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Over 800 Rights Organizations Express Support for the Disability Integration Act of 2019

Groups Urge Passage of the Disability Integration Act of 2019 (DIA) (H.R. 555/S. 117).

Re: 852 Civil and Human Rights, Faith Based, Justice Reform, Housing advocates from National, State and Local Organizations Support Disability Integration Act of 2019 (H.R. 555/S. 117) and its movement in the 116th

Dear Speaker Pelosi and Minority Leader McCarthy,

In honor of the 29th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) which we celebrate later this month, 852 civil and human Rights, faith based, justice reform and housing advocates from national, state and local organizations write to say that we support The Disability Integration Act of 2019 (DIA) (H.R. 555/S. 117). This bipartisan, bicameral legislation will ensure that people with disabilities live in the community, which is the premise of the ADA – community integration.

People with disabilities have a civil right through the ADA to live in the community. This year was also the 20th Anniversary of the Supreme Court Case titled Olmstead v Lois Curtis. This is the case that recognized the fundamental equality of those with disabilities. It stated that people with disabilities have the right to live in the most integrated setting possible for their needs. This means that they cannot be forced to live in institutions. Unfortunately two decades after this historic civil rights decision millions of Americans with disabilities and seniors remain and are forced to live in institutions. Research proves that most multi-marginalized communities especially Black and Brown people and the LGBTQIA community are forced into institutions at a higher rate (New York Times 2014).

That is why I am proud to support the Disabilities Integration Act DIA.

This important civil rights bill picks up where Olmstead left off. It enshrines in Federal statute the right to live in the community, which Olmstead recognized. It gives people with disabilities and seniors the right to demand that states and insurers remove the obstacles, which stand in the way of their integration. It takes what disability advocates have learned in working for integration in the past eighteen years and gives disability advocates another and a more powerful tool to effect that integration.” This quote is from Steve Gold one of the Olmstead litigators. (written in 2017)

The 852 civil and human rights, faith based, justice reform and housing advocates from national, state and local organizations join Steve Gold and more than 50 civil rights attorneys (see letter here: http://cdrnys.org/dia-attorney-letter/) in support of DIA and the movement of the bill in the 116th congress. DIA has 230 Cosponsors both Democrats (214) and Republicans (16) in the House of Representatives yet is remains stalled in the House Energy and Commerce Committee with no movement expected. The many organizations supporting this bill understand that the communities they advocate for every day include people with disabilities or have family or friends with disabilities and DIA will ensure that they are part of our community in this country as the ADA and Olmstead case intended.

We call on Congress specifically the House of Representatives, to pass this imperative civil rights legislation today!

To find out more on the bill go to: http://www.disabilityintegrationact.org/

Please contact Dara Baldwin, Director of National Policy for Center for Disability Rights, Inc. at dara.baldwin@ncdr.us or 202 -919-5725 with any questions.

New York Times Article: Minorities Are Forced Into Nursing Homes at Greater Rates – by Karen D. Lincoln – September 25, 2014

 https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/09/25/finding-humane-care-at-the-end-of-life/minorities-are-forced-into-nursing-homes-at-greater-rates

Sincerely,

(also see this list at: http://www.disabilityintegrationact.org/dia-supporter-list/ )

National
• #CripTheVote
• AARP
• ADAPT
• adaptive adventures
• Adaptive Climbing Group
• Advance CLASS
• Advocates for Justice
• America Walks
• America Walks
• American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
• American Association on Health and Disability
• American Association on Health and Disability
• American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)
• American Civil Liberties Union
• American Council of the Blind
• American Foundation for the Blind
• American Physical Therapy Association
• Amnesty International USA
• Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs
• Association of People Supporting Employment First (APSE)
• Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living (APRIL)
• Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)
• Athlete Ally
• Autism Society
• AutismHWY
• Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN)
• Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network
• Avodah
• Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
• Bend the Arc: Jewish Action
• BiNet USA
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• Bloom's Connect
• Brain Injury Association of America
• Brazoria County Center for Independent Living
• Bridges From School to Work
• Bryan Leib for Congress
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• Canine Companions
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• Cascadia Deaf Nation
• Center for American Progress
• Center for Independent Living of North Central PA
• Center for Public Representation
• Center for the Human Rights of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry
• CenterLink
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• Change Catalyst
• Coalition on Human Needs
• CODEPINK
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• CPD Action
• Cure SMA
• Defending Rights & Dissent
• Defending Rights & Dissent
• Democratic National Committee
• Disability Action for America
• Disability Empowerment Center
• Disability Power and Pride
• Disability Resource Center
• Disability Rights Education & Defense Funds (DREDF)
• Disabled Parenting Project
• Diverse Disability Media
• DREAM - Disability Rights, Education, Activism, & Mentoring
• Drug Policy Alliance
• ENDEAVOR Disabled Advocacy, Inc
• Everyday Psych Victims Project
• ExpandMedicaidNow Impact
• Families USA
• Family Values@Work.
• Fidos For Freedom
• Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research
• Galt Foundation
• Getting Back Up
• Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network
• Griffin-Hammis Associates, Inc.
• Health and Disability Advocates
• Health Over Profit for Everyone
• Healthcare Rights Coalition
• Hispanic Federation
• HOPE TBI
• Human Rights Campaign
• Human Rights Watch
• Indivisible
• Institute for Disability Studies and Policy
• Just Detention International
• Justice in Aging
• JustLeadershipUSA
• Keep the Promise Coalition
• Lakeshore Foundation
• Law Project for Psychiatric Rights
• Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
• Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
• Lifelong Adoptions
• Little Lobbyists
• Little People of America
• Lutheran Services in America Disability Network
• Medicare Rights Center (MRC)
• MindFreedom International
• MODELCI Disability Inclusion
• MomsRising
• MoveOn
• MoveOn.org
• MS SOCIETY
• Ms.
• Muslim Advocates
• NAACP
• National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA)
• National Action Network
• National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum
• National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities
• National Association of State Head Injury Administrators
• National Association of the Deaf
• National Black Justice Coalition
• National Center For Lesbian Rights
• National Center for Transgender Equality
• National Coalition for Latinxs with Disabilities
• National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery
• National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP)
• National Council of Churches
• National Council of Jewish Women
• National Council on Aging (NCOA)
• National Council on Independent Living (NCIL)
• National Disability Leadership Alliance (NDLA)
• National Disability Mentoring Coalition
• National Disability Rights Network
• National Domestic Workers Alliance
• National Down Syndrome Congress
• National Equality Action Team (NEAT)
• National Fair Housing Alliance
• National Federation of the Blind
• National Health Law Program
• National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities, University of Delaware
• National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund
• National Low Income Housing Coalition
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society
• National Organization of Nurses with Disabilities (NOND)
• National Reentry Network
• National Respite Coalition
• National Women's Law Center
• National Working Positive Coalition
• National,Association of State Head Injury Administrators
• NMD United, Inc.
• Northern Nevada Working Families Party
• NOS Magazine
• Not Dead Yet (NDY)
• NuLeadership
• One Vision
• One vision
• Orange Theory Fitness
• Out & Equal Workplace Advocates
• OutServe-SLDN
• Paralyzed Veterans of America
• Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI)
• Parent to Parent USA
• Perkins School for the Blind
• PFLAG National
• PolicyLink
• Positive Women's Network-USA
• Post-Polio Health International
• Progressive Democrats Of America
• Project LETS
• Queerability
• RCIL
• Road to Freedom Bus Tour
• Rooted in Rights
• SAGE
• Self Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE)
• Self-Advocacy leadership Team (SALT)
• Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
• Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS)
• Shared Support Maryland, Inc.
• Social Security Works
• Solve ME/CFS Initiative
• Starkloff Disability Institute
• Street Pictures
• TASH
• The ADA Legacy Project
• The Advocacy Institute
• The Arc of the United States
• The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation
• The Community Consortium
• The Congress of Disabled Persons Against Exploitation
• The Daniel Initiative
• The Is-Able Center
• The Jewish Federations of North America
• The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
• The Perfect Self
• The Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
• The Sunrise Group
• The Taifa Group, LLC
• The USA Sports Council
• Together We Will USA
• Transformative Justice Coalition
• Transverse Myelitis Association
• UltraViolet
• Union for Reform Judaism
• United Cerebral Palsy
• United Ostomy Associations of America (UOAA)
• United Spinal Association
• V-Day/One Billion Rising
• Voices of Health Care
• Women's March
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• World Institute on Disability
• Wyoming Institute for Disabilities


State/Local


Alabama
• Disability Rights & Resources
• Housing Opportunities Made Equal of VA
• The Is-Able Center
Alaska
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Arizona
• Ability360
• DIRECT Center for Independence
• New Horizons Disability Empowerment Center
• People Demandig Action Arizona
• Services Maximizing IL & Empowerment
Arkansas
• Arkansas Association of the Deaf
• Disability Resource & Advocacy Center
• Disability Rights Arkansas
• Palco, Inc
• Spa Area Independent Living Services
California
• (CCCIL) Central Coast Center for Independent Living
• ADAPT Los Angeles
• California Foundation for Independent Living Centers (CFILC)
• California Independent Living
• California State Independent Living Council
• Center for Independence of Individuals with Disabilities
• Center for Independent Living
• Communities Actively Living Independent and Free - CALIF
• Community Resources for Independent Living
• Dayle McIntosh Center
• Designing Accessible Communities
• Disability Resource Agency for Independent Living
• Disabled Resources Center, Inc. (DRC)
• Equality California
• FREED Center for Independent Living
• Fiesta Educativa
• Independent Living Resource Center (ILRC)
• Independent Living Resource Center San Francisco
• Independent Living Resources of Solano & Contra Costa Counties
• Latina Mami
• Lions Center for the Blind
• Marin Center for Independent Living
• NorCal Services for Deaf & HH
• Personal Assistance Services Council
• Placer Independent Resource Services
• REACH
• Resources for Independence Central Valley
• Rev. Ellyn Kearney
• RiseUp4HealthCare
• Rolling Start, Inc.
• SABE California
• Service Center for Independent Life
• Silicon Valley Independent Living Center
• Southern CA Resource Services for Independent Living
• Tri County Independent Living
• Unbound Books Autism Acceptance Library
• United Cerebral Palsy of Central Florida
• Westside Center for Independent Living
• labor Community Strategy Center
• remmer4congress.com
Colorado
• Atlantis Community Incorporated
• Center for People With Disabilities
• Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition
• Colorado Mental Wellness Network
• Connections for Independent Living
• LIM359
• Parent to Parent
• Southwest Center for Independence
• The Arc - Jefferson, Clear Creek & Gilpin Counties
• The Independence Center - Colorado Springs
Connecticut
• CT Cross-Disability Lifespan Alliance
• CT State Independent Living Council (CT-SILC)
• Center for Disability Rights
• Connecticut Fair Housing Center
• Connecticut Legal Rights Project, Inc.
• Disability Rights Connecticut
• Independence Northwest, Inc.
• Independence Unlimited, Inc.
• Keep the Promise Coalition
• Mental Health Connecticut
• NAMI Connecticut
• SARAH Inc.
• Women's March on Washington--Connecticut Chapter
Delaware
• ADAPT Delaware
• Freedom Center for Independent Living
• Independent Resources, Inc.
District of Columbia
• DC Metro ADAPT
• DC Metro Democratic Socialists of America
• Disability InterSectionality
• National Fair Housing Alliance
• St. John's Community Services
• The District of Columbia Center for Independent Living, Inc
• Washington Metro Disabled Students Collective
Florida
• CIL in Central Florida
• Center for Independent Living of South Florida
• Disability Achievement Center
• First Coast Disability Advocates
• Florida Democratic Disability Caucus
• Organize Florida
• Rotary's Camp Florida
• Self-Reliance Inc.
• The Arc of The Glades, Inc.
• The Florida Democratic Disability Caucus
• The ILRC of Northeast Florida
• The Sunrise Group
• adult congenital
Georgia
• Access to a Better Tomorrow, Inc.
• Albany Advocacy Resource Center
• Athens Inclusive Recreation and Sports
• Atlanta Post Polio Association
• Be The Change
• DISABILITY CAUCUS of the.Dem. Party of GA
• Disability Action Center of Georgia, Inc. (disABILITY LINK)
• Disabled Queers In Action
• Frazer Center
• Georgia ADAPT
• Georgia Advocacy Office
• Georgia Association for the Deaf
• Georgia Options, Inc.
• Middle Georgia Center for Independent Living, Inc.
• NWGA Center for Independent Living
• Parent to Parent of Georgia
• People First of Atlanta
• People First of Georgia
• Seminole Spirit
• Shepherd Center
• Sign Systems, LLC
• Speak Foundation
• Statewide Independent Living Council of GA, Inc
• The Arc Georgia
• The Specialty Nurse Company, Inc.
Hawaii
• Aloha Independent Living Hawaii
• Statewide Independent Living Council of Hawaii
Idaho
• All Seasons
• DisAbility Rights Idaho
• Disability Action Center
• Disability Action Center - NW, Inc.
• Idaho Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
• Idaho State Independent Living Council
• Intermountain Fair Housing Council
• Living Independence Network Corporation (LINC)
• Living Independently For Everyone, Inc. (LIFE, Inc.)
• United Action for Idaho
• United Vision for Idaho
Illinois
• 101 Mobility
• Aardvark Insurance
• Ability Chicago
• Abstract Journey
• Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago
• Achieving Independence and Mobility Center for Independent Living
• Aetna Better Health
• All Eyez On Me
• Alliance for Community Services
• Ann & Robert h. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
• Apostolic Faith Church
• Arc of Illinois
• Black Network In Children's Emotional Health (BNICEH)
• Blind Service Association
• CDPH West Nile Virus Lab
• CJE SeniorLife
• Center on Halsted
• Central Synagogue of Chicago
• Chicago ADAPT
• Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership
• Chicago Dept of Public Health
• Chicago Disability Activsm Collective
• Chicago House and Social Service Agency
• Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications
• Chicago Park District
• ChicagoPride.com
• Chiro One
• Church of the Three Crosses
• Citizens Utility Board
• Columbia College
• Disability Policy Office, Chicago Park District
• Disability Pride Parade
• Edgewater Reads
• Elderworks Educational Services
• Equip for Equality
• Exploration
• Family Resource Center on Disability
• Folk That LLC
• Friedman Place
• HOPE Fair Housing Center
• Howard Brown Health
• IMPACT CIL
• Illinoid Iowa Center for Independent Living
• Illinois Deaf Outreach
• Illinois Network of Centers for Independent Living
• Illinois Parents of Adults with Developmental Disabilities (IPADD)
• Illinois Single-Payer Coalition
• Illinois Valley Center for Independent Living
• Inclusion PAC
• Independence Plus
• Independent Living Solutions
• Independent Movement of Paratransit Riders for Unity, Vehicles, Equality (IMPRUVE)
• Institute on Disability and Human Development
• JCFS Chicago
• Jacksonville Area Center for Independent Living
• Jewish United Fund
• LEEP Forward
• LIFE Center for Independent Living
• LINC, Inc
• Lake County Center for Independent Living
• MFTD Waiver Families
• MOMENTA
• McKee Family Foundation
• National Kidney Foundation of Illinois
• New Star
• Nexus Radio
• Northwest Housing Center
• Open Taxis
• Options Center for Independent Living
• Organizing Neighborhoods for Equality: Northside (ONE Northside)
• PACE, Inc. Center for Independent living
• Physicians for a National Health Program Illinois
• Progress Center for Independent Living
• Pyramid
• RAMP Center for Independent Living
• Roustabout Media
• S.I.B.S. - Supporting Illinois Brothers and Sisters
• SCIL
• Self Advocate
• Southern Illinois Center for Independent Living
• Soyland Access to Independent Living (SAIL)
• Spinal Cord Injury Association of Illinois
• Springfield Center for Independent Living
• St Paul's House
• Stone-Hayes Center for Independent Living
• Tellin' Tales Theatre
• The Habitat Company
• The Honeycomb Project
• The Resurrection Project
• Thomas Clark Law
• Thresholds
• Trisomy Families, Inc.
• WEllington Ave. United Church of Christ
• West Central IL Center for Independent Living
• Will-Grundy Center for Independent Living
• Z Life Program
• anixter center
• independence plus inc
Indiana
• AccessABILITY Center for Independent Living
• Attic, Inc.
• Delta State Polythenic
• Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana
• Fort Wayne Clubhouse / The Carriage House
• Indiana Statewide Independent Living Council (INSILC)
• Noble, Inc.
• The League
• The Wabash Independent Living & Learning Center, Inc.
• Turnstone
Iowa
• Brett's Buddies
• Consumer choice option
• Disabilities Resource Center of Siouxland
• Heart of Iowa Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)
• Illinois-Iowa Center for Independent Living
• Iowa Statewide Independent Living Council (SILC)
• Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services
• MP Climb On
Kansas
• Beach Center on Disability
• Coalition For Independence
• Disability Rights Center of Kansas
• Independent Living Resource Center
• Kansas ADAPT
• Kansas City Disability Leadership Coalition
• Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities
• Melinda Alleyne, Ind. Targeted Case Manager
• Prairie Independent Living Resource Center, Inc. (PILR)
• Resource Center for Independent Living, Inc.
• SILCK
• SKIL Resource Center
• Three Rivers Inc.
• Topeka Independent Living Resource Center
Kentucky
• Blofish
• Center for Accessible Living
• Independence Place
• Kentucky Protection and Advocacy
• Resources for Independence
• disABILITY Resource Center of Southeast Kentucky
Louisiana
• @Southwest Louisiana Independence Center, Inc.
• Advocacy Center of Louisiana
• New Horizons Independent Living Center
• People First of Louisiana
• Southwest Louisiana Independent Center
• The Advocacy Center of Louisiana
Maine
• Alpha One
• Alpha One Disability + Aging Solutions
• OHI
• Wild River Consulting Corp
Maryland
• Baltimore County Green Party
• Bay Area Center for Independent Living, Inc.
• Disability Partnerships
• ENDEAVOR Disabled Advocacy, Inc
• Healthcare is a Human right Maryland
• Independence Now
• Indivisible North Baltimore County
• Indivisible Towson
• Maryland ADAPT
• Open Road Inclusive Community Consulting
• The Freedom Center
• The IMAGE Center of Maryland
• Together We Will -- Baltimore Area
Massachusetts
• AdLib, Inc.
• Boston Center for Independent Living
• Center for Living & Working, Inc.
• Disability Policy Consortium
• Independence Associates, Inc.
• Independence Associates, Inc.
• Independent Living Center of the North Shore and Cape Ann, Inc
• MA Pediatric Home Nursing Care Campaign
• MassADAPT
• MetroWest Center for Independent Living
• Multi-Cultural Independent Living Center of Boston
• Northeast Independent Living Program Inc.
• RYAN LEVIA
• Stavros Center for Independent Living
• TASH New England
• The Meeting Point
Michigan
• ADAPT Michigan
• Community Living Services, Inc.
• Disability Network Northern Michigan
• Disability Network Southwest Michigan
• Grand Rapids ADAPT
• Kent Regional Inclusive Community Coalition
• MI Disability Rights Coalition
• Michigan Deaf Association
• Michigan Statewide Independent Living Council
• National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys- Michigan Chapter
• Peer Action Alliance
• United Spinal Association Southern Michigan
Minnesota
• BOLD, choice Theatre Company
• Handicap Hunting Hideaway
• Happy Hands LLP
• Options Interstate Resource Center for Independent Living
• Southeastern MN Center for Independent Living (SEMCIL)
• Southern MN. Independent Living Enterprises & Services (SMILES)
• Trisomy Families, Inc.
• United Cerebral Palsy of Central MN
• Zstudio
Mississippi
• Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities
• L.I.F.E LIVING INDEPENDENCE FOR EVERYONE
• LIFE of MS`
• LIFE of Mississippi
Missouri
• Paraquad, Inc.
• Rural Advocates for Independent Luving
• SEMO Alliance for Disability Independence
• Southwest Central for Independent Living (SCIL)
• THE WHOLE PERSON
Montana
• ADAPT Montana
• Disability Rights Montana
• Living Independently for Today and Tomorrow
• Montana Independent Living Project
• Not Dead Yet Montana
• SILC
• Summit Independent Living Center, Inc.
Nebraska
• Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network
• Independence Rising
• Indivisible Omaha
• Panhandle Independent Living Services
Nevada
• Northern Nevada Center for Independent Living
• Silver State Equality
New Hampshire
• Community Crossroads
• Granite State Independent Living
• NH Pediatric Nursing Care Campaign
• One Sky Community Services
New Jersey
• Alliance Center for Independence
• Camden City Independent Living Center
• Camden City Independent Living Center
• Center for Independent Living of South Jersey Inc.
• DAWN Center for Independent Living
• DIAL Center for Independent Living
• Heightened Independence and Progress (HIP)
• MOCEANS Center for Independent Living
• Progressive Center for Independent Living
• Reach Your Potential USA, Inc.
• Resources for Independent Living
• Resources for Independent Living, Inc.
• SPAN Parent Advocacy Network
• Stockton university disability studies minor
New Mexico
• AAA Participant Direction
• Independent Living Resource Center
• New Vistas Center for Independent Living
• Professional Women with Disabilities Network
• San Juan Center for Independence-Gallup
New York
• 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East
• A Little Piece Of Light
• AIM Independent Living Center
• ARISE
• Access to Independence of Cortland County, Inc.
• Action Toward Independence
• Advocates For Autism, LLC
• All About You Homecare (AAY)
• BRiDGES
• Black and Pink NYC
• Brain Injury Association of New York State
• Bronx Independent Living Services (BILS)
• Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled
• CNY Solidarity Coalition
• Capital District Center for Independence, Inc
• Capital Region ADAPT
• Catskill Center for Independence
• Center for Disability Rights (CDR)
• Center for Independence of the Disabled, NY (CIDNY)
• Concepts of Independence
• Consumer Directed Choices
• Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Association of New York
• Deaf Community Advocacy
• Disability Rights New York
• Disabled In Action of Metropolitan New York (DIA)
• Empire State Association of the Deaf
• Finger Lakes Independence Center
• Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley, INC
• Healing Reign Christian Church
• Housing Works
• Independent Living Center of the Hudson Valley
• Independent Living, Inc.
• Kahrmann Advocacy Coalition
• L.I, Advocacy Network for the Developmentally Disabled
• Larker Anthology
• Long Island ADAPT
• Long Island Activists
• Long Island Center for Independent Living (LICIL)
• Massena Independent Living Center, Inc.
• Mental Health Empowerment Project (MHEP)
• New York Association on Independent Living (NYAIL)
• New York State ADAPT
• New York State Independent Living Council (NYSILC)
• North Country Center for Independence
• North CountryAccess to Health Care Committee
• Northern Regional Center for Independent Living
• Physicians for a National Health Program New York Metro Chapter
• RCIL
• Regional Center for Independent Living (RCIL)
• Reinvention Life Coaching
• Resource Center for Accessible Living (RCAL)
• Resource Center for Independent Living (RCIL)
• Rochester ADAPT
• Self-Advocacy Association of New York State (SAANYS)
• Southern Adirondack Independent Living Center
• Southern Tier ADAPT
• Southern Tier Independence Center (STIC)
• Suffolk Independent Living Organization (SILO)
• Taconic Resources for Independence, Inc.
• The Alliance of TBI & NHTD Waiver Providers
• The Viscardi Center
• United Spinal Association Hudson Valley Chapter
• United Spinal Association New York City Chapter
• Voice Buffalo
• Welcome Change Productions
• Westchester Disabled On the Move (WDOM)
• Westchester Independent Living Center (WILC)
• harlem independent living center
North Carolina
• Advocates for Medically Fragile Kids NC
• Developmental Disabilities Resources
• Disability Partners
• Disability Rights & Resources
• F I R S T
• Illumination Foundation of NC
• Independent Living Network of NC
• Joy A Shabazz Center for Disability Rights
• NCSILC
• The Adaptables, Inc
• disAbility Resource Center
North Dakota
• Dakota Center for Independent Living, Inc.
• Freedom Resource Center for Independent Living, Inc.
• Options Interstate Resource Center for Independent Living
Ohio
• Central Ohio Fair Housing Association
• Junto Unsilenced
• Miami Valley Fair Housing Center
• Supporters of Disability Rights in the Mid Ohio Valley, Inc
• The Ability Center of Greater Toledo
• The Center for Disability Empowerment
• Toledo Fair Housing Center
• Western Reserve Independent Living Center
Oklahoma
• Ability Resources, Inc.
• Dynamic independence
• Oklahomans for Independent Living
• Progressive Independence
Oregon
• Abilitree
• Allies, LLC
• Disability Rights Center
• Disability Rights Oregon
• Eastern Oregon Center for Independent Living (EOCIL)
• Eugene ADAPT
• Handicap Awareness & Support League (HASL)
• Lane Independent Living Alliance (LILA)
• Oregon Spinal Cord Injury Connection
• Oregon State Independent Living Council
• SPOKES Unlimited
• Umpqua Valley disAbilities Network
Pennsylvania
• Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Pittsburgh Chapter
• Center for Independent Living
• Chester transitional housing forveterans
• Community Legal Services of Philadelphia
• Consumer Workforce Council of PA
• Disability Empowerment Center
• Disability Options Network
• Disability Rights Pennsylvania
• Disabled in Action of PA
• EDGE Philly
• Education Rights Network
• Independence EDGE Studio
• Liberty Resources, Inc
• Mazzoni Center
• Out of Order Philadelphia: Queer Disability Justice Project
• Pennsylvania Council on Independent Living
• Pennsylvania Statewide Independent Living Council (PASILC)
• Pennsylvania Together
• Philadelphia Parent Support Groups
• Philly Bi Visibility
• Roads To Freedom; Center for Independent Living
• Roxborough Parent Support Group
• The Good Peoples Group
• Three Rivers Center for Independent Living
• Tri-County Patriots for Independent Living
• Tuesdays With Toomey
• United Home Care Workers of Pennsylvania
• Vision for Equality, Inc
• Voices for Independence
• West Philadelphia Parent Support Group
• Western PA ADAPT
Puerto Rico
• Movimiento para el alcance de vida independiente
Rhode Island
• Rhode Island Disability Law Center
South Carolina
• Able South Carolina
• Indivisible Charleston
• Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities
• South Carolina Spinal Cord Injury Association
• disAbility Resource Center (dba) AccessAbility
South Dakota
• Independent Living Choices (ILC)
• Independent Living Choices - Aberdeen
• Independent Living Choices - Huron
• Independent Living Choices - Mitchell
• Independent Living Choices - Watertown
• Independent Living Choices - Yankton
• South Dakota Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities
Tennessee
• Empower Tennessee
• Indivisible Memphis
• Mid-South ADAPT
• Mid-South Peace & Justice Center
• T.A.R.P., Inc. Center for Independent Living
• The Memphis Center for Independent Living
• disABILITY Resource Center
Texas
• ADAPT of Brazoria County
• ADAPT of Texas
• ARCIL Inc.
• Accessible Housing Austin (AHA!)
• Brazoria County Center for Independent Living
• Brazos Valley Center for Independent Living (BVCIL)
• Coalition of Texans with Disabilities
• Community Now!
• Dignidad, Igualdad y Oportunidad (DIO)
• Disability Activism of ADAPT
• El Paso Desert ADAPT
• Family To Family Network
• Fort Bend Center for Independent Living
• Grupo Dignidad, Igualdad, y Oportunidad (D.I.O)
• Heart of Central Texas Independent Living Center, Inc.
• Houston Center for Independent Living
• North Texas United Spinal Association
• Paso del Norte Children's Development Center
• Personal Attendant Coalition of Texas (PACT)
• Pride Socks
• REACH Resource Centers on Independent Living
• RISE Center for Independent Living
• Safe Place/Alliance
• San Antonio Independent Living Services
• Texas Disability Project
• Texas State Independent Living Council
• The Arc of El Paso
• United Advocacy of El Paso
• United Way of Brazoria County
• Volar Center for Independent Living
Utah
• Center for Persons with Disabilities
• Disability Utah
• Disabled Rights Action Committee (DRAC)
• Humanity Enabled
• Legislative Coalition for People With Disabilities
• Roads to Independence
• Salt Lake County Democratic Progressive Caucus
• Utah Democratic Disability Caucus
• Utah Statewide Independent Living Council
Vermont
• Brain Injury Association of VT
• Cara Sachs Coaching
• Center on Disability and Community Inclusion
• Champlain Community Services
• Community of Vermont Elders
• Disability Rights Vermont
• Green Mountain ADAPT
• Green Mountain Self-Advocates
• Justice For All
• Migrant Justice / Justicia Migrante
• Rights and Democracy
• Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition
• Vermont Center for Independent Living
• Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights
• Vermont Legal Aid
• Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
• Vermont Psychiatric Survivors, Inc.
• Vermont Statewide Independent Council
• Vermont Workers' Center
• Voices for Vermont's Children
• Women’s March Vermont
Virginia
• Appalachian Independence Center, Inc.
• Blue Ridge Independent Living Center
• Clinch Independent Living Services
• Corpus: Disabled Student Group
• Disability Resource Center of the Rappahannock Area, Inc
• ENDependence Center of Northern Virginia
• Eastern Shore Center for Independent Living, INC
• Endependence Center Inc.
• Friends of Guest House
• Independence Empowerment Center
• Junction Center for Independent Living, Inc
• Lynchburg Area Center for Independent Living, Inc
• Parent to Parent of Virginia
• Resources for Independent Living Inc
• Valley Associates for Independent Living, Inc
Washington
• Alliance of People With disAbilities
• Bellingham Deaf and Disability Justice Collective
• Center for Independence
• Central Washington Disability Resources
• Disability Rights Washington
• Ed Wiley Autism Acceptance Library
• Spokane Center for Independent Living (SCIL)
West Virginia
• Appalachian Center for Independent Living
• Northern West Virginia Center for Independent Living
• Student Access Advocates
• West Virginia Statewide Independent Living Council
Wisconsin
• Access to Independence, Inc.
• Advancing Abilities of Wisconsin
• CIL for Western Wisconsin
• Center for Independent Living for Western Wisconsin
• Central Wisconsin ADAPT
• Disability Pride Madison
• Disability Rights Wisconsin
• Forward Fox Valley
• IndependenceFirst
• Independent Living Resources, Inc
• Indivisible Madison
• Indivisible WI06
• Madison ADAPT
• Madison SCI
• Midstate Independent Living Choices
• North Country Independent Living
• Options for Independent Living
• Southeast Wisconsin (SEWI) ADAPT
• Southeastern WI Disability Rights
• Wisconsin Coalition of Independent Living Centers
Wyoming
• Wyoming Independent Living

Cc: 
Rep. Frank Pallone – Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee
Rep. Greg Walden – Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee
Rep. Jerry Nadler – Chair of the House Judiciary Committee 
Rep. Doug Collins – Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee
Rep. James Langevin – Co-Chair of the 116th Disability Caucus
Rep. Don Young – Co-Chair of the 116th Disability Caucus 

 

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