Press Room
United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) is one of the nation’s leading organizations serving and advocating for the more than 54 million Americans with disabilities. Our organization aims to provide valuable background, research and public policy information to the public through the media. UCP can connect journalists to experts on cerebral palsy, as well as an array of disability-related subjects.
Media Contact
Jim Baker
Press Secretary
(202) 973-7114
jbaker@ucp.org
To be added to the UCP media contact list, please contact us.
Press Releases
- United Cerebral Palsy Releases Consumer Guide to Assist People with Disabilities Maximize Medicare Part D Drug Coverage (06/06/2006)
- Navigating the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage Program
- Watch American Worker, the New Flash Cartoon from United Cerebral Palsy and ANCOR
- United Cerebral Palsy and Children’s Rights Release Report on Foster Care (05/01/2006)
- United Cerebral Palsy Statement on the Death of Dana Reeve (03/7/2006)
- United Cerebral Palsy Releases National Analysis of Medicaid (03/01/2006)
- Therap Services Renews Commitment to United Cerebral Palsy (02/15/2006)
- United Cerebral Palsy Praises Supreme Court Ruling Addressing the Americans with Disabilities Act (01/13/2006)
- UCP Names the Top 5 Disability Films of 2005 (01/11/2006)
- More press releases…
Media Kit
United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) has strived, for more than 50 years, to advance the independence, productivity and full citizenship of people with cerebral palsy and other disabilities. UCP is one of the largest and most efficient health charities in the United States, with a combined budget of more than $750 million for research, public policy advocacy and direct services. System-wide, an average of 85 percent of all revenue is dedicated to programs.
Through its nationwide affiliate network, United Cerebral Palsy offers services to individuals, families and communities, such as job training and placement, physical therapy, individual and family support, early intervention, social and recreation programs, community living, state and local referrals, and instruction on how to use technology to perform everyday tasks. Sixty-five percent of people receiving services from UCP have disabilities other than cerebral palsy.