by familyvoices | Mar 7, 2022 | Family Voices, Vaccine Outreach
3.7.2022 – Nearly two years into the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is for the first time acknowledging that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities have an elevated risk of severe disease from COVID-19. Read...
by familyvoices | Mar 7, 2022 | Family Voices, Vaccine Outreach
3.7.2022 – Dozens of advocacy groups are calling for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to walk back major changes to its mask guidance arguing that the new recommendations are harmful to people with disabilities Read more.
by familyvoices | Mar 3, 2022 | Family Voices, Washington Update
“If March comes in like a lion, it will go out like a lamb.” As both chambers of Congress kick off the March legislative work session this week there is likely to be a lot of roaring as they deal with a March 11 government funding deadline, a lengthy list of...
by familyvoices | Feb 24, 2022 | Family Voices, Washington Update
Congress is on recess this week for the President’s Day work period. The Senate will return on February 28th and the House will return on March 1st. Although they did not finalize a budget before the recess, they did pass a temporary continuing resolution until March...
by familyvoices | Feb 10, 2022 | Family Voices, Washington Update
“Money is the opposite of the weather. Nobody talks about it, but everybody does something about it.” – Rebecca Johnson The Budget: Let’s hope that Congress is doing a lot of talking about the weather AND budget! As the February 18th deadline for the temporary...
by familyvoices | Jan 26, 2022 | Family Voices, Washington Update
No Go on Voting Rights and Election Reforms While the legislation did not pass last week, there is a small group of Senators turning last week’s discussions into momentum for a narrower bipartisan effort to reexamine the 1887 law that governs how Congress counts...