Action Alert: Essential Funding for Our P&A Programs

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Disability Rights Wisconsin needs your voice today! Essential funding for our nation’s Protection and Advocacy (P&A) agencies, including Disability Rights Wisconsin, is at risk!

About this Action Alert

The President’s proposed budget for 2026 would cut or eliminate several grants that support the work of these agencies. If these cuts move forward, people with disabilities will face greater danger and fewer supports to live and thrive in their own communities. For countless individuals, P&As are the only place to turn when they face discrimination, mistreatment, or loss of services. We are the organizations that defend against abuse, neglect and exploitation.

Learn more about how Disability Rights Wisconsin and other disability organizations can be affected by these cuts in this recent article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, “As new fiscal year looms, Wisconsin disability rights groups brace for major funding cuts”.

Our work saves lives!

Take Action Now!

Contact your U.S. Representatives and urge them to maintain funding for Protection & Advocacy grants in the 2026 federal budget.

To make your message even stronger, personalize your letter by including Disability Rights Wisconsin’s name and why our work is important to you.

Use this National Disability Rights Network form to email your representative!