Over the past couple of weeks, advocates have been very busy, however legislators dealing with the budget are moving at a turtle's pace. Due to the uncertainty of the PeachCare, the schedule for the coming weeks will include weeks of recess moving the end of the session beyond April 17th.
The consistent response that we are hearing about our request for 2,000 new services for MRWP to unlock the waiting list is that because of the unknown impact of the deficit for Georgia due to PeachCare, they cannot make a commitment to adding an additional 500 services to the Governor's recommended budget.
We are hearing that the Georgia's Congressional delegation is working on this issue - not definitive news yet...stay tuned.
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