Official Little Lobbyists Statements and Press Releases. For media inquiries, please email us at contact@littlelobbyists.org.
We ask for dignity and respect for our children, and for every person whose worth and well being has been repeatedly disregarded by politicians. To protect our families, the Biden Administration must do everything in its power to prevent this unnecessary crisis from happening again.
Read MoreThe Better Care Better Jobs Act provides our families with a light in the darkness. If passed, this legislation can finally dispel the shadow cast on our children’s future by providing better care so our kids can thrive. It will lighten the overwhelming strain on our families and professional caregivers by creating better jobs
Read MoreThe SCOTUS decision overturns prior settled law in Roe and Casey, and guts the Fourteenth Amendment’s civil right to make personal decisions without government interference. This decision poses a grave threat to the bodily autonomy, self-determination, and well-being of people with complex medical needs and disabilities, that goes far beyond access to abortion.
Read MoreWe urge all transportation providers to protect everyone, especially young children, people with disabilities, immunocompromised individuals, and older adults most at risk, by continuing to require masks.
Read MoreThe COVID-19 crisis is not over – it is growing and we are rapidly running out of resources to address it. Congress must fully fund the White House’s request to protect high-risk communities and all Americans.
Read MoreWe must urgently change our country’s failing long term care system for our kids before it is too late. Our children need better care so they can not just survive – but thrive. Our families and professional caregivers need better jobs so we can improve our financial stability and build the care infrastructure our growing population of aging and disabled loved ones need and deserve.
Read MoreIn order to enact an equitable vision of pandemic recovery that centers communities most at risk, we ask the CDC to recommend that everyone wear N-95s or the highest quality masks available in indoor public settings including schools.
Read MoreDescribing the deaths of people with four or more comorbidities as “encouraging” because they were “unwell to begin with” encapsulates the exact problem people with disabilities and our family members and allies have faced the entire pandemic: The public health response to COVID-19 has treated people with disabilities as disposable.
Read MoreCDC Director Dr. Walensky’s statement on national television that it is “really encouraging news” that the majority of people dying from COVID-19 are “unwell to begin with” does immense damage
Read MoreThe undersigned organizations are writing to express support for the investment in Medicaid Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) to remain part of any package that moves forward. A large investment is essential for building a sustainable HCBS infrastructure that can begin to address the magnitude of need in our communities, both increasing access to Medicaid HCBS and addressing the direct care workforce crisis–creating more direct care jobs to support people with disabilities and aging adults, and making those jobs better.
Read MoreThis morning’s ruling by the Supreme Court upholding the Affordable Care Act is a victory for our children with complex medical needs and disabilities and for all Americans.
Read MoreAs the Biden Administration and Congress turn towards planning for economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, there is not a system whose service delivery model and workforce needs more support for a rebound and expansion than Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS).
Read More“As the country hastens to lift mandates and re-open schools and businesses while the virus continues to spread rapidly and mutate, these children are at an ever-increasing risk.”
Read MoreAs we mark one year of the Covid19 pandemic this week and mourn the loss of more than 535,000 Americans, Senate and House Democrats worked together to pass a robust package of targeted and timely relief for Americans.
Read MoreLittle Lobbyists strongly support the nomination of Vanita Gupta to serve as Associate Attorney General of the United States in the U.S. Department of Justice.
Read MoreEach year on March 1, the disability community unites in a Day of Mourning to honor the memory of disabled people who have been killed by a family member or caregiver. Little Lobbyists will be holding a virtual candlelight vigil, and we invite you to join us. The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN) is holding a virtual vigil between 5 and 7 pm that evening.
Read MoreLittle Lobbyists calls on EVERY state to prioritize COVID-19 vaccinations for individuals with complex medical needs and disabilities and their caregivers – including paid home health care providers and direct support professionals AND unpaid home caregivers, including family members.
Read More“For our children to have the opportunity to grow up healthy and strong, our democracy must be healthy and strong. President Trump, and his enablers, must be held accountable at every level for the sedition and violence they incited.”
Read MoreLittle Lobbyists strongly supports the nomination of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Read MoreMany of our families are experiencing a shortage of home care services during this crisis, including nursing, which is leading to dangerous situations for our children. Therefore, we cannot support any bill that does not include generous funding for HCBS.
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