Today the House passed the Build Back Better Act (BBB), President Biden’s transformational legislation with a historic $1.7 trillion investment in critical programs and services. While the COVID-19 pandemic is […]
[ Read Article → ]House Passes Build Back Better Act; Take Action to Get It Over the Finish Line!
IL-NET T&TA Center Presents… A National Webinar – Coordinating Accessible & Engaging Virtual Events for CILs and SILCs: A Panel Discussion of Promising Practices
December 8, 2021; 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Eastern Register online We are all adapting to the virtual environment. So much of our work is done virtually now that we hardly have […]
[ Read Article → ]ACL Investing $150 Million to Expand the Public Health Workforce to Respond to the Needs of People with Disabilities and Older Adults
Source: ACL Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the Administration for Community Living (ACL) will receive $150 million to increase the public health workforce’s disability and aging expertise and strengthen the collaboration […]
[ Read Article → ]Build Back Better Act Package Includes HCBS Funding: Take Action to Get It Over the Finish Line!
Last week, the White House released a framework to advance the Build Back Better plan into law. The House Rules Committee then released their Build Back Better Act text. While […]
[ Read Article → ]Share Your Thoughts on NCIL’s Annual Conference on Independent Living
NCIL is seeking input from potential participants for the 2022 Annual Conference on Independent Living. We know that the COVID-19 pandemic is still a huge factor in decisions about travel […]
[ Read Article → ]NDEAM at NCIL
National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), which is an opportunity for the US to recognize the vital role disabled people play in the workforce, kicked off earlier this month with […]
[ Read Article → ]Application Deadline Extended for Vaccine Access Funding for Eligible Centers for Independent Living
Source: ILRU Kimberly Tissot of Able South Carolina and Richard Petty of ILRU in Houston announced today the Disability Vaccine Access Opportunities Center (DVAO Center) is extending the application deadline […]
[ Read Article → ]Keep Taking Action for HCBS in the Reconciliation Package!
Negotiations about home and community based services (HCBS) in the reconciliation package are continuing in Congress. (You can read more about reconciliation in our previous alert.) The package that passed […]
[ Read Article → ]Resources for Reconciliation / HCBS Advocacy
October 5, 2021 Better Care Better Jobs Act Fact Sheets on how the historic investment provided by the Better Care Better Jobs Act would benefit each state and the nation […]
[ Read Article → ]The Emergency Broadband Benefit: Additional Information and Expanded Eligibility
The Emergency Broadband Benefit is a program that helps low-income households afford internet services and devices during the COVID-19 pandemic. See also: What qualifies as a household? Households that are […]
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