Knowledge is Power: A Community Education Series About Federal Advocacy for the Disability Community in Illinois
02.04.25This information is in English first and in Spanish below. Este información está en inglés primero y en español a...
Community Unity Webinar: 2/4/25
02.03.25Join us on Tuesday, February 4, for a Community Unity webinar. Right now, people in disability communities across the nation are...
Access Living CEO Statement on Potomac Disaster Response
01.31.25The tragic aircraft disaster last evening in Washington D.C. sent a chill through our hearts and our thoughts are with...
Update: Federal Funding Crisis
01.30.25Access Living friends and allies, We'd like to share another update on the federal funding crisis. Yesterday, it was widely...
Celebrate Valentine’s Day at Access Living!
01.29.25Need Valentine’s Day plans? Our newest economic justice community organizing group, People Over Profit (POP), will host a two-day event called...
It’s time to fight to save Medicaid again
01.27.25It’s time to fight again to protect Medicaid. Congress wants to attack Medicaid to both reduce government spending and pay...
Protecting Yourself and Your Medical Care: Grounding Yourself as a Medicaid Advocate
01.24.25We are nearing the end of the first week of the new Trump administration. The new administration has released proposals...
Celebrating the Dignity in Pay Act
01.23.25Access Living friends and allies, The Illinois Dignity in Pay Act is now law! Yesterday, Governor JB Pritzker, Lieutenant Governor...
Our Community and the New Federal Administration
01.21.25Yesterday, our federal government leadership changed as President Joe Biden ended his term and President Donald J. Trump was inaugurated...
Dignity In Pay Act Becomes Law
01.21.25January 21, 2025 CHICAGO - Today, Governor JB Pritzker signed the bipartisan Dignity in Pay Act (HB793) into law...