Archived post from February 2015. The hearings described below took place in March 2015.
The message is clear, says the coalition, “the California developmental services system needs a 10% increase to stop the current system collapse.”
The Lanterman Coalition is calling attention to the systemwide collapse of our Developmental Services system, and the dire need to stabilize our support system or continue the harm to people with disabilities, families, and their support workers. They encourage you to attend the following hearings:
Wednesday, March 4: The Assembly Health and Human Services Budget Sub-Committee #1,
Chair: Assembly Member Tony Thurmond
1:30 PM, Room 4202 (Staff: Jazmin Hicks)
Thursday, March 12: The Senate Health & Human Services Budget Sub-Committee #3,
Chair: Senator Holly Mitchell
9:30 a.m., Room 4203 (Staff: Peggy Collins)
The Lanterman Coalition consists of 19 leading stakeholders in California’s community based developmental services system. Membership in the coalition requires a commitment to (1) the Preservation of the Lanterman Act and the entitlement, (2) no categorical elimination of services, (3) no enrollment caps or waiting lists, (4) no reductions to services and supports important to people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and their families and (5) full support of the community imperative and the Olmstead decision.
Learn more: www.lantermancoalition.org (archived copy; the Lanterman Coalition website is no longer online)