Advocacy Papers

We were pleased that Governor Murphy understood the importance of bolstering Early Intervention when on May 6, 2021, Commissioner [...]

To ensure programs, services, and a community for people to return to after Covid, the Division of Developmental Disabilities [...]

ABCD is relieved that S3301/A4013 which requires certain group homes to install EMDs, will not be posted for consideration [...]

ABCD agencies anticipate that some individuals will remain in their group homes either by choice or necessity for the [...]

A Support Coordinator’s sole motivation is to the individual’s life-long and ongoing success, ensuring their interests, goals and personality [...]

ABCD continues to oppose S3301/A4013 which Requires Certain Group Homes to Install EMDs, because we cannot compromise on fundamentals. [...]

Seven years following New Jersey’s major system change from a contract-based to fee-for-service system, enough time has elapsed for [...]

1115 New Jersey Family Care Comprehensive Demonstration Renewal The State is required to solicit public input before and after [...]

At the conclusion of the Assembly Appropriations Committee Hearing in March, Deputy Speaker Gary Schaer expressed his concern about [...]

ABCD has been a leading advocate regarding the future of individuals who due to their disability, have high absenteeism [...]

Pressure has mounted in the assembly to post this bill for a vote. Though there have been several changes [...]

During closed stakeholder discussions with members of the Murphy Administration, including DOH Commissioner Persichilli and DHS Acting Commissioner Adelman, [...]

Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities Data collected from eight states, including New Jersey, show that though individuals with intellectual or [...]

ABCD Participates in NJBIA Series on the Benefits of Hiring People with Disabilities On June 22, over 200 took [...]

Behavioral Health Crisis Mobile Response Act On June 9, 2021, the Assembly Human Services Committee under the leadership of [...]

Direct Support Professionals are A Highly Skilled, Low Wage Workforce ABCD presented testimony in support of the establishment of [...]

The failure to include absence, chronic absence and nursing factors in the calculation of the day program rates has [...]

Assemblywoman Lampitt, Assemblywoman Vainieri Huttle, CIMU Supervisor Keith Joslin and CIMU Director Deborah Robinson and OPIA Director, Lauri Woodward [...]

Legislative Alert Prevent the Erosion of Day Program Services   Dear Members, Individuals, Parents, Colleagues, and Friends,   Unlike the [...]

The Support Coordination Alliance proposes metrics which focus on ensuring that individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their [...]

The current standard which relies solely on the COVID-19 Activity Level Index (CALI) calculated weekly and for 46 weeks [...]

Good day, Chairperson Sarlo and members of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee/Chairperson Pintor Marin and members of the [...]

Assembly Aging and Senior Services Committee Testimony of Cathy Chin Respectfully Submitted on March 8, 2021 Good day, Chairperson [...]

Governor Murphy Proposes $100 Million in Funding for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities and their Providers ABCD thanks and commends [...]

ABCD calls for structural reform in day program rates, continued funding to ensure DSPs are paid above the state’s [...]