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Bud Rosenfield

On Monday, July 10, we at The Arc Minnesota were devastated to learn that Bud Rosenfield, the State’s Ombudsman for Mental

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Identity First vs. People First Language

There is a debate in the disability community about the best way to describe people who have disabilities. We are

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Beyond equity, towards justice—The Task Force on Eliminating Subminimum Wage

This blog post was authored by Jillian Nelson and Andrea Zuber, co-Chairs of the Minnesota Task Force on Eliminating Subminimum

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A New Approach to Abundant Lives

On June 4, 2022 the Star Tribune published the story “‘The system is in ruins’: Minnesotans with disabilities feel left

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The Taskforce on Subminimum Wage in Minnesota

There seems to be a widespread misunderstanding of legislation, led and championed by Minnesotans with disabilities, related to subminimum wage

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Hope Amidst Crisis: Building Abundant Communities

The dilemma The Direct Support Workforce Shortage has been a long time coming. It has been predicted for decades but

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Transforming Home and Community Based Services through the Better Care Better Jobs Act

As our country’s leaders in Washington, D.C. consider passing the Better Care Better Jobs Act (though its fate is currently

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Celebrating Human Rights Progress

The Arc Minnesota celebrates the establishment of a task force to phase out subminimum wage. The practice of paying people

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