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Advocacy is a process involving research, outreach, follow-up and most importantly, dedication. Grassroots involvement - communication and action by individuals who care about VOR's Mission - is at the heart of every VOR accomplisment and success on behalf of people with mental retardation and developmental disabilities. |
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Take Action! Click here for VOR's Action Alert. Tell your U.S. Senators and Representative why choice matters to you and your family member / friend with intellectual and developmental disabilities! Call on Congress to investigate the impact of deinstitutionalization and support reform. VOR's letter follows.
March 6, 2013
Dear Members of the 113th Congress,
Across the country, families and guardians of individuals with profound intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) welcome new and returning Members to the 113th Congress and thank you for your service to our nation.
Reflecting the diversity of our members’ experiences, VOR is the only national advocacy organization that supports a full range of residential options, from own home, to small residential settings to federally-licensed facility-based homes.
Like Congress and the Supreme Court, we oppose defining “choice” artificially to eliminate the facility-based option (“deinstitutionalization”). Instead, VOR supports the expansion of critically needed, high quality community supports, while also maintaining the option of federally-licensed facilities, based on individual choice and the severity of disability.
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Tell the Senate Budget Committee to support choice and prohibit the use of federal funds for deinstitutionalization!
The federal government should not support the use of federal dollars by federal agencies to aggressively pursue the closure of licensed facility-based homes providing good care to people with I/DD, without any regard for the input or insights of the affected residents and their families; and without regard to well-documented tragedies.
Take action contact the Senate Budget Committee today. |
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For the vast majority of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/DD), Medicaid is their only resource for accessing health care, assistance and residential supports. For these Americans, the Medicaid program ensures maximum independence and daily happiness.
Congressional proposals to cut or cap ("block grant") Medicaid will not save money.
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UDPATE, June 30, 2011
Contrary to law and Congressional intent, the Administration on Developmental Disabilties (ADD) has recommended closing "congregate care" settings as one alleged outcome from its "listening sessions" earlier this year.
ADD is the federal agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that oversees the programs created under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (DD Act), including DD Council and Protection and Advocacy (P&A).
In response, hundreds of advocates in support of residential choice, including community-based programs and ICFs/MR, submitted comments. VOR also submitted comments.
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