Maryland Governor Wes Moore submitted his 2026 state budget proposal to the Maryland General Assembly. In it, he has proposed historical, unprecedented cuts to intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) service funding. These include, but are not limited to:

· About $235,000,000 in scattergun cuts to IDD services, from provider-delivered supports (like the kind Makom provides) to people with IDD who self-direct/control their own services and budgets; deep and dangerous cuts that will impact Maryland kids and adults with IDD.

· Because of this, the State will forfeit a further $235,000,000 in federal Medicaid matching funds—bringing the total to $470,000,000. Just under a half billion dollars.

· For Makom alone, funding cuts are likely to be in the $5,000,000 to $6,200,000 range, as much as a whopping 18% of our budget.

We need your help! Scroll above to easily submit a letter in support of disability funding to your elected officials. For your convenience, you’ll find three different options to match your status. All you need to do is fill out your name and address, personalize the message (if you like– but please remember to sign the message with your name and address to ensure they know you are a constituent), and press submit. By doing so, your request will be directly sent to your Maryland elected officials.