Easter Seals provides exceptional services, education, outreach, and advocacy so that people living with autism and other disabilities can live, learn, work and play in our communities.
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Community Choice Act The Community Choice Act (CCA) establishes a national program of community-based attendant services and supports for people with disabilities, regardless of age or disability. This bill would allow the dollars to follow the person, and allow eligible individuals, or their representatives, to choose where they would receive services and supports. Any individual who is entitled to nursing home or other institutional services will now be able to choose where and how these services are provided. Easter Seals and the Community Choice Act Easter Seals believes in the effectiveness of community-based programs and strives to provide all services in the most appropriate setting. Passage of the Community Choice Act would mean that more people would have access to the benefit of Easter Seals services. What's Happening in Washington Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Congressman Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.) have reintroduced the Community Choice Act in the 111th Congress. “The legislation sends a message to the rest of Congress and to America: We want real homes, not nursing homes,” said Harkin, one of the authors of the Americans with Disabilities Act. “Our current system effectively forces people into institutions and requires them to impoverish themselves in order to become eligible for the assistance they need. It is wrong and this legislation changes it.” “This legislation allows States and consumers to obtain more cost effective long-term services in the most appropriate setting for the individual. Individuals with disabilities will be able to choose between services in an institution or services at home permitting more independence, more dignity and reduced cost,” adds Congressman Davis. Easter Seals' Legislative Priorities for the 111th Congress
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