Thursday, March 21, 2024
12pm – 5pm ET
Register for a meeting
The President’s Commission on Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (PCPID) will host a virtual meeting for committee members to address issues related to home- and community-based services (HCBS) that will be considered in the Commission’s Presidential Report. All PCPID meetings, regardless of format, will be open to the public. The virtual meeting will be conducted in a discussion format where committee members will address issues and recommendations identified by the PCPID Working Group that they propose to incorporate into the PCPID Report to the President. More details have been published in a Federal Register notice.
For more information, please email ACL.
This meeting will include CART and American Sign Language (ASL) services. If you have any requests for additional reasonable accommodations, please contact J. Welborn and Sensis Agency by Thursday, March 7th.
Stakeholder input is very important to PCPID. Comments and suggestions are especially welcome from people with intellectual disabilities. If you have comments about HCBS or other areas you would like to convey to PCPID, please share them through the PCPID comment form. Comments received by March 12 will be shared with PCPID at its March 21 meeting.
About the Presidential Commission on the Intellectually Disabled
Founded by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966, PCPID advises the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on a wide range of topics affecting people with intellectual disabilities, as well as specialized areas of support for people with intellectual disabilities and their families. Its goal is to improve the quality of life for people with intellectual disabilities by preserving their full citizenship, independence, self-determination, and lifelong community participation.