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Knowledge is Power: A Community Education Series About Federal Advocacy for the Disability Community in Illinois

02.04.25

This information is in English first and in Spanish below. Este información está en inglés primero y en español a...

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Community Unity Webinar: 2/4/25

02.03.25

Join us on Tuesday, February 4, for a Community Unity webinar. Right now, people in disability communities across the nation are...

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Access Living CEO Statement on Potomac Disaster Response

01.31.25

The tragic aircraft disaster last evening in Washington D.C. sent a chill through our hearts and our thoughts are with...

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Update: Federal Funding Crisis

01.30.25

Access Living friends and allies, We'd like to share another update on the federal funding crisis. Yesterday, it was widely...

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Celebrate Valentine’s Day at Access Living!

01.29.25

Need Valentine’s Day plans? Our newest economic justice community organizing group, People Over Profit (POP), will host a two-day event called...

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It’s time to fight to save Medicaid again

01.27.25

It’s time to fight again to protect Medicaid. Congress wants to attack Medicaid to both reduce government spending and pay...

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Protecting Yourself and Your Medical Care: Grounding Yourself as a Medicaid Advocate

01.24.25

We are nearing the end of the first week of the new Trump administration. The new administration has released proposals...

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Celebrating the Dignity in Pay Act

01.23.25

Access Living friends and allies, The Illinois Dignity in Pay Act is now law! Yesterday, Governor JB Pritzker, Lieutenant Governor...

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Our Community and the New Federal Administration

01.21.25

Yesterday, our federal government leadership changed as President Joe Biden ended his term and President Donald J. Trump was inaugurated...

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Dignity In Pay Act Becomes Law

01.21.25

January 21, 2025 CHICAGO - ​ Today, Governor JB Pritzker signed the bipartisan Dignity in Pay Act (HB793) into law...

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