Gene Myers of NorthJersey.com featured Disability Rights New Jersey and recent federal funding delays, speaking with our Executive Director, Gwen Orlowski, about the chaos it caused. "We think what happened was a combination of political pressure to cut and a total breakdown in operations,” Orlowski said. “There was no one to approve the money, no one to send the paperwork. And organizations like ours were left scrambling.” The article goes on to highlight the deeper issue Disability Rights New Jersey and P&As around the country are facing amid the changes in government. "Although Disability Rights New Jersey now has the majority of its 2025 funding, the threat hasn’t gone away. Rehired federal workers are funded only through early June, and a leaked draft of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ proposed 2026 budget calls for eliminating the Administration for Community Living, the organization that oversees the funding of Disability Rights organizations nationwide." 🛑 Vital programs that serve the disability community are in jeopardy. You can help us save them by contacting your Congressional Representatives through this link: https://secure.everyaction.com/I6avR5LSvUamWdNZNIgMew2?emci=fd64c369-7b1f-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&emdi=837fb203-891f-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&ceid=5955056 #SaveDisabilityRights #PreserveProtectionAndAdvocacy #SaveACL #DisabilityRightsNJ #PandA #advocacy #protect #CivilRights #HumanRights #nonprofit #opportunities #TakeAction (fb)

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