Our Voices, an organization of Southeastern Virginia self-advocates requests: 1) DMAS leverages enhanced HCBS funding available through the American Rescue Act to make significant investments in Assistive Technology to bridge gaps experienced by people with disabilities uncovered during the COVID pandemic, and 2) this funding is made directly available to people with developmental disabilities outside of the dysfunctional Medicaid waiver assistive technology funding process.
We appreciate this opportunity for comment and hope you will devote a significant portion of available funding to technology so that Virginians with developmental disabilities may gain greater independence in our own homes and have the opportunity to participate in an ever more virtual world.
Sincerely,
Jesse Monroe, Executive Committee, Our Voices
Grace Feazelle, Executive Committee, Our Voices