It's Not Over Yet!

We wanted to thank you for all of the calls, letters and emails that you are sending to legislators concerning the 2007 budget. One legislator in the House commented that he has heard about our issues more than any other issue! You are making an impact and legislators are taking our message seriously. The session is almost over but our work is not quite finished yet. This week we are asking that you send the message to members of the Senate appropriations committee and to your Senator. Today is day 31 of a 40 day session, so we are expecting a vote from the appropriations committee and then from the full Senate in the next few days.

The message is still the same -1500 new Medicaid services for the MRWP at a cost of $16.8 million and 152 waivers slots for the ICWP at a cost of $3.2 million. Emails and calls are best this week, so your message is received quickly. Please remember to personalize your emails and let legislators know why this is important to you. Please let them know if you are a self advocate, parent, professional or a family member who is affected by disability. Please tell other family member, friends, and professionals to call. Send this link out to your networks, support groups, and listservs. If you haven't sent your email, just click here to do so now!

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Many unlock activists are getting creative in building our numbers. Sara Pike, from Coweta county, personally went to 10 of her neighbors homes who were not used to sending out these type of emails, and send them out herself. Rita Spivey, president of the ARC of Satilla in south Georgia, included letter writing as a part of her meeting last night.

After you have made the call, Please help us in counting the number of calls that go out by sending Dave an email with "I made the call" in the subject line. Just click here to let us know you have made the call.

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Please also forward any responses you get from legislators to us so we can post them here.

Hang in there. Continue to stay strong, and remember the lives of those we are all impacting with our message.
Thank you.

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