The Illinois Olmstead Coalition. The banner includes pictures of: a woman in a wheelchair with her arms raised; an African-American woman in a wheelchair carrying a sign that says, "Home is where the heart is;" an African-American woman in a beret with an American flag behind her; a skeleton holding a sign that says, "Waiting for Real Choice;" two women in wheelchairs holding a sign that says, "Affordable, accessible, integrated housing;" an African-American woman in a wheelchair holding a sign that says, "I want a home;" and an African-American man wearing a beret and marching the ADAPT Freedom March.
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PARTNERS IN THE ILLINOIS OLMSTEAD COALITION:

  1. American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Illinois
  2. Advocates Network of Kane & Kendall Counties
  3. American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Illinois Chapter)
  4. Arc of Illinois
  5. Assistive Technologies, Inc.
  6. Campaign for Real Choice
  7. Chicago ADAPT
  8. Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
  9. Chicago Foundation for Women
  10. Chicago Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities
  11. Chicago Women's AIDS Project
  12. Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities in Illinois
  13. Community Support Services
  14. Council for Disability Rights
  15. El Valor
  16. Equip for Equality
  17. Family Resource Center on Disabilities
  18. Health and Disability Advocates
  19. Illinois Advocate For The disABLED
  20. Illinois Assistive Technology Program
  21. Illinois Association of the Deaf
  22. Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities
  23. Illinois Deaf and Hard of Hearing Commission
  24. Illinois Homeownership Coalition for People with Disabilities
  25. Illinois Network of Centers for Independent Living
  26. Illinois Public Interest Research Group
  27. Institute on Public Policy
  28. Jane Addams Senior Caucus
  29. Jobs with Justice
  30. Metro Seniors in Action
  31. Metropolitan Tenants Organization
  32. Mid-America Institute on Poverty of the Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights
  33. Mind Freedom Support Coalition International
  34. Open Doors Organization
  35. Pilsen Alliance
  36. Protestants for the Common Good
  37. Spina Bifida Association of Illinois
  38. Statewide Independent Living Council of Illinois
  39. Thresholds

 

 

Tom Olin photograph of a woman in a wheelchair carrying a sign that says, "Give America a choice in long-term care!"WHO WE ARE

The Illinois Olmstead Coalition is a formal committee of the Illinois Network of Centers for Independent Living that includes the involvement of many partners and allies.

OUR MISSION

The mission of the Illinois Olmstead Coalition is to end the institutional bias in Illinois' long-term care system and the unnecessary institutionalization of people with disabilities and seniors who want to live in the community. We are working to create a long-term care system in which there is an equitable array of institutional and community-based options to respond to individual needs and preferences. We are dedicated to ensuring full compliance in Illinois with the provisions of the Supreme Court's Olmstead decision.

WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING FOR?

  • Passage of the Olmstead Implementation Act (formerly known as the Community First Act), which would allow money to follow the person. The Act mandates the creation of a system of flexible financing for long-term services and supports that would enable available funds to move with the individual to the most appropriate and preferred setting as the individual's needs and preferences change.

  • Stop the reopening of Lincoln Developmental Center, an institution that was closed down in 2002 following an investigation that revealed more than a decade of horror stories of residents' pain and suffering, loss of individual rights, endangered health, numerous hospitalizations and documented deaths. In fulfillment of a campaign promise, the State awarded contracts to reopen Lincoln Developmental Center in October 2005.

  • Other things we are fighting for include: increased wages for personal care assistants; raising the asset limit for people with disabilities so there is parity with senior asset limits; and support for Federal-level legislation (MiCASSA, HR 3063) that would provide federal financial assistance to reform our long-term care system in Illinois.

 
© 2006 INCIL Olmstead Committee
For more information, send an e-mail to striano@accessliving.org or call the Illinois Network of Centers for Independent Living (INCIL) at (800) 587-1227