Urge your U.S. House Member to Sign Congressional Dear Colleague Letter for FY 2022 Lifespan Respite Funding

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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…

Policy Update 1

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 NFCSPĀ 

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 aĀ letter from 52 national organizationsĀ 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…

Deadline Extended to June 9 for Sign on Opportunity for National, State and Local Organizations

Letter Requesting FY 26 Funding Increases for the Lifespan Respite Care Program and the National Family Caregiver Support Program 📣Ā Deadline for Sign-ons has been extended to Tuesday, June 10, 2025…

Sign-On Opportunity for National, State and Local Organizations

Letter Requesting FY 26 Funding Increases for the Lifespan Respite Care Program and the National Family Caregiver Support Program Deadline for Sign-ons is Friday, May 30, 2025. The National Respite…

Take this Concrete Step to Save Lifespan Respite!

Urge your U.S. Representative to Sign Congressional Letter Requesting Funding for Lifespan Respite in FY 2026! Deadline for Members to Sign on is Thursday, May 22 at 12:00 PM ET Rep. Debbie…

UPDATE Take Urgent Action Now: House Set to Consider Billions in Cuts to Medicaid and SNAP This Week

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QUICK READ TAKE ACTION Action 1. Join Sign on Letter to Oppose Medicaid Cuts Sign on your national, state, or local organization to this letter from the Consortium for Constituents…

Take Action Now: House Committee Set to Consider Billions in Cuts to Medicaid

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Quick Read House Energy and Commerce Committee Set to Markup Reconciliation Bill Containing Massive Medicaid Cuts Next week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee plans to markup its portion of…

Save Medicaid, SNAP, TANF and the Social Services Block Grant

The Budget Reconciliation process that is expected to include massive cuts to Medicaid, SNAP and TANF, and elimination of the Social Services Block Grant is underway in the Congress. All…

Take this Concrete Step to Save Lifespan Respite! Urge your U.S. Representative to Sign Congressional Letter Requesting Funding for Lifespan Respite in FY 2026!

Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) are circulating a Dear Colleague letter in the U.S. House of Representatives asking Members to sign on to a letter to…

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…