From the California Disability Services Associations: Our initial review indicates that DDS has addressed some of the major concerns CDSA submitted comments on. The Budget Subcommittee will be meeting for a more in-depth review of the TBL tomorrow at 8:00 am. The Public Policy Committee will have a call Wednesday afternoon to finalize CDSA's position on the TBL and May Revise. Click here for the full text of DDS's revised proposal Click here to see the TBL for the following area 1) Administrative Efficiency-Electronic Billing Process for All Providers 2) Annual Family Program Fee 3) Benefit Cards 4) Enhancing Community Integration Participation Development Transportation Access Plans 5) Individual Choice Day Services 6) Maintaining Consumer's Home of Choice-Mixed Payment Rates in Residential Facilities with Alternative Residential Model (ARM) Rates 7) Maximizing Resources Behavioral Services 8) Maximize Utilization Generic Resources-Education Services 9) Rate Equity Negotiated Rate Control 10) Supported Living Services-Maximize Resources 11) Transfer Reduced Scope Prevention Program…

Dear Friends, Our community is facing its most serious threat in many years. Governor Brown's proposed budget cuts would gut the Lanterman Act's promise that people with developmental disabilities will get the services and supports they need to live full lives in the community. If the cuts happen, you could lose all of your services. There is no way to know until after they pass, if they do. This is serious. The Arc and other disability organizations are fighting in the Capitol to protect our community's services. To limit the damage, we need a strong show of support from the community. That means you and the people you know throughout the state. I'll tell you more about the threat, but first, here's what I'm asking you to do: Come to Sacramento on Thursday, February 3, and Thursday, February 10, the dates of the Legislature’s only public hearings on the developmental…

Help Stop the 10% Cut! Sign Your Letters NowCAHF has issued an urgent Call-to-Action asking service providers, families, and friends across the state to write the governor and Legislature. Our message: Don't cut long-term care! The overall goal: to send 100,000 letters by February 15th.  TERI has committed to send 500 letters and we need your help. Why do we need the letters sent so quickly?  Because the legislature is considering the governor's proposed budget now and will likely vote in the next two weeks on whether to accept the budget -- and its proposed cuts -- or make changes.  We want the Legislature to remove the 10% Medi-Cal cut which is slated for long-term care providers. DIRECTIONS: We are asking each person to sign 3 letters. You will need to print and sign a letter for each of the following legislators. Please fax your signed letters to Nicole at 760-721-9872…

For those of you who have looked at the survey at DDS and not felt able to answer the questions, here are some suggested responses from the “Keeping the Lanterman Promise” group which seem very apparent: Visit www.ktlp.org for more information. KTLP Answers the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) Survey If you want the state to honor the promise of The Lanterman Act, you know that the Individual Program Plan (IPP) is the very heart of the law. The IPP is your promise that each person's needs and services will be determined on an individual basis. DDS is now proposing Statewide Purchase of Service (POS) Standards. These "standards" sound like something good, but they destroy the promise of The Lanterman Act. POS Standards are actually POS LIMITS. They are state imposed arbitrary limits on services for every person, regardless of their needs or individual circumstances. POS Standards are arbitrary rationing…