<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Gary, thank you for sharing this! We can all do something!<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>Respectfully,</div><div>P.A. Magalnick,JP</div><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">203-912-5783</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Justice of the Peace, CT</span></div><div>President, N<span style="font-size: 13pt;">ational Federation of the Blind-SWCT Chapter</span></div><div>1st VP, National Federation of the Blind-CT Affiliate</div><div>Vice-Chair, Stamford Committee on Accessibility</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Mar 24, 2020, at 5:27 PM, Gary Allen via CT-NFB <ct-nfb@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Gary Allen</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:garyallenct@hotmail.com">garyallenct@hotmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 5:22 PM<br>Subject: Fwd: TAKE ACTION TODAY:  Congress to Include People with Disabilities in Their COVID-19 Response!<br>To: <a href="mailto:garyallenct@gmail.com">garyallenct@gmail.com</a> <<a href="mailto:garyallenct@gmail.com">garyallenct@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br>



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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Urgent Action Alert: Keep Telling Congress to Include People with Disabilities in Their COVID-19 Response!</span></b></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Thank you for all the efforts you have already made to get Congress to include the needs of people with disabilities in the next COVID-19
 relief package. Last week the Senate introduced the <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/f15drl/n34kkp/7ag2pee" title="Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#0645ad">Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act</span></a>, which does not address the needs of the disability community. Yesterday the House introduced the
<a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/f15drl/n34kkp/n3g2pee" title="Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#0645ad">Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act</span></a>. This bill does address some, but not all, of our priorities. </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Disabled people are at disproportionate risk during this pandemic, and it is critical that all future legislation addresses our needs.
 And negotiations are happening now! That means we have just a little more time to contact our members of Congress as they continue working on their final package!</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">The key priorities the next bill must include are: </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">More funding for Medicaid home and community based services</span></b></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">: We
 need to make sure states have the resources to respond to increasing needs so people with disabilities can access the supports and services we need, and so people are not involuntarily institutionalized during this pandemic.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;margin-bottom:12.0pt">
<span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">More support for personal care attendants (PCAs) and direct support professionals (DSPs)</span></b></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">:
 Among other things, this funding could be used to increase rates for PCAs/DSPs; provide paid sick time, family leave, overtime or hazard pay to PCAs/DSPs; and provide HCBS to individuals on waiting lists.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;margin-bottom:12.0pt">
<span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Making sure family caregivers for disabled adults are covered by paid leave</span></b></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">:
 Paid leave must cover family members of adults with disabilities who step in when other supports become unavailable because of the crisis.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;margin-bottom:12.0pt">
<span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ensuring people on means tested programs can access emergency income relief</span></b></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">:
 People with disabilities and others on SSDI, SSI, and other means tested programs need to be able to receive relief payments like everyone else without worrying about income or asset limits.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;margin-bottom:12.0pt">
<span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Protection of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)</span></b></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">:
 Senator McConnell’s recent proposal opens the door to waiving protections under IDEA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. As schools are working hard to ensure that learning continues even as schools are closed, now more than ever we need IDEA and Section
 504 to be protected. And, we need significant increases in funding to State educational agencies (SEAs) and local educational agencies (LEAs) for IDEA instructional and support services during this pandemic!</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;margin-bottom:12.0pt">
<span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ensuring access to medications</span></b></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">: This must include removing barriers
 to accessing a 90-day emergency supply of medications regardless of payer (including for controlled substances), as well as flexibility around the amount that can be filled/refilled.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;margin-bottom:12.0pt">
<span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Permanently reauthorizing Money Follows the Person</span></b></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">: People belong
 in the community. People are being forced into institutions and we need to be able to bring them back home.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333">
<span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">More funding for Centers for Independent Living (CILs)</span></b></span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">: As you
 saw in our <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/f15drl/n34kkp/3vh2pee" title="previous alert" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#0645ad">previous alert</span></a>, Congress must ensure CILs have additional funding to respond to this crisis and meet the needs of disabled people in their communities. </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Take Action!</span></b></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Our Members of Congress
<b>must</b> hear from their disabled constituents. They need to know that people with disabilities matter and cannot be left out of the COVID-19 response! Congress is moving quickly, so please contact your Senators and Representative now! Please note that because
 of the pandemic, there are not many staffers in Congressional offices to answering the phones right now. If you can, focus on email and social media to make your voice heard!</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">You can find your Senators’ contact form at <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/f15drl/n34kkp/joi2pee" title="Senate contact info" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0645ad">senate.gov</span></a> and
 your Representative’s contact form at <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/f15drl/n34kkp/zgj2pee" title="House contact info" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0645ad">house.gov/representatives</span></a>.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;margin-bottom:12.0pt">
<span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">You can also use <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/f15drl/n34kkp/f9j2pee" title="Resistbot" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0645ad">Resistbot</span></a> to turn texts
 into emails, faxes, or letters by texting “RESIST” to 50409. You will be helped to write a letter, which Resistbot will deliver. When asked which legislators to send it to, choose “CONGRESS”.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;margin-bottom:12.0pt">
<span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">You can find your Members’ Twitter handles, Facebook pages, and other contact information on <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/f15drl/n34kkp/v1k2pee" title="Contacting Congress" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0645ad">Contacting
 Congress</span></a>. A common hashtag being used is #WhatWeNeed.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333">
<span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">You can also tweet at Congressional leadership – Mitch McConnell (@SenateMajLdr), Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer), Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi), and Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader). </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">For more updates and information, resources, and past alerts about COVID-19, visit
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<span style="color:#0645ad">www.ncil.org/covid-19</span></a>.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Hi, this is (<i>NAME</i>), and I’m from (<i>CITY, STATE</i>).</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">I’m writing to ask (<i>SENATOR or REPRESENTATIVE</i>) to make sure that any legislation related to the coronavirus pandemic addresses the
 needs of people with disabilities. The first two packages were a good start, but more has to be done to meet our needs. People with disabilities are disproportionately at risk during this pandemic, and we are relying on Congress for assistance to stay healthy
 and safe.  </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">The disability community has identified priorities that need to be addressed in this package. The CARES Act does not address these. The
 Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act addresses some of them. I urge you to please make sure that the final legislation addresses all of these critical priorities:</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">More funding for Medicaid home and community based services;</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;margin-bottom:12.0pt">
<span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">More support for personal care attendants (PCAs) and direct support professionals (DSPs);</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;margin-bottom:12.0pt">
<span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Making sure family caregivers for disabled adults are covered by paid leave;</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;margin-bottom:12.0pt">
<span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ensuring people on SSDI or SSI are able to receive COVID-19 relief payments like everyone else, without worrying about income or asset limits;</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;margin-bottom:12.0pt">
<span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Protection of the civil rights of people with disabilities including the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the Rehabilitation Act, and the Americans with
 Disabilities Act;</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;margin-bottom:12.0pt">
<span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ensuring access to prescription medications;</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;margin-bottom:12.0pt">
<span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Permanently reauthorizing Money Follows the Person; and</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333">
<span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">More funding for Centers for Independent Living. </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Thank you for your time.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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