Urge your U.S. House Member to Sign Congressional Dear Colleague Letter for FY 2022 Lifespan Respite Funding
Take Action on Proposed House Budget
House of Representatives leadership is demanding significant cuts to programs important to people with disabilities, older adults and their family caregivers in exchange for lifting the debt ceiling for one…
Ten House Members from both parties send Appropriations Request for $20 million for Lifespan Respite Care Program in FY 2024
Urge Your Members of Congress to Support $20 million in the FY 2024 Funding Bill. Visit them in their district offices this week during the Congressional recess to deliver the…
Urge your U.S. Representative to Sign Congressional Letter Requesting $20 million for Lifespan Respite in FY 2024!
Immediate Action is Needed!!
Deadline for Members to Sign is Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Lifespan Respite Care Program champions, Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), are circulating a Dear Colleague Letter in the House asking Members to sign on to the…
National Respite Coalition Alert: House Committee Approves FY 2023 Funding Bill with $14.2 million for the Lifespan Respite Care Program and increases for NFCSP
On Thursday, June 30, the House Appropriations Committee approved the FY 2023 Labor-HHS- Education and Related Agencies Appropriations bill on a 32 to 24 vote. The bill includes $14.2 million for…
Lifespan Respite Funding
On July 29th, the House passed H.R. 4502, the “minibus” FY 2022 appropriation package to fund the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Agriculture, Energy, Interior, Veterans Affairs, Transportation,…
Advancing Home and Community-Based Services Through Budget Reconciliation
Congress is finalizing budget top level numbers that will give Congressional committees direction on creating the final budget reconciliation package. Budget reconciliation requires a simple majority in the Senate for…
House Committee Approves FY 2022 Funding Bill with $14.2 million for the Lifespan Respite Care Program and increases for NFCSP
Today, July 15, the House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Committee approved the FY 2022 appropriations bill for programs in its jurisdiction. The bill includes $14.2 million for the Lifespan Respite Care Program,…
Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations Update
On June 21, the National Respite Coalition sent a letter from 52 national organizations to House and Senate Appropriations Committee requesting $14. 2 million for the Lifespan Respite Care Program in FY…
15 House Members Send Congressional Letter Urging a Doubling in Funding for Lifespan Respite in FY 22
On April 28, 15 Members of the House of Representatives from both parties sent a letter to the Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Committee requesting $14.2 million for the Lifespan Respite Care Program…
Urge your U.S. House Member to Sign Congressional Dear Colleague Letter for FY 2022 Lifespan Respite Funding
Representatives Jim Langevin (D-RI) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) are circulating a Dear Colleague letter to all Members in the U.S. House of Representatives urging them to sign onto a letter to the…
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Introduction of Senate Lifespan Respite Reauthorization Act
We are very excited to share that today Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced the Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act in the Senate. The National Respite Coalition…
Protect Medicaid Call-In Day, Feb 25, 2025
The House is expected to vote on the Budget Resolution on Tuesday, Feb 25, 2025, in the early evening. Make your voices heard and demand that your Representatives make NO…
House Scraps Bipartisan Agreement on Continuing Resolution. Lifespan Respite Care and Older Americans Act Reauthorizations are at risk!
Urgent action needed to keep these important provisions from being dropped from the final bill! Yesterday, we wrote to you with great excitement that bipartisan House and Senate leadership released…
House and Senate Bipartisan Agreement on Continuing Resolution includes Lifespan Respite Care and Older Americans Act Reauthorizations!
Action needed today to get it over the finish line! Last night, bipartisan House and Senate leadership released final legislative language for the must-pass Continuing Resolution. The National Respite Coalition…
Urge Congress to Pass the Lifespan Respite Care Program Reauthorization Act (S. 4325) Immediately! Only two weeks remain in this legislative session!!
The good news is that the Senate passed the Older Americans Act Reauthorization bill this week and it was sent to the House for final passage, but urgent action is…
Urge Congress to Pass the Lifespan Respite Care Program Reauthorization Act (S. 4325) and the Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act (S. 4776) in the Lame Duck Session
Give Thanks to Family Caregivers as we Celebrate Thanksgiving and Honor Family Caregivers by Taking Action During National Family Caregivers Month During Thanksgiving week we give thanks to the nation’s…
Caregiver Nation Summit Provides an Opportunity for Collective Action to Support Family Caregivers
Protecting and advancing proven federal programs that support family caregivers are more important than ever. The National Alliance for Caregiving and their partners, with support from the John A. Hartford…
Your Immediate Action is Needed!! Swift Senate Action Needed on Lifespan Respite Care Program Reauthorization (S. 4325)
Given the few legislative days left in this Congress, the National Respite Coalition is urging you to contact your Senators and urge that they bring the Senate Lifespan Respite Care…
Senate HELP Committee Approves Lifespan Respite Care Program Reauthorization Bill
Urge your Senators to Support S. 4325! On May 23, 2024, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions approved S. 4325, the Lifespan Respite Care Program Reauthorization…
TAKE ACTION on FY 2024 Appropriations During the August Congressional Recess
You have the power and the voice! Background: Congress has a limited window to pass critical FY 2024 appropriations bills before the September 30th deadline. However, there are major disagreements…
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