Action Alert

Alerts about current issues that CCDC recommends readers to take action based on this information.

• Virtual Lobby Day Is Next Week! Call to Action (7/17/2020) - National Low-Income Housing Coalition                                       View this email in your browser The U.S. Senate will move on a COVID-19 spending package before the end of July. The window is closing for needed advocacy. The time to act is now! NLIHC and our partners throughout the country have been hard… …

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• CALL TO ACTION: We Need 12% FMAP (Federal Medicaid Assistance Payment) Increase (4/20/2020) - Urgent Action Needed from You! From Julie Reiskin, Executive Director Background: The FMAP formula is designed so that the Fed pays a lesser portion of Medicaid costs in states with higher per capita income relative to the national average.  Colorado until recently was a wealthier state. FMAP rates have a statutory minimum of 50% and a maximum of 83%. For FY2019,… …

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• PART 3: URGENT AND IMPORTANT CCDC INVESTIGATION OF CSL PLASMA (4/8/2020) - Please see Part 1  and Part 2 for other important related information. THE FOLLOWING PROVIDES AND EXPLANATION OF THE LEGAL BACKGROUND REGARDING DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION THAT MAY OCCUR BY PLASMA CENTERS, INCLUDING CSL PLASMA: According to their website, CSL Plasma states the following with respect to “Who Can Donate?” Anyone in good health, 18 or older, who weighs at least 110… …

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• PART 2: URGENT AND IMPORTANT CCDC INVESTIGATION OF CSL PLASMA (4/8/2020) - Please see Part 1  and Part 3 for other important related information. CCDC MEMBERS, IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY ATTEMPTED TO DONATE PLASMA TO CSL PLASMA (See all locations set forth in Part 1 of this Alert): DO YOU NEED TO EARN MONEY? (Silly question, we know.) DO YOU WANT TO SAVE LIVES BY HELPING YOUR FELLOW COLORADANS? (CCDC members are… …

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• PART 1: URGENT AND IMPORTANT CCDC INVESTIGATION OF CSL PLASMA (4/8/2020) - Please see Part 2  and Part 3 for other important related information. HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY AND ATTEMPTING TO DONATE PLASMA TO A CSL PLASMA CENTER IN COLORADO BECAUSE OF YOUR DISABILITY? For example, were you denied the opportunity to donate plasma and receive payment for doing so for a disability-related reason? If so, our Civil… …

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• The Public Charge Rule Is Now in Effect Nationwide— What Does that Mean and What Can You Do? (3/2/2020) - Update: February 24, 2020 From the Center for Public Representation Today, the Department of Homeland Security’s discriminatory public charge rule goes into effect. The rule puts in place a new test for people who are applying for visas or green cards. It looks at people’s health, including whether they have a disability, and whether they have used or might one day use public benefits, including Medicaid-funded home and… …

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• Action Needed! SB 20-033: Allow Medicaid Buy-in Program After Age 65 (1/23/2020) - SB 20-033: Allow Medicaid Buy-in Program After Age 65 By Julie Reiskin, Executive Director, CCDC WILL ALLOW PEOPLE WITH SIGNIFICANT DISABILITIES WHO WORK USING THE MEDICAID BUY-IN TO CONTINUE WORKING AFTER AGE 65 Program: The Medicaid Buy-In for Working Adults with Disabilities (Buy-In) has been a path out of poverty for people with disabilities since 2014. By allowing people who… …

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• The New Year Brings with it Reflections on the Past Year by Julie Reiskin (12/30/2019) - The New Year brings with it reflections on the past year, hopes for the year to come, resolutions to do better at something or perhaps a resolution to stop making empty promises to oneself.  Why do we celebrate the New Year?  Have we not had enough time off from work, enough to eat and drink, and enough time with family… …

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• Action Alert: Tell Social Security No New Burdens for People with Disabilities! (12/5/2019) - The Social Security Administration just announced that it wants to change its rules for people who get disability benefits, including SSI.  Most people would have to prove disability every two years. If Social Security moves forward with this proposal nearly two million people will be at risk of losing benefits over the next ten years.  These are people with severe disabilities who can’t work. To read… …

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• 2019 Legislative Session Wrap Up (5/6/2019) - This was a busy session as is typical whenever there is a new administration and many new legislators.  Despite some unfortunate partisanship that caused delays,  the reading out loud of 2000 page bills, hearings that occurred during a blizzard, and overnight sessions some great work did get done that will benefit the people of Colorado including people with disabilities. Before… …

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