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 […]
“We vehemently oppose this bill and the threats it poses to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities”
Washington, DC – The Arc released the following statement in respo...
Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others. -Martin Luther King, Jr....
[caption id="attachment_4279" align="alignright" width="300"] Leigh Ann Davis, Chief Will Johnson with Arlington Police Department (TX), Peter Berns, Ariel Simms[/caption]
Since 2013, The Arc’s N...
This year’s Congressional budget process is particularly important for people with disabilities and their families. The recently-passed House and Senate fiscal year 2018 budgets set overall spending...
Washington, DC – The Arc released the following statement in response to the detainment of Rosamaria Hernandez, a ten-year-old child with cerebral palsy, who was stopped by federal immigration offic...
The Arc supports the House of Representatives’ bipartisan policy agreement to extend the funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). CHIP is critical to providing health insurance to...
A year ago, The Arc announced the exciting news that it had been awarded $245,000 by the Walmart Foundation to support workers with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) to enter the work...
By: Nicole Jorwic, Director of Rights Policy, The Arc of the United States
During the recent fights to save the Medicaid program from devastating cuts and fundamental restructuring, the home and co...
(Boston) – Jessica Kramer, assistant professor of occupational therapy at Boston University College of Health & Rehabilitation: Sargent College and The Arc of the United States have been approve...
