- COVID-19
NDRN Joins Organizations to Urge Congress to Support Incarcerated People in the Fourth COVID-19 Relief Bill
May 5, 2020
The letter urges Congress to include provisions in the fourth COVID-19 relief bill that protect, release, and support reentry of incarcerated people.
Letter - COVID-19
Disability Rights Connecticut Files OCR Complaint Related to Hospital Visitation Policy
May 5, 2020
The Connecticut P&A, Center for Public Representation, and several other national and local partners filed a complaint with the OCR about Connecticut's hospital visitor policies.
Letter - COVID-19
Disability Rights New York Files OCR Complaint Regarding PPE
May 5, 2020
The New York P&A filed a complaint with the U.S. Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights related to inequitable distribution of personal protective equipment.
Letter - COVID-19
Disability Rights Nebraska’s Advocacy Results in New Access Memo from State HHS
April 30, 2020
Nebraska P&A's advocacy led its state Health & Human Services Department to release a memo to healthcare providers which reiterates nondiscrimination principles and basic standards of accessibility.
Letter - COVID-19
NDRN Responds to Senators Collins and Bennet Call for Congressional Leaders to Make CARES Act Election Assistance Grants More Accessible for States
April 30, 2020
NDRN sent a letter to Senators Collins Bennet thanking them for urging Congressional Leadership to allow the EAC to waive the requirement that states must provide a 20% match for the $400 million in election assistance grants included in the CARES Act.
Letter
