Advocacy Alert: Crunch Time for CESSA! Take Action Today
05.17.21Access Living friends and allies: On 5/18, the CESSA bill will be heard by Illinois Senators in the Behavioral and...
Updates from Access Living: New Vaccine Guidelines for Youth, Transportation, and Vaccine Survey for Disability Community
05.12.21Today we have new vaccine information we want to share with you, including: On May 11, the FDA authorized the...
Updates on Our Current Work on Illinois State Disability Bills
04.26.21Today, we'd like to update you on the status of several important disability-related bills in the Illinois legislature. Each year...
Access Living Statement: Amended Affordable Requirements Ordinance for Housing
04.22.21Access Living along with our coalition partners at the Chicago Housing Initiative (CHI), do not support City Council’s passage this...
URGENT ILLINOIS ACTION ALERT: Support CESSA Today!
04.21.21Today, disability advocates across Illinois are calling on our legislators to support the Community Emergency Services and Support Act (CESSA). CESSA is...
Illinois Action Alert: Ask Your State Legislators to End Source of Income Discrimination
04.20.21Today, we ask your help to contact Illinois legislators about an important housing rights bill. HB 2775/SB 2492 is the...
Financial Literacy is a Step to Financial Empowerment
04.19.21Editor's Note: Carleda Johnson is Access Living's Independent Living Skills Coordinator and the instructor in all of Access Living's financial...
DCAL Junior Artists-in-Residence Featured at La Grange Art League
04.13.21This April, DCAL Junior Artists-in-Residence Justin Cooper and Genevieve Nutley are the featured guest artists at the La Grange Art...
FOUR Illinois Action Alerts! Join INCIL’s Week of Action
04.12.21Access Living friends and allies, Today is the last day of the Illinois Network of Centers for Independent Living (INCIL)...
Illinois Vaccine Update; John Oliver on Long Term Care; HCBS Access Act Comments Due
04.12.21Access Living friends and allies: Illinois Vaccine Eligibility Update: As of today, Monday April 12, the state of Illinois has...