We need your help to protect vital services for people with disabilities and older adults. The Administration for Community Living (ACL) was created in response to the disability community’s efforts to improve services and supports, mitigate fragmentation, and increase coordination between programs. Now, efforts to dismantle ACL could undermine these critical services, putting many at risk.
What’s on the Line
This restructuring may lead to fewer resources and more barriers to the programs and services we depend on. These programs give disabled people the tools to live with dignity, freedom, and independence. They ensure that we stay in our communities and are able to live life on our own terms instead of being forced into institutions.
Why This Matters
The programs currently provided through ACL give us a chance to live with self-sufficiency, reducing reliance on institutional care and saving taxpayer money.
These decisions have been made with no engagement or transparency with the disability community and will likely cause huge disruptions for people with disabilities and aging adults. Without ACL, many of the hard-won advances in disability rights could be undone.
Take Action
It is important to contact both Congress and Secretary Kennedy.
1. Contact your members of Congress: Use NCIL’s Advocacy & Action Center to ask your members of Congress to exercise Congressional oversight authority.
2. Call Secretary Kennedy’s office at 202-690-7000 and leave a message when prompted. Sample script:
“I am calling to express my concern about changes to the Administration for Community Living. I urge Secretary Kennedy to meet and work with the Independent Living Network and other disability and aging programs currently administered by ACL to ensure they remain protected and fully equipped to serve their communities.”
3. Share this message on social media. Tag any relevant organizations.
