New America

Disability Under Threat: Confronting Harmful Rhetoric and Policy at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Join New America for a virtual forum on the impacts of recent HHS decisions on disabled people, caregivers, and families.
Disability Scoop

Ed Department Lays Off Nearly All Special Education Staff

Layoffs at the U.S. Department of Education will leave no more than a handful of staffers in the agency’s special education office, jeopardizing oversight of the nation’s programs for students with ...
Disability Scoop

Despite Hold On Ed Department Layoffs, Special Education Worries Run High

A judge indefinitely blocked the U.S. Department of Education from laying off nearly every staffer in its special education office, but advocates say concerns about the future of the program remain.
The Hill

Parents of children with disabilities worry as Education Department shrinks

Parents of children with disabilities are growing increasingly worried as the Education Department shrinks and mechanisms for accountability seem harder to find. The department laid off nearly half of ...
Afro

Advocate warns dismantling of Dept. of Education could harm Black and Brown students with disabilities

As the 47th president works to shutter the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) advocates warn that cuts to the agency’s workforce and programs could harm Americans who depend on the agency’s special ...
KOIN 6

Canceled grant over DEI leaves Oregon families with disabilities ‘without a lifeline’

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon lawmakers and an organization in Central Oregon are sounding the alarm after the U.S. Department of Education canceled a grant that was serving rural Oregon families ...