Advocacy

Texas Proposition 14 results: Voters Approve Amendment to Create Dementia Research Facility, Fund

November 4, 2025 Comments Off on Texas Proposition 14 results: Voters Approve Amendment to Create Dementia Research Facility, Fund

Texas voters Tuesday approved Proposition 14, which creates a state-funded dementia research facility and sets aside money aimed at prevention of the disease. SJR 3 authorizes the state comptroller to set…

California Expands Paid Family Leave to Include Chosen and Extended Family

November 3, 2025 Comments Off on California Expands Paid Family Leave to Include Chosen and Extended Family

Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 590, expanding California’s Paid Family Leave program to include chosen and extended family members. This landmark legislation ensures Californians who pay into the Paid…

ALS Advocacy: What’s Happening and What’s Next

August 28, 2025 Comments Off on ALS Advocacy: What’s Happening and What’s Next

Here’s what’s happening in Washington, D.C., and how you can help safeguard ALS programs and research. Updates  Earlier this summer, the President signed H.R. 1 — the “One Big Beautiful…

ALS Network Donor Appreciation and Impact Message

August 25, 2025 Comments Off on ALS Network Donor Appreciation and Impact Message

Dear Friends, I am grateful for your steadfast support of the ALS Network and invite you to read our new Impact Report. We are excited to share how your partnership powers our mission-critical…

H.R.1 Health Changes: What They Mean for ALS Care

August 21, 2025 Comments Off on H.R.1 Health Changes: What They Mean for ALS Care

On July 4, 2025, the budget reconciliation bill, H.R.1, was signed into law. The legislation includes changes to Medicaid, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act (ACA), putting at risk the…

The ALS Network joins 8 ALS organizations to renew a NIH-funded study exploring the genetic link between ALS and Frontotemporal Degeneration

July 17, 2025 Comments Off on The ALS Network joins 8 ALS organizations to renew a NIH-funded study exploring the genetic link between ALS and Frontotemporal Degeneration

Letter To: Richard Hodes, MD, Director of the National Institute on Aging Walter Koroshetz, MD, Director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke National Institutes of Health, 9000…

Celebrating Pride Month and Honoring 10 Years Since Obergefell v. Hodges

June 20, 2025 Comments Off on Celebrating Pride Month and Honoring 10 Years Since Obergefell v. Hodges

June is Pride Month, and this year marks the 10th anniversary of a pivotal milestone in LGBTQ+ and civil rights history. On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court issued…

Collaborating for Change at the 2025 ALS Community Summit

June 3, 2025 Comments Off on Collaborating for Change at the 2025 ALS Community Summit

On May 7–10, 2025, representatives from the ALS Network joined other nonprofit organizations at the second annual ALS Community Summit, hosted by I AM ALS in Washington, D.C. This four-day…

CNN: Harvard expert warns of danger to key public health research as a result of funding cuts

May 30, 2025 Comments Off on CNN: Harvard expert warns of danger to key public health research as a result of funding cuts

In response to federal research funding cuts, Marc Weisskopf, a professor in the Environmental Health Department at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, states, “It poses a tremendous threat…

The ALS Network Joins ALS United and Partners Across the Nation to Expedite Solutions to Advance the Fight Against ALS

May 3, 2025 Comments Off on The ALS Network Joins ALS United and Partners Across the Nation to Expedite Solutions to Advance the Fight Against ALS

This week, several ALS organizations came together in Washington, D.C. to expedite solutions to advance the fight against ALS in the current policy environment. We have committed to leverage our…