by Jason Snead, Research and Communication Specialist
When the Arizona Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) asked Arizonans for ideas on how to use American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, two mothers of children with disabilities, Brandi Coon and Lauryn Van Rooy, had a perfect idea: allow parents to continue being paid caregivers of their minor age children, as they had been since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.