193 organizaciones piden que se restablezca el programa de energía solar de Puerto Rico

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

En 2022, 100 organizaciones lideradas por personas con discapacidad y organizaciones aliadas se unieron para abogar con éxito por una inversión federal en sistemas de energía solar en

193 Organizations Call for Restoring Puerto Rico Solar Program

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

En español

In 2022, 100 disability-led and disability-supporting organizations came together to successfully advocate for federal investment in rooftop solar and battery systems for disabled people and low-income households in

Disaster Preparedness for Parents with Disabilities Webinar – Brandeis and The Partnership

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies, in collaboration with the Lurie Institute for Disability Policy at Brandeis University’s Heller School for Social Policy and Management, hosted the webinar “Disaster Preparedness

Public Comment Opposing Disability Disaster Registries and Advancing Real Solutions

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

September 15, 2025

The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies (The Partnership) is the only U.S. disability-led nonprofit focused exclusively on equity for disabled people before, during, and after disasters. We

Comments to NCD on Improving State and Local Disaster Plans for People with Disabilities

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

8/29/25 National Council on Disability (NCD) Panel "Improving State and Local Disaster Plans for People with Disabilities"

Photo of five people sitting at a table presenting at a meeting. From left to right they are Kira Tiller, Germán Parodi, Lidia Fonseca, Beth Meyer, and Natasha Fox.

From left to right: Kira Tiller, Germán Parodi, Lidia Fonseca, Beth Meyer, and

The Portraits and Portals Art Premiere!| ¡El estreno artístico de Retratos y Portales!

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

[Español abajo]

Thank you for joining us for the Portraits and Portals art premiere on August 27th 2025! With over 250 registrations, the event was a tremendous success, featuring

Comments on Section 503 Regulations Removal

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

August 26, 2025

Catherine L. Eschbach

Director, OFCCP

200 Constitution Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20210

RE: Docket No. OFCCP-2025-0003, Modifications to the Regulations Implementing Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act

PIDS Support letter for FEMA Act of 2025

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

August 26, 2025

Dear Chairman Sam Graves and Ranking Member Rick Larson,

The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies (The Partnership) is the only U.S. disability-led organization with a focused mission

Join us for the Portraits and Portals Premiere!

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

En Espanol

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

2:00 - 4:00 PM ET

We’re excited to invite you to a powerful, one-of-a-kind event: the Portraits and Portals Project Premiere, an artistic

¡Únase para el estreno de Retratos y Portales!

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

In English

Miércoles, 27 de agosto de 2025
2:00 - 4:00 p.m. (hora del Este)

Estamos emocionades de invitarte a un evento poderoso y único: el estreno del proyecto Retratos

BREAKING NEWS: Lawmakers Officially Reintroduce the Disaster Relief Medicaid Act

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

Yesterday, June 12, 2025, the Disaster Relief Medicaid Act (DRMA) was officially reintroduced in Congress – and The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies is proud to support it.

Led by … Read more

Category: Announcement, Announcements, Community Support, Disability Advocacy, Disability Advocacy, Disaster Response, Emergency Preparedness, News, Public Policy and Legislation, Uncategorized Tags: disability, disability rights, disasters, LegislativeAndPolicy, news

Comment on Experiences With FEMA Disaster Responses

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

Federal Emergency Management Agency

500 C Street SW

Washington, DC 20472

May 15, 2025

Re: Docket ID: DHS-2025-0013, Request for Public Input on Experiences With FEMA Disaster Responses

The Partnership … Read more

Category: Announcement, Disability Advocacy, Disability Advocacy, Disaster Response, FEMA, Uncategorized Tags: disability, disability rights, disasters, FEMA, news

FEMA RFI – Talking Points for Commenters

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

Due by May 15, 2025

Request for Public Input on Experiences With FEMA Disaster Responses

You can submit your public comments on FEMA’s Request for Information (RFI) by May 15,

FAST – Past, Present, and Future

Updated on April 22, 2025 by June Kailes

Functional Assessment Service Teams (FAST)
Past, Present, and Future

By June Isaacson Kailes

Published: April 2025

This article explores FAST’s (Functional Assessment Service Teams) history, present status, and future opportunities

Category: Tags: disability, disasters, emergencies, FAST, preparedness

Dismantling ACL Is a Direct Threat to Disability and Aging Communities

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

Today, April 1, 2025, we are witnessing a devastating and destabilizing shift in federal support for disabled people and older adults. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) … Read more

Category: Announcement, Disability Advocacy, Disability Advocacy, Uncategorized Tags: disability, disability rights, disasters, news

Community Update on FEMA

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

March 24, 2025

Community Update on FEMA

The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies (The Partnership) hosts weekly national stakeholder calls. These calls bring together people from across the country —

Five-Year Commemoration of the Daily COVID-19 Disability Rights & Disasters Call

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

February 28, 2025

Five-Year Commemoration of

the Daily COVID-19 Disability Rights & Disasters Call

Following the first major impact of COVID spread in a nursing facility in Kirkland, Washington, on

Disabled Disaster Relief for the Southern California Wildfires

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

We are in active response mode for the Los Angeles wildfires.

We need your help to continue our work!

Our Disability and Disaster Hotline has received 85 calls since the

Disability-led Response Update: Hurricanes Helene and Milton

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

Today, November 15, 2024, marks 50 days since Hurricane Helene roared onshore as a Category 4 storm, the strongest since 1851 to hit the Big Bend area along the Gulf

Hurricane Helene Disability Response Update

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

Donate Now to Help

Dear friends of The Partnership,

Thank you for your ongoing support of our life-saving work providing information, resources, and immediate assistance to disabled people impacted by

FEMA’s Proposed Rule Sparks Urgent Call for Disability and Aging Communities to Act

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

Image with text: Thank you for submitting your comments to FEMA! Read more about the 50+ submitted comments at the link above. The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies logo is at the bottom. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was seeking feedback for a proposed revision of its Public Assistance (PA) program regulations to align with current statutory authority and agency practices under

Comments to FEMA’s PA Program

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

September 3, 2024
Administrator Deanne Criswell
Federal Emergency Management Agency
500 C Street, SW.
Washington, DC 20472

Re: 44 CFR Part 206 [Docket ID FEMA–2023–0005] RIN 1660–AB09 Comments on

ACL and FEMA/ODIC Disaster Webinar Series – Summary 1

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

Screenshot image of a zoom webinar showing three people sitting at a desk facing the camera. From left to right sits Alison Barkoff a white woman with curly brown hair wearing a black and white blouse; Ed Ahern a white man sitting in his wheelchair wearing a white shirt with a laptop infront of him; Sherman Gillums a Black man sitting in his wheelchair wearing a black FEMA branded shirt.

ACL and FEMA/ODIC Disaster Webinar Series

Strengthening Disaster Preparedness and Response for Aging and Disability Communities

The Administration for Community Living (ACL) and the Office of Disability Integration and Coordination

FEMA IA Reforms: Quick Reference Guides

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

En español

On March 22, 2024, the FEMA Individual Assistance (IA) Reforms took into effect for the next Federally Declared Disaster. Read more here. Below you will find nine (9)

Reformas de Asistencia Individual de FEMA: Guías de referencia rápida

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

In English

El 22 de marzo de 2024, las Reformas de Asistencia Individual de FEMA entraron en efecto para el próximo Desastre Declarado Federal. Lea más aquí. A continuación, encontrará

Community Call on FEMA Reforms with ODIC

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced on Friday, January 19, 2024, a plan to reform the disaster assistance program.

On Monday, January 22nd, The Partnership hosted a community call

Nationwide Emergency Alert Test & Survey | Prueba y encuesta de alerta de emergencia a nivel nacional

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

Today, October 4th
2:20pm ET / 1:20pm CT / 12:20pm MT / 11:20am PT
Nationwide Emergency Alert TEST

TEST messages will be sent to all cell phones, TVs, and

Remembering 9/11 by Norman Smith

Updated on April 16, 2026 by Norman Smith

Norman Smith, a smiling white man wearing a green shirt and a baseball hat, seated in his wheelchair. — Image of Norman Smith smiling at the camera.

Today marks 22 years since the attacks of September 11th. For many, the memory of that awful September day in 2001 is

Proposed 504 Rule: Reinforcing Disability Rights and Equity

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies (The Partnership) is encouraged that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a proposed rule that will address discrimination on the

Category: Announcement, News Tags: disability, DisabilityRights, disabled, RehabAct

Urgent: Florida & Maui Need Your Help NOW

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

As Hurricane Idalia churns through the Gulf, communities in Florida face impending danger for the second time in less than a year. At the same time, our work continues with

Category: Announcement, News Tags: disability, disabled, Disaster, news

Disability Community Letter to Federal Colleagues

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

August 8, 2023

Rachel Patterson, Director of Disability Policy, Domestic Policy Council, White House

Anna Perng, Senior Advisor, Office of Public Engagement, White House

Jennifer Mathis, Deputy Assistant Attorney General,

Commemorating the 33rd Anniversary of the ADA

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

Image of María Palacios, a current PIDS board member, when she was a younger woman crawling up the Capitol steps to get the ADA passed. María is a Latina woman with long brown curly hair wearing a red ADAPT bandana and a stylish white t-shirt. Below the image is text of the image description.

On the 33rd anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), we commemorate rather than celebrate its enactment. While it’s important to recognize how far society has

Category: Announcement, News Tags: ADA, disability, disability rights, disasters, news

Happy Pride Month!

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

This June, The Partnership comes together with the queer community to celebrate Pride Month. We celebrate the LGBTQ+ community’s indomitable spirit and underscore the need to continue to fight for

Terminación del Título 42

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

In English

El Título 42 Terminó al Terminar la Emergencia de Salud Pública del COVID-19 el 11 de mayo de 2023

Si no está familiarizado, el Título 42 es un

Ending of Title 42

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

En español

Title 42 Ended with the Termination of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency on May 11, 2023

If you are not familiar, Title 42 is a little used statute

Category: Announcement, News Tags: #COVID19, disability, disasters, Immigration, news, PIDS, Title 42

The Partnership Receives MacArthur Foundation Grant to Support Fight for Right Ukraine

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

Text: "Support Ukrainians with Disabilities" with the blue and yellow Ukrainian flag colors behind the text.

The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies Receives MacArthur Foundation Grant to Support Fight for Right Ukraine

The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies (The Partnership), the only U.S. disability-led organization that

Category: Announcement, News Tags: crisis, disability, disasters, FFR, MacArthur, news, PIDS, Sponsor, Support, Ukraine

Back on the Road – 3 Years After COVID Started

Updated on May 4, 2023 by Melissa Marshall

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During the second week of April 2023, I went on my first business trip since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was joyful and challenging. I knew intellectually that

Category: Tags: #COVID19, disability, disabled, emergency preparedness, PIDS, Travel

Boletín 2023 TRIMESTRE 1

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

Una gráfica de un cielo tormentoso, con un círculo negro a la izquierda. Dentro del círculo hay texto: "Trimestre 1. De enero a marzo 2023". A la derecha del círculo se encuentra el logotipo del Partnership.

In English

Estimada comunidad,

Bienvenides a la edición del primer trimestre de 2023 del boletín del Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies. Como la organización liderada por personas con discapacidad en

2023 QUARTER 1 Newsletter

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

En Español

Dear Community,

Welcome to the 2023 Quarter 1 edition of The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies' newsletter. As the leading U.S. disability-led organization dedicated to equity for people

REAADI for Disasters Act: A Summary

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

The REAADI for Disasters Act was reintroduced on March 29, 2023 in both the Senate (S. 1049) and House (H.R. 2371), here is a brief summary

Resumen Anual del 2022

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

Un collage de fotos que muestra las siguientes imágenes: una imagen satelital del huracán Ian; una persona sentada en una silla de ruedas en clima invernal, con otra persona que la envuelve con una manta; un tornado sobre un campo abierto; y una calle con una grieta en el asfalto. Sobre las imágenes se encuentra el logotipo del Partnership y el título: Resumen Anual del 2022.

In English

[Los idiomas cambian con el tiempo. En reconocimiento de Lenguaje Inclusivo, cuando hablamos de personas no binarias o cuyo género no conocemos usamos termos inclusivos como "les y

2022: Year-in-Review

Updated on April 16, 2026 by admin

En Español

2022 was another busy year for us! Join us in celebrating many accomplishments as we face the ever growing challenges brought forth by climate change and disasters, the

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