09/17/2025
💙 Help Us Protect Autism Services in NC! 💙
Medicaid funding for critical behavioral health supports for individuals with autism is being cut beginning on October 1, 2025. These services are essential for helping children and families thrive — but they are at risk.
👉 You can make a difference! Use the link below to quickly send a message to NC legislators urging them to fully fund behavioral health services and protect our state’s most vulnerable residents.
Together, we can ensure autistic individuals continue receiving the care they need and deserve. 💪
https://www.votervoice.net/CASP/Campaigns/130165/Respond
NC Budget Talks Break Down — Contact Your Legislators Now!
The North Carolina General Assembly (NCGA) is underfunding the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) by $319 million — putting essential Medicaid services at risk.
On August 15, 2025, NCDHHS announced significant Medicaid budget cuts due to this shortfall, including:
A 10% rate reduction to Research-Based Behavioral Health Treatment (RB-BHT) services
A 3% rate cut across most other Medicaid benefits
These cuts disproportionately affect children and people with disabilities and directly contradict the Department's stated goals of:
Protecting services for vulnerable populations
Preserving critical behavioral health supports during a mental health crisis
Avoiding higher-cost institutional care by maintaining home and community-based services
📣 Take Action Today: Contact your state legislators and urge them to fully fund NCDHHS' budget request to avoid harmful service cuts and support North Carolina’s most vulnerable residents.
https://www.votervoice.net/CASP/Campaigns/130165/Respond
