BlogTalk

Calling All Advocates to Let Policymakers Know What the Lanterman Act Means to You

The Lanterman Act in 2011 and Beyond
Dear Friends:

The Senate Human Services Committee chaired by Senator Carol Liu (from the same district Frank Lanterman represented, and the winner of The Arc’s 2009 Legislator of the Year Award)) will be having an Oversight Informational Hearing this Tuesday March 22, 2011 from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm in the John Burton Hearing Room (4203) in the State Capitol, Sacramento, California.

Come and deliver a message to policymakers with your testimony. Your voice and your face will tell policymakers why the Lanterman Act is so important to our community and why so many of us oppose changing it from the current individualized personal approach to the proposed set standardization model.

Agenda

Opening Remarks
Senator Carol Liu, Chair, Senate Human Services Committee
Other members
The Lanterman Act: Past, Present, Future
Michal Clark, Director, Kern Regional Center
Kiara Hedglin and Nickole Bouslog, Consumer Perspective
The Individual Program Plan and Purchase of Service Best Practices
Catherine Blakemore, Executive Director, Disability Rights California
Catherine McCoy, Service Coordinator, San Andreas Regional Center
Rocio Smith, Executive Director, Area Board V
Steve Miller, Executive Director, Tierra del Sol Foundation
Accountability, Transparency and Beyond – Implementation of the 2011 DDS Trailer Bill
Jim Burton, Director, Regional Center of the Easy Bay
Doug Pascover, Executive Director, Arriba Independent Living Services
Nancy Chance, Executive Director, Training Toward Self-Reliance
Audit Updates
Terri Delgadillo, Director, Department of Developmental Services
Elaine Howle, State Auditor, Bureau of State Audits
Carol Fitzbiggons, Director, Inland Regional Center
Vicki Smith, Executive Director, Area Board XII
Public Comment & Concluding Remarks

I hope to see you Tuesday.

Greg

Greg deGiere
Public Policy Director
The Arc and United Cerebral Palsy in California

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