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 […]
My name is Brian Kelmar, and I am the father of a 24 year old son who has autism and auditory and sensory processing disabilities. Our nightmare began almost six years ago, right after my son graduate...
By Leigh Ann Davis, Program Manager, NCCJD
A recent Huffington Post article stated: "America must turn the page on its over-dependence on the criminal justice system. In order to break arrest cycle...
By Leigh Ann Davis, Program Manager, Justice Initiatives
If you had been in prison since 1987 for a crime you didn’t do – missing nearly three decades of your life – and then were released an...
Adapted for The Arc’s blog by Janet Keeler, Ph.D., Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities, Cleveland, OH
The Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities’ (CCBDD) Forensic U...
NCCJD Promising Program Spotlight
By Officer Travis Akins
On November 10, 2014, the Roanoke Police Department held a press conference to officially launch GTO CADETS—“Grow Through Opportunity....
Washington, DC – The Arc is thrilled to see the release today of Richard Lapointe, who has been in prison since 1987 for a rape and murder he did not commit. After a lengthy, coercive interview with...
It started with one jarring phone call: “Conny, it’s Tammy. I think Jenny has been molested.” The grave tone of my sister Tammy’s voice told me that there was no doubt it was true.
How coul...
Washington, DC – This morning, the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles voted to deny clemency in the case of Warren Hill, a man who has an intellectual disability (ID). Mr. Hill’s diagnosis of in...
"Today Georgia set an execution date for a man who has had intellectual disability since childhood, and whose execution would be unconstitutional. Twice the lower court found Warren Hill to have intel...
