Electricity is necessary to power the devices we rely on daily. These devices are essential for a person’s health and safety. In 2012, the California Public Utilities Commission ruled that California Public Utilities Code Section 451 and 399.2(a) give electric utilities authority to shut off the electric power to protect public safety.

Emergency Preparedness/Housing and Homelessness/Special Education: This resource provides a brief introduction to the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. This law protects homeless students right to an education. This includes homeless students with disabilities. Students with disabilities may have become homeless due to natural disasters like wildfires that are impacting many parts of the state of California.

Under California law, students with disabilities with an Individualized Education Program (IEP) must have an Emergency Plan in placeCal. Ed. Code § 56345(a)(9). The law requires IEP teams to consider how a student’s individual needs may be impacted in emergency situations.

During COVID-19, hospitals may not have enough beds and supplies to help everyone who needs it. Hospitals may not have enough ventilators for everyone who needs one. Doctors may have to make decisions about who gets help.

Some doctors and hospitals have a “no visitors” rule because of COVID-19. The State of California sent a Letter¹ to hospitals and other health facilities about these rules. The Letter says that people with disabilities sometimes need to bring a support person with them to the hospital or the doctor.

If you need support from your regional center during COVID-19 and you have not received a response from your service coordinator, you can do the following

Our organizations have received numerous questions about how SSI recipients will receive the payments that were provided to every adult and child in the country with a Social Security number in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES).

Current updates for the CalFresh program due to the Coronavirus.

This is for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who live on their own or with family and receive services from “regional centers.”

This is for people with mental health disabilities who are affected by COVID-19.

A lot of people are talking about evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some are wondering what the governor said about evictions. Others want to know if they can be evicted right now. In this fact sheet, we will talk evictions.

This is for people on Medi-Cal who are not sure how they’ll get their medications.

Because of the COVID-19 emergency, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) which runs California’s Medi-Cal program, is helping Medi-Cal beneficiaries get the services and care that they need.

This information is for people who need help at home and get In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS).

Because of the COVID-19 emergency, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), which runs California’s Medi-Cal program, is putting policies in place to help people apply for Medi-Cal more easily or just keep existing coverage.

Because of the COVID-19 emergency, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), which runs California’s Medi-Cal program, is putting policies in place to help people apply for Medi-Cal more easily or just keep existing coverage.

Because of the COVID-19 emergency, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) which runs California’s Medi-Cal program, is helping Medi-Cal beneficiaries get the services and care that they need.