Every document below is free to use, adapt, and redistribute. They're designed to be dropped into legislative testimony, coalition meetings, grant applications, and newsroom briefings.
Model bill eliminating state-level domestic service overtime exemptions. Includes fiscal note framework, fiscal impact talking points, and a summary of the 14 states that already provide protections beyond federal law.
→ View model billModel bill requiring a specified percentage of Medicaid HCBS rate increases flow to direct care worker compensation. Modeled on Minnesota (72%), Massachusetts (90%), and New York (statutory parity).
→ View model billOne-pager framing home care investment as institutional cost avoidance — not worker benefit expansion. Designed for Republican legislators and fiscally conservative stakeholders. Includes the $48K vs. $128K comparison and substitution evidence.
→ View framing guideTwo-pager centering the mandatory vs. optional Medicaid asymmetry: nursing home care is an entitlement; HCBS is not. Designed for Survival Coalition-type organizations and AARP chapters.
→ View advocacy briefPre-drafted FOIA/open records request letters for the 10 critical data gaps identified in the research template: IRIS workforce demographics, county-level HCBS vs. NF data, MCO contract provisions, and more.
→ View templatesFull 90+ metric template pre-populated with WI and MN data. Includes data sources registry and FOIA tracker tabs. Add your state's data to the blank column.
↓ Download .xlsxComprehensive 355-line research methodology guide covering all 6 categories, WI–MN validation data, template instructions per metric, data availability summary, and constitutional viability analysis.
↓ Download .mdDrop-in HTML/JS snippet for coalition partner websites. Displays key metrics for any two states side-by-side with source citations. Responsive, lightweight, no dependencies.
→ Get embed codeTemplate comment for the DOL companionship exemption rescission rulemaking (90 FR 28976). Pre-populated with the familial caregiver paradox argument and fiscal data. Customize with your state data.
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