VOR 2005 Initiative "Leave-Behind" Positions

Each year, VOR prepares "leave-behind" folders for distribution to every Members of Congress. VOR's Legislative and Government Affairs Committee members prepare the position papers.

The costs of supply and labor are donated by Hazelwood ICF/MR volunteers in Louisville, Kentucky.

The 2005 Initiative Leave-Behind folders included the following position papers:

Cover letter to Congress

Do Not Cut or Cap Medicaid

Medicaid Mandatory and Optional Services and Beneficiaries Chart

How Will Social Security Reform Impact People with Severe and Profound Mental Retardation? Overview of VOR Positions on Key Medicaid Proposals (Family Opportunity Act, FMAP, Money Follows the Individual and MiCASSA)

Intermediate Care Facilities for Persons with Mental Retardation Are Not the Cause of Medicaid Increases And Should be Preserved for our Neediest Citizens

A Solution Is Needed to Address the Nation’s Direct Support Professional Workforce Crisis

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