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About Us

BIO Marcie Roth, CEO of The Partnership

About REAADI & DRMA 

Real Emergency Access for Aging and Disability Inclusion in Disasters Act (REAADI) and Disaster Relief Medicaid Act (DRM) are two bills that focus emergency preparedness, response, and recovery on disability rights and the civil rights of older adults and individuals with functional access needs.

Find out more about REAADI:

What is REAADI?  

REAADI Leave Behind

Senator Casey’s one page summary on REAADI:  REAADI in Disasters Act One-pager Draft 04-09-19

Find out more about DRMA:

What is DRMA?  

DRMA_ Leave Behind

Senator Casey’s one page summary on DRMA: DRMA One Pager[2]

Press Releases6/3/2019: The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies statement on

6/2019: THE PARTNERSHIP FOR INCLUSIVE DISASTER STRATEGIES STATEMENT ON GAO’s REPORT HIGHLIGHTING FEMA FAILURES TO HURRICANE IMPACTED PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND OLDER ADULTS.

9/2018: The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies statement on the preventable deaths of Windy Newton and Nicolette Green, two South Carolina women with mental health disabilities who drowned on September 18, 2018 while in custody of the Horry County, SC Sheriff’s Office.  

Featured Coverage

3/2019 Government Tech/Emergency Management: People with Disabilities Often Face ‘Institutionalization’ During Disasters

3/2019 Public Radio East:  Disability Rights Advocates Work For Inclusion In Disaster Planning Process 

10/2018 PBS News Hour: As disasters strike, advocates worry FEMA policy changes put disability community at risk

8/2018 The Texas Tribute:  After Harvey, questions remain about whether registry helped people with disabilities

12/2017 PSMag: Disability and Disaster Response in the Age of Climate Change

All Coverage

Supporting Reports 

Recent Partnership Newsletters

The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies publishes a weekly newsletter that profiles members, provides updates on disaster legislation in Congress, including, the Real Emergency Access for Aging and Disability Inclusion in Disasters Act (REAADI) & the Disaster Relief Medicaid Act (DRM); and distributes notable media coverage on disasters and people with disabilities, disaster trainings and conferences.

May 9, 2019

April 26, 2019

April 18, 2019

Check out our archived newsletters.