aDVOCACY rESOURCES
wHAT IS aDVOCACY?
Advocacy is action to support a cause or policy.
Disability advocacy is promoting or protecting the rights and wellbeing of people with disabilities.
Advocacy can involve sharing your lived experiences or helping people with disabilities speak out about their rights and needs, educating people, and writing or speaking with lawmakers about the rights and needs of people with disabilities.
Advocacy Resources Hub
How to be a strong advocate
Learn how to become a stronger advocate with tools, guides, and resources created by disability advocacy organizations and self-advocates. Explore plain language materials, advocacy toolkits, storytelling guides, legislative resources, and step-by-step supports to help you speak up, share your experiences, connect with lawmakers, and make your voice heard.
nATIONAL aDVOCACY gROUPS
Explore national organizations leading advocacy efforts to protect disability rights, strengthen HCBS, and advance community inclusion across the country. Learn more about self-advocacy, public policy, civil rights, Medicaid, independent living, and disability justice by visiting these organizations and exploring their resources, campaigns, and advocacy opportunities.
MORE ABOUT HCBS ADVOCACY
MORE ABOUT HCBS ADVOCACY
Learn more about HCBS advocacy through guides, toolkits, and easy-to-understand resources created by disability advocacy organizations and self-advocates. Explore information about HCBS waivers, the HCBS Settings Rule, self-advocacy, and strategies for protecting and strengthening community-based services and supports.
WHY SHOULD YOU ADVOCATE FOR COMMUNITY-BASED SUPPORT in Georg
The Business Case for Prevention
The Business Case for Prevention
The Business Case for Prevention
Georgia approved $409 million for a new 300-bed psychiatric hospital, the most expensive point in the system. Funding at least 1,271 NOW/COMP waivers at $132 million is a smarter upstream investment that prevents emergency room visits, incarceration, and hospitalization.
Community-based supports cost less per person, keep caregivers in t
Georgia approved $409 million for a new 300-bed psychiatric hospital, the most expensive point in the system. Funding at least 1,271 NOW/COMP waivers at $132 million is a smarter upstream investment that prevents emergency room visits, incarceration, and hospitalization.
Community-based supports cost less per person, keep caregivers in the workforce, and reduce long-term public spending. Georgia can keep paying for crisis, or invest in stability that saves money over time.
The Social Case for Prevention
The Business Case for Prevention
The Business Case for Prevention
Families across Georgia are still waiting for critical supports at home. An estimated 40% of people in jail during behavioral health incidents may also have developmental disabilities, meaning unmet needs are pushing people into crisis and into the justice system.
Services should come before crisis, not after incarceration. Funding 1,217
Families across Georgia are still waiting for critical supports at home. An estimated 40% of people in jail during behavioral health incidents may also have developmental disabilities, meaning unmet needs are pushing people into crisis and into the justice system.
Services should come before crisis, not after incarceration. Funding 1,217 waivers would keep families together, reduce law enforcement involvement, and strengthen community safety.