Mission

The Long Term Services and Supports Task Force addresses the services and supports that enable individuals with disabilities of all ages to live in their homes and communities. In particular, the Task Force focuses on Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS), recognizing that they are the key to community integration, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency for many people with disabilities and older adults. These critical services make it possible for people with disabilities and older adults to fully exercise their civil and human rights. 

Co-chairs

• Elise Aguilar
  ANCOR

• Dan Berland
  National Association of State Directors of DD Services(NASDDDS)

• Tory Cross
  Caring Across Generations 

• Jennifer Lav
  National Health Law Program 

• Michael Lewis
  American Association of People with Disabilities

• Kim Musheno
  The Arc

• Gelila Selassie
  Justice in Aging

2026 Administrative Priorities for CCD Long Term Services and Supports Task Force
(February 13,  2026) - Download [ PDF ]

2026 Legislative Priorities for the CCD Long Term Supports and Services Task Force
(February 13,  2026) - Download [ PDF ]

ACTIVITIES

Long Term Services and Supports Task Force July '26 CCD Health, LTSS, and Rights Task Forces & DAC Comment on the Medicaid Work Requirements IFC The 53 undersigned members of the Long Term Services and Supports, Health, and Rights Task Forces of the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) and the Disability and Aging Collaborative (DAC) appreciate the opportunity to comment on the Interim Final Rule with comment period “Medicaid Program; (July 31,  2026) - Download [ PDF ] Long Term Services and Supports Task Force Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on State Directed Payments The undersigned members of the Long Term Services and Supports Task Force of the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) and the Disability and Aging Collaborative (DAC) appreciate the opportunity to comment on the Proposed Rule “Medicaid Managed Care State Directed Payments and Medicaid Fee-for-Service Targeted Medicaid Practitioner Payments” (“Proposed Rule”). (July 21,  2026) - Download [ PDF ] Long Term Services and Supports Task Force CCD LTSS & Health and DAC Aging Disability Letter July 2026 No Medicaid cuts in Reconciliation The undersigned 490 members of the Disability and Aging Collaborative (DAC), the Health and Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Taskforces of the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD), and allied organizations urge you to exclude any funding cuts or harmful changes to Medicaid from any budget reconciliation or other legislation. Medicaid is our communities’ lifeline, and that lifeline just suffered the largest cut in funding since its inception. (July 13,  2026) - Download [ PDF ] Long Term Services and Supports Task Force Response to 'CRUSH' The 107 undersigned members of CCD’s Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS), Rights, Health, and Developmental Disabilities, Autism and Family Support Task Forces and the Disability and Aging Collaborative (DAC) and allies appreciate the opportunity to respond to the “Request for Information (RFI) Related to Comprehensive Regulations to Uncover Suspicious Healthcare. (March 30,  2026) - Download [ PDF ] Long Term Services and Supports Task Force Aging Disability Letter Mar2026 Critical Role of HCBS On behalf of the undersigned co-chairs of the Long Term Services and Supports and Health Task Forces of the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) and the Disability and Aging Collaborative (DAC), we urge you to oppose actions by the Administration that would restrict crucial Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) and harm people with disabilities and older adults. (March 2,  2026) - Download [ PDF ] Long Term Services and Supports Task Force Annual Report - Long Term Services and Supports Task Force (January 13,  2026) - Download [ PDF ]