We are deeply concerned by cuts to Medicaid that are included in the legislation that passed the House Energy & Commerce committee this week. When State budgets shrink, legislators often cut first from community-based disability services because these services are still often considered “optional.” We at L’Arche know that Medicaid waiver services for people with disabilities are not optional: they are essential services and supports for people like our core members to live big lives in their own communities. It is L’Arche GWDC’s privilege and responsibility, as a faith community and an advocate for a more human society, to stand with our core members and people with disabilities in our nation in rejecting these proposed cuts to Medicaid. Again, we encourage you to join us, alongside our partners at The Arc of the United States and ANCOR American Network of Community Options and Resources, to contact your local representatives and urge them to reject this legislation when it comes to the House Floor: https://action.thearc.org/hMKcUkd?_ga=2.229299484.1871422921.1747410868-228671896.1747410868&_gl=1*1fdqab6*_ga*MjI4NjcxODk2LjE3NDc0MTA4Njg.*_ga_TTHG7VXBGP*czE3NDc0MTA4NjgkbzEkZzAkdDE3NDc0MTA4NjgkajAkbDAkaDA. https://www.ancor.org/actions/preserve-i-dd-services-tell-congress-protect-medicaid/ L'Arche GWDC's full statement can be found here: https://larche-gwdc.org/advocacy-action-alert/ (fb)

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