Latest 6/19: Last night, the House passed an extension for Money Follows the Person! Along with other organizations, today we're taking this opportunity to encourage the Senate to help fund MFP as well. Please promote our latest action alert: Tell Congress: Help Promote...
Read MoreBackground: In conjunction with the start of school and this week’s U.S. Senate consideration of a major funding bill, we ask Congress to finalize robust funding for Easterseals-operated early intervention and learning programs, including Preschool Grants for Children with Disabilities, the Early Intervention Program for...
Read MoreBackground: This statement is to address any previous and upcoming threats to healthcare, including movements to repeal, cuts or caps to funding, actions involving the risk adjustment program and protections for people pre-existing conditions. Full statement 7/17: Easterseals Statement on Threats to Access to Healthcare Twitter Posts:...
Read MoreLatest (6/7) - U.S. Department of Justice's made a decision not to defend the Affordable Care Act against a recent lawsuit. 6/12/2018: Easterseals Statement Easterseals Statement on Threats to the Protections for Individuals with Disabilities and Pre-existing Conditions Social Media & Messaging Facebook We supported the The Patient...
Read More6/5/2018 - Action Alert: Help Ensure Families Can Save for Their Children with Disabilities Latest Action (4/4) - Bill introduced in the U.S. Senate (S. 817) and U.S. House (H.R. 1874) Summary - This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to qualified ABLE programs, to increase...
Read MoreEasterseals Positioning and Summary: President Trump on Feb. 12, 2018 released his budget recommendation for fiscal year 2019 and beyond. Of significance to Easterseals, the budget recommends restructuring Medicaid from its current federal funding guarantee to a per capita cap or block grant funding mechanism. In...
Read MorePositioning of Easterseals on H.R. 620 April 3, 2018: 43 Senators committed to oppose the bill, which makes it unlikely that any Senate companion bill will be brought forward at this time. Feb 15, 2018 - U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill. Following this development, we decided...
Read MoreUpdate 4/10 - Action Alert closed Background and Action Alert Senator Murphy of Connecticut has agreed to our request to send a letter to his Senate colleagues in support of funding for the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP). In support of his letter, we have developed an...
Read More