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...
Lawmakers and advocates spoke in unison at the Capitol today, calling for a state budget agreement that includes meaningful reform of current practices utilized by the NYS Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) when it audits healthcare agencies that provide essential services to New Yorkers with...
March 15, 2024, marks the 60th anniversary of the Home Service Program, funded by our amazing partners at the New York State Elks Association. As services for people with disabilities evolved over the decades following the Cerebral Palsy Association of NYS’ inception in 1946, it became...
Anne Richey, Chief Executive Officer of CP Association of the North Country and Community Health Center of the North Country, has announced her retirement after nearly 39 years of employment with the organization. “It has been my extreme honor and privilege to be part of...
CP State is excited to announce the addition of Dahlian Porter to its Board of Directors. Porter, Chief Program Officer at ADAPT Community Network, has worked in the Intellectual Developmental Disabilities field for 26 years. His first job in the field was a Direct Care Worker....
Governor Hochul released her proposed $233 billion State Fiscal Year 2025 Budget on January 16, 2024. This represents a $6 billion/4.5% increase over last year’s budget. Overall highlights include: $845 million increase for Education $20 billion in reserves, which is five times the level of...
Governor Kathy Hochul released her executive budget proposal today, and the picture she paints for our future is grim. If enacted, nonprofit providers of supports and services for New Yorkers with intellectual and developmental disabilities will receive a mere 1.5% cost of living increase. This minimal increase does not even compensate...
‘We don’t have a choice’: Disability service orgs push Hochul for direct support staff COLA, wage enhancement in budget From www.crainsnewyork.com: Disability service organizations and advocates have renewed their push for a cost of living adjustment and wage enhancement for direct support professionals to be included in...
Statement from Mike Alvaro, President of the New York Disability Advocates on Governor Hochul 2024 State of the State Address We are deeply concerned that in Governor Hochul’s State of the State today, there was no direct mention of the workforce crisis that has plagued New...