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    Representing individuals in western Massachusetts (Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin counties) who have been denied Social Security disability benefits.

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News

  • Statement on CMS’ Block Grant Guidance
    January 30, 2020
    Today, CMS issued a guidance allowing states to use waivers to block grant their Medicaid expansion population (a large portion of which are people with disabilities), reframing block grants as “Healthy Adult Opportunity.” CPR and other disability advocates have fought against prior attempts by Congress to block grant Medicaid and are very concerned by this latest effort by the Administration. 
  • Statement on the Supreme Court’s Decision to Overturn the Nationwide Injunction Against the Public Charge Rule
    January 27, 2020
    Today, the US Supreme Court issued a decision overturning the nationwide injunction against the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) public charge rule, meaning DHS can now implement the rule while the Courts of Appeals review whether it is illegal. The rule will exclude immigrants with disabilities from this country and discourage those already in the US from using critical public benefits, including the Medicaid-funded home and community based services many disabled people rely on to fully participate in their communities.
  • CPR And Partners File Brief Opposing Appeal of Preliminary Injunction Against Public Charge Rule
    January 23, 2020
    CPR, the ACLU, and 17 other disability advocacy organizations represented by Latham & Watkins filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals opposing DHS’ appeal seeking to overturn the preliminary injunction issued by a federal district court in California in October, applying to plaintiff states.
  • HCBS Advocacy Coalition Releases White Paper on Outcomes and Metrics to Support States’ Implementation of the HCBS Settings Rule
    January 21, 2020
    CPR and other members of the HCBS Advocacy Coalition, with support from the Community Living Policy Center, released a white paper to assist states and stakeholders in tracking progress and outcomes from implementation of the Medicaid Home and Community Based (HCBS) Settings Rule, available here: https://hcbsadvocacy.org/2020-outcomes-paper.
  • Action Alert – Protect Access to Social Security Benefits!
    January 10, 2020
    The Social Security Administration has proposed new rules that would create unnecessary administrative barriers to disability benefits, limiting access for people with disabilities. Take action today!
  • National Medical and Legal Organizations File Brief Supporting Children
    December 20, 2019
    The brief urges the Court of Appeals to affirm the district court’s decision finding that Massachusetts continues to violate the Medicaid Act when it fails to promptly provide critical home-based services.
  • CPR Files Brief in Appeals Court in Landmark Children’s Mental Health Case
    December 13, 2019
    Today we filed a brief in the federal court of appeals in our Massachusetts children’s mental health case, on behalf of 30,000 children with serious emotional disturbance (SED). We argued that the court should not end monitoring and oversight of its remedial order designed to address ongoing violations of the Medicaid Act. Since children are still waiting weeks, if not months for intensive home-based services, that enable them to remain in their own homes and communities, the state is not in compliance with either federal law or the remedial order.