Over 1000 organizations tell President Bush

they are opposed to Medicaid cuts and caps

January 12, 2005

Dear President Bush,

As you finalize your budget proposal for fiscal year 2006, the undersigned organizations representing national organizations and state and local organizations from all 50 states and the District of Columbia urge you not to cut Medicaid or make changes that would alter the fundamental structure of the program. Over 53 million Americans rely on Medicaid for their health care including long-term services.  Any cuts in this critical program will impair the benefits these vulnerable Americans receive, diminishing the program's ability to meet the growing need for health coverage for low-income children, parents, seniors, pregnant women, and people with disabilities.  In addition, cutting Medicaid would hurt health care providers and the broader health care system.

Medicaid cuts or funding caps also would shift billions of dollars in health care costs to state and local governments.  As states deal with the rising cost of health care and the aging population, it is clear that reducing or capping federal funding would move policy in precisely the wrong direction. States need reliable and consistent federal Medicaid funding to sustain their Medicaid programs.

We are strongly opposed to changes in the current structure of the Medicaid program that include converting the program into a block grant or otherwise imposing caps on federal funding.  It is essential to preserve the individual entitlement provided under Medicaid.   This program has proven highly successful in responding in difficult economic times because of the program’s guarantee of coverage to people who are eligible as well as its open-ended financing structure.  In the most recent recession, millions of Americans who otherwise would have been without health insurance had coverage thanks to Medicaid.

We recognize the need to address rising health care costs that face our nation.  It is important to note, however, that Medicaid’s overall growth rate is lower than that of private health insurance premiums. Cutting or capping the Medicaid program, rather than addressing underlying health care costs and the growing demand for long-term care, will have profound consequences not just for those who rely on Medicaid but for the overall health care system.

We ask that your FY2006 budget proposal protect both the funding and current structure of the Medicaid program so that it may continue to meet the vital health care needs of the most vulnerable Americans.

Sincerely, 

NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

ACORN

Advocacy Advantage

Advocates for Children and Youth

AFL-CIO

African American Health Alliance

AIDS Action

AIDS Alliance for Children, Youth and Families

AIDS Health Care Foundation

AIDS Institute

AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition

Alan Guttmacher Institute

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing

Alliance for Children and Families

Alliance for Healthy Homes

Alliance for Retired Americans

Alpha-1 Association

Alpha-1 Foundation

Alzheimer’s Association

Ambulatory Pediatric Association

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

American Academy of HIV Medicine

American Academy of Pediatrics

American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry

American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging

American Association of Jews from the Former USSR, Inc.

American Association of People With Disabilities

American Association on Mental Retardation

American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association

American Congress of Community Supports and Employment Services

American Counseling Association

American Dance Therapy Association

American Dental Hygienists' Association

American Diabetes Association

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

American Federation of Teachers

American Friends Service Committee

American Group Psychotherapy Association

American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association

American Medical Student Association

American Mental Health Counselors Association

American Nurses Association

American Pediatric Society

American Podiatric Medical Association

American Psychoanalytic Association

American Psychological Association

American Psychotherapy Association

American Public Health Association

American Society of Transplant Surgeons

Americans for Democratic Action

Arthritis Foundation

Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum

Association for Community Affiliated Plans

Association for Community Living Specialized Home Care

Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations

Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs

Association of Clinicians for the Underserved

Association of Jewish Family and Children’s Agencies

Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs

Association of University Centers on Disabilities

Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America

Avery Institute for Social Change

Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

Black Women’s Health Imperative

Brain Injury Association of America

Campaign for a National Health Program NOW

Catholic Healthcare West

Center for Adolescent Health & the Law

Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc.

Center for Persons with Disabilities

Center for the Advancement of Health

Center for Women Policy Studies

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Center on Human Policy

Child Welfare League of America

Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Children’s Cause for Cancer Advocacy

Children’s Health Fund

Children’s Sentinel Nutrition Assessment Program

Children's Defense Fund

Coalition on Human Needs

Community Catalyst

Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation

Corporation for Supportive Housing

Council for Exceptional Children

Council of Parents, Attorneys and Advocates

Council of Women’s and Infants’ Specialty Hospitals

Council on Mental Retardation Leadership Institute

Disability Law Center

Disability Network, Inc.

Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children

Easter Seals

Epilepsy Foundation

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Every Child Matters Education Fund

Families USA

Family Voices

Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health

Food Research and Action Center

Friends Committee on National Legislation

Gay Men’s Health Crisis

General Board of Church and Society of the United Methodist Church

Generations United

Goodwill Industries International

Gray Panthers

Harm Reduction Coalition

Health Care Now!

Health Education Linkage Programs, Inc.

Health Ministries Association

HIV Medicine Association

Housing Works, Inc.

Human Rights Campaign

IDEA Infant & Toddler Coordinators Association

Institute for Health, Law & Ethics

Institute for Reproductive Health Access

Integrated Solutions for Organizations

Jewish Council of Public Affairs

Kidney Cancer Association

Learning Disabilities Association of America

Legal Action Center

Legal Momentum

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.

Lutheran Network for Justice Advocacy

March of Dimes

Medicare Rights Center

Mennonite Central Committee U.S. Washington Office

Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund

Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America, Inc.

National Abortion Foundation

National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys

National Adult Day Services Association

National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors

National Alliance to End Homelessness

National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum

National Association for Children’s Behavioral Health

National Association for Home Care and Hospice

National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics

National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities

National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Directors

National Association of People with AIDS

National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems

National Association of School Nurses

National Association of School Psychologists

National Association of School Psychology

National Association of Social Workers

National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services, Inc.

National Association of State Head Injury Administrators

National Association of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs (NASOP)

National Center for Youth Law

National Citizens’ Coalition for Nursing Home Reform

National Coalition of Mental Health Professionals and Consumers, Inc.

National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare

National Conference for Community and Justice

National Consumers League

National Council of Jewish Women

National Council on Independent Living

National Council on the Aging

National Down Syndrome Congress

National Education Association

National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association

National Head Start Association

National Health Care for the Homeless Council

National Health Council

National Health Law Program

National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition

National Immigration Law Center

National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health

National Low Income Housing Coalition

National Marfan Foundation

National Medical Association

National Mental Health Association

National Minority AIDS Council

National Multiple Sclerosis Society

National Organization for Women

National Partnership for Women & Families

National Practitioners Network for Fathers and Families

National Puerto Rican Coalition

National Rehabilitation Association

National Respite Coalition

National Senior Citizens Law Center

National Spinal Cord Injury Association

National Welfare Engine

National Women’s Law Center

National Women's Health Network

NETWORK:  A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby

Out of Many, One

Paralyzed Veterans of America

Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute

Parents’ Action for Children

Partnership for the Homeless

Physicians for Social Responsibility

Planned Parenthood Federation of America

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Washington Office

Principal Financial Strategies, Ltd

Project Inform

Racial and Ethnic Disparities Coalition

Recovery Awareness Foundation

Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America

Reproductive Health Technologies Project

Research Institute for Independent Living

RESULTS

Rural Health Outreach Program

Salvation Army, United States

Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law

School Social Work Association of America

Service Employees International Union

Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States

Society for Adolescent Medicine

Society for Pediatric Research

Society for Social Work Leadership

Society of General Internal Medicine

Spina Bifida Association of America

Summit Health Institute for Research and Education, Inc.

The Arc of the United States

The Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring

Therapeutic Communities of America

Title II Community AIDS National Network (TIICANN)

Treatment Access Expansion Program

U.S. PIRG

Union for Reform Judaism

Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations

Unitarian Universalist Service Committee

United Auto Workers

United Cerebral Palsy

United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America

United Jewish Communities

United Spinal Association

United States Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association

Universal Health Care Action Network

Upstream Consulting

USAction

Voice of the Retarded

Voices for America’s Children

Voices for Quality Care (LTC), Inc.

Welfare Law Center

Womens’ Health Institute

Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization

9to5, National Association of Working Women

STATE ORGANIZATIONS (alphabetical by state)

ALABAMA

Alabama Arise (Montgomery, AL)

Alabama Health Institute (Birmingham, AL)

Greater Birmingham Ministries (Birmingham, AL)

Health Education Linkage Programs, Inc. (Birmingham, AL)

ARFE Chapter 0443 (Huntsville, AL)

Voices for Alabama’s Children (Montgomery, AL)

ALASKA

Alaska Center for Public Policy (Anchorage, AK)

Alaska Native Health Board (Anchorage, AK)

Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation: A consortium of 34 tribes in Southwest Alaska (Dillingham, AK)

Bristol Bay Native Association (Dillingham, AK)

Maniilaq Association (Kotzebue, AK)

Maniilaq Public Health Nursing (Kotzebue, AK)

NAMI of Sitka, Alaska (Sitka, AK)

ARIZONA

Arizona Center for Disability (Arizona)

Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (Phoenix, AZ)

Arizona Leadership Institute (Phoenix, AZ)

AZ Bridge to Independent Living (Phoenix, AZ)

Children’s Action Alliance (Phoenix, AZ)

Health Action (Yuma, AZ)

HealthCare Connect, Maricopa County (Phoenix, AZ)

Hospice of Havasu, Inc. (Lake Havasu City, AZ)

Independent Freedom Front (Lake Havasu City, AZ)

Pima Community Access Program (Tucson, AZ)

ARKANSAS

Arkansas ACORN (Little Rock, AR)

Easter Seals Arkansas (Little Rock, AR)

CALIFORNIA

ACT UP Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

AIDS Medicare Coalition Project (San Francisco, CA)

AIDS Project Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)

AIDS/HIV Health Alternatives (North Hollywood, CA)

Alameda County Developmental Disabilities Planning and Advisory Council (Oakland, CA)

Alameda County Health Care for the Homeless Program (Oakland, CA)

Alameda County Social Services Agency (Oakland, CA)

Altamed Health Services Corp. (Los Angeles, CA)

Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (Oakland, CA)

Bay Area Partnership (Oakland, CA)

California Immigrant Welfare Collaborative (Sacramento, CA)

California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (Oakland, CA)

California Primary Care Association (Sacramento, CA)

California Respite Services Association (Oakland, CA)

California Society for Clinical Social Work (Sacramento, CA)

Central Coast Commission for Senior Citizens, Area Agency on Aging (Santa Maria, CA)

Charterhouse Center for Families (Stockton, CA)

Children Now (Oakland, CA)

Church IMPACT (Sacramento, CA)

Community Action Marin, Inc. (San Rafael, CA)

Developmental Disabilities Council of Contra Costa County, Inc. (Richmond, CA)

El Dorado County Health Department—Access El Dorado (South Lake Tahoe, CA)

F.O.U.N.D. (Los Angeles, CA)

Families In Good Health (Long Beach, CA)

Family Action of Sonoma County (Santa Rosa, CA)

Family Resource & Referral Center (Stockton, CA)

First 5, Tehama County Children and Families Commission (Red Bluff, CA)

Friends of Children with Special Needs (Campbell, CA)

Gray Panthers California (Sacramento, CA)

Independent Living Resource Center San Francisco (San Francisco, CA)

Lao Khmu Association (Stockton, CA)

Latino Coalition for a Healthy California (Sacramento, CA)

Learning Disabilities Association of California (Novato, CA)

Los Angeles County Hispanic Manager's Association (Whittier, CA)

Los Angeles Mission Community Clinic (Los Angeles, CA)

Marin Golden Gate Learning Disabilities Association (Novato, CA)

Maternal and Child Health Access Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)

National Association of Social Workers, California Chapter (Sacramento, CA)

North Peninsula Neighborhood Services Center Inc. (South San Francisco, CA)

Orange County Health Care Agency (Santa Ana, CA)

Planning for Elders (San Francisco, CA)

Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (Mission Hills, CA)

Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (Burbank, CA)

Recovery Options (Los Angeles, CA)

RESULTS – Alhambra chapter (Alhambra, CA)

RESULTS- Pomona chapter (Pomona, CA)

San Francisco AIDS Foundation (San Francisco, CA)

San Francisco Neighbor-to-Neighbor (Oakland, CA)

San Mateo County Central Labor Council (Foster City, CA)

Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics (Isla Vista, CA)

Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network (San Jose, CA)

Sisters of Mercy, St. Anthony Convent (San Bernardino, CA)

Solano Kids Insurance Program/Solano Coalition for Better Health (Fairfield, CA)

Tarzana Treatment Center (Tarzana, CA)

The California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (Oakland, CA)

The California Partnership (San Francisco, CA)

The Society of Military Widows, Disabled American Veterans and Disability Indemnity Compensation (Fairfield, CA)

United Way of the Bay Area (Oakland, CA)

Venice Family Clinic (Venice Beach, CA)

Western Pacific Re-Hab (Glendale, CA)

Westside Family Health Center (Santa Monica, CA)

YWCA Watsonville (Watsonville, CA)

COLORADO

9to5 Colorado (Denver, CO)

AFSCME Local 3592 (Boulder, CO)

Catholic Charities of Colorado Springs (Colorado Springs, CO)

Colorado Center on Law and Policy  (Denver, CO)

Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (Denver, CO)

Colorado Coalition of Adoptive Families (Louisville, CO)

Colorado Consumer Health Initiative (Denver, CO)

Colorado Progressive Coalition (Denver, CO)

Colorado Women's Agenda (Denver, CO)

Family Voices of Colorado  (Denver, CO)

Lutheran Advocacy Ministry – Colorado (Denver, CO)

Lutheran Family Services of Colorado (Denver, CO)

National Association of Social Workers - Colorado Chapter (Denver, CO)

National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Colorado Chapter (Colorado Springs, CO)

Parent-to-Parent of Colorado (Denver, CO)

Personal Assistance Services of Colorado (Lakewood, CO)

RESULTS- Colorado Springs chapter (Colorado Springs, CO)

RESULTS- Longmont chapter (Longmont, CO)

Southern Colorado AIDS Project 1301 (Colorado Springs CO)

The Women’s Crisis and Family Outreach Center (Castle Rock, CO)

Visiting Angels of Boulder County (Longmont, CO)

CONNECTICUT

Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition (Bridgeport, CT)

Bridgeport Community Health Center, Inc. (Bridgeport, CT)

Bridgeport Family Resource Center Roosevelt School (Bridgeport, CT)

Bridgeport Hospital Child FIRST Program (Bridgeport, CT)

Bridgeport PLTI (Bridgeport, CT)

Connecticut Citizen Action Group (West Hartford, CT)

Connecticut Legal Services, Inc. (Middletown, CT)

CT Call to Action-Universal Health Care for All (New Haven, CT)

CT Citzen Action Group (West Hartford, CT)

CT Rehab & Medical Products (Newington, CT)

Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine (Hartford, CT)

Friends of Retarded Citizens of Connecticut (Trumbull, CT)

FSW/Family Services Working to Strengthen Our Communities (Bridgeport, CT)

Greater Hartford Legal Aid (Hartford, CT)

Health Care for All Coalition (West Hartford, CT)

Legal Assistance Resource Center of Connecticut (Hartford, CT)

National Association of Social Workers, CT Chapter (Rocky Hill, CT)

NE Health Care Employees Union, District 1199 (New Haven, CT)

New Haven Legal Assistance Association (New Haven, CT)

Planned Parenthood of Connecticut (New Haven, CT)

DELAWARE

Delaware Alliance for Health Care (Newark, DE)

Direct Connections (Wilmington, DE)

Lutheran Office on Public Policy in Delaware, Division of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, (DE)

Mental Health Association in Delaware (Wilmington, DE)

Planned Parenthood of Delaware (Wilmington, DE)

FLORIDA

Center for Independent Living of South Florida (Homestead, FL)

CHAIN (Community Health Action Information Network) (Plantation, FL)

Coalition to Protect America's Elders (Tallahassee, FL)

Council on Aging of Volusia County (Daytona Beach, FL)

Florida Association of Rehabilitation Facilities (Tallahassee, FL)

Florida Consumer Action Network & FCAN Foundation (Tampa, FL)

Florida Fiscal Policy Project (Miami, FL)

Florida Impact (Tallahassee, FL)

Florida Legal Services Inc. (Tallahassee, FL)

Florida Transplant Survivors Coalition, Inc. (Delray Beach, FL)

Healthy Start Coalition of Flagler and Volusia Counties (Daytona Beach, FL)

Hope & Help Center of Central Florida, Inc. (Winter Park, FL)

National Association of Social Workers, Florida Chapter (Tallahassee, FL)

National Organization for Women--Tampa Chapter (Tampa, FL)

North Florida Progressive Caucus (Tallahassee, FL)

Orange County Healthy Start Coalition (Orlando, FL)

People's Advocacy Center for Training (Tallahassee, Florida)

RESULTS- Tampa chapter (Tampa, FL)

South Florida Mental Health Association, Inc. (Miami, FL)

Southeastern Community Mental Health Center, Inc. (Miami, FL)

StreetSmarts Coalition (Clearwater, FL)

The RiverFund (Sebastian, FL)

West Pasco Parkinson Support Group (New Port Richey, FL)

Women’s Emergency Network, Inc. (Coral Gables, FL)

GEORGIA

Georgia Lifespan Respite Coalition (Atlanta, GA)

Georgia Rural Urban Summit (Decatur, GA)

Hours to Minutes (Marietta, GA)

NW Georgia AIDS Task Force (Georgia)

Older Americans Council of Middle Georgia (Macon, GA)

Saint Joseph's Mercy Care Services (Atlanta, GA)

HAWAII

Bay Clinic, Inc. (Hilo, HI)

Maui Economic Opportunity, Inc. (Wailuku, HI)

Mental Health Prosumer Advocate with NAMI Hawaii (Waianae, HI)

Waimanalo Health Center (Waimanalo, HI)

IDAHO

Catholic Charities of Idaho (Boise, ID)

Idaho Community Action Network (Boise, ID)

Mujeres Unidas de Idaho (Boise, ID)

ILLINOIS

Adams County RSVP (Quincy, IL)

AIDS Foundation of Chicago (Chicago, IL)

AIDS Legal Council of Chicago (Chicago, IL)

C.E.F.S. Economic Opportunity Corporation (Effingham, IL)

Campaign for Better Health Care – Illinois (Champaign, IL)

Chicago Jobs Council (Chicago, IL)

Chicago Women’s Health Center (Chicago, IL)

Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities in Illinois (Springfield, IL)

Coalition of Limited English Speaking Elderly (Chicago, IL)

Ecker Center for Mental Health (Elgin, IL)      

Elder Link Long Term Care Case Management Specialists (Barrington, IL)

Eldercare, Inc. (Belleville, IL)

First Church of the Brethren (Chicago, IL)

Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights (Chicago, IL)

Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans (Chicago, IL)

Illinois Coalition for School Health Centers (Chicago, IL)

Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition (Chicago, IL)

Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago (Chicago, IL)

Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (Des Plaines, IL)

MacNeal Health Network (Cicero, IL)

NAMI KANE COUNTY, INC. (Sleepy Hollow, IL)

National Association of Social Workers, Illinois Chapter (Chicago, IL)

Progress Center for Independent Living (Forest Park, IL)

Project IRENE (Berwyn, IL) 

Section of Social Medicine, Department of Medicine, John Stroger Hospital of Cook County (Chicago, IL)

St. Mary’s Parish (Downers Grove, IL)

Suburban Area Agency on Aging - Age Options (Oak Park, IL)

The Larkin Center (Elgin, IL)

The Ounce of Prevention Fund  (Chicago, IL)

University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine (Chicago, IL)

Voices for Illinois Children (Chicago, IL)

Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization, Illinois Affiliate (Chicago, IL)

INDIANA

Bits 'N Pieces (Bloomington, IN)

CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions, An Area Agency on Aging (Indianapolis, IN)

Floerchinger Arts (Indianapolis, IN)

Gender Fairness Coalition of Indiana (Indianapolis, IN)

Health Access and Privacy Alliance (Indianapolis, IN)

Healthy Community Access Program Grant (Indianapolis, IN)

IARCCA (Indianapolis, IN)

Indiana Coalition on Housing and Homeless Issues (Indianapolis, IN)

Indiana Institute for Working Families (Indianapolis, IN)

National Association of Social Workers - Indiana Chapter (Indianapolis, IN)

New Hope Services, Inc. (Jeffersonville, IN)

Planned Parenthood of Indiana (Indianapolis, IN)

IOWA

County Senior Advocacy (Austin, MN)

Food Bank of Iowa (Des Moines, IA)

Green County Medical Center (Jefferson, IA)

Iowa Citizen Action Network (Des Moines, IA)

Iowa Conference of the United Methodist Church (Des Moines, IA)

Iowa Olmstead Real Choices Consumer Taskforce (Decorah, IA)

Multiple Sclerosis Society, Iowa Chapter (Mason City, IA)

State Public Policy Group, Inc. (Des Moines, IA)

KANSAS

Association of Community Mental Health Centers of Kansas, Inc. (Topeka, KS)

Cedar Lake Lodge, Inc. (Louisville, KS)

Cedar Lake Residences, Inc. (Louisville, KS)

Greenway Manor Tenants Association (Wichita, KS)

Independence Inc. Assistive Technology (Lawrence, KS)

Kansas Health Care For All (Lawrence, KS)

McLean Manor Residents' Association (Wichita, KS)

RESULTS- Salina chapter (Salina, KS)

RESULTS- Topeka chapter (Topeka, KS)

Statewide Independent Living Council of Kansas (Topeka, KS)

KENTUCKY

Autism Society of Kentuckiana (Crestwood, KY)

BEST Center for Independent Living (Bowling Green, KY)

Center for Accessible Living (Louisville, KY)

Christian Church Homes of KY (Louisville, KY)

Council on Mental Retardation Leadership Institute (Louisville, KY)

District 27 IAMAW Retirees (Louisville, KY)

Dreams With Wings, Inc. (LaGrange, KY)

ElderServe Inc. (Louisville, KY)

Exceptional Teen & Adult Day Center (Louisville, KY)

FEAT of Louisville, Inc – Families for Effect Autism Treatment (Louisville, KY)

Greater Louisville AFL-CIO Retirees Council (Louisville, KY)

GuardiaCare Adult Day Health Center (Louisville, KY)

Highlands Community Ministries Adult Day Health Center (Louisville, KY)

Jobs with Justice, Kentucky Chapter  (Louisville, KY)

Kentucky Association of Adult Day Care Centers (Richmond, KY)

Kentucky Coalition of Nurse Practitioners/Nurse  Midwives (Lexington, KY)

Kentucky Housing Corporation (Crestwood, KY)

Kentucky Lincoln Trail Mental Health and Substance Abuse Regional Planning Council (Elizabethtown, KY)

Kentucky Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program (Frankfort, KY)

Kentucky River Community Care, Inc. (Jackson, KY)

Kentucky Task Force on Hunger (Lexington, KY)

LifeSpring Mental Health Services (Louisville, KY)

Louisiana Maternal and Child Health Coalition (Baton Rouge, KY)

Masonic Homes of Kentucky-Louisville Facility (Louisville, KY)

Mental Health Association of Kentucky, Inc. (Louisville, KY)

Morehead State University Chapter of Students For Progressive Change (Morehead, KY)

NAMI Louisville (Louisville, KY)

Open Arms Grandparents/Relatives Raising Children Support Group (Radcliff, KY)

Presbyterian Homes and Services of Kentucky (Louisville, KY)

Seven Counties Services, Inc. (Louisville, KY)

Sisters of Mercy (Louisville, KY)

The Arc of KY (Somerset, KY)

United Crescent Hills Ministries (Louisville, KY)

LOUISIANA

Agenda for Children (New Orleans, LA)

HEP C Association (Chalmette, LA)

Louisiana Aging and Disability Consortium (Baton Rouge, LA)

National Association of Social Workers, Louisiana Chapter (Baton Rouge, LA)

National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Louisiana Chapter (Metairie, LA)

NW LA Homeless Service and Development Corp. (Shreveport, LA)

St. Martinville School-Based Health Center (Lafayette, LA)

St. Martin Parish School Board (Cecilia, LA)

St. Martin Parish School-Based Health Centers (Cecilia, LA)

MAINE

Maine People’s Alliance (Portland, ME)

Maine Women’s Lobby (Hallowell, ME)

The Maine Association of Substance Abuse Program (Augusta, ME)

Consumers for Affordable Health Care/Foundation (Augusta, ME)

HealthReach Network (Waterville, ME)

Penquis C.A.P., Inc. (Bangor, ME)

Women, Work, and Community (Madison, ME)

Cedars Nursing Care Center (Portland, ME)

MARYLAND

AIDS Action Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland)

Baltimore HealthCare Access (Baltimore, MD)

Bon Secours Health System (Marriottsville, MD)

Coalition for Healthy Maryland Children (Easton, MD)

Community Behavioral Health Association of Maryland (Cantonsville, MD)

Eastern Shore Center for Independent Living, Inc. (Cambridge, MD)

Humanim (Columbia, MD)

Lutheran Office on Public Policy in Maryland (Annapolis, MD)

Maryland Association of Area Agencies on Aging (Maryland)

Maryland Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics (MD)

Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative, Health Care for All! Coalition (Maryland)

Maryland Disability Law Center (Baltimore, MD)

Maryland Public Health Association (Maryland)

Montgomery Health Care ACTION (Bethesda, MD)

Public Justice Center (Baltimore, MD)

RESULTS- Baltimore chapter (Baltimore, MD)

The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Maryland - NAMI MD (Glen Burnie, MD)

Voices for Quality Care (LTC), Inc. (Avenue, MD)

MASSACHUSETTS

ABCD Health Services (Boston, MA)

Adult Family Care Program, Family Service Association of Fall River (Fall River, MA)

Baybridge Clubhouse (Hyannis, MA)

Boston University School of Public Health (Boston, MA)

Cape Organizations for Rights of the Disabled (Hyannis, MA)

Castles in Air (Mansfield, MA)

Central Mass. Chapter of Mass. Senior Action Council (Worcester, MA)

CEOC - Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee (Cambridge, MA)