellence in Disability, WIC, Title V Maternal & CHS program AMCHP, IDEA full funding, non-defense discretionary program funding. Oppose cuts to Medicaid, TANF, SNAP, and anti-poverty programs.

Support Mobility Aids On Board Improve Lives and Empower All Act (MOBILE Act) of 2023, support disability access to transportation legislation.

Oppose cuts/work requirements for Medicaid/Medicare. Support access for home and community based services, HCBS Access Act, Better Care Better Jobs Act.

Support Transition to Competitive Employment Act, worker rights for people with disabilities.

Support College Transparency Act, The Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower (RISE) Act, 21st Century Dyslexia Act, education equity for people with disabilities.

Support Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act (Opposing QALY), Rubio-Hassan Organ Transplant Discrimination Bill, CharlotteWoodwardOrgan Transplant Discrimination Act, DC Statehood legislation, voting rights legislation.

Support Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act (Opposing QALY), Rubio-Hassan Organ Transplant Discrimination Bill, CharlotteWoodwardOrgan Transplant Discrimination Act, DC Statehood legislation, voting rights legislation.

Support College Transparency Act, The Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower (RISE) Act, 21st Century Dyslexia Act, education equity for people with disabilities.

Oppose cuts/work requirements for Medicare. Support access for home and community based services, HCBS Access Act, Better Care Better Jobs Act.

Support DC statehood bills.

Increase appropriations for State Councils on Developmental Disabilities, Protection and Advocacy, University Centers on Excellence in Disability, WIC, Title V Maternal & CHS program AMCHP, IDEA full funding, non-defense discretionary program funding. Oppose cuts to Medicaid, TANF, SNAP, and anti-poverty programs.

Support Real Emergency Access for Aging and Disability Inclusion for Disasters (REAADI) Act

Support for immigrant worker rights in home and community based services.

Support DC statehood bills.

Oppose cuts/work requirements for Medicare. Support access for home and community based services, HCBS Access Act, Better Care Better Jobs Act.

Support College Transparency Act, The Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower (RISE) Act, 21st Century Dyslexia Act, education equity for people with disabilities.

Increase appropriations for State Councils on Developmental Disabilities, Protection and Advocacy, University Centers on Excellence in Disability, WIC, Title V Maternal & CHS program AMCHP, IDEA full funding, non-defense discretionary program funding. Oppose cuts to Medicaid, TANF, SNAP, and anti-poverty programs.

Support Transition to Competitive Employment Act, worker rights for people with disabilities.

Support Real Emergency Access for Aging and Disability Inclusion for Disasters (REAADI) Act

Support Transition to Competitive Employment Act, worker rights for people with disabilities.

Oppose cuts/work requirements for Medicare. Support access for home and community based services, HCBS Access Act, Better Care Better Jobs Act.

Support DC statehood bills.

Support for immigrant worker rights in home and community based services.

Support Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act (Opposing QALY), Rubio-Hassan Organ Transplant Discrimination Bill, CharlotteWoodwardOrgan Transplant Discrimination Act, DC Statehood legislation, voting rights legislation.

Support College Transparency Act, The Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower (RISE) Act, 21st Century Dyslexia Act, education equity for people with disabilities.

Support HR 51 Statehood for DC.

Support for COVID-Relief bills that provide additional assistance to fight the pandemic; support Disaster Relief for Medicaid Act and Real Emergency Access for Aging and Disability Inclusion for Disasters.

Fiscal Year 2022 and Fiscal Year 2023 funding for programs authorized by the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (DD Act), Assistive Technology Act, Autism CARES Act, the Lifespan Respite Care Act, and Kevin and Avontes Law, as well as the National Family Caregiver Support Program and Parent Information Centers, IDEA, Maternal and Child Health, USDA Nutrition programs.

Supporting H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021; Non-discrimination provisions in major legislation including American Recovery Plan, American Jobs Act; Voting rights legislation.

Support the National Apprenticeship Act; support Raise the Wage Act (HR603, S53) and the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA, HR2373); support disability provision of the American Jobs Plan, Support ending the 14(c) program with a similar investment in building up the infrastructure of vocational rehabilitation and Medicaid-funded services that promote and advance employment for people with disabilities.

Oppose Public Charge regulations (support rescinding).

Support transportation funding, especially paratransit.

Support dedicated funding stream in the American Rescue Plan through targeted FMAP enhancement to strengthen and expand access to Medicaid HCBS; implementation of the American Rescue Plan's Home and Community-Based Services Provision; implementation of HCBS Rule.

Support HR 51 Statehood for DC.

Supporting H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021; Non-discrimination provisions in major legislation including American Recovery Plan, American Jobs Act; Voting rights legislation.

Support for COVID-Relief bills that provide additional assistance to fight the pandemic; support Disaster Relief for Medicaid Act and Real Emergency Access for Aging and Disability Inclusion for Disasters.

Support transportation funding, especially paratransit, through the American Recovery Plan and other COVID relief measures.

Fiscal Year 2022 and Fiscal Year 2023 funding for programs authorized by the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (DD Act), Assistive Technology Act, Autism CARES Act, the Lifespan Respite Care Act, and Kevin and Avontes Law, as well as the National Family Caregiver Support Program and Parent Information Centers, IDEA, Maternal and Child Health, USDA Nutrition programs.

Support the National Apprenticeship Act; support Raise the Wage Act (HR603, S53) and the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA, HR2373); support disability provision of the American Jobs Plan, Support ending the 14(c) program with a similar investment in building up the infrastructure of vocational rehabilitation and Medicaid-funded services that promote and advance employment for people with disabilities.

Support dedicated funding stream in the American Rescue Plan through targeted FMAP enhancement to strengthen and expand access to Medicaid HCBS; implementation of the American Rescue Plan's Home and Community-Based Services Provision; implementation of HCBS Rule.

Support transportation funding, especially paratransit, through the American Recovery Plan and other COVID relief measures.

Supporting H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021; Non-discrimination provisions in major legislation including American Recovery Plan, American Jobs Act; Voting rights legislation.

Support HR 51 Statehood for DC.

Supporting special education and access funding in COVID relief bills; support full funding for IDEA. improve workforce training including reforms to programs authorized under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; ways to develop, modernize, and diversify the national apprenticeship system, including innovative approaches such as youth apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship; and strategies to encourage innovation to address worker and industry needs.

Support dedicated funding stream in the American Rescue Plan through targeted FMAP enhancement to strengthen and expand access to Medicaid HCBS; implementation of the American Rescue Plan's Home and Community-Based Services Provision; implementation of HCBS Rule.

Support Home and Community Based Services expansion; Better Care Better Jobs Act; Recognizing the Role of Direct Support Professionals Act; health equity provisions in COVID relief bills including American Recovery Act and American Jobs Act; Support H.R. 1801, the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) Childrens Care Protection Act; urge HHS for guidance on Disability Discrimination in Health and Human Service Programs or Activities, Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule, and the Affordable Care Acts Nondiscrimination Protections.

Support the National Apprenticeship Act; support Raise the Wage Act (HR603, S53) and the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA, HR2373); support disability provision of the American Jobs Plan, Support ending the 14(c) program with a similar investment in building up the infrastructure of vocational rehabilitation and Medicaid-funded services that promote and advance employment for people with disabilities.

Support Home and Community Based Services expansion; Better Care Better Jobs Act; Recognizing the Role of Direct Support Professionals Act; health equity provisions in COVID relief bills including American Recovery Act and American Jobs Act; Support H.R. 1801, the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) Childrens Care Protection Act; urge HHS for guidance on Disability Discrimination in Health and Human Service Programs or Activities, Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule, and the Affordable Care Acts Nondiscrimination Protections.

Fiscal Year 2022 and Fiscal Year 2023 funding for programs authorized by the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (DD Act), Assistive Technology Act, Autism CARES Act, the Lifespan Respite Care Act, and Kevin and Avontes Law, as well as the National Family Caregiver Support Program and Parent Information Centers, IDEA, Maternal and Child Health, USDA Nutrition programs.

Supporting special education and access funding in COVID relief bills; support full funding for IDEA. improve workforce training including reforms to programs authorized under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; ways to develop, modernize, and diversify the national apprenticeship system, including innovative approaches such as youth apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship; and strategies to encourage innovation to address worker and industry needs.

Oppose Public Charge regulations (support rescinding).

Supporting H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021; Non-discrimination provisions in major legislation including American Recovery Plan, American Jobs Act; Voting rights legislation.

Support the National Apprenticeship Act; support Raise the Wage Act (HR603, S53) and the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA, HR2373); support disability provision of the American Jobs Plan, Support ending the 14(c) program with a similar investment in building up the infrastructure of vocational rehabilitation and Medicaid-funded services that promote and advance employment for people with disabilities.

Support transportation funding, especially paratransit, through the American Recovery Plan and other COVID relief measures.

Support Home and Community Based Services expansion; Better Care Better Jobs Act; Recognizing the Role of Direct Support Professionals Act; health equity provisions in COVID relief bills including American Recovery Act and American Jobs Act; Support H.R. 1801, the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) Childrens Care Protection Act; urge HHS for guidance on Disability Discrimination in Health and Human Service Programs or Activities, Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule, and the Affordable Care Acts Nondiscrimination Protections.

Oppose Public Charge regulations (support rescinding).

Support transportation funding, especially paratransit, through the American Recovery Plan and other COVID relief measures.

Support for COVID-Relief bills American Rescue Plan and American Jobs Act that provide additional assistance to fight the pandemic; support Disaster Relief for Medicaid Act and Real Emergency Access for Aging and Disability Inclusion for Disasters.

Support HR 51 Statehood for DC.

Fiscal Year 2022 and Fiscal Year 2023 funding for programs authorized by the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (DD Act), Assistive Technology Act, Autism CARES Act, the Lifespan Respite Care Act, and Kevin and Avontes Law, as well as the National Family Caregiver Support Program and Parent Information Centers, IDEA, Maternal and Child Health, USDA Nutrition programs.

Support the National Apprenticeship Act; support Raise the Wage Act (HR603, S53) and the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA, HR2373); support disability provision of the American Jobs Plan, Support ending the 14(c) program with a similar investment in building up the infrastructure of vocational rehabilitation and Medicaid-funded services that promote and advance employment for people with disabilities.

Oppose Public Charge regulations (support rescinding).

Support dedicated funding stream in the American Rescue Plan through targeted FMAP enhancement to strengthen and expand access to Medicaid HCBS; implementation of the American Rescue Plan's Home and Community-Based Services Provision; implementation of HCBS Rule.

Support Home and Community Based Services expansion; Better Care Better Jobs Act; Recognizing the Role of Direct Support Professionals Act; health equity provisions in COVID relief bills including American Recovery Act and American Jobs Act; Support H.R. 1801, the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) Childrens Care Protection Act; urge HHS for guidance on Disability Discrimination in Health and Human Service Programs or Activities, Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule, and the Affordable Care Acts Nondiscrimination Protections.

Supporting H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021; Non-discrimination provisions in major legislation including American Recovery Plan, American Jobs Act.

Support the National Apprenticeship Act; support Raise the Wage Act (HR603, S53) and the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA, HR2373); support disability provision of the American Jobs Plan, Support ending the 14(c) program with a similar investment in building up the infrastructure of vocational rehabilitation and Medicaid-funded services that promote and advance employment for people with disabilities.

Fiscal Year 2022 funding for programs authorized by the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (DD Act), Assistive Technology Act, Autism CARES Act, the Lifespan Respite Care Act, and Kevin and Avontes Law, as well as the National Family Caregiver Support Program and Parent Information Centers, IDEA, Maternal and Child Health, USDA Nutrition programs.

Support for COVID-Relief bills American Rescue Plan and American Jobs Act that provide additional assistance to fight the pandemic; support Disaster Relief for Medicaid Act and Real Emergency Access for Aging and Disability Inclusion for Disasters.

Fiscal Year 2022 funding for programs authorized by the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (DD Act), Assistive Technology Act, Autism CARES Act, the Lifespan Respite Care Act, and Kevin and Avontes Law, as well as the National Family Caregiver Support Program and Parent Information Centers, IDEA, Maternal and Child Health, USDA Nutrition programs.

Oppose Public Charge regulations (support rescinding).

Supporting special education and access funding in COVID relief bills including targeted funding for students with disabilities in the American Rescue Plan Act (HR 1319).and American Jobs Act; support full funding for IDEA. improve workforce training in direct relation to the COVID-19 pandemic and economic recovery, including reforms to programs authorized under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act;ways to develop, modernize, and diversify the national apprenticeship system, including innovative approaches such as youth apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship; and strategies to encourage innovation to address worker and industry needs.

Support Home and Community Based Services expansion; Better Care Better Jobs Act; Recognizing the Role of Direct Support Professionals Act; health equity provisions in COVID relief bills including American Recovery Act and American Jobs Act; Support H.R. 1801, the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) Childrens Care Protection Act; urge HHS for guidance on Disability Discrimination in Health and Human Service Programs or Activities, Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule, and the Affordable Care Acts Nondiscrimination Protections.

Support the National Apprenticeship Act; support Raise the Wage Act (HR603, S53) and the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA, HR2373); support disability provision of the American Jobs Plan, Support ending the 14(c) program with a similar investment in building up the infrastructure of vocational rehabilitation and Medicaid-funded services that promote and advance employment for people with disabilities.

Support transportation funding, especially paratransit, through the American Recovery Plan and other COVID relief measures.

Support for COVID-Relief bills American Rescue Plan and American Jobs Act that provide additional assistance to fight the pandemic; support Disaster Relief for Medicaid Act and Real Emergency Access for Aging and Disability Inclusion for Disasters.

Support transportation funding, especially paratransit, through the American Recovery Plan and other COVID relief measures.

Support for COVID-Relief bills American Rescue Plan and American Jobs Act that provide additional assistance to fight the pandemic.

Support HR 51 Statehood for DC.

Supporting special education and access funding in COVID relief bills including targeted funding for students with disabilities in the American Rescue Plan Act (HR 1319).and American Jobs Act; support full funding for IDEA. improve workforce training in direct relation to the COVID-19 pandemic and economic recovery, including reforms to programs authorized under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act;ways to develop, modernize, and diversify the national apprenticeship system, including innovative approaches such as youth apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship; and strategies to encourage innovation to address worker and industry needs.

Support health equity provisions in COVID relief bills including American Recovery Act and American Jobs Act; Support H.R. 1801, the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) Childrens Care Protection Act; urge HHS for guidance on Disability Discrimination in Health and Human Service Programs or Activities, Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule, and the Affordable Care Acts Nondiscrimination Protections.

Fiscal Year 2022 funding for programs authorized by the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (DD Act), Assistive Technology Act, Autism CARES Act, the Lifespan Respite Care Act, and Kevin and Avontes Law, as well as the National Family Caregiver Support Program and Parent Information Centers, IDEA, Maternal and Child Health, USDA Nutrition programs.

Supporting H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021; Non-discrimination provisions in major legislation including American Recovery Plan, American Jobs Act.

Support Protecting Patients Transportation to Care Act (H.R. 3935); Oppose harmful changes to Non-Emergency Medical Transportation services; support efforts to allow service and support animals in public transportation. Support accessible transportation in COVID 19 relief bills.

Support legislation to improve the access and quality of healthcare for people with disabilities. Oppose efforts to block grant Medicaid; Support Territories Health Care Improvement Act; Support Disaster Relief Medicaid Act; Support Medical Expense Deduction; Support FDA implementation eliminating electric shock; Support HCBS Infrustructure Act; Support EMPOWER Care Act and making MFP permenant; Monitor implentation of HCBS Rule; Support "DSP Hospital Bill," H.R. 5443, Support Home and Community Based Services funding and funding for other disability issues in COVID 19 relief bills.

Support funding for programs for people with disabilities, Support Full Funding IDEA legislation, Support Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance (Title IX), oppose use of seclusion and restraint, support amendments to Higher Education Act that help people with disabilities, Support Customized Approaches to Providing and Building Independent Lives of Inclusion for Transition-aged Youth Act of 2019, also known as the CAPABILITY Act of 2019, Support the Expanding Disability Access to Higher Education Act, support increase IDEA funds in COVID 19 relief bills, Oppose IDEA waivers, Oppose threat assessment legislation harming students w/ disabilities.

Support legislation to improve access to emergency services for people with disabilities. Support Real Emergency Access for Aging and Disability Inclusion Act. Support Disaster Relief Medicaid Act

Support HCBS Infrustructure Act providing for long term supports and services; Support EMPOWER Care Act and making Money Follows the Person program permanent; Monitor implentation of HCBS Rule; Support "DSP Hospital Bill," H.R. 5443; Support Medicaid spousal impoverishment protections for HCBS; Support Inclusion of LTSS in Universal Health Care; Support Direct Creation, Advancement, and Retention of Employment (CARE) Opportunity Act (HR4397/S2521); Support Lifespan Respite Care Program Reauthorization Act of 2019; Support increased funding for Medicaid in COVID 19 relief bills.

Opposition to weaken or open existing regulations implementing the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) of 2014; Support Transformation to Competitive Employment Act; Support CAPABILITY Act; Support SENIOR CARE Act. Support worker protection in COVID Relief bills; Oppose blanket liability provisions in COVID Relief bills.Support ending 14(c) subminimum wage programs.

Support Disability Integration Act, oppose legislation that conflates mental illness with gun violence, include anti-discrimination language in COVID 19 relief bills, Support Washington, DC COVID Relief, Support Washington, DC Admission Act (HR51)

Oppose the "public charge" rule which discriminates against immigrants with disabilities.

Support HCBS Infrustructure Act providing for long term supports and services; Support EMPOWER Care Act and making Money Follows the Person program permanent; Monitor implentation of HCBS Rule; Support "DSP Hospital Bill," H.R. 5443; Support Medicaid spousal impoverishment protections for HCBS; Support Inclusion of LTSS in Universal Health Care; Support Direct Creation, Advancement, and Retention of Employment (CARE) Opportunity Act (HR4397/S2521); Support Lifespan Respite Care Program Reauthorization Act of 2019; Support increased funding for Medicaid in COVID 19 relief bills.

Support Protecting Patients Transportation to Care Act (H.R. 3935); Oppose harmful changes to Non-Emergency Medical Transportation services; support efforts to allow service and support animals in public transportation. Support accessible transportation in COVID 19 relief bills.

Support Disability Integration Act, oppose legislation that conflates mental illness with gun violence, include anti-discrimination language in COVID 19 relief bills, Support Washington, DC COVID Relief, Support Washington, DC Admission Act (HR51)

Oppose budget cuts to Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, specifically the Administration on Community Living and all Developmental Disabilities Act programs. Oppose cuts to education, workforce training, and other programs for people with developmental disabilities. Support appropriations for State Councils on Developmental Disabilities Account in U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living: Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities as well as other Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act programs. Support higher 302b allocations for Labor, Health and Human Services and Education programs. Support appropriations for IDEA (various sections), State Personnel Development Grants, Personnel Preparation Grants, Technical Assistance and Development program, Parent Training Information Centers, National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER) within the Institute of Education Sciences, Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, Model Transition Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities into Higher Education (TPSIDs), ESSA programs. Support funding for Lifespan Respite Programs.

Opposition to weaken or open existing regulations implementing the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) of 2014; Support Transformation to Competitive Employment Act; Support CAPABILITY Act; Support SENIOR CARE Act. Support worker protection in COVID Relief bills; Oppose blanket liability provisions in COVID Relief bills.

Support legislation to improve the access and quality of healthcare for people with disabilities. Oppose efforts to block grant Medicaid; Support Territories Health Care Improvement Act; Support Disaster Relief Medicaid Act; Support Medical Expense Deduction; Support FDA implementation eliminating electric shock; Support HCBS Infrustructure Act; Support EMPOWER Care Act and making MFP permenant; Monitor implentation of HCBS Rule; Support "DSP Hospital Bill," H.R. 5443, Support Home and Community Based Services funding and funding for other disability issues in COVID 19 relief bills.

Support funding for programs for people with disabilities, Support Full Funding IDEA legislation, Support Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance (Title IX), oppose use of seclusion and restraint, support amendments to Higher Education Act that help people with disabilities, Support Customized Approaches to Providing and Building Independent Lives of Inclusion for Transition-aged Youth Act of 2019, also known as the CAPABILITY Act of 2019, Support the Expanding Disability Access to Higher Education Act, support increase IDEA funds in COVID 19 relief bills, Oppose IDEA waivers, Oppose threat assessment legislation harming students w/ disabilities.

Support funding for programs for people with disabilities, Support Full Funding IDEA legislation, Support Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance (Title IX), oppose use of seclusion and restraint, support amendments to Higher Education Act that help people with disabilities, Support Customized Approaches to Providing and Building Independent Lives of Inclusion for Transition-aged Youth Act of 2019, also known as the CAPABILITY Act of 2019, Support the Expanding Disability Access to Higher Education Act, support increase IDEA funds in COVID 19 relief bills, Oppose IDEA waivers, Oppose threat assessment legislation harming students w/ disabilities.

Support legislation to improve access to emergency services for people with disabilities. Support Real Emergency Access for Aging and Disability Inclusion Act. Support Disaster Relief Medicaid Act

Support HCBS Infrustructure Act providing for long term supports and services; Support EMPOWER Care Act and making Money Follows the Person program permanent; Monitor implentation of HCBS Rule; Support "DSP Hospital Bill," H.R. 5443; Support Medicaid spousal impoverishment protections for HCBS; Support Inclusion of LTSS in Universal Health Care; Support Direct Creation, Advancement, and Retention of Employment (CARE) Opportunity Act (HR4397/S2521); Support Lifespan Respite Care Program Reauthorization Act of 2019; Support increased funding for Medicaid in COVID 19 relief bills.

Support Disability Integration Act, oppose legislation that conflates mental illness with gun violence, include anti-discrimination language in COVID 19 relief bills, Support Washington, DC COVID Relief, Support Washington, DC Admission Act (HR51)

Opposition to weaken or open existing regulations implementing the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) of 2014; Support Transformation to Competitive Employment Act; Support CAPABILITY Act; Support SENIOR CARE Act. Support worker protection in COVID Relief bills; Oppose blanket liability provisions in COVID Relief bills.

Support legislation to improve the access and quality of healthcare for people with disabilities. Oppose efforts to block grant Medicaid; Support Territories Health Care Improvement Act; Support Disaster Relief Medicaid Act; Support Medical Expense Deduction; Support FDA implementation eliminating electric shock; Support HCBS Infrustructure Act; Support EMPOWER Care Act and making MFP permenant; Monitor implentation of HCBS Rule; Support "DSP Hospital Bill," H.R. 5443, Support Home and Community Based Services funding and funding for other disability issues in COVID 19 relief bills.

Oppose budget cuts to Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, specifically the Administration on Community Living and all Developmental Disabilities Act programs. Oppose cuts to education, workforce training, and other programs for people with developmental disabilities. Support appropriations for State Councils on Developmental Disabilities Account in U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living: Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities as well as other Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act programs. Support higher 302b allocations for Labor, Health and Human Services and Education programs. Support appropriations for IDEA (various sections), State Personnel Development Grants, Personnel Preparation Grants, Technical Assistance and Development program, Parent Training Information Centers, National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER) within the Institute of Education Sciences, Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, Model Transition Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities into Higher Education (TPSIDs), ESSA programs. Support funding for Lifespan Respite Programs.

Support Washington, DC Admission Act (HR51), Support DC funding in COVID 19 relief bill.

Opposition to weaken or open existing regulations implementing the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) of 2014; Support Transformation to Competitive Employment Act; Support CAPABILITY Act; Support SENIOR CARE Act. Support worker protection in COVID Relief bills; Oppose blanket liability provisions in COVID Relief bills.

Support funding for programs for people with disabilities, Support Full Funding IDEA legislation, Support Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance (Title IX), oppose use of seclusion and restraint, support amendments to Higher Education Act that help people with disabilities, Support Customized Approaches to Providing and Building Independent Lives of Inclusion for Transition-aged Youth Act of 2019, also known as the CAPABILITY Act of 2019, Support the Expanding Disability Access to Higher Education Act, support increase IDEA funds in COVID 19 relief bills, Oppose IDEA waivers, Oppose threat assessment legislation harming students w/ disabilities.

Support Washington, DC Admission Act (HR51), Support DC funding in COVID 19 relief bill.

Support Protecting Patients Transportation to Care Act (H.R. 3935); Oppose harmful changes to Non-Emergency Medical Transportation services; support efforts to allow service and support animals in public transportation. Support accessible transportation in COVID 19 relief bills.

Establish a Disabled Veterans Program staff position within the Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS).

Oppose the "public charge" rule which discriminates against immigrants with disabilities.

Oppose budget cuts to Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, specifically the Administration on Community Living and all Developmental Disabilities Act programs. Oppose cuts to education, workforce training, and other programs for people with developmental disabilities. Support appropriations for State Councils on Developmental Disabilities Account in U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living: Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities as well as other Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act programs. Support higher 302b allocations for Labor, Health and Human Services and Education programs. Support appropriations for IDEA (various sections), State Personnel Development Grants, Personnel Preparation Grants, Technical Assistance and Development program, Parent Training Information Centers, National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER) within the Institute of Education Sciences, Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, Model Transition Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities into Higher Education (TPSIDs), ESSA programs. Support funding for Lifespan Respite Programs.

Support Disability Integration Act, oppose legislation that conflates mental illness with gun violence, include anti-discrimination language in COVID 19 relief bills, Support Washington, DC COVID Relief, Support Washington, DC Admission Act (HR51)

Support funding for programs for people with disabilities, Support Full Funding IDEA legislation, Support Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance (Title IX), oppose use of seclusion and restraint, support amendments to Higher Education Act that help people with disabilities, Support Customized Approaches to Providing and Building Independent Lives of Inclusion for Transition-aged Youth Act of 2019, also known as the CAPABILITY Act of 2019, Support the Expanding Disability Access to Higher Education Act.

Establish a Disabled Veterans Program staff position within the Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS).

Opposition to weaken or open existing regulations implementing the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) of 2014; Support Transformation to Competitive Employment Act; Support CAPABILITY Act; Support SENIOR CARE Act.

Support Washington, DC Admission Act (HR51)

Support Disability Integration Act, oppose legislation that conflates mental illness with gun violence,

Oppose the "public charge" rule which discriminates against immigrants with disabilities.

Support legislation to improve access to emergency services for people with disabilities. Support Real Emergency Access for Aging and Disability Inclusion Act. Support Disaster Relief Medicaid Act

Support legislation to improve the access and quality of healthcare for people with disabilities. Oppose efforts to block grant Medicaid; Support Territories Health Care Improvement Act; Support Disaster Relief Medicaid Act; Support Medical Expense Deduction; Support FDA implementation eliminating electric shock; Support HCBS Infrustructure Act; Support EMPOWER Care Act and making MFP permenant; Monitor implentation of HCBS Rule; Support "DSP Hospital Bill," H.R. 5443

Support Protecting Patients Transportation to Care Act (H.R. 3935); Oppose harmful changes to Non-Emergency Medical Transportation services; support efforts to allow service and support animals in public transportation.

Support full funding for Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); Oppose regulator changes to IDEA which make schools less accountable for student outcomes; Oppose proposed rules concerning Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance that weakens protections for students with disabilities from discrimination on the basis of sex; Support proposals for prohibiting dangerous seclusion and restraint in schools including Keeping All Students Safe Act; Support funding for augmentative communication devises including Access to Free Speech for All Act; Support Autism CARES Act education and research for people with Autism Spectrum Disorder; Oppose Marjory Stoneman Douglas School Safety Act in 2018 because it uses unproven methods of identifying students with mental illness as potential threats simply because of their disability with no connection to behavior.

Support appropriations for State Councils on Developmental Disabilities Account in U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living: Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities as well as other Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act programs. Support higher 302b allocations for Labor, Health and Human Services and Education programs. Support appropriations for IDEA (various sections), State Personnel Development Grants, Personnel Preparation Grants, Technical Assistance and Development program, Parent Training Information Centers, National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER) within the Institute of Education Sciences, Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, Model Transition Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities into Higher Education (TPSIDs), ESSA programs. Support funding for Lifespan Respite Programs.

Oppose new limitations to eligibility, including work requirements, for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) beneficiaries.

Support Transition to Competitive and Integrated Work Act which eliminates 14c program; Oppose weakening of regulations defining competitive and integrated work; Support in part Raise the Wage Act as it pertains to eliminating 14C labor program; Support establishment of Disabled Veteran Program at the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS); Support enforcement of Section 503 compliance reviews; Support Customized Approaches to Providing and Building Independent Lives of Inclusion for Transition-aged Youth Act of 2019 to create grants for states to assist transition-aged youth.

Support Protecting Patients Transportation to Care Act (H.R. 3935); Oppose harmful changes to Non-Emergency Medical Transportation services; support efforts to allow service and support animals in public transportation.

Opposition to weaken or open existing regulations implementing the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) of 2014; Support Transformation to Competitive Employment Act; Support CAPABILITY Act; Support SENIOR CARE Act.

Oppose the "public charge" rule which discriminates against immigrants with disabilities.

Support legislation to improve access to emergency services for people with disabilities. Support Real Emergency Access for Aging and Disability Inclusion Act. Support Disaster Relief Medicaid Act

Support Disability Integration Act, oppose legislation that conflates mental illness with gun violence,

Support Washington, DC Admission Act (HR51)

Establish a Disabled Veterans Program staff position within the Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS).

Oppose budget cuts to Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, specifically the Administration on Community Living and all Developmental Disabilities Act programs. Oppose cuts to education, workforce training, and other programs for people with developmental disabilities.

Support HCBS Infrustructure Act providing for long term supports and services; Support EMPOWER Care Act and making Money Follows the Person program permanent; Monitor implentation of HCBS Rule Support "DSP Hospital Bill," H.R. 5443; Support Medicaid spousal impoverishment protections for HCBS; Support Inclusion of LTSS in Universal Health Care; Support Direct Creation, Advancement, and Retention of Employment (CARE) Opportunity Act (HR4397/S2521); Support Lifespan Respite Care Program Reauthorization Act of 2019

Support appropriations for State Councils on Developmental Disabilities Account in U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living: Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities as well as other Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act programs. Support higher 302b allocations for Labor, Health and Human Services and Education programs. Support appropriations for IDEA (various sections), State Personnel Development Grants, Personnel Preparation Grants, Technical Assistance and Development program, Parent Training Information Centers, National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER) within the Institute of Education Sciences, Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, Model Transition Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities into Higher Education (TPSIDs), ESSA programs. Support funding for Lifespan Respite Programs.

Oppose new limitations to eligibility, including work requirements, for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) beneficiaries.

Support Disability Integration Act to support access to community living; Support Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act specifically Title I, the Basic State Grant Program, and Title II, the Community-based Child Abuse Prevention Grants Program (CBCAP) that address the needs of children with disabilities and their families as well as parents with disabilities in the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect; Oppose H.R. 1112, Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019" because it sets a discriminatory practice against people with mental illness; Support Reauthorize Community Development Disaster Recovery Block Grants to permanently authorize the CDBG-DR program that supports lowest income seniors, people with disabilities, families with children, people experiencing homelessness, and other vulnerable people and the communities they live in after disasters; Opposition to proposed rule that weakens Affordable Care Act anti-discrimination provisions.

Support Transition to Competitive and Integrated Work Act which eliminates 14c program; Oppose weakening of regulations defining competitive and integrated work; Support in part Raise the Wage Act as it pertains to eliminating 14C labor program; Support establishment of Disabled Veteran Program at the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS); Support enforcement of Section 503 compliance reviews; Support Customized Approaches to Providing and Building Independent Lives of Inclusion for Transition-aged Youth Act of 2019 to create grants for states to assist transition-aged youth.

Oppose ED Docket No. ED-2018-OCR-0064, RIN 1870-AA14 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance that weakens protections for students with disabilities from discrimination on the basis of sex. Support proposals for prohibiting dangerous seclusion and restraint in schools.

Oppose work requirements for SNAP or any government assistance.

Support appropriations for State Councils on Developmental Disabilities Account in U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living: Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities as well as other Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act programs. Support higher 302b allocations for Labor, Health and Human Services and Education programs. Support appropriations for IDEA (various sections), State Personnel Development Grants, Personnel Preparation Grants, Technical Assistance and Development program, Parent Training Information Centers, National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER) within the Institute of Education Sciences, Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, Model Transition Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities into Higher Education (TPSIDs), ESSA programs. Support funding for Lifespan Respite Programs.

Medicaid Cuts and Caps included in various bills.

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) funding and supplemental funding that impacts people with disabilities, specifically those included in the Administration for Community Living.

Medicaid funding in schools; Keeping All Students Safe Act; school safety; disproportionate discipline; Title IX; Higher Education Act.

Budget and Appropriations for Discretionary Programs that Impact People with Disabilities, specifically those included in Administration for Community Living; Proposal to cut or restructure Councils on Developmental Disabilities in Administration on Intellectual and Development Disabilities, Administration for Community Living.

Budget and Appropriations for Discretionary Programs that Impact People with Disabilities, specifically those included in Administration for Community Living; Proposal to cut and restructure Councils on Developmental Disabilities in Administration on Intellectual and Development Disabilities, Administration for Community Living.

Budget and Appropriations for Discretionary Programs that Impact People with Disabilities, specifically those included in Administration for Community Living; Proposal to cut and restructure Councils on Developmental Disabilities in Administration on Intellectual and Development Disabilities, Administration for Community Living.

Medicaid Funding for Schools included in repeal and replacement of Affordable Care Act; Keeping All Students Safe Act protect children from the abuse of restraint and seclusion in school; Higher Education Act generally and specifically provisions that will improve access to postsecondary education for students with disabilities.