Advocates push for cost of living increases for caregivers for people with disabilities
Posted OnApril 21, 2021 byNIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WKBW) — Advocates held a virtual rally to push for cost of living increases for caregivers for people living with intellectual and developmental disabilities in New York state. The group called New York Disability Advocates called on the state to provide more funding from the American Rescue Plan to be allocated to…Read More…
Advocates for those with disabilities call on NY lawmakers to reverse cuts to support programs
Posted OnApril 21, 2021 by(WIVB) — New York’s non-profit community is calling on state lawmakers to not make any cuts to programs that support those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. They held a virtual rally Wednesday, this sector provides critical care and employs thousands of New Yorkers. They want to make sure budget cuts in Albany are reversed and…Read More…
STATEMENT FROM TOM MCALVANAH, PRESIDENT, NEW YORK DISABILITY ADVOCATES ON THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE’S ONE HOUSE BUDGETS
Posted OnMarch 15, 2021 by“New York Disability Advocates (NYDA) applauds the New York State Senate and Assembly’s decision to prioritize services for New Yorkers with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) in their respective one house budgets. We have long advocated alongside families and self-advocates for increased state investment in care, not cuts to the I/DD service sector, which isa…Read More…
Cerebral Palsy care providers brace for reimbursements
Posted OnFebruary 22, 2021 byWe broke down what the Governor’s proposed budget means for New Yorkers living with disabilities with Susan Constantino, President and CEO of the Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York State.Read More…
Capitol Insider: OPWDD budget increases; providers shoulder cuts
Posted OnFebruary 15, 2021 byALBANY — Although the overall budget for the state Office for People With Developmental Disabilities is expected to increase nearly 3 percent, those who provide direct services to people with disabilities say the cuts are falling on them. The latest cuts add insult to injury to a sector that has not seen a cost-of-living increase…Read More…
Advocates Speak Out Against Cuts to Programs that Support People with Disabilities
Posted OnFebruary 11, 2021 byWIVB | Feb. 11, 2021Read More…
Rally Urging State Leaders to Make the I/DD Sector a Priority
Posted OnFebruary 11, 2021 byNews 12 Brooklyn | Feb. 11, 2021Read More…
Rally to Save Critical Services Statewide
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Pandemic Hit Developmental Disability Providers Hard, Advocates Say
Posted OnFebruary 8, 2021 byThe providers of non-profit services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in New York are once again pushing state officials to ensure programs are fully funded for the state’s most vulnerable residents. The push this year has taken on a greater degree of urgency, however, amid the COVID-19 pandemic as care providers have been…Read More…
Care providers, families shocked by funding cuts for New Yorkers with developmental disabilities
Posted OnFebruary 4, 2021 byALBANY — Family members and service providers supporting some of the most vulnerable New Yorkers say they were blindsided by a proposed $93 million cut to funding for New Yorkers with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Providers say the New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities alerted them to the reduction, described as an…Read More…