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For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities

The Arc of Alabama, Inc., is a non-profit, volunteer-based membership organization whose primary role is to advocate for the rights and protections of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and their families. This advocacy is provided through Information and Referral services, educational opportunities like the annual Alabama disAbility Conference, and public policy initiatives.

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Legislative Recap 4/4/22

April 6, 2022

  Arise’s Jane Adams shares the good news that next year’s General Fund budget includes a provision that would extend Medicaid postpartum coverage to one year after childbirth, up from the current 60 days. The budget has passed both the Alabama House and Senate and has gone to the governor.

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Arise legislative recap: Feb. 7, 2022

February 13, 2022

(reprinted from the Alabama Arise blog) By Alabama Arise, February 7, 2002 Alabama Arise believes all of us do better when our elected officials support the common good. Arise’s Carol Gundlach details how SB 140 would do the exact opposite, hurting Alabama’s local public schools by diverting hundreds of millions of dollars to private schools

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