Why is the Department of Developmental Services spending more money on institutions that continue to decrease in client numbers every year, rather than directing that money to regional centers and community organizations? Why are you proposing to spend more money to support operations of these State institutions without taking into account the diminishing population in the Developmental Centers, and their role in California's commitment to its developmentally disabled citizens?
Please justify your new spending costs for the State Developmental Centers on the basis of client care and service needs.
We are listening.
Why is this important?
Community organizations across the State of California who serve people with disabilities are going to lose millions of dollars that they have been promised from the Department of Developmental Services. We need your voice to help us tell them NO! Enough broken promises, we need you to be held accountable to what you say.
