Thanks!!!

Thanks to all that supported our UCP of Southern MD Fourth Annual Golf Challenge and Silent Auction, it raised $20,000 to help those with disabilities!!

ALERT - CALLS NEEDED THIS WEEK!

Last week the Board of Revenue Estimates released revenue projections showing that Maryland faces a budget shortfall of nearly $2 billion next year. The board’s estimates also indicate that the state needs to cut the FY2010 budget further and Budget Secretary Eloise Foster is recommending a cut between $290M and $300M. The Governor is expected to announce where the cuts will be targeted within the next several days. As a reminder, the DDA cuts so far this fiscal year include:

-.9% cut of the partial inflation increase for existing services

-2% cut to community provider rates for existing services

-10% cut to Rolling Access / Low Intensity Support Services

-15% cut to Service Coordination

Additionally, cuts to the DHR Respite Program are also affecting families of people with developmental disabilities.

CALL THIS WEEK!

Please call Governor O’Malley’s office as soon as possible and let him know that:

Ø you strongly oppose any further cuts to people with developmental disabilities

Ø further cuts will jeopardize the quality and safety of services for people with developmental disabilities

Ø further cuts will reduce availability of supports that are already desperately needed by thousands of Marylanders

Ø further cuts must not be made at the expense of Marylanders with disabilities and the staff and programs that provide services.

You can contact the Governor at the following numbers:

410-974-3901 or 1-800-811-8336
MD Relay: 1-800-735-2258


Contact Sheila Mackertich, MACS Director of Public Policy, at smackertich@macsonline.org or 410-740-5125 ext. 3, if you have any questions about contacting the Governor.

-Laura

p.s. It is important that your message be delivered by phone, as opposed to letters or e-mails. Please take a few minutes to make this important call this week!
________________________________________

Laura Howell
Executive Director
Maryland Association of Community Services (MACS)
10632 Little Patuxent Parkway, Suite 254, Columbia, MD 21044
(Tel) 410-740-5125 (Fax) 410-740-5124
MACS is dedicated to strengthening agencies to better support people with developmental disabilities and their families in their own communities.

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Anne Arundel County Disability Town Meeting

From our Director.....

Hi everybody, hope you’ll be able to attend a town meeting being held in Anne Arundel County to discuss services to people with disabilities. Many of the service providers of AA County are putting the meeting together. We did this last year and it was very well-attended. One of the main topics to be discussed will be cuts to funding and what that means to individuals. This will be a good opportunity to speak to your elected officials and voice your thoughts/concerns. Thanks.

Mitzi Bernard
Executive Director
United Cerebral Palsy of Southern MD.

State Cuts are hurting you!

Impact of cuts
Reduced Rolling Access
Reduced Respite Care
Less staff for Residential and Supported Living
Less staff for Employment Transition
Service Coordination Cuts
Waiting List Crisis
Protect Transitioning Youth

How you can get involved:
October 26, 2009
6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church
611 Baltimore Annapolis Blvd., Severna Park
Are your family members services being reduced? Are you waiting for services? Concerned about adequate funding for community programs? Come talk directly to the legislators
and let them know YOUR ISSUES.

RSVP (not required, but requested) to Angie DeMoreland at 410.990.1935 or ademoreland@thearcccr.org
Sponsored by: End The Wait Now! Campaign and the Developmental Disabilities Coalition
The Arc of the Central Chesapeake Region,
A.A. County Down Syndrome Connection, Friends of
ECI, OBI, Providence Center, Arundel Child Care
Connections, UCP of Southern MD, Abilities
Network, Coordinating Center, People Connect,
Bello Machre, Langton Green and A.A. County
Chapter of the Autism Society

CP Parent

Here is some other helpful links passed on by CP Parent...Thanks!

http://www.cpparent.com/links

disabilityresourceexchange.com - exchange resources and ideas and support each other

disabilityresourceexchange.com - exchange resources and ideas and support each other

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