Community Living for People with Disabilities and Seniors

Action Alert from Equip for Equality

National Labor Relations Board regulatory changes imminent

CCDI Annual Meeting

Weatherization Training for 2012

Regional Director/Action Team Leader Handbook

IDHR Fair Housing Open House

Update on SODC Closures

Institutional Closure Links

TO ALL CCDI MEMBERS!!!

CCDI members will have received a postcard in the last few days asking you to update your contact information with the home office. We have discovered that on some of the postcards, the email address that we ask you to respond to was mistakenly hypenated and is incorrect. The correct email address to respond to is outreach@ccdionline.org.

A Must See Video

AAPD Commends FCC

Illinois limits psychiatric drugs for Medicaid patients

Rehab Act Reauthorization

Important! Current CCDI Bylaws

Lifeline and Link-Up Telephone Assistance Programs

Low-income consumers may qualify for assistance to help pay for installation of telephone service and monthly charges for local phone service through the Lifeline and Link-Up Telephone assistance programs.

Employment and Economic Opportunities Task Force Report Filed

Public Act 96-368 – Employment and Economic Opportunities Task Force for People with Disabilities became law August 13, 2009.

Update Your Accessible Parking Fine Signs

As of January 1, 2006, the fine for illegally parking in an accessible parking space increased to $250.00. The Coalition sells a variety of disability related signage including an inexpensive overlay sticker for existing fine signs.

New CCDI Online Organizing Tools!

The CCDI state office has added four new online organizing tools to our member advocacy tool box as follows:

Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Coalition-of-Citizens-with-Disabilities-in-Illinois/68626749329

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/CCDI

Blog:

http://ccdiactionnow.blogspot.com/