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Opinion: I fear for my disabled daughter. Her services may be stopped due to lost state funding.
May 24, 2024Wiesner is a retired salon manager and the mother of a client in Home of Guiding Hands’ Community Living Program. She lives in El Cajon. I’m not just a concerned citizen; I’m a frightened parent. I’m…
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Opinion: Budget cuts to programs that help people with disabilities hurt families, too.
May 24, 2024Hershey is CEO of Home of Guiding Hands and lives in El Cajon. In the dynamic landscape of California, there lies a group whose voices often fade into the background — the individuals with intellectual and…
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Opinion: Will state break its promise to those with intellectual and developmental disabilities?
May 24, 2024Jardini is executive director of the California Disability Services Association and lives in Sacramento. Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed a state budget in direct conflict with the promise California made decades ago to Californians with intellectual…
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CEO’s Perspective on Governor’s Budget “Freeze” and Advocacy Efforts
February 6, 2024More than 420,000 Californians with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) live in California; they are our neighbors, classmates, coworkers, family, and friends. However, their support structure has been grossly underfunded for more than two decades. …
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