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Urgent Action Alert: Urge Your Representative to Vote YES on MFP Tonight!

The House is set to vote on a bill to extend the Money Follows the Person (MFP) program tonight! The Empowering Beneficiaries, Ensuring Access, and Strengthening Accountability Act of 2019 (H.R. 3253) was introduced late last week, and the House of Representatives is expected to vote on it at 6:30 p.m. Eastern today. H.R. 3253 will extend MFP for 4.5 years through 2023. Among several other things, it will also extend the home and community-based services (HCBS) spousal impoverishment protections through March 2024.

The vote tonight was scheduled as a voice vote, but it has been changed to a roll call vote. This means that each member of Congress’ vote will be individually asked and recorded. We need you to contact your Representative and urge them to vote YES on MFP tonight! Make sure they know how important the MFP program is to their disabled constituents!

How to contact: All members of Congress can be reached by calling the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 or (202) 224-3091 (TTY).

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  1. Pamela Soucy says

    Put state federal money to where needed , harbor homes transitional housing programs agencies plus gateways plus clients to live work in community….not administrative support staff paychecks…