Legislative Alerts
The National Respite Coalition, the policy division of the ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center, advocates for legislation and administrative change at the federal level to increase funding for respite care, ensure easy access to and flexibility in services, promote person and family-centered services, encourage best practices and enhance program quality, and improve and expand the respite provider workforce.
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
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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