Resources

  • Employment

    Statement Regarding the Department of Education’s Notice to Revise the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Regulations

    May 17, 2018

    The Collaboration to Promote Self Determination (CPSD), the Association of People Supporting Employment First (APSE), and the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) Statement Regarding the Department of Education’s Notice to Revise the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Regulations.

    Statement
  • Education

    Education Workforce Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

    May 17, 2018

    To honor the anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, NDRN wrote a letter to Chairwoman Foxx and Ranking Member Scott calling for a recommitment to the implementation and protection of civil rights.

    Letter
  • Education

    Take Action to Protect Equity in Education

    May 7, 2018

    The U.S. Department of Education is seeking comment on whether it should delay regulations on racial disproportionality in special education that school districts are currently in the process of implementing. NDRN believes this delay will eventually lead to cancelling these regulations altogether which will harm students. We can't let…

    Comments
  • Representative Payees

    Trump Signs Legislation Protecting Beneficiaries of Social Security Disability Benefits

    April 13, 2018

    WASHINGTON – President Trump has signed into law legislation that will increase oversight and protection for some of our nation’s most vulnerable citizens. The bill, called the Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act (H.R. 4547), will increase independent oversight of the Social Security Administration’s Representative Payee Program.

    Press Release
  • Education

    NDRN Joins Amicus in Education Case

    April 9, 2018

    NDRN joined eight other national and state disability and civil rights organizations in an amicus to argue for a proper application of the Supreme Court’s decision in Endrew F.

    Amicus Brief