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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD Letter Re. Farm Bill Letter
The undersigned members of the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) Financial Security and Poverty Task Force write to express our strong concern with the proposed changes to future Thrifty Food Plan (TFP) benefit adjustments outlined in the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024: Discussion Draft (House Farm Bill).
(May 23, 2024) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
ABLE Age Adjustment Act (S.331/H.R.1219) Cost and Benefits
In 2014, Congress passed the bipartisan Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act. This legislation allows people with disabilities up to age 26 to open tax-advantaged savings accounts for qualified disability expenses, similar to a college savings account. ABLE accounts provide greater financial independence to people with disabilities because they can save money without having to jeopardize their life-saving public benefits.
(August 17, 2022) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD Financial Security and Poverty Student Loan Extension Letter September
The Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) Financial Security and Poverty Task Force write to urge you to extend the federal student loan payment pause and not require borrowers to resume payments in September. CCD’s mission is to engage in concerted advocacy for national public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration, and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society free from racism, ableism, sexism, and xenophobia, as well as LGBTQ+ based discrimination and religious intolerance;
(August 11, 2022) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities Comments on ED Student Loan NPRM
The undersigned members of the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) Financial Security and Poverty and Social Security Task Forces write in response to the notice of proposed rulemaking mentioned above. Our Task Forces have written to you before about the Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) discharge program discussed in the proposed rule and our Task Forces were represented on the negotiated rulemaking sessions.
(August 11, 2022) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
Statement for the Record Senate Finance Hearing EARN Act
The Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) Financial Security and Poverty Task Force applauds your leadership in convening the markup of The Enhancing American Retirement Now (EARN) Act. CCD works to engage in concerted advocacy for national public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society free from racism, ableism, sexism, and xenophobia, as well as LGBTQ+ based discrimination and religious intolerance;
(July 11, 2022) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
Statement for the Record House Financial Services Hearing
CCD works to engage in concerted advocacy for national public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society free from racism, ableism, sexism, and xenophobia, as well as LGBTQ+ based discrimination and religious intolerance; that enhances the civil rights and quality of life of all people with disabilities and their families; and that reflects the values of the Americans with Disabilities Act and all civil rights law.
(June 23, 2022) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD Financial Security and Poverty and SSA Taskforce Secure 2.0 Letter
The Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) Financial Security and Poverty Task Force and Social Security Taskforce urge you to include the ABLE Age Adjustment Act (S. 331/H.R. 1219) and the SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act (S. 4102) in the final SECURE 2.0 legislation.
(May 23, 2022) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
Student Loan Payment Pause Letter
The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Financial Security and Poverty Task Force write to urge you to extend the federal student loan payment pause and not require borrowers to resume payments in May. CCD’s mission is to engage in concerted advocacy for national public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society free from racism, ableism, sexism, and xenophobia, as well as LGBTQ+ based discrimination and religious intolerance; that enhances the civil rights and quality of life of all people with disabilities and their families; and that reflects the values of the Americans with Disabilities Act and all civil rights law.
(March 14, 2022) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD Letter ABLE Public Education Campaign Letter
On behalf of members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Financial Security and Poverty Task Force, we urge you to work together to design and implement a public education campaign to increase awareness, understanding and enrollment in the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act program. There are over eight million eligible children and adults with disabilities nationwide who could benefit from opening and growing individual ABLE accounts with their preferred choice of state ABLE programs.
(March 14, 2022) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD EITC CTC Letter
The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Financial Security and Poverty Task Force writes to urge Congress to take action and permanently adopt the changes to the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC) that were made in the American Rescue Plan (ARP). Changes such as increasing the EITC for workers without dependent children in the household, making younger workers eligible, and increasing the CTC and making it fully refundable and available on a monthly basis are essential changes for people with disabilities and must be made permanent.
(February 4, 2022) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
The ABLE Age Adjustment Act (S.331/H.R.1219)
What is ABLE? Passed with bipartisan support by Congress in 2014, the Stephen Beck, Jr., Achieving a Better Life Experience Act (ABLE) Act allows eligible people with disabilities to establish “ABLE accounts'' where they can save for qualified disability expenses without jeopardizing their public benefits. Like college savings (“529”) accounts, earnings on an ABLE account and distributions from the account for qualified disability expenses do not count as taxable income of the contributor or the eligible beneficiary.
(February 1, 2022) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD SBA Provisions Letter Build Back Better
The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Financial Security and Poverty Task Force writes to urge Congress to maintain the small business provisions in Build Back Better, which will benefit individuals with disabilities. CCD’s mission is to engage in concerted advocacy for national public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society free from racism, ableism, sexism, and xenophobia, as well as LGBTQ+ based discrimination and religious intolerance; that
(January 26, 2022) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
Financial Security and Poverty Task Force 2021 Annual Report
(January 10, 2022) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD Student Loan Pause Letter
The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Financial Security and Poverty Task Force write to urge you to extend the federal student loan payment pause and not require borrowers to resume payments on February 1, 2022. CCD’s mission is to engage in concerted advocacy for national public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society free from racism, ableism, sexism, and xenophobia, as well as LGBTQ+ based discrimination and religious intolerance
(December 21, 2021) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
Private Loan Disability Discharge Act Letter
The undersigned members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Financial Security and Poverty Task Force write to express our strong support for the inclusion of Representative Madeleine Dean’s Private Loan Disability Discharge Act, H.R. 2498, as included in the recently House passed FY 22 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). As the NDAA bill moves through Congress, we strongly urge its inclusion in the final bill.
(October 25, 2021) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD Letter Opposing Work Requirements to CTC
The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Financial Security and Poverty Task Force write to express our strong opposition to attaching work requirements as part of the effort to permanently expand the Child Tax Credit (CTC) in the reconciliation package being crafted. CCD is the largest coalition of national organizations working together to advocate for federal public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration, and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society.
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD EITC CTC Reconciliation Letter
Dear Chairman Wyden, Ranking Member Crapo, Chairman Neal, and Ranking Member Brady: The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Financial Security and Poverty Task Force writes to urge Congress to permanently adopt the changes to the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC) that were made in the American Rescue Plan (ARP) in the upcoming reconciliation package being crafted by Congress.
(September 10, 2021) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
ABLE Age Letter
The undersigned members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Financial Security and Poverty Task Force and allies write to urge you to include the ABLE Age Adjustment Act (S. 331/H.R. 1219) in the upcoming SECURE 2.0 legislation. The CCD Financial Security and Poverty Task Force works to promote public policy aimed at increasing the financial security of all individuals with disabilities and their families.
(September 3, 2021) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
Thrifty Food Plan Thank You
The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Financial Security and Poverty Taskforce writes to thank you for the re-evaluation of the Thrifty Food Plan resulting in an increase in the average Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit. CCD is the largest coalition of national organizations working together to advocate for federal public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society.
(September 3, 2021) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
Nomination Letter
The undersigned co-chairs of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) write to nominate Bethany Lilly, co-chair of the CCD Financial Security and Poverty Task Force and CCD Social Security Task Force to serve as the representative of individuals with disabilities or groups representing them constituency on the Affordability and Student Loans Committee. Ms. Lilly, a person with a disability, works as the Senior Director of Income Policy at The Arc of the United States, but would be representing the CCD Financial Security and Poverty and Social Security Task Forces for purposes of the negotiated rule making.
(August 25, 2021) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
TPD Neg Reg Written Comments
The undersigned co-chairs of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Financial Security and Poverty Task Force and Social Security Task Force write to thank you for beginning negotiated rulemaking committees on discharges for borrowers with a total and permanent disability under 34 CFR 674.61, 682.402, and 685.213.
(June 29, 2021) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) Letter
The undersigned members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) write to bring your attention to several problematic elements of the current total and permanent disability (TPD) student loan discharge process for disabled borrowers. We believe that there are many steps that the Biden Administration can take to simplify the program and better serve people with disabilities on Social Security Title II benefits or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) with student loan debt.
(April 5, 2021) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
American Rescue Plan Thank You Letter
The undersigned members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Financial Security and Poverty Taskforce write to thank you for many provisions in the recently passed American Rescue Plan, including the continuation of increased food assistance, stimulus checks for adult dependents, and improvements to tax credits for the lowest income people with disabilities.
(March 26, 2021) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities strongly supports the ABLE Age Adjustment Act and urges all members to cosponsor the ABLE Age Adjustment Act.
What is ABLE? Passed with bipartisan support by Congress in 2014, the Stephen Beck, Jr., Achieving a Better Life Experience Act (ABLE) Act (P.L. 113-295) amended the Internal Revenue Code by creating section 529A to provide for tax-favored accounts to enable people with disabilities to save for and pay for disability-related expenses that include education, housing, transportation, employment training and support, assistive technology and personal support services, health, prevention and wellness, and financial management.
(March 25, 2021) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD Letter of Support for ABLE Age 2021 - House
Dear Representative Cardenas, Representative McMorris Rodgers and Representative Chu: The undersigned members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD), along with allies from all 50 states across the country, are writing to express our strong support for the ABLE Age Adjustment Act (S. 331/HR 1219). CCD is the largest coalition of national organizations working together to advocate for federal public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society.
(February 28, 2021) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD Letter of Support for ABLE Age 2021 - Senate
Dear Senator Casey and Senator Moran: The undersigned members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD), along with allies from all 50 states across the country, are writing to express our strong support for the ABLE Age Adjustment Act (S. 331/HR 1219). CCD is the largest coalition of national organizations working together to advocate for federal public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society.
(February 28, 2021) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
ADCA Support Letter
The undersigned members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) and allies write in support of your efforts to include adult dependents in stimulus payments. Many adult dependents are people with disabilities or older adults and throughout this pandemic many have been isolating to remain safe and have received no economic support since the beginning of the pandemic. We thank you for your work to make sure all dependents are treated equitably and receive the help they need during this difficult time.
(February 25, 2021) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD Letter re EIPs
The undersigned members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Financial Security and Poverty Task Force write in response to the recent announcement that the Treasury Department will be doing additional outreach to non-filers who have not received their stimulus checks and to highlight issues we raised about this outreach last year.
(February 16, 2021) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD Comments_FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 12 CFR Part 228 Regulation BB; Docket No. R1723 RIN 7100AF94 Community Reinvestment Act
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Federal Reserve Board’s Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) is the largest coalition of national organizations working together to advocate for federal public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society.
(February 16, 2021) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD and Ally Thank You CASH Act
The undersigned members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Financial Security and Poverty Taskforce, Developmental Disabilities, Autism and Family Support Taskforce and allied organization write to thank you for introducing the CASH Act of 2020 (H.R. 9051) in the 116th Congress. CCD is the largest coalition of national organizations working together to advocate for federal public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society.
(February 4, 2021) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD DD and Financial Security Taskforce Co-chair Letter on Adult Dependents
Dear Majority Leader Schumer, Speaker Pelosi, Minority Leader McConnell, Minority Leader McCarthy, Senator Leahy, and Representative DeLauro: The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Developmental Disabilities, Autism and Family Support Task Force and Financial Security and Poverty Task Force write to strongly urge you to ensure that adult dependents be included in economic impact payments in the next COVID-19 relief bill that passes Congress.
(January 31, 2021) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD Financial Security and Poverty Taskforce Co-Chair Letter Nutrition and Adult Dependents
The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Financial Security and Poverty Taskforce writes to thank you for the beneficial nutrition provisions included in the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 passed and signed into law in the 116th Congress. We also write to express our disappointment that once again adult dependents were excluded from economic impact payments in this package.
(January 13, 2021) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
Annual Report - Financial Security and Poverty Task Force
(January 8, 2021) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD Financial Security and Poverty Task Force 117th Congressional Priorities
The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Financial Security and Poverty Task Force congratulates the Members of the 117th Congress on their election. We hope that the 117th Congress is a time of great progress for people with disabilities. Because of the disproportionate number of people with disabilities living in poverty, our task force advocates for public policy that impacts people living in poverty, including the disproportionate number of people of color with disabilities living in poverty, and to improve the financial status of people with disabilities. This document is part of a broader CCD memo.
(December 3, 2020) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD Financial Security and Poverty Task Force Administration Transition Memo
The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Financial Security and Poverty Task Force congratulates you on your election. We hope that the next four years are a time of great progress for people with disabilities. Because of the disproportionate number of people with disabilities living in poverty, our task force advocates for public policy that impacts people living in poverty, including the disproportionate number of people of color with disabilities living in poverty, and to improve the financial status of people with disabilities. This document is part of a broader CCD memo.
(December 3, 2020) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD Comments on RFI Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Regulation B
The undersigned members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Financial Security & Poverty Task Force appreciate the opportunity to comment on the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection’s (CFPB) Request for Information (RFI) on the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and Regulation B. CCD is the largest coalition of national organizations working together to advocate for federal public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society.
(December 1, 2020) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
USDA Thank You Child Nutrition
The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Financial Security and Poverty Taskforce writes to thank you for the continued extension of nationwide flexibilities1 that allow free school meals for all children throughout the entire 2020-2021 school year under the authority of the recently passed Continuing Appropriations Act of 2021 (H.R. 8337).
(October 21, 2020) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD Thank You Continuing Appropriations Act of 2021
The undersigned members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Financial Security and Poverty Taskforce and Education Taskforce write to thank you for the child nutrition and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provisions included in the recently passed Continuing Appropriations Act of 2021 (H.R. 8337).
(October 13, 2020) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
Thank you H.R. 7794 and 788
The undersigned members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Financial Security and Poverty Taskforce and Education Taskforce write to thank you and express our support for the Pandemic Child Hunger Prevention Act (H.R.7887) and the Emergency SNAP Flexibilities Extension Act (H.R. 7794) introduced by each of you respectively. CCD is the largest coalition of national organizations working together to advocate for federal public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society.
(September 2, 2020) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
Thank You Letter to Chairman Chuck Grassley
The undersigned members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities’ (CCD) Developmental Disabilities Autism and Family Support Task Force, Financial Security and Poverty Task Force, and allied organization write to thank you and the Senate Finance Committee for your work to include a provision in the “American Workers, Families, and Employers Assistance Act”1 that would ensure parents and caretakers of adult dependents receive $500 dependent rebates. People with disabilities and older adults have been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
(August 7, 2020) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD SNAP Appropriations Letter
The undersigned members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Financial Security and Poverty Taskforce and Education Taskforce write in support of bill and report language which would strengthen the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the recently approved Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Agriculture-Rural Development-FDA Funding Bill. CCD is the largest coalition of national organizations working together to advocate for federal public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society.
(July 20, 2020) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD Fact Sheet on EIPs and Nursing Homes
The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Financial Security Task Force is aware of complaints related to nursing facilities and other congregate settings, especially those who are organizational representative payees, seizing the Economic Impact Payments (EIPs) authorized for residents of those institutions by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. This fact sheet provides background on this issue and reporting resources for advocates.
(July 20, 2020) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD Statement for the Record re UI Disregards
The undersigned members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) write in response to your recent hearing, Unemployment Insurance During COVID-19: The CARES Act and the Role of Unemployment Insurance During the Pandemic, to raise issues of concern for people with disabilities related to Unemployment Insurance (UI).
(June 23, 2020) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD SNAP ET Rule Comments
The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Financial Security & Poverty Task Force appreciates the opportunity to comment in support of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) proposed rule on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s (SNAP) Employment and Training (E&T). The rule implements provisions of the 2018 Farm Bill that modestly improves state SNAP E&T programs in several ways. CCD is the largest coalition of national organizations working together to advocate for federal public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society.
(June 16, 2020) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD Letter re EIP Portal Issues
The undersigned members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) and allies write to bring to your attention certain issues people with disabilities are having accessing Economic Impact Payments (EIPs). CCD is the largest coalition of national organizations working together to advocate for federal public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society.
(June 2, 2020) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD Letter to Congress on SNAP Bills
The undersigned members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) write in support of policy changes that would allow people with disabilities to safely utilize their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits during this pandemic. CCD is the largest coalition of national organizations working together to advocate for federal public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society.
(May 14, 2020) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD Support Letter for Representative Kildee UI Bill
The undersigned members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) and allies write to express our support of the Strengthening UI for Coronavirus Impacted Workers and Students Act. The CCD is the largest coalition of national organizations working together to advocate for federal public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society.
(April 30, 2020) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
Dependents Stimulus Fix Leadership Letter
The undersigned members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) and allies write in support of Sen. Smith and Rep. Craig’s efforts to provide dependent stimulus payments to adult dependents, many of whom are people with disabilities. CCD is the largest coalition of national organizations working together to advocate for federal public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society.
(April 30, 2020) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
Dependents Stimulus Fix Support Letter
The undersigned members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) and allies write in support of your efforts to provide dependent stimulus payments to adult dependents, many of whom are people with disabilities. We thank you for your work to make sure all dependents are treated equitably and receive the help they need during this difficult time.
(April 30, 2020) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD Letter to Congress on Expanding Pilot
The undersigned members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) write to urge Congress to include improvements to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for people with disabilities in the next COVID-19 response legislation. CCD is the largest coalition of national organizations working together to advocate for federal public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society.
(April 23, 2020) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD Letter to USDA on Expanding Pilot
The undersigned members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) write to urge the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to expand the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Online Purchasing Pilot program to all states and territories and extend eligibility for the program to more retailers.
(April 23, 2020) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
The ABLE Age Adjustment Act (S. 651/H.R. 1814)
Passed by a bipartisan Congress in 2014, the Stephen Beck, Jr., Achieving a Better Life Experience Act (ABLE) Act allows eligible people with disabilities to establish “ABLE accounts'' where they can save for qualified disability expenses without jeopardizing their public benefits. Like college savings (“529”) accounts, earnings on an ABLE account and distributions from the account for qualified disability expenses do not count as taxable income of the contributor or the eligible beneficiary.
(February 3, 2020) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
Annual Report - Financial Security Task Force
(January 9, 2020) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD ABLE Reg Comments
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposed regulations implementing changes to ABLE accounts made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (PL 115-97) (the “2017 Act”). The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) is the largest coalition of national organizations working together to advocate for federal public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society. We are concerned that the proposed rule is not sufficiently clear and does not take sufficient action to protect ABLE beneficiaries and we would urge the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to adopt our recommendations detailed below.
(January 8, 2020) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD SNAP Comments on Reopening
The undersigned members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) write in response to the re-opened notice of proposed rulemaking referenced above. CCD is the largest coalition of national organizations working together to advocate for federal public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society.
(November 1, 2019) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) comments
The undersigned members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) write in response to the notice of proposed rulemaking referenced above. We oppose these changes to the longstanding categorical eligibility rules for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) because they would cause millions of people, including people with disabilities who rely on SNAP, to lose needed access to food, and urge the Administration to withdraw this rule.
(September 23, 2019) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
Fact Sheet: The ABLE Age Adjustment Act (S. 651/H.R. 1814)
Passed by a bipartisan Congress in 2014, the Stephen Beck, Jr., Achieving a Better Life Experience Act (ABLE) Act allows eligible people with disabilities to establish “ABLE accounts'' where they can save for qualified disability expenses without jeopardizing their public benefits. Like college savings (“529”) accounts, earnings on an ABLE account and distributions from the account for qualified disability expenses do not count as taxable income of the contributor or the eligible beneficiary.
(August 6, 2019) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD Poverty Measure Comments
These comments are submitted on behalf of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD). CCD is the largest coalition of national organizations working together to advocate for federal public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society. Since 1973, CCD has advocated on behalf of people of all ages with physical and mental disabilities and their families. CCD has worked to achieve federal legislation and regulations that assure that the 54 million children and adults with disabilities are fully integrated into the mainstream of society.
(June 21, 2019) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
ABLE Age support letter House
Dear Representative Cardenas, Representative McMorris Rodgers, Representative Wasserman Schultz, Representative Moulton, Representative Cohen, Representative Fitzpatrick, Representative Turner, and Representative Rose: The undersigned members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) are writing to express our strong support for the ABLE Age Adjustment Act. We sincerely thank you for your continued commitment to the financial security of all Americans with disabilities, no matter the age of onset. We look forward to working with you to pass this lifechanging legislation in the 116th Congress.
(March 21, 2019) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
ABLE Age support letter Senate
The undersigned members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) are writing to express our strong support for the ABLE Age Adjustment Act. We sincerely thank you for your continued commitment to the financial security of all Americans with disabilities, no matter the age of onset. We look forward to working with you to pass this lifechanging legislation in the 116th Congress.
(March 11, 2019) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD letter ABLE to Work Act Concerns
The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) is the largest and longest standing coalition of national organizations working together to advocate for Federal public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society.
(December 8, 2017) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
Financial Security TF and Allies – over 80 organizations urge House to prioritize the ABLE Age Adjustment Act
The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) is the largest coalition of national organizations working together to advocate for Federal public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society.
(November 28, 2017) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
Financial Security TF and Allies – over 80 organizations urge Senate to prioritize the ABLE Age Adjustment Act
The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) is the largest coalition of national organizations working together to advocate for Federal public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society.
(November 28, 2017) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD letter on ABLE amendments in Senate tax bill
The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) is the largest coalition of national organizations working together to advocate for Federal public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society.
(November 15, 2017) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
Stop Taxing Death and Disability Act CCD Support Letter 115th
It is the pleasure of the undersigned member organizations of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) to provide you with this letter of support for the Stop Taxing Death and Disability Act of 2017. CCD is the largest coalition of national organizations working together to advocate for federal public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society
(February 16, 2017) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD-Financial-Security-Task-Force-Annual-Report-for-2016
(January 10, 2017) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD HOTMA Sec 102 and 104 Letter
We write as Co-Chairs of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Housing Task Force and Financial Security Task Force regarding implementation by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) of certain provisions of the Housing Opportunities Through Modernization Act of 2016 (HOTMA, P.L. 114-201).
(December 14, 2016) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD Financial Security TF Letter to the Senate on ABLE Age Adjustment Act
The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) is the largest coalition of national organizations working together to advocate for Federal public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society.
(October 3, 2016) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD Financial Security TF Letter to the House of Representatives on ABLE Age Adjustment Act
The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) is the largest coalition of national organizations working together to advocate for Federal public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society.
(October 3, 2016) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD Financial Security Task Force letter of support of H.R. 670, the Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2015
The undersigned members of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Financial Security Task Force are writing in support of H.R. 670, the Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2015, which would correct an error in the law that prevents capable individuals with disabilities from creating their own special needs trust.
(May 17, 2016) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
Stop Taxing Death and Disability Act Sign on letter
It is the pleasure of the undersigned member organizations of the Education, Financial Security, and Social Security Task Forces of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) to provide you with this letter of support for the Stop Taxing Death and Disability Act of 2016.
(April 15, 2016) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD Financial Security Task Force Report 2015
(January 11, 2016) - Download [ PDF ] |
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