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Stay up-to-date about how Easterseals is involved with health care legislation and various initiatives important to people with disabilities, caregivers, and older Americans.
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With your help today, you can ensure important measures around health, education, employment, transportation and other services are available for those who need them most.
As Congress considers the latest COVID-19 relief package, it is imperative your Representatives and Senators hear from you regarding the urgent need for increased funding for home-and community-based services (HCBS). HCBS provides opportunities for certain Medicaid beneficiaries, including seniors and individuals with disabilities, to receive services in their home and community rather than in an institutional or congregate setting.
Take ActionPolicy decisions that impact people with disabilities, veterans and caregivers must be informed by the needs of these populations. Join our email list to receive alerts about advocacy issues and lend your voice to what is happening both nationally and in your area.
Join Now!Stay up-to-date about how Easterseals is involved with health care legislation and various initiatives important to people with disabilities, caregivers, and older Americans.
Read MoreIn collaboration with March of Dimes, the Black Women’s Health Imperative, and the American Diabetes Association, Easterseals is calling on the Biden Administration “to prioritize solutions to remedy persistent health care inequities within the Black community..."
Share Our LetterEasterseals is proud to be an organization that advocates for societal and systemic equality for all people, no matter what ability or racial background. One in four Americans today are living with disability, and of those, one in four are Black Americans.
Learn MoreEasterseals has been active in public policy advocacy since our found, Edgar Allen, lobbied the Ohio Legislature to fund appropriate services for children with disabilities in the 1920s. We continue to actively support and promote federal legislation that helps people with disabilities achieve independence.
Legislative LandmarksEasterseals is dedicated to ensuring that the rights and resources that people with disabilities rely on are protected and expanded. To achieve that goal, we focus our efforts to protect, renew and expand access to effective services and supports for individuals with disabilities, older adults, and veterans to help them reach their potential and thrive in their communities.
Public Policy PrioritiesAmong the many changes the new administration made in its first week was to make a commitment to ensure its site is accessible to all Americans. They are asking for input from the public, especially people with disabilities.
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