VOR has submitted a letter to the Governor of every state, and also sent emails to the National Governors Association, the Republican Governors Association, and the Democratic Governors Association, in hopes that they will unite against making any cuts to Medicaid.
We want the Governors to understand how severely these cuts will harm their constituents in the I/DD, autism, mental health, and aging communities. We want them to realize that these cuts will futher impact their state hospital systems, as people who lose Medicaid will turn to emergency rooms far more frequently. Furthermore, Medicaid cust will further strain their own state budgets, while lowering their credit ratings and making it more diffilcult to borrow funds to build roads, schools, and infrastructure.
We ask our members to please share these resources with your own State Governors.
VOR has submitted a letter to each Director of State Developmental Disabilities Services calling for them to reach out to their Governors and members or the House and Senate to highlight their concerns with proposed cuts to Medicaid.
We ask our members to please share these resources with your own State DD Services and with the providers of residential services for your family members with I/DD and autism.
Our Annual 
D.C. Fly-in
Join us on Capitol Hill, May 12 - 14, 2025, for as we meet with members of the 119th Congress and key members of cabinet agencies to discuss issues that affect people with severe / profound I/DD, autism, and mental illnesses.
You must be a member of VOR to participate in this event.
VOR has sent a letter of congratulations to the new Director of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
We hope to work with him and his team to protect people with I/DD and autism, to protect the funding they rely upon, and to support a stronger workforce of Direct Support Professionals.
The Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor sought comments regarding their proposed rule to eliminate sheltered workshops and Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
VOR has submitted a letter to the Trump Transition Team outlining some of our priorities for the incoming administration.
