Together for Choice is a 501(c)(3) organization (Tax ID No: 82-2128631) with a mission "to unite to protect and advance the rights of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) to live, work and thrive in a community or setting of their choice." Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) – like every other member of society, deserve a full array of options in their residential, vocational and recreational choices. Their diversity and individual needs must be respected, honored and celebrated with the offering of a broad array of quality residential, vocational and recreational choices; expanded choices that will enrich each of their lives. We are joining together, representatives of organizations that serve individuals with I/DD, family members and loved ones, in recognition of the work that needs to be done to advance these individuals’ rights and expand their choices. We are spurred by the increasingly complex array of federal Medicaid and state agency rules that govern these critically important and personal housing and employment choices. Compounded by fiscal 'pull-back', these regulations and sub-regulatory guidance(s) are effectively reducing choices and availability of long-term care services for the I/DD community. We are excited and optimistic about the promise of coming together to ensure choice, options and appropriate resources for these individuals so that they can all live, work and thrive in a community or setting of their choice.
