Kat, as you may be aware, Calif is facing major budget woes. our gov'nor had said that if we got the 10 billion from the feds, that he wouldn't cut us back so much. But, I think the fed is giving our state the money, but not all at once. so, if our special election this month does not help, here is what happens; already in the month of may, SSI got cut by $35.00. Medi-cal (medicaid) stops paying for nearly everything! dental, podiatry, hearing aids, OT PT.
The State will cut back what it contributes to our in-home services, and pay 8.00 per hour, the counties will be deciding if they can even afford it, but in any case, their health insurance benies will probably go. There are many disabled who simply may end up in nursing homes...
IHSS will be trying to cut stuff like meal prep, meal clean up, and god knows what else.
the regional centers are being asked to cut administrative cost 3 percent, as well as 3 percent cut back on what they pay supported living / independent living agencies like the one that supports me. so my agency is doing all it can to avoid big cuts, but not sure how they can avoid it. For instance, no more raises, no more reimbursement for eating out with the consumers, the directors are taking pay cuts.......... it's bad, but will get worse if the economy doesn't get better soon. What really gets me is our legislators and all their aides are getting a 5 percent RAISE! So, Some of us are looking at doing civil disobediance in SACTO, to bring attention to the very real issues that will happen if all these cuts go into effect!
Thanks,
Tamar
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Oakland Mayor's Commission on People with Disabilities
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Sent: Monday, May 4, 2009 6:46:10 PM
Subject: A Small Update
I've been awfully quiet - my apologies. The main reason is obviously it's
not election time and we don't have much spark for debate right now.
But seriously, I have been in a transition - I have been working through two
layoffs this past year - one of 600 people locally and the latest 500 people
locally, big numbers for a city of the size of 130,000. These were a major
part of our global restructuring plan and unfortunately a big effect has
been that it's impacted many people I've come to know over the past 20-plus
years. It's all been very sad. Also, this has meant that I have been
working in helping update our HR database and taking over someone else's job
(she was laid off 3 weeks ago). It's no comfort to know that our coworkers
in other countries are going through the same things we are.
How am I coping? Reading and music and just sleepng on weekends when I
can. Indian movies are the perfect escape, with the music and dancing, as
Beth knows. ;)
So hopefully the worse is behind us and maybe I'll have more time for
discussions, eh?
One thing I've been thinking of is how have you who deal with social service
agencies been faring? Are you having to deal with cutbacks in services,
poor customer relations, etc?
Kat
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