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“Just knowing that the DOJ doesn’t necessarily have our back anymore when it comes to fighting for community inclusion is a serious concern.”

The DOJ memo isn’t law, but it threatens almost 30 years of legal precedent guaranteeing disabled people’s right to live in their own homes and communities — and it opens a door for states to weaken those rights, potentially leading to institutionalization.

We are not going back! #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs

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Watch more: news.wttw.com/2026/07/15/doj-targets-integration-mandate-staple-civil-rights-americans-disabilities [Video description: Screenshot of a WTTW Chicago news article with embedded video. Banner, headline and byline read: News | DOJ Targets Integration Mandate, Staple of Civil Rights for Americans With Disabilities | Blake Thor | July 15, 2026, 7:37 pm | Below is an embedded video of a white woman with short hair, wearing glasses, seated at a table, talking. Text below the video reads: A Justice Department memo released last month is raising new questions about decades of civil rights protections for Americans with disabilities.]

The issue of Home Health Care is the program is written that the disabled indiivdual has a support system along with a home I live in Illinos I have been evicted 3 times since I was approved for services in Jan 2024 I currently live in a hotel without the ability to use my care plan the state of illinois has granted me a personal assistant allocation of $3,100 a month but I have no housing assistance and the current law wont allow me to use that allocation towards housing and I dont have family to filter the allocation through National Multiple Sclerosis SocietyDistrict82State Representative Nicole La HaTBI Support & Awareness Commissioner Kevin B. MorrisonIllinois Attorney GeneralThe Arc of IllinoisState Representative Jennifer SanalitroState Senator Seth LewisState Representative Nicolle GrasseRepresentative Suzanne NessState Senator Don DeWitteState Representative Michelle MussmanState Representative Mary Beth CantyState Representative Patrick SheehanState Representative Jeff KeicherState Representative Marti DeuterCongressman Sean CastenSenator Laura EllmanState Senator Karina VillaState Senator Julie MorrisonState Representative Tracy Katz MuhlState Representative Adam NiemergState Representative Sonya HarperChicago Coalition to End HomelessnessState Representative Anna Moeller, 43rd DistrictState Representative Chris Miller - Illinois FirstIllinois Housing Development AuthorityIllinois House RepublicansCongresswoman Delia RamirezState Senator Meg Loughran CappelState Senator Laura MurphyState Representative Joyce MasonState Senator Lakesia CollinsState Representative Brad StephensSenator Dave Syverson happy to discuss Ph 708-359-8578 disabled male single without a support network unable to use my approved home health services because I dont have a home to implement the benefits I have been approved for and Illinois could care less I asked the state of Illinois to allow be to use my approved $3,100 personal assitant allocation towards housing and they declined I also dont get SNAP beenefits because I get SSDI

When things get tough, we lean on each other to keep going. And when we have something to celebrate, we need a crew to celebrate with!

Join us Wednesday, July 22 at 6pm for our CA Hand in Hand Member Meeting. We'll connect, share ideas, and plug into our organizing.

Even in hard times, we've had big wins: protecting life-saving homecare funding in California and domestic worker education funding in San Francisco. We'll celebrate those wins, reflect together, and talk about what it takes to organize — and thrive — right now.

When: Wednesday, July 22 at 6pm
Where: Zoom
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