MACS

The latest news for members of the Maryland Association of Community Services for Persons with Developmental Disabilities (MACS)

[MACS @MACS_Online]

Welcome to MACS

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@TheRealANCOR

[MACS @MACS_Online]

#ALLinForHBCS because EVERYONE should have the opportunity to live their best life! Urging all MD US Senators and Representatives to do everything possible to support increased Medicaid funding for IDD community supports!

[MACS @MACS_Online]

#ALLinForHBCS because EVERYONE should have the opportunity to live their best life! Urging all MD US Senators and Representatives to do everything possible to support increased Medicaid funding for IDD community supports!

[ANCOR @TheRealANCOR]

Support for the Home and Community Based Services (#HCBS) program enables people with disabilities to live full, independent lives in their community. We’re asking Congress to join us in becoming #AllInForHCBS!

[Post-Acute Health Law and Compliance @PostAcuteHealth]

HHS: The Public Health Emergency has been extended effective April 16, 2022, through July 14, 2022.

[Disability Rights Maryland @DisabRightsMD]

DRM stands in firm support of these bills and urges legislators to do the same.
To learn about SDM as an alternative to guardianship,visit https://t.co/DMtCYqgxCa #disability #drm #support

[MACS @MACS_Online]

Congress must invest in Medicaid #HCBS to build a robust care infrastructure and ensure people with disabilities receive the services & supports they need to live with independence & dignity. #CareCantWait. Watch the HCBS hearing live: https://t.co/zrb6Z8RijP

[Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council @MdDDCouncil]

We have many programs in Maryland to provide services to families and children with developmental disabilities, but the wait time for those services is often far too long.

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[ANCOR @TheRealANCOR]

'A 2021 survey by [ANCOR]...found that because of staffing shortages, more than 3/4s of service providers were turning away new referrals, more than half were discontinuing programs & services, and the majority struggle w/ recruitment and retention...'
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[The Arc Baltimore @TheArcBaltimore]

New people who need supports, including approximately 600 youth that transition out of school each year, and people coming off of the DDA Waiting List, will struggle to find community providers able to support them due to the severe workforce shortage.

[MACS @MACS_Online]

MDH study says funding for DDA Community Services is significantly less than what is needed to provide quality supports for people w IDD. Email Gov Hogan at [email protected] & DBM Sec Brinkley at [email protected]

[MACS @MACS_Online]

A $150B investment in the Medicaid #HCBS program is critical for building a sustainable HCBS infrastructure that can start to address the magnitude of unmet need for people w/ disabilities in our communities. #CareCantWaithttps://bit.ly/3u3TwpH @SenatorCardin @ChrisVanHollen

[The Arc Maryland @thearcmd]

Join us for the largest statewide advocacy event of the year for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities! On 2/22, from 9 to 11 AM, Developmental Disabilities Day at the Legislature is back! Register for #DDDay2022 at https://t.co/VZuENvrlp2

[MACS @MACS_Online]

Inspiring morning at the MACS Legislative Breakfast! Thanks to our legislative champions, speakers from MDOD, DDA, MD Matters & all who joined! @SpeakerAJones @joshkurtznews

[MACS @MACS_Online]

Inspiring morning at the MACS Legislative Breakfast! Thanks to our legislative champions, speakers from MDOD, DDA, MD Matters & all who joined! @MDODSecretary @DelegateReznik @GuyGuzzone @DelMaggie43 @SenatorZucker @Del_Cullison @courtneywatson1 @jpenamelnyk_es @SenBillFerg

[MACS @MACS_Online]

@RepKweisiMfume Funding for home & community-based services is essential to the health and well-being of people w/ disabilities, but the #HCBS direct care workforce has been underfunded for too long. Congress must invest now because #CareCantwait https://t.co/p3tyAjq6za

[MACS @MACS_Online]

@RepDavidTrone Without funding for #Medicaid #HCBS, it's only a matter of time before people w/ disabilities completely lose access to the options and resources needed to remain in their homes and in the community. Fund HCBS because #CareCantWait

[MACS @MACS_Online]

@RepSarbanes Without funding for #Medicaid #HCBS, it's only a matter of time before people w/ disabilities completely lose access to the options and resources needed to remain in their homes and in the community. Fund HCBS because #CareCantWait

[MACS @MACS_Online]

@Call_Me_Dutch Funding for home & community-based services is essential to the health and well-being of people w/ disabilities, but the #HCBS direct care workforce has been underfunded for too long. Congress must invest now because #CareCantwait https://t.co/p3tyAj8vaA

[MACS @MACS_Online]

@RepRaskin Please support including HCBS funding in the Build Back Better Act to ensure people w/ disabilities & their families do not lose access to the options and resources needed to remain in their homes and in the community. #CareCantWait

[MACS @MACS_Online]

@RepAnthonyBrown Funding for home & community-based services is essential to the health and well-being of people w/ disabilities, but the #HCBS direct care workforce has been underfunded for too long. Congress must invest now because #CareCantwait https://t.co/p3tyAj8vaA