Dear Friends of Dayle McIntosh Center;

I would like to call your attention to a serious problem that our community is about to face?

Please find below a press release we prepared to inform the community of the proposed California State Budget Cuts…

Cuts to such programs may not be obvious today, but the impact on future generations will be enormous. Indeed, arguments for an educated citizenry are overwhelming. Our social, economic, and political well-being depend in large measure on our immediate action. Let's rise to the occasion and inform the citizens of these proposed cuts and how they will affect the services that they receive.

I thank you for your support in our continuing Mission is to advance the empowerment, equality, integration and full participation of people with disabilities in the community. .

Thank you!!!!!

Dolores Kollmer           
Executive Director
Dayle McIntosh Center

For continued updated information contact:
Christie Rudder, Systems Change Advocate at Dayle McIntosh Center
(714) 620-8337 or crudder@daylemc.org

Proposed California Budget Cuts – How They Will Affect You Or Your Loved Ones!

The Special Session of the Legislature Has Begun November 6th, 2008
The California Deficit Is $11.2 Billion.

The Governor is proposing $4.5 billion in budget cuts and $4.5 billion in new revenues. 

Education and Health & Human Services take heavy proposed cuts.

MEDI-CAL

1. Reduce Optional Benefits

2. Limit Benefits For New Immigrants To Same Level As Undocumented (Maintain Emergency Services, Pregnancy Related, Long Term Care In Nursing Facility, & Breast & Cervical Cancer Treatment)

3. Reduce Income Level For New Applicants To Section 1931(B) Program; Average 72% Of Federal Poverty Level

4. Shift Federal Safety Net Pool Funding For Public Hospitals To Parts Of CA Children Services Program, Genetically Handicapped Program, Medically Indigent Adult Long-Term Care & Breast & Cervical Cancer Treatment Program

5.   3% Reduction To Regional Center Operations & Purchase Of Service Payments

SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME/STATE SUPPLEMENTARY PROGRAMS (SSI/SSP)

1. Reduced Grants To The Federal Limit For Age/Disabled Persons;  Individuals Reduced From $870 A Month To $830 Couples Reduced From $1524 Per Month To $1407

General Fund Savings

2. Eliminate State Only Program Cash Assistance For Immigrants

CALWORKS

1. Limit Safety Net Program To Families Beyond 60 Months If They Meet Federal Work Participation Requirements:

2. Limit Cash Assistance To Families For Child-Only Benefits If They Meet Federal Work Participation Requirements

3. Reduce CalWorks Grants By 10% To Maximum For Family Of Three From $723 To $651.

IN-HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES (IHSS)

1. Services Limited to Individuals with Functional Index Score of 4 or Higher.

2. Move State Buy Out Program For Medical Share Of Cost To Persons With Most Severe Needs.  IHSS Recipients With Average Functional Index Score Below 4 Would Pay More.

3. Lower State Participation in IHSS Caregiver Wages to State Minimum Wage Plus 60 Cents per Hour for Health Benefits.

CA FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (CFAP)

1. Eliminate Food Benefits To Low Income Legal Noncitizen, July 2009

General Fund Savings    $30.3 million

STATE SENATORS for Orange County

STATE ASSEMBLYMEMBERS