Action Alert: Tell Your Senators We Need Emergency HCBS Funding in the Next COVID-19 Relief Bill!
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This Action Alert comes from the American Association of People with Disabilities, (AAPD) ...
Tell Your Senators We Need Emergency HCBS Funding in the Next COVID-19 Relief Bill!
Many disabled people rely on home and community-based services (HCBS) to live in the community. Now, at a time when COVID-19 is rapidly spreading, these services are more critical than ever as they keep people with disabilities out of institutions, where the virus is spreading at devastating rates. The disability community needs emergency funding for Medicaid home and community-based services. That funding has not been included in any of the COVID relief legislation passed since the beginning of the pandemic, but we need to change that.
Congress is putting together the next COVID-19 relief package now, and the House of Representatives has already included emergency HCBS funding in their version of the COVID relief package. Now we must make sure the Senate does the same. We’re asking you to participate in our week of action, and ask your Senators to make sure the final COVID-19 relief bill includes the funding our community needs. Here’s how you can participate:
