<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><base href="https://www.votervoice.net/mobile/NCIL/Campaigns/129064/Respond"><style id="print"></style><title>Preserve and Fully Fund Disability Programs in FY 2026</title><div class="original-url"><br><a href="https://www.votervoice.net/mobile/NCIL/Campaigns/129064/Respond">https://www.votervoice.net/mobile/NCIL/Campaigns/129064/Respond</a><br><br></div><div id="article" role="article" style="-webkit-locale: "en"; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class="system exported">
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We urge Members of Congress to:<ul style="max-width: 100%;"><li style="max-width: 100%;">Increase, not decrease, funding for programs that serve people with disabilities across the lifespan</li><li style="max-width: 100%;">Reject proposals that eliminate, restructure, or block grant disability programs</li><li style="max-width: 100%;">Recognize the unique and indispensable value of each of these programs and ensure their continued operation</li></ul><p style="max-width: 100%;">Contact your Members of Congress today. Tell them you support:</p><ul style="max-width: 100%;"><li style="max-width: 100%;">The Independent Living Program</li><li style="max-width: 100%;">The University Centers of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities.,</li><li style="max-width: 100%;">Projects of National Significance</li><li style="max-width: 100%;">Limb Loss Resource Center</li><li style="max-width: 100%;">Paralysis Resource Center</li><li style="max-width: 100%;">State Developmental Disabilities Councils</li><li style="max-width: 100%;">Protection & Advocacy for Voting Accessibility (PAVA)</li><li style="max-width: 100%;">Protection & Advocacy (P&A) for Individual Rights (PAIR)</li><li style="max-width: 100%;">Protection & Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) and Client Assistance Program</li></ul><p style="max-width: 100%;">Tell Congress these programs must be preserved and fully funded, not restructured or sacrificed.
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