Please Contact Representative Kathleen Rice and Urge Her to Vote! ACTION ALERT! The U.S. House of Representatives passed a procedural vote, on November 5th, allowing the Build Back Better Act (which includes the critical $150 billion for the HCBS program) to move...
Rise Up Together! As you have heard before, schools that serve students with special needs continue to fight on a legislative level to have our voices heard for parity in pay for our staff and our field. We have shared the salary differences and the lack of increases...
Op-ed By Executive Director Bob McGuire Featured in Newsday An essay from Bob McGuire, Executive Director here at CP Nassau appears in today’s op-ed page in Newsday. Titled “Disability Service Providers Need Help,” the essay captures the fight we are currently in...
Support Home & Community Based Services Funding in Federal Budget! We recently asked that you contact your Congressmember to support the $400billion for Home and Community Based Services funding in the federal budget. But things are moving quickly and the...
Cerebral Palsy New York State News: September 2021 Rally, public hearing for workforce crisis on September 14 Public Hearing Senator John Mannion, Chairman of the Disabilities Committee, will host a public hearing on the workforce crisis at 10 a.m., Tuesday...
Workforce Crisis Events Draw Hundreds On Wednesday, members of New York Disability Advocates (NYDA), The Alliance of Long Island Agencies (ALIA), and The Long Island Advocacy Network for the Developmentally Disabled (LIANDD) were joined by more than 300 Direct Support...
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