The Long Island Center for Independent Living, Inc. (LICIL)
You’re Invited: Share Your Voice in New York’s Olmstead Listening Sessions
Via Olmstead Plan NY:
New York State is working on a new Olmstead Plan — a plan that helps make sure people with disabilities can live in the community they choose, with the support they need.
To help shape this work, we’re hosting nine virtual listening sessions, and we want to hear from you.
Medicaid Matters New York Condemns Passage of Rushed, Inhumane Federal Budget Reconciliation Bill
July 3, 2025 – A budget is a moral document, creating the framework for how a government will provide public services. H.R. 1, which Republican leaders have dubbed “beautiful,” is anything but beautiful for people with low income and people with disabilities who need health coverage. It will strip affordable health insurance coverage away from millions of Americans who don’t have other coverage, including 1.5 million people here in New York.
Action Alert: Fight Federal Threats to Medicaid and the ACA
BREAKING: New Yorkers would make up over 10 percent (1.5 million) of the 16 million Americans at risk of becoming uninsured due to federal threats to Medicaid and the ACA. But there’s still time to fight back. Act now!
Uregnt Action Alert: Tell Congress to Protect ACL Programs
We need your help to protect vital services for people with disabilities and older adults. The Administration for Community Living (ACL) was created in response to the disability community’s efforts to improve services and supports, mitigate fragmentation, and increase coordination between programs. Now, efforts to dismantle ACL could undermine these critical services, putting many at risk.
LICIL Partners with Able News to Offer Discounted Subscriptions to its Members
Exclusive offer for LICIL members: Score a discounted subscription to Able News!
In partnership with Able News, LICIL is delighted to offer you a discounted year-long subscription offer: for just $15, you’ll receive a digital issue each month in your inbox along with e-Newsletters with fresh content to help you stay connected year-round.
Action Alert: Tell Congress to Vote NO on Budget Resolution to Slash Medicaid!
Whether Medicaid cuts come in the form of red tape such as work requirements and stricter eligibility rules, or caps and cuts to federal funding, the result is the same: any Medicaid cut will take away health and long-term care from older adults, people with disabilities, and their caregivers.
ABOUT LICIL
We are a not-for-profit, non-residential advocacy center controlled by and serving persons with disabilities. Since its opening in 1980, LICIL has worked with thousands of Long Islanders with disabilities and their families and has also been a unique resource for other professionals who provide disability related services. Our Center’s mission is to promote empowerment through education, information and rallying behind issues that directly impact the daily lives of persons with disabilities. LICIL effectively serves people of all ages and across all disability experiences, whether lifelong or acquired. Learn more about LICIL
Long Island Center for Independent Living, Inc.
3601 Hempstead Turnpike, Suite 500
Levittown, NY 11756
The Long Island Center for Independent Living, Inc.
is a non-for-profit organization established in 1980.
TEL: 516-796-0144 En Español: 516-796-6176
TTY: 516-796-0135 Fax: 516-796-0529 / 516-520-1247
E-MAIL: info@licilinc.org
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