On August 8th, Governor Bill Lee called upon the General Assembly to convene for a special session on the topic of “public safety”. The call for the special session was made, in part, in response to the March 27th school shootings at the Covenant School in Nashville.

This spring, TennCare put out a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the contract to become the Fiscal Employer Agent (FEA) and Supports Broker for the state’s LTSS programs. FEA’s/Supports Brokers provides payroll and administrative services and customer service support to people using the consumer direction option in state long-term supports and services (LTSS) waiver programs.

July is Disability Pride Month, a time to celebrate the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and our Disability Identity, Culture, Community, and Pride. Here at the Coalition, we will be celebrating all month long! 

Disability Pride Month Billboards

In Middle Tennessee or the Memphis area? Find one of our Disability Pride Month billboards near you.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has requested public input on a new rule they have proposed that would widely benefit people receiving Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS). Your voice is vital to this process, because changes to CMS rules don’t occur often. Thus, it is very important that CMS receive as much public feedback as possible on the proposal to ensure that the final rule is the best and most comprehensive version possible. 

Dear TDC Family,

Happy Friday, TDC Family! And, of course, ‘twas another wild week down at the Tennessee General Assembly as our elected officials sprint towards the exits.

Happy Friday TDC Family! And what a happy Friday it is – I’m feeling all sorts of filled up over here after seeing so many of you this week. I’m filled up with gratitude, filled up with optimism, filled up with love for this community, but I’m also filled up with some fire. The sight of so many of us filling up the corridors of Cordell Hull reminds me that there is so much work to be done in this state.

With great speed and ferocity, the General Assembly carries on! As do we! I get the sense that this little dispatch is going to be a long one this week, so I’ll keep this short. Have you seen the movie, Mr.