As COVID-19 rapidly spread across the U.S. in March 2020, Congress declared a public health emergency and passed legislation that gave states more money for Medicaid if they met certain requirements. One of the main requirements was that people would be able to keep their Medicaid health care during the COVID-19 public health emergency. As […]
Washington, DC - The Arc released the following statement in response to President Trump’s signing of an Executive Order on family separations.
The Executive Order directs the Department of Homel...
Washington, DC - The Arc released the following statement in response to the forced immigrant family separations that are occurring at the U.S.-Mexico border and news of children with intellectual and...
Washington, DC - The Arc of the United States released the Family & Individual Needs for Disability Supports (FINDS) Community Report 2017 today. The intent of this one-of-a-kind survey, conduc...
By: Nicole Jorwic, Chris’ Sister, Director of Rights Policy, The Arc of the United States
My home state of Illinois still has seven state-run institutions for people with intellectual and develop...
By Amberley Romo
It’s now been almost five years since I first wrote about future planning. I was 22, and living in Washington, DC — 1,300 miles away from my family in Dallas.
At the time, ...
