AUCD’s Community Inclusion Team supports the University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) Network in partnership with the Administration for Community Living.
AUCD’s Maternal and Child Health Engagement supports the Autism CARES Programs, including LEND and DBP Programs.
AUCD’s Public Health Team works to create health promotion and public health efforts that include people with disabilities.
AUCD Emerging Leaders are a part of a community that includes trainees, early career professionals, self-advocates, and family members from AUCD member Centers and Programs.
AUCD's Disability Policy News (DPN) is a bi-weekly newsletter highlighting federal policy issues affecting people with disabilities and their families. (DPN) features updates in plain language and action steps that people can take to educate policymakers. DPN is published every other Monday while Congress is in session.
Congress is moving forward with marking up the appropriations bills. On August 1, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted the Labor-Health-Human Services-Education and Related Agencies (LHHS) bill out of the Committee by a vote of 25-3. The Senate bill level-funds many programs in the Administration for Community Living including the University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD), and in the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) Program.
The Senate has finished making its changes to the bill that funds most disability programs.
Call and educate your Members of Congress on the importance of increasing funding for programs for people with disabilities in FY 2025. You can reach your Members of Congress by calling the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121.
View past issues of Disability Policy News to learn more about AUCD's policy priorities and how you can engage in policy actions.
