Action Alert: Tell Congress to Fund HCBS and the IL Program in the 2025 Budget!
oN April 16, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern, the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee is hosting a hearing titled “A Review of the President’s Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request for the Department of Health and Human Services”.
Two of NCIL’s budget priorities this year are funding for the Independent Living Program and Funding for Home and Community Based Services (HCBS). Take Action using the links below!
Fund the Independent Living Program
The President’s proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Budget details the following requests for the Independent Living Program:
- Level Funding for State Grants – $26.078 Million
- Centers for Independent Living – $102.105 Million
- Projects of National Significance – Independent Living – $3.9 Million
The Projects of National Significance funding is a new line item in the Independent Living budget. This would allow us to obtain more consistent data and evidence to justify future funding increases!
NCIL continues to remain steadfast in our ask for an increase to $500 Million to fund the overall Independent Living Program. We are also asking Congress to authorize the $3.9 Million allocated in the President’s Budget for the Projects of National Significance.
Fund Home and Community Based Services
The President’s FY 2025 Budget Request to Congress invests $150 billion over 10 years to improve and expand Medicaid home and community based services (HCBS). More than three-quarters of home and community based service providers are not accepting new clients, leaving hundreds of thousands of Americans with disabilities on waiting lists for HCBS or struggling to afford the care they need. This investment would help close those waiting lists and help people with disabilities remain in their homes.
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