The enacted 2024/2025 New York State Budget contained a provision for the establishment of a 2.84 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to be effective April 1, 2024. The Budget identified that the COLA was in recognition of “the effects of inflation upon rates of payments, contracts,...
Barbara Lyons is leading a Commonwealth Fund project focused on how to improve healthcare access and coordination for non-elderly people who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. She is specifically looking for duals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and/or their caregivers who are interested in participating in...
CP State and its Affiliates are among the 150 signatories of a statement seeking “significant and permanent change in the way services in our system are designed, delivered, and financed.” The Coalition for Whole Person Supports seeks to break down the siloed, uncoordinated services that no longer...
Dating with Disabilities should be easier! Join Kathy O’Connell in this free webinar on Empowering People with Disabilities in Dating in Three Simple Steps. Learn how to simplify and enhance the dating experience for individuals with disabilities, all with just three straightforward steps. If you find the...
CP State is excited to be part of VoterVoice’s guide on enhancing advocacy with artificial intelligence. Bill DeVoe, director of communications and advocacy at CP State, is featured in the guide "AI for Grassroots Advocacy: The Complete ChatGPT How-To Guide," which details how AI can assist...
Now is the time we lay the foundation for next year's budget cycle. Let's start by making sure our elected representatives know we're not satisfied with the 2.84% cost-of-living-adjustment in the FY 2025 state budget. This is a far cry from what New Yorkers with disabilities need! Click...
Visit CP State at the New York State Assembly’s annual Legislative Disability Awareness Day (LDAD) on Wednesday, May 22! We’ll be in the Well of the Legislative Office Building in Albany from 10am to 2pm. LDAD is held annually to inform legislators, their staff, and others...
This is not what people with disabilities need. As the New York state budget drags itself to the finish line, we are seeing that the final Health and Mental Hygiene budget includes a 2.84% cost-of-living-adjustment, with a stipulation that agencies use some of those funds to...
Join us for valuable information and insights to help ensure disability service providers are running effective, efficient, high-quality programs! This conference is for: Corporate Compliance Officers; Corporate Compliance Committee Members; Quality Assurance Officers; Board Members; Executive Leadership WHEN: Tuesday, May 7, 2024, 9:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. (Check-in...
On April 3, New York Disability Advocates were joined by hundreds of members of the intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) community--including self-advocates, family members, and the essential workers who support them--and elected officials at the State Capitol to rally for permanent investments for the I/DD...