“I can guarantee that our family members are here caring for our loved ones…We’re not fraudsters.” Sandi Gruberg and her daughter Marina are speaking up and out against the claims from HHS Secretary Kennedy that all caregivers receiving Medicaid payments are abusing the system. His comments set a dangerous precedent for threats to home and […]
Statement by Stacy Dym, Executive Director of The Arc of Washington State, regarding Kennedy’s comments about community-based services and family caregivers “The recent statements by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz are a gross misrepresentation of the essential support provided by family caregivers in our country. In Washington state, seventy-eight […]
CONTACT: Stacy Dym, media@arcwa.org, Executive Director of The Arc of Washington State — The following statement is from Stacy Dym, Executive Director of The Arc of Washington State, the state’s oldest grassroots organization advocating for the rights and inclusion of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their families for over 90 years, in […]
An article appeared in The Columbian detailing devastating proposed budget cuts that would change eligibility for Waiver services and effectively cut 5,000 people from disability services in Washington State. Click here to take action now to tell legislators to STOP these changes and REJECT the cuts. TAKE ACTION NOW From The Columbian: “Local advocates, residents […]
Senator Chris Gildon (R) and Representative Janice Zahn (D) have called for bipartisan support of their bill the reduce inefficiencies and make investments in community living go farther for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Read the whole editorial at this link: https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/wa-should-offer-people-with-disabilities-dignity-choice/ Here’s how WA can preserve services for people with disabilities January 9, […]
The Seattle Times published a powerful guest editorial by Stacy Dym, Executive Director of The Arc of Washington State. Read the beginning here and the rest at this link: https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/wa-should-offer-people-with-disabilities-dignity-choice/ WA should offer people with disabilities dignity, choice December 18, 2025, The Seattle Times, by Stacy Dym “Pink-painted walls. A cat. The freedom to eat […]
My inbox is full and my heart is breaking. I can only imagine that you might be feeling similarly as we navigate the uncertainty of our country’s political landscape while also worrying about our livelihoods and our families. It’s just…exhausting. And yet, here I am, in your inbox, reaching out across the distance and the […]
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