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| The Consortium for Constituents 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. |
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Education Task Force
CCD Education Task Force FY 27 Appropriations Request
The Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) Education Task Force respectfully request that the Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (LHHS) Appropriations Act include the legislative text of S. 5046, bipartisan legislation recently approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee to prohibit implementation of the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) Inter-Agency Agreements (IAAs) transferring the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) and other key responsibilities outside ED.
(August 25, 2026) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Developmental Disabilities, Autism and Family Support Task Force
CCD DD, Autism, FS Task Force IACC Strategic Plan Comments - August 2026
On behalf of the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) Developmental Disabilities, Autism and Family Supports Task Force (Task Force) and the undersigned organizations, we submit the following comments to the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) regarding the 2026–2028 working draft Strategic Plan.
(August 20, 2026) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Financial Security and Poverty Ad Hoc Task Force
CCD Letter: Farm Bill Must Protect People with Disabilities
The undersigned members of the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) Financial Security and Poverty Task Force write to urge you to fully restore funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in Farm Bill 2.0, The Agricultural Act of 2026. We are concerned that the revised legislative text released on July 31st does not sufficiently protect people with disabilities from the impacts of the 2025 Reconciliation Law.
(August 5, 2026) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Transportation Task Force
CCD Transportation Comments on Family Friendly Transit RFI July 2026
The undersigned members of the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) Transportation Task Force appreciate the opportunity to respond to the Request for Information on Family Friendly Transit. 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.
(August 3, 2026) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Education Task Force
CCD Education Taskforce Statement on Senate HELP Committee Markup
(Washington, DC) –The Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) Education Task Force applauds the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee for unanimously advancing the Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower (RISE) Act. The legislation will help ensure a smoother transition for students with disabilities into postsecondary education by allowing an Individualized Education Program (IEP) or Section 504 Plan to serve as documentation of disability when requesting accommodations.
(July 31, 2026) - Download [ PDF ] |
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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 ] |
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Emergency Management Task Force
CCD EMTF Comments on Medicaid Work Requirements
The Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities Emergency Management Task Force (CCD EMTF) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Interim Final Rule with Comment Period, Medicaid Program; Community Engagement Requirement for Certain Individuals.
(July 31, 2026) - Download [ PDF ] |
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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 ] |
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Rights Task Force
FFA Comments CCD DD Health Housing LTSS Rights TFs
The undersigned members of the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) Developmental Disabilities, Autism and Family Support, Health, Housing, Long Term Services and Supports, and Rights Task Forces, and allies, write to express our strong opposition to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)’s Proposed Regulation regarding federal financial assistance. If finalized, the rule would alter the requirements for recipients of federal financial assistance from more than 40 federal agencies.
(July 13, 2026) - Download [ PDF ] |
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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 ] |
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Rights Task Force
HHS Section 504 Web IFR CCD Comment
The undersigned members and allies of the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) Rights and Technology Task Forces write to express our strong opposition to the Interim Final Rule (IFR) published by the Department of Health and Human Services (Department) extending the compliance dates for the 2024 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance Subpart I (2024 Final Rule).
(July 9, 2026) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Rights Task Force
CCD Rights updated Myths and Truths about ADA Notification proposals
Title III of the ADA prohibits places of public accommodation (i.e., businesses or service establishments that are open to the public like grocery stores, doctors’ offices, recreation facilities, private schools, homeless shelters) from discriminating against people with disabilities. If a person with a disability encounters an architectural barrier that prevents her from accessing the business, she has 3 options to try to fix the problem: speak with the business, file a complaint with the Department of Justice, or file a lawsuit as provided under the law.
(June 30, 2026) - Download [ PDF ] |
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Members of the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities advocate for a broad range of federal public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society. CCD’s public policy work is carried out by task forces. Click on the links below to get information on the activities of any individual task force or to contact co-chairs by email.
CCD also has Ad Hoc Task Forces that focus on federal policy but meet on a less frequent basis than official Task Forces and Working Groups that focus on both internal practices for CCD as a coalition and policy.
Per CCD’s Accommodations Policy ( hyerlink), if a CCD member needs to request accommodations for CCD meetings, please complete this online form ( hyperlink).
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