Keep the promise! Invest in community. The CAC is a coalition of 42 advocacy groups and provider organizations who believe all people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) should have the support they need to live typical lives based on inclusion and full participation. This support should be provided in community settings.

This session we are asking legislators to prioritize the following:

Stabilize the community workforce and ensure people can access their services.

• Increase rates for Supported Living community residential services
• Increase rates for community day respite services

Invest in housing.

• Invest $50 million to build housing for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD)
• Create an ongoing funding source for housing & related services for people with IDD

Please also prioritize:

• End isolation/seclusion in public schools
• Ensure vulnerable populations can access DDA services
• Continue to phase out institutions and invest in community-based services.

Support agenda: What CAC members are working on

Community Advocacy Coalition members work on issues related to health and human services, housing, education, and more. Issues on our support agenda are ones CAC members are leading and that we have a consensus on.

Housing

• $50 million for IDD housing in 2025-27
• Pass an ongoing funding source for IDD housing and related services
• Rent stabilization

Access to Services

• Increase provider rates for Supported Living
• Increase rates for Community Day Respite
• Prioritize vulnerable groups for DDA services
• Expand access to in-home care by adjusting rates and nurse delegation, and adding IDD specific training
• Make continuing education requirements optional for family caregiver
• Renew inter-agency team & funding for children in crisis

Civil Rights, Accessibility, and Inclusion

• Continue downsizing and shut the institutions for people with IDD. Services should be in the community
• Stop isolating/secluding students in school; continue Reducing Restraints & Eliminating Isolation Project
• Transport wheelchairs & mobility aids in health emergencies
• Fund a legal services pilot project for people with IDD

Engage and Participate in Community

• Lower employment support & community inclusion eligibility to age 19 or 20

Amply Fund Education for Youth with Disabilities

• Fund special education services through the school year someone turns 22
• Remove the cap on funded special education enrollment
• Re-link multipliers for early support for infants and toddlers (ESIT) and preschool special education services
• Increase the multiplier for special education service