The Mental Health, Special Education and Disability PTO of the Iowa City Community School District will meet this Wednesday, December 19, at 11:30 a.m. at the Iowa City Public Library. Learn more: bit.ly/2SWm6n5
Since Iowa’s Money Follows the Person (MFP) program began more than a decade ago, MFP has helped 730 people make the transition from institutional living to living in homes in the community. Earlier this week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the IMPROVE Act, which includes three months of additional funding for the MFP program. MFP funding has officially expired, and approval is needed by the U.S. Senate for this short-term funding that would allow Congress to keep working on long-term solutions for extending the critical services provided by the program. Follow the bill: bit.ly/2Qui4p3
H.R.7217 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): IMPROVE Act
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Summary of H.R.7217 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): IMPROVE ActLast week, with the passing of President George H.W. Bush, we reflected on his signing of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. The Office of Disability Employment Policy has a great web resource where you can learn more about the ADA, and find links to related resources developed during the nearly 30 years since it was signed into law: bit.ly/2PqrLPV
