INARF
​​Home | login | contact us
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Board of Directors
    • Staff
    • Corporate Committees
    • Professional Interest Sections
    • Awards & Recognition
  • Membership
    • Member Login
    • Membership
    • Member Benefits & Inquiries
    • Organizational Member Directory
    • Associate Member Directory
    • Member Job Postings
  • Events
    • Upcoming Events
  • Professional Development
    • INARF 2023 Pre-Conference
    • INARF 2023 Annual Conference >
      • 2023 Schedule & Educational Sessions
      • Artisan Opportunities
      • Sponsor Opportunities
      • Exhibit Opportunities
      • Annual Awards
    • INARF Training Opportunities
    • INARF DSP Initiatives
    • INARF Leadership Academy
  • Technical Assistance
    • Technical Assistance
    • News & Information
    • Resources
  • Governmental Affairs
    • Governmental Affairs
    • INARF PAC
    • Bills Being Watched
    • Statehouse News
    • Take Action Now With VoterVoice!
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Board of Directors
    • Staff
    • Corporate Committees
    • Professional Interest Sections
    • Awards & Recognition
  • Membership
    • Member Login
    • Membership
    • Member Benefits & Inquiries
    • Organizational Member Directory
    • Associate Member Directory
    • Member Job Postings
  • Events
    • Upcoming Events
  • Professional Development
    • INARF 2023 Pre-Conference
    • INARF 2023 Annual Conference >
      • 2023 Schedule & Educational Sessions
      • Artisan Opportunities
      • Sponsor Opportunities
      • Exhibit Opportunities
      • Annual Awards
    • INARF Training Opportunities
    • INARF DSP Initiatives
    • INARF Leadership Academy
  • Technical Assistance
    • Technical Assistance
    • News & Information
    • Resources
  • Governmental Affairs
    • Governmental Affairs
    • INARF PAC
    • Bills Being Watched
    • Statehouse News
    • Take Action Now With VoterVoice!

Keep Pressuring Congress for 4th COVID-19 Funding Bill Before August Recess

7/23/2020

 
INARF's national partner, ANCOR, shared an action alert regarding its efforts to advocate for COVID-19 funding relief for our industry. INARF encourages you to use ANCOR's email tool to ask your members of Congress to support provisions increasing funding for the Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) program as they consider provisions of the House-approved HEROES Act. This one pager provides additional information that may help inform your advocacy efforts. 
​

INARF also encourages you to share this information with staff, individuals, and families as appropriate. If you have questions, contact Katy Stafford-Cunningham at katy@inarf.org.
Your Senators are back in Washington DC after being home for two weeks, and negotiations with the House are beginning in earnest around the fourth COVID-19 relief bill that congressional staff have been drafting. Your members of Congress need to hear from you that the Medicaid Home and Community-Based (HCBS) Program cannot be overlooked in these negotiations!

The Ask: Use our email and call tool to ask your members of Congress to support provisions increasing funding for the Medicaid Home and Community-Based (HCBS) Program as they consider provisions of the House-approved HEROES Act.

The Details on the HEROES Act:
The Senate will only be in session until August 10 before it breaks for its summer campaign recess. That leaves only 19 days for it to negotiate a timely deal with the House on a fourth COVID-19 relief bill. Please use that time to say loudly and clearly that the health and well-being of people with intellectual / developmental disabilities (I/DD) and the Direct Support Professionals who help them cannot be overlooked.

The House will be pressuring the Senate to keep portions of the HEROES Act – this is the time to make sure both chambers support provisions that directly increase funding for Medicaid HCBS programs. Those programs cover the majority of I/DD supports in the U.S. Increased COVID-19 funding from Congress for Medicaid-funded HCBS programs can be used by agencies to purchase safety supplies, strengthen wages for Direct Support Professionals, and otherwise keep people with I/DD healthy and safe during the pandemic.

Please take a minute today to ask Congress to strengthen Medicaid-funded I/DD programs during the pandemic.

Comments are closed.

    RSS Feed

    Archives

    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    January 2011
    September 2009
    December 2007

© Indiana Association of Rehabilitation Facilities, Inc. (INARF)
    615 North Alabama Street, Suite 410, Indianapolis, IN 46204
    (t) 317-634-4957 / Contact us by email
ANCOR Proud Member Small