Students with disabilities are more likely to be restrained, secluded, suspended, expelled, and subjected to corporal punishment. Learn how neuroscience and a new lens on behavior can reduce and eliminate punitive practices.

Get an overview of the key findings and recommendations of the Talk About Sexual Violence project over the past seven years.

The Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Relief Act of 2023 would provide two years of additional Medicaid funds to improve access to HCBS by increasing direct care worker pay and benefits; decrease the number of people on waiting lists for HCBS; and pay for assistive technologies, staffing, and other costs that facilitate community integration.

The Arc submitted a comment on the proposed rule to streamline the parental consent process when billing Medicaid for services received in school. The Arc's comments emphasized the experience of some families being denied outside services when Medicaid was billed for school services.

The proposed "Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services" rule would create new requirements for state programs to improve access to care, quality, and health outcomes and better address health equity issues in the Medicaid program. The Arc submitted detailed comments on the proposal, particularly related to access to home and community-based services (HCBS).