NCSA One-Pager: Retaining 14(c) Non-Competitive Employment for Severely Cognitively Disabled Adults — February 2024
NCSA's February 2024 one-pager argues that the 14(c) sub-minimum wage certificate program under the Fair Labor Standards Act provides critical employment, community connection, and purpose for individuals with severe cognitive disabilities who cannot compete in the open labor market.
NCSA Letter to Vice President Biden: Include Severe Autism in Your Disability Agenda — June 2020
NCSA wrote to the Biden campaign in June 2020 arguing that the campaign's disability policy platform as written excluded the urgent needs of individuals with severe forms of autism and intellectual disability — urging explicit inclusion on guardianship protections, residential options, and retention of the 14(c) employment program.
NCSA Letter Opposing the Transformation to Competitive Employment Act and Raise the Wage Act — July 2019
NCSA's July 2019 letter opposing both the TCEA and the Raise the Wage Act, arguing that eliminating the 14(c) sub-minimum wage program would strip adults with profound cognitive disabilities of their jobs, their programs, their earned income, and their right to meaningful community engagement.