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On May 14, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom proposed his May Revise budget which included more than $500 million in cuts to services and supports for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. Last week the Sate Assembly and State Senate joined to develop a budget that rejects those cuts, and now the Governor and the Legislature have until this Friday, June 12, to negotiate and finalize a state budget that could have drastic impacts on the disability community. It’s urgent and critical that Governor Newsom and the Legislature hear from you!
TELL GOVERNOR NEWSOM TO SAVE REGIONAL CENTER SERVICES AND REJECT FAMILY FEES
TAKE ACTION NOW
Specifically, negotiations this week will decide whether or not to save or cut the following:
- Up to 14% payment reduction for regional center services and direct support professionals
- 7% reduction to IHSS hours
- Forcing families to pay up to $20,000 for regional center services used by their child
- 14 furlough days every year of all regional center services
- Cutting a cost-of-living increase for SSI/SSP recipients
(To see a full list of proposed cuts impacting the intellectual and developmental disability community read The Arc & UCP California Collaboration’s letter in response to the budget.)
The time to act is now. Our community continues to be in the middle of a pandemic response and any cuts to services and families would deteriorate in already underfunded system of home and community based supports and put more people at risk.