Legal Aid of Arkansas guides to emergency benefits during COVID-19
Legal Aid of Arkansas has published three guides to emergency benefits like SNAP, unemployment benefits, and Medicaid during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. These include a two-page English version, a two-page Spanish version, and a twelve-page English version (the full guide). English COVID-19 Guide to Benefits (two-page): https://disabilityrightsar.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/COVID-19-Guide-to-Benefits-two-page-FINAL-04.15.20.pdf Spanish COVID-19 Guide to Benefits (two-page): https://disabilityrightsar.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/SPANISH-COVID-19-Guide-to-Benefits-Two-Page-Final.pdf FULL […]
DRA, other civil rights lawyers file complaint against state officials over COVID-19 outbreaks in Arkansas state prisons
LITTLE ROCK – Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the law firm Squire Patton Boggs, Disability Rights Arkansas, and American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas filed an emergency complaint against Governor Asa Hutchinson and Arkansas Department of Corrections (ADC) officials on behalf of Arkansas state prisoners over the inadequate measures to […]
FEMA Office of Equal Rights issues bulletin ensuring civil rights during COVID-19 response
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Office of Equal Rights has issued a bulletin outlining provisions to ensure that the civil rights of all are respected during the COVID-19 response. The bulletin asserts that the distribution of supplies, processing of applications, and other relief-related activities will be conducted “in an equitable and impartial manner, without […]
Calling aspiring actors: Arkansas Disability and Health Program wants YOU!
The Arkansas Disability & Health Program (ADHP) is looking for people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities and their caregivers to be actors in short (2-10 minute) health education videos. Videos will cover a range of health and wellness topics and will appear on the ADHP YouTube channel and Facebook page. For more information, click here. […]
COVID-19 and the disability community: TONIGHT on KABF 88.3
The COVID-19, or coronavirus, pandemic has brought with it some very significant changes to our daily lives. And while health and economic disparities have always been with us, this global pandemic has laid bare many more of those systemic inequities. The disability community, already marginalized in many ways, now faces new challenges in the wake […]