**ALERT**
Senate Bill 850
People currently receiving services from the mental retardation system are at risk of losing their services
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THANK YOU!!
In response to dozens of emails and letters from our members and friends to DPW Secretary Estelle Richman, the decision to eliminate state funding for advocacy in Delaware County has been reconsidered! Secretary Richman has announced that DELARC willl receive $95,000 of the $103,000 in state funding for advocacy services for fiscal year 2008-2009. Thanks also goes to our state legislators from Delaware County, who let Secretary Richman know of the significant impact on families if access to advocacy services for children and adults with developmental disabilities was lost due to a funding cut.
More than 100 people attended the emergency membership meetings held on October 27th to mobilize efforts to have the decision to cut all state funding for advocacy services reconsidered. Those attending volunteered their time, talents and treasure to make sure that families in Delaware County continued to have access to advocacy services. Representative Brian Lentz spoke about the revenue shortfalls in Harrisburg, and how services such as DELARC's advocacy services should be preserved.
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