MDDC Position Papers – 2018
OPWDD: We Must #bFair2DiectCare Special Education: Dept. of Education & Early Intervention: Department of Health Department of Education: SPECIAL EDUCATION & Department of Health: EARLY [...]
Office for People with Developmental Disabilities
Direct Support Professional Wages: We support an increase in the minimum wage for all workers, and the $14.9 million in this year’s Executive Budget to raise the wages of workers […]
How Medicaid Block Grants Could Impact People with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities and their Families
The new Administration has called for drastic cuts to Medicaid, through Medicaid block grants, that would fundamentally compromise the program—making it less reliable for the people who depend on [...]
Minimum Wage Increase Proposals and Direct Support Professional
We fully support the Governor’s proposal to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour. However, as the State Comptroller’s analysis states: “The Executive Budget provides no additional funding to [...]
Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD)
Housing: In 2015 there were no new certified residential opportunities in Manhattan, meaning all placements in Manhattan were made to ‘backfill’ placement in existing homes. Such occasions are [...]
Department of Education and Departments of Health
Preschool Special Education Services: Despite rising costs, 4410 non-public preschool special education programs for children with educational disabilities, have received only one tiny tuition [...]