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Advocating for our member agencies as they provide quality supports and services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

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Everyone Deserves the Opportunity to Work

Employment is about so much more than a paycheck.

✅A job builds confidence.
✅ A paycheck builds independence.
✅ A community builds belonging.

For thousands of New Jersey residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities, employment opportunities are made possible through the community-based supports they rely on every day.

A 3% Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) helps sustain those supports and strengthens the workforce that makes employment possible.

📆June 30 is the deadline for the FY27 State Budget.

We respectfully ask New Jersey legislators to support:
✔️Assembly Budget Resolution #131
✔️Senate Budget Resolution #261

Our voices matter. Our future depends on it.

Speak up today and help ensure opportunity remains within reach for everyone.

#NJACPFY27 #IDDAdvocacy
@SpeakerCoughlin @SenPresScutari @GovSherrillNJ

✅WIN: Legislators Who Understand the Need for Sust

✅WIN: Legislators Who Understand the Need for Sustained Investment inCommunity-Based System

Grateful to legislative leaders like Senator Zwicker and Assemblywoman Murphy for not only sponsoring a FY27 budget resolution that would provide a 3% funding increase to IDD services, but for recognizing that investing in community-based services for individuals with IDD is an investment in people and community.

As demand grows and costs continue to rise, sustained funding is essential to ensure providers can continue delivering the supports individuals and their families rely on every day. Without it, the gap between need and available services will only grow.

✅CHALLENGE: Funding Uncertainty

Just hours before the FY27 budget deadline, funding for community-based services remains uncertain. That uncertainty makes it nearly impossible for providers to plan for the future and puts the services that thousands of New Jerseyans with IDD rely on at risk.

The state has long prioritized person-centered supports in the least restrictive setting. Without sustained investment, we risk losing the progress we’ve worked so hard to achieve.

✅FORWARD FOCUS: Funding Advocacy Will Remain Our Top Priority

Whether a funding increase is included in the FY27 budget or not, NJACP’s work doesn’t stop.

With more than 5,000 people waiting for residential services, New Jersey cannot continue relying on year-to-year budget requests to sustain a community-based system that thousands depend on. The state needs a long-term funding strategy that keeps pace with growing demand, rising costs, and the workforce required to deliver quality supports.

The need isn’t temporary. Our commitment won’t be either.

Thank you for reading this and taking action to make an impact.

#NJACPFY27 #iddcommunity #njacp

"We're all human. We all need support." 💙 Assembl

"We're all human. We all need support." 💙

Assemblywoman Carol Murphy reminds us that disability isn't about labels—it's about people.

Every one of us depends on others at different times in our lives. When we invest in supports for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, we're investing in stronger, more inclusive communities for everyone.

Because at the end of the day... we're all human.

💙 Watch the full conversation and hear why this message matters. PODCAST LINK IN BIO OR HIGHLIGHT BUTTON

#NJACPfy27 #DisabilityAdvocacy #IDDCommunity#

Dear Legislature, @SpeakerCoughlin @SenPresScu

Dear Legislature,

@SpeakerCoughlin @SenPresScutari @GovSherrillNJ

When you vote on New Jersey’s FY27 Budget, you’re not just voting on numbers, you’re voting on opportunity, dignity, and the supports that help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities live, work, and thrive in their communities.

The 3% Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) is about preserving the services that tens of thousands of individuals and families rely on every day and supporting the Direct Support Professionals who make community inclusion possible.

As the June 30 budget deadline approaches, we respectfully ask New Jersey’s leaders to continue investing in the people and programs that strengthen communities across our state by including Senate Budget Resolution # 261 (Zwicker) and Assembly Budget Resolution # 131 (Murphy) in the FY 27 budget, supporting an across the board 3% COLA.

Thank you to the legislators who have listened, engaged, and championed this important conversation.

#NJACPFY27 #IDDAdvocacy #IDDCommunity

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