Maintain and Fund 5 ACL Disability Programs – Disability Consortium Request to Congress

AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) asking Congressional appropriations committees to maintain and fund five Administration for Community Living (ACL) disability programs targeted by the Administration for elimination. The five programs are:  UCEDD; DD Projects of National Significance; Limb Loss and Paralysis Resource Centers; and the P&A Voting Access. The July 15 letter is here: PDF.

Previous AAHD and Lakeshore website posted appropriations advocacy efforts to maintain and fund are: July 24, ACL and NIDILRR (DRRC); July 15, Limb Loss and Paralysis RCs (ITEM); July 8, AHRQ HES (Friends of AHRQ); July 1, UCEDD (CCD); June 17, Lifespan Respite (Nat Respite Coalition); June 12, SAMHSA (MHLG); June 10, NIH MCMRR (DRRC); and June 10, NIH (Research America).