Legislative Agenda

OPWDD: We Must #bFair2DiectCare Special Education: Dept. of Education & Early Intervention: Department of Health Department of Education: SPECIAL EDUCATION & Department of Health: EARLY [...]

Direct Support Professional Wages: We support an increase in the minimum wage for all workers, and the $14.9 million in this year’s Executive Budget to raise the wages of workers […]

The new Administration has called for drastic cuts to Medicaid, through Medicaid block grants, that would fundamentally compromise the program—making it less reliable for the people who depend on [...]

We fully support the Governor’s proposal to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour. However, as the State Comptroller’s analysis states: “The Executive Budget provides no additional funding to [...]

Housing: In 2015 there were no new certified residential opportunities in Manhattan, meaning all placements in Manhattan were made to ‘backfill’ placement in existing homes. Such occasions are [...]

Preschool Special Education Services: Despite rising costs, 4410 non-public preschool special education programs for children with educational disabilities, have received only one tiny tuition [...]

The New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities has released several new reports requested by the state Legislature. These and other issues are of tremendous importance to [...]

LEGISLATIVE AGENDA: Early Intervention and Special Education Services March, 2015 Early Intervention Services Legislators must provide a 4.8% funding increase to preserve essential Early [...]

LEGISLATIVE AGENDA: Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) March, 2015 DEVELOPMENT OF 24-HOUR RESIDENTIAL SERVICES The Legislature must provide funding for new 24-hour [...]