Join the call-in Day for Money Follows the Person on Thursday!

from Center for Public Representation: Facebook event As the holidays approach, urge Congress to pass the EMPOWER Care Actto reauthorize the Money Follows the Person (MFP) Program!  States are running out of money – and we are running out of time to get MFP funding during this Congress. MFP helps people with disabilities and older adults who want to move out of nursing homes or other institutions get back into their communities. MFP has assisted more than 88,000 individuals voluntarily move into a setting of their choice. MFP has improved the lives of older adults and people with disabilities, saved states money, and led to better outcomes. That’s why nearly every state has participated in the program!  But MFP expired September 30, 2016, and states are running out of funding. People with disabilities deserve the right to live in the community, rather than spending their lives segregated into institutions.   URGE CONGRESS TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY LIVING AND FUND MFP!    Call your Senators and Representatives on November 15th and ask them to cosponsor the EMPOWER Care Act! It's time to reauthorize the program and pass the bipartisan EMPOWER Care Act this year!    For more information: https://medicaid.publicrep.org/empower-care-act/.