Monday March 26th

Moving Forward March 23, 2012

March 26, 2012

Dear Advocates!

I know you missed us last week! Our apologies....there wasn't much NEW news to report and the timing on what we did know was so close to Moving forward's release, we decided to spare everyone an extra e-mail!

This is the LAST week of the session. Monday is day 38, Tuesday will be day 39, and as far as we know, Thursday is day 40, SINE DIE! There are a couple of things left to do:

Accessible Taxi Cabs, SB 373, needs to get out of HOUSE RULES in order to get a vote on the floor by Sine Die. If you are a constituent of a representative on the House Rules Committee, please e-mail them and let them know you support this bill and ask them to support it to be put on the House Floor calendar.

Here is the link to House Rules. Find your representative and click on their name and their info will come up and then you can click on their email address to send an email about SB 373 the Accessible Taxi Cabs :

House Rules Committee

The Conference committee (Representatives Jan Jones, Terry England and Larry O'Neal, and Senators Jack Hill, Tim Golden and Greg Goggans) met last week and began working on the differences between the House and Senate versions of the FY 2013 budget. Our items are secure--50 ICWP waiver slots, and language to ensure the annualization of the DFCS waivers through the Balancing Incentive Payment Plan moneys was in both versions, so they are not up for discussion. There is a difference in some of the autism funding for the Emory Autism Center and the Matthew Reardon Center, so stay tuned to the last Moving Forward to see how those are resolved.

Thank you for the letters that went in to members during the session. We will most likely keep up the Keys to the Campaign e-mails during the "inter-session" at least monthly. We URGE you to get out during the campaign season and let your legislators know the needs of your family and community. We cannot go another year with only 100 resources in the community for people who need support. SHOW UP, STAND UP and SPEAK UP!

Thank you for your support!

Pat and Dave