The American Rescue Plan boosted federal investment to enhance, upgrade, and broaden the Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) systems.
#TheCareEconomy
.Senator John Cornyn Senator Ted Cruz We need the HCBS Relief Act NOW for people with disabilities, their families, and the direct care workforce! #CareCantWait
When this many people are facing the same types of struggles at the same time, we don’t have an epidemic of personal failure. We have national structural issues that we can solve together. *Solutions include an expanded CTC, childcare, fair pay, HCBS, PFML. #ChildTaxCreditForUS
The American Rescue Plan increased federal funding to strengthen, improve and expand the HCBS systems. #TheCareEconomy
Carl E. Heastie Governor Kathy Hochul Making such a drastic decision to cut CDPAP and go down to one FI without listening to stakeholder input is a mistake. Support #HCBS . Are cuts even necessary?? If so, there are better ways…NY Caring Majority 🍎 CDPAANYS
.@senbooker Senator Bob Menendez We need the HCBS Relief Act NOW for people with disabilities, their families, and the direct care workforce! #CareCantWait
Never forgetting that we could have had paid leave, childcare & $ for HCBS
But this guy was too busy staring directly at the sun instead of looking in the mirror 👀
Senator Joe Manchin
BREAKING NEWS: A proposed federal rule establishing mandatory quality measures for #homeandcommunitybasedservices and requiring providers to allocate 80% of #HCBS payments to #directcareworker pay is one step closer to being finalized.
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Please pass the HCBS Relief Act of 2023 NOW for people with disabilities, their families, and the direct care workforce! #CareCantWait action.thearc.org/mICq5hO
Please pass the HCBS Relief Act of 2023 NOW for people with disabilities, their families, and the direct care workforce! #CareCantWait action.thearc.org/FoPrGV3
We are thrilled to announce ADvancing interRAI, a collab between ADvancing States, interRAI Australia, HCBS Strategies, & Florida State University. 💡 We're revolutionizing how states assess & provide Home and Community Based Services using the interRAI Home Care system. The new assessment…
Learn about #assistivetechnology Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, find out how the Illinois Assistive Technology Program connects people to devices and read about CQL research on how variations in HCBS AT waivers affects access. loom.ly/ws3QpEk
Today, the The White House held a fireside chat about the importance of care. Carson Covey, a board member from The Arc of Colorado and advocate for home and community-based care (HCBS), represented the disability community along with his sister and caregiver, Brynne Covey. 🧵⬇️