Approved by the NCIL membership June 2012
WHEREAS, the extent to which people with disabilities are subjected to abuses of all kinds as a means to gain control of their benefits is unknown and often is long lasting; and
WHEREAS, recent accounts of individuals with disabilities in Philadelphia have highlighted the extent and cruelty that these predators will go to in order to gain and maintain this control; and
WHEREAS, this type of exploitation not only cost millions of tax payer dollars it also has a devastating effect on the health, well-being and independence of those individuals being exploited.
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED: that NCIL acknowledges that the exploitation of persons with disabilities is a chronic problem that may increase during times of economic hardships making individuals receiving benefits prime targets.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: that NCIL will encourage its membership to provide advocacy and skills training around benefits and finances to the individuals they serve.
Respectfully submitted by: The NCIL Task Force on Violence and Abuse of People with Disabilities
List of Supporters:
- Abilities in Motion, Reading, Pennsylvania
- Appalachian Center for Independent Living, Charleston, West Virginia
- Center for Independent Living Opportunities, York, Pennsylvania
- Center on Victimization and Safety at the Vera Institute of Justice, New York
- Community Resources for Independence Inc., Erie, Pennsylvania
- Delta Resource Center for Independent Living, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
- Idaho State Independent Living Council, Boise, Idaho
- IndependenceFirst, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Independent Resources, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware
- Living Independently For Everyone – CIL, Pocatello, Idaho
- Mainstream Center for Independent Living, Little Rock, Arkansas
- Mountain State Centers for Independent Living, Huntington, Beckley, West Virginia
- NCIL ADA/Civil Rights Subcommittee
- NCIL Mental Health Task Force
- Northern West Virginia CIL, Morgantown, West Virginia
- Pennsylvania Council on Independent Living, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Progressive Independence, Inc, Norman, Oklahoma
- Spa Area Independent Living Services, Hot Springs, Arkansas
- SKIL Resource Center, Parsons, Kansas
- Sources for Community IL Services, Inc, Fayetteville, Arkansas
- Statewide Independent Living Council of Kansas, Topeka , Kansas
- Three Rivers Center for Independent Living, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, Montpelier, Vermont
- West Virginia Statewide Independent Living Council, Charleston, West Virginia
- Jaclyn Michelle Kratzer, Pennsylvania
- Kimball Gray, Maryland
- Jan Lilly-Stewart, Director Fair Shake Network
- Mark Derry, Morgantown, West Virginia
- Jan Derry, Morgantown, West Virginia
- Mary Oschwald, Portland, Oregon
- Robbie Barrutia, Idaho
- Jami Davis, Idaho
- Leslie Myers, Wisconsin
- Roberta Sick, Arkansas
- Stephanie Sanford, Kansas
- Erin Fontaine, Minnesota
- Marilyn Hammond, Utah
- Kim Brittenham, Vermont
