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Releases – FY 2023
February 15, 2023 – Press Release DLC Forced Sterilization Statement
Releases – FY 2022
October 1, 2021 – Katie Rasmussen Named 2021-2022 Barbara G. Toomer Fellow
December 8, 2021 – DLC Joined by Numerous Organizations in Calling for Increased Funding and Other Support for Home and Community-Based Providers Amid Severe Staff Shortage or view our Letter to the Governor on this issue: (click here for PDF) (click here for HTML)
February 23, 2022 – DLC Releases Report on the Impact of COVID-19 on Long-term Care Facilities (click here to read the full report)
Releases – FY 2021
Press Release – DLC Appoints Laura Henrie as Legal Director
Press Release – DLC Launches Care Rationing Education Efforts
Letter to State Leaders – Vaccine Distribution
DLC’s Statement on Care Rationing due to COVID-19
DLC Letter to Racial Equity in Policing Commission
Press Release – Youth Residential Treatment Facilities
DLC Letter to the Governor on Utah’s Crisis Standards of Care
Releases – FY 2020
- April 1, 2020 – ACLU of Utah Files Petition of Extraordinary Relief to Demand Release of Incarcerated Individuals in Utah Due to COVID-19 Threat
Releases – FY 2019
- December 18, 2018 – Disability Law Center and ACLU Reach Settlement to Strengthen Legal Representation for Guardianship Hearings in Utah
- February 7, 2019 – Disability Law Center Establishes Fellowship to Ensure Future Generations of Disability Advocates
- May 8, 2019 – Alzheimer’s Care Facility Allowed White Residents to Subject Black Resident to Racist Verbal and Physical Abuse, and Then Illegally Evicted Him in Violation of the Fair Housing Act
Releases – FY 2018
- January 12, 2018 – Disability Law Center and Parsons Behle & Latimer File Class Action Lawsuit on Behalf of
Institutionalized Utahns with Intellectual Disabilities - February 8, 2018 – Statement of Opposition to HB330: Communication Interception Amendments
- May 2, 2018 – Free Screening of Award-Winning Documentary, ‘Bottom Dollars’, Exploring the Effects of Sub-Minimum Wages Paid to Persons with Disabilities
- June 12, 2018 – Disability Community Organizing for Election Impact
Releases – FY 2017
- October 4, 2016 – Disability Law Center Joins Broad Effort to Observe National Disability Employment Awareness Month
- January 13, 2017 – Disability Law Center Files Complaints Against Seven Wasatch Front Landlords Alleging Discrimination Based on Source of Income
- January 26, 2017 – Papa John’s Pizza to Settle Discrimination Suit with Program to Recruit and Hire People with Disabilities
- March 8, 2017 – Corporal Punishment and the Use of Inappropriate Restraint No Longer an Option in Utah Public Schools
- March 15, 2017 – Massive Medicaid Cuts Potentially Devastating for Utahns with Disabilities, Older Adults and Kids
- March 22, 2017 – AHCA Could Have Deadly Consequences for Utah’s Most Vulnerable
- June 12, 2017 – Officials Sign Class Action Settlement Agreement to Reduce Wait Time for Those Needing Mental Health Services to Stand Trial
- June 22, 2017 – Discrimination Lawsuit Shows Continuing Impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act
- June 30, 2017 – Disability Law Center Client Honored Prior to Real Salt Lake Game
Releases – FY 2016
- March 2, 2016 – Disability Law Center’s Report Raises Concerns about the State’s Process to Implement New Regulations
- May 3, 2016 – Discrimination Lawsuits Show the Continuing Impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act
- July 14, 2016 – Appellate Court Rules That Plasma Donation Centers Are Public Accommodations Subject To the Americans with Disabilities Act
- September 30, 2016 – Disability Law Center Receives HUD Grant to Fight Housing Discrimination
Releases – FY 2015
- October 3, 2014 – The Disability Law Center Joins Broad Effort to Observe National Disability Employment Awareness Month
- October 14, 2014 – Cache County Earns 2014 Partner Award
- March 5, 2015 – Local Groups: Don’t let Politics Derail Prison Reform
- April 8, 2015 – Inmate’s Preventable Death Raises Constitutional Concerns
- May 12, 2015 – New Rule Makes Classrooms Safer for All Students and Staff
- September 8, 2015 – Disability Law Center Sues State Hospital System for Failing Criminal Defendants with Mental Illness
Releases – FY 2014
- August 27, 2014 – The Disability Law Center, Poised for Impactful Litigation with Aaron Kinikini as Legal Director
- September 30, 2014 – Disability Law Center Releases Statewide Report on Students with Disabilities and Transition to Employment
