As i myself suffered malnutrition during homelessness and still without any access to special needs foods...
Please note -
Special medical needs foods are always in short supply please help homeless, disabled and elderly persons with diabetes, cancer and allergy and other medical conditions.
Please donate plain canned beans, green and green leafy veggies,
non dairy, sugar, msg, or yeast items.
dried beans peas and lentils are cheap and healthy for those with cooking facilities.
please note singles do not get holiday baskets with turkeys to cook on the holidays.
help disabled singles with other protein sources.
canned sardines, mackerel, and salmon supply many needed vitamins and minerals.
There is near always a good supply of white bread and desserts.
From: "Darcie Olson" <c_olson@onebox.com>
Folks -
Wanted to let you know that my office will be a drop point for the OC
Food Bank for the month of December (starting December 1 - January 4th)
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They are asking for canned food (any kind) and pet food
I have two barrels and would like to fill them up twice during the month
- Please consider dropping by my location at:
Darcie Olson
State Farm
2000 Harbor Blvd. #106
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
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NLC Summer Semester Registration Deadline:May 8
The National Labor College’s 2009 Summer Semester begins Monday, June 8. The last day to register for the semester is May 8. For more information, call the NLC Admissions Office at 301-431-5421 or e-mailjosborn@nlc.edu. Don’t miss this exciting opportunity!
Organizing for America Listening Tour (Meeting)
Organizing for America is dedicated to making real the change we fought for during the election. But to be successful, we need to hear from you -- your effort and commitment are the backbone of this movement and this organization. We'll tell you about some lessons learned during the general election, and ask for your thoughts on how we can organize California going forward.
Your ideas will be used to write a California-specific plan for Organizing for America in 2009 and beyond. Come and make your voice heard!
Time:Sunday, May 17 from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Host:Mary Jane Stevenson
Location:TBD (Irvine, CA)Irvine, CA 92602
VOTE NO No No on all propositons may 19th.
Please !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://ca.lwv.org/action/prop0905/flyer.pdf
Don't let the state raid the budgets/ cut services for other use!!!
CDCAN REPORT
CALIFORNIA DISABILITY COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK
ADVOCACY WITHOUT BORDERS: ONE COMMUNITY
REPORT #115-2009 APRIL 14, 2009 – TUESDAY
California Disability Community Action Network Disability Rights News goes out to over 45,000 people with disabilities, mental health needs, seniors, veterans with disabilities and mental health needs, their families, workers, community organizations, including those in Asian/Pacific Islander, Latino, African American communities, policy makers and others across California.
To reply to this report write: MARTY OMOTO at martyomoto@rcip.com Website: www.cdcan.us
California Budget Crisis
ADVOCATES FEAR MORE MAJOR CUTS AS STATE REVENUES CONTINUE TO FALL
GROWING BUDGET DEFICIT WILL LIKELY MEAN GOVERNOR WILL PROPOSE MORE PERMANENT CUTS IMPACTING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, SENIORS & LOW INCOME WORKERS AND FAMILIES – REGIONAL CENTERS, IHSS & OTHER PROGRAMS MAJOR TARGETS
SACRAMENTO, CA (CDCAN) [Updated 04/14/09 03:00 PM (Pacific Time) ] - Advocates for people with disabilities, mental health needs and seniors fear that more permanent and devastating major cuts are almost certain now to be proposed by the Governor and Legislature in late May, as revenues continue to drop more sharply than previously expected when the 2009-2010 State Budget was passed in February (four months early). [CDCAN photo, left of crowd protesting cuts on February 19, 2009 in Sacramento before start of public forum by the Department of Developmental Services on regional center budget reduction. Similar protests are planned for April 22 and May 7th]
While the Schwarzenegger Administration has given assurances that it will not propose suspension of the landmark Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act, Some advocates fear that cuts could mean a permanent major scaling back of the civil rights law that protects the rights of children and adults with developmental disabilities. California is the only state in the nation to have such a civil rights law. [CDCAN Note: In response to the current cuts and likeliehood of more major cuts coming, a protest march and sidewalk demonstration is set for April 22, beginning at 11 AM to 1 PM, from the Sacramento Convention Center to the State Capitol L Street sidewalk, just before the Assembly Budget Subcommittee hearing on regional center and mental health budget cuts and issues. See CDCAN website for more details at www.cdcan.us]
That fear of more major cuts was underscored last week when State Controller John Chiang issued his monthly report on the state finances, showing a sharp drop in state revenues. That report by Chiang, who is a statewide elected official, largely confirms the findings last month by the Legislative Analyst Office (LAO) – the non-partisan office that reviews budget issues for the Legislature – which projected a larger than expected drop in State revenues, which will mean the budget deficit will grow back to well over $8 billion by June 30, 2010.
These cuts are in addition to reductions that were already approved in September (as part of the 2008-2009 State Budget passed three months late) or approved in February (as part of the 2009-2010 State Budget passed four months early). Some of those cuts have already gone into effect, such as the cut to the federal SSI portion of the SSI/SSP grant’s federal cost of living increase money that went into effect January 1, 2009 that the State will begin withholding (cutting) effective May 1.
Other cuts, unless rescinded by the Legislature and Governor, such as cuts to In-Home Supportive Services, elimination of several Medi-Cal optional benefits and grant reductions to SSI/SSP and CalWORKS, and over $100 million cut in spending to regional centers are scheduled to go into effect in May – and others will go into effect July 1, 2009.
One senior legislative staffer told CDCAN that people should worry – because “if the Legislature was willing to make cuts to the budget that it never would have made before – to In-Home care, to Medi-Cal [optional] benefits – then other major cuts to previously sacred programs are really possible now, especially if some other cuts are restored.”
$8 Billion Gap Comes Just Weeks After Budget Passed Closing $41 Billion Hole
That $8 billion shortfall projection comes just weeks after the Governor and Legislature hammered out a budget deal that saw passage of an early budget in February, for the State budget year that begins July 1 and ends June 30 next year, closing a over $41 billion deficit through major permanent spending cuts, temporary tax and fee hikes, fund shifts and borrowing. [CDCAN photo of Anna Wang, parent of child with autism, part of larger crowd protesting outside federal courthouse Feb. 18, against Medi-Cal, regional center, IHSS, SSI/SSP and other cuts]
The new $8 billion budget hole however is expected to grow dramatically by the end May when actual and new projections of state spending is factored in (the $8 billion figure is based on revenue numbers only). If the ballot propositions that call for spending caps, fund transfers and shifts impacting mental health and children’s programs are rejected by voters – as seems likely at this point barring a massive successful campaign by supporters including the Governor to win passage – the budget shortfall projections could easily swell to over $18 billion by June 30, 2010.
Growing Budget Shortfall Makes More Cuts Almost Certain
A budget hole of that size – even one of over $8 billion, would almost certainly mean proposals calling for major permanent spending cuts ranging in the billions of dollars – with a focus on health and human services.
Raising additional taxes and fees – even temporarily – at this point does not seem likely politically, especially if the spending cap initiative – which includes a provision to extend by another two years, the temporary tax increases passed in February , are rejected by voters.
Another factor complicating solving the budget crisis is the coming 2010 Statewide general election when the governorship and other statewide offices, all 80 seats in the Assembly and half of the State Senate are up for election.
Health & Human Service Programs Vulnerable For More Cuts
Though cuts to health and human service programs important to people with disabilities, mental health needs, seniors and low income families, were approved by the Legislature and Governor in previous budgets, including the 2008-2009 State Budget passed three months late in September 2008, and the 2009-2010 State Budget passed in February (four months early), those same programs and populations are especially vulnerable for more likely cuts again when the Governor issues in late May his budget changes and revisions (called the “May Revise”).
Especially vulnerable, advocates fear, are even larger “devastating” and permanent cuts to regional center funded community-based services and supports that serve over 240,000 children and adults with developmental disabilities.
Other programs vulnerable and likely targets for more cuts – and already subjected to cuts in previous years and this year and next – include In-Home Supportive Services, SSI/’SSP, CalWORKS, senior programs and other human services programs.
KEY DATES AND NEXT STEPS
· April - Assembly and Senate budget subcommittee hearings [key hearings on April 22 by the Assembly budget subcommittee on Health and Human Services dealing with regional center cuts and mental health, April 23 by the Senate Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services dealing with Medi-Cal cuts, including optional benefits, and mental health; May 7th by the Senate Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services dealing with regional center cuts. ]
· May – subcommittee hearings continue
· May 5 – voter registration deadline
· May 19 – statewide special election (several ballot measures linked to budget)
· May 25 – date when Governor is expected to release his budget revisions (this date could be a few days later). Advocates expect more major permanent budget cuts to be proposed.
· June – additional (and final) budget subcommittee hearings on new proposals by the Governor – and final action on any “open” budget issues. Legislative leadership and Governor likely to meet in order to reach agreement (unlike in previous years, these meetings would be about a budget already passed).
· June – any action to rescind previous cuts and restore funding (such as cuts to In-Home Supportive Services or elimination of several Medi-Cal optional benefits) will likely need to happen this month before those cuts go into effect July 1, 2009.
· July 1, 2009 – Start of 2009-2010 State budget year. Many cuts – unless restored – go into effect at this point, including cuts to IHSS, 2.3% grant cut to SSI/SSP, 4% grant cut to CalWORKS, over $100 million in state dollars cut to regional center spending and continuation of 3% regional center provider payment reduction through at least June 30, 2010.
· September 1, 2009 – additional 7.1% cut to regional center provider payments (on top of the existing 3% cut) will go into effect if another “trigger” in the 2009-2010 State Budget is pulled by the Legislature if they don’t believe the Governor’s proposal (issued by the Department of Developmental Services on April 6) that details changes in state law, will achieve the over $100 million cuts in State general fund spending between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010. With the deficit exploding to over $8 billion, and a strong push to restore cuts either to IHSS and some of the Medi-Cal optional benefits , some advocates now believe that this additional 7.1% regional center provider payment cut (on top of the existing and ongoing 3% cut) is much more likely to happen regardless of an “trigger”.
· January 10, 2010 – Governor must submit by this date, a proposed budget for 2010-2011.
· December 31, 2010 – End of the period of funding – unless Congress makes a change in federal law – from the federal economic stimulus bill.
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To continue the CDCAN website, the CDCAN News Reports. sent out and read by over 45,000 people and organizations, policy makers and media across California and to continue the CDCAN Townhall Telemeetings which since December 2003 have connected thousands of people with disabilities, seniors, mental health needs, people with MS and other disorders, people with traumatic brain and other injuries to public policy makers, legislators, and issues.
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You can also donate via credit card – paypal on the CDCAN site working again!
MANY, MANY THANKS to HOPE SERVICES in San Jose, FEAT of Sacramento (Families for Early Autism Treatment), RESCoalition, Easter Seals of Southern California, Tri-Counties Regional Center, Westside Regional Center, Regional Center of the East Bay, Friends of Children with Special Needs, UCP of Orange County, UCP of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, Alta California Regional Center, Life Steps, Parents Helping Parents, Work Training, Foothill Autism Alliance, Arc Contra Costa, Pause4Kids, Manteca CAPS, Training Toward Self Reliance, UCP, California NAELA, Californians for Disability Rights, Inc (CDR) including CDR chapters, CHANCE Inc, , Strategies To Empower People (STEP), Harbor Regional Center, Asian American parents groups, Resources for Independent Living and many other Independent Living Centers, several regional centers, People First chapters, IHSS workers, other self advocacy and family support groups, developmental center families, adoption assistance program families and children, and others across California
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FAR RIGHT worries Serve America volunteers will breakup their monopoly on govt funding for social services. Misunderstands that they are volunteers and fears health care benefits and unionization. Claims America can't afford to help the kids have access to education.
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I am writing to remind you about the Idealist.org Nonprofit Career Fair in Los Angeles, CA.
The Los Angeles Career Fair will be held on Monday, April 6, 2009 from 10:30am-2:30pm
at the UCLA Ackerman Union Grand Ballroom.
To register (it's free for jobseekers), and for more details including schedule, directions,
and a list of the fifty plus registered organizations and their current opportunities, please
go to: http://snipr.com/lacareerfair
Please note that not all organizations at the fair will have job openings on that day. Some
will have jobs, while others will have internships and volunteer opportunities. Our
nonprofit career fair is a place for everyone who wants to make a difference in the world
(including recent undergraduate or grad school students, experienced nonprofit
professionals, and those wishing to transition to a nonprofit career from other sectors) and
we encourage you to consider the wide range of opportunities to move forward in your
nonprofit career.
Don’t forget to check out the Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers for First-time Job
Seekers and The Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers for Sector Switchers which are both
available to download for free at: http://www.idealist.org/en/career/guide/index.html
This event is generously hosted by the UCLA Labor Center, the UCLA School of Public
Affairs, the UCLA Community Programs Office, the Raza Youth Empowerment Project, the
Center for Civil Society and the UCLA Career Center.
We hope to see you at the fair!
All the best,
Joe Grant
1220 SW Morrison Street, Suite 1000
Portland, OR 97205
Coordinator, Nonprofit HR Program
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So far, the following organizations have registered for the Los Angeles career fair, and
more are registering every day:
1010 Development Corporation
AIDS Project Los Angeles
American Red Cross of Greater Los Angeles
Americorps*VISTA
Antioch University: Los Angeles
Asian American Drug Abuse Program, Inc.
Australian Education International
C5 Youth Foundation of Southern California
California School Employees Association
California State University, Northridge
Causecast
Center for the Pacific-Asian Family
City Year Los Angeles
Claremont Graduate University - Drucker School of Management
Disability Rights California
Disability Rights Legal Center
English Opens Doors
Forward Step
Global Inheritance
Grassroots Voter Outreach, Nationwide
Housing Rights Center
KIPP: LA
KOREH L.A.
LINC Housing Corporation
Los Angeles & San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council
Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
Masa Israel Journey
Meals on Wheels west
Monterey Institute of International Studies
Mount St. Mary's College
National Farm Workers Service Center, Inc.
National Marrow Donor Program Southwest District
National Urban Fellows, Inc.
Ocean Park Community Center
Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment (PACE)
Peace Corps LA
Public Allies Los Angeles
Recovery School District
RESPONSE-ABILITY
SEIU Local 1877
SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West
Spirituality for Kids
St. Anne's Home
TeachOverseas.org
Team-Up for Youth
The Niapele Project
The Veggie Van Organization
U.S. PIRG
union de vecinos
Villa Esperanza Services
WISE & Healthy Aging
YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles
Young Judaea
CAN YOU ALL CUT AND PASTE THE LETTERS AND SUPPORT ME ON THIS.. REMOVE EXIST TYPE IN BOXES AND INSERT THIS.. OR YOUR OWN.
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On behalf of millions of American families and businesses struggling in today's economy, I urge you to demonstrate your commitment to health care reform in the federal budget. Moving health care reform forward in 2009 is a critical first step to improve our nation's economy. PLEASE do not tax the poor to support middle class, making us less able, it costs more in the long run. SEE my poorly typed letter below. As you put together the federal budget, I hope you will also make the up-front AssESSMENTs of failure to help disabled be able and make investments needed to enhance the quality of care, expand coverage, and save money in the long-run. Please include enough funds in the fede ral budget to achieve meaningful health care reform, FOR ALL OF US. one issue-
To: ofainfo@dnc.org Subject: PLEASE STOP TAXING THE POOR Hello ALL, PLEASE FORGIVE MY DISABLED TYPNG NAD GET THE URGENT MESSAGE... On budget- do not do anymore tax the poor FOR the middle class. don't approve more cig taxes as mostly poor and anxiety prone (including veterans) smoke. and we have no REAL benefits from the tax we pay. the minimal stop smoking programs usually don't work. AND THEY ARE STILL CHEAPER THAN FOOD nad are better psyche care than we can get and easier to carry for the homeless. TAX HARD LIQOUR INSTEAD. TO SUpPORT only ONLY, ONLY! ALL THE PROGRAMS AND SHELTERS FOR THEIR RECOVERY. i spent 8 years homeless VA AnD LOCAL PROGRAMS DO FAMILIES, HEALTHY ADDICTS AnD HEALTHY UNEMPLoYED most say able to work in 30 days . some staffed by-the unsupervised recently recovered do real harm. THEY all discriminate against disabled.
PLEASE and no more POOR derived income going to those double above poverty level... WE CANT AFFORD IT. NO MORE HUD RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO THAT GROUP EITHER. CAN'T AFFORD TO RENT ON 60K A YEAR - fix your credit mess. More cigarette taxes that STILL wont benefit smokers or prevent smoking?! LOAD OF DOO DOO. Democratic Party leaders plan another try and are expecting success with fellow Democrat Barack Obama as president
. http://www.heartland.org/article/24637/Cigarette_Tax_Would_Triple_Under_35_Billion_SCHIP_Plan.html The proposal would take the federal excise tax on cigarettes from 39 cents to $1 a pack, on top of existing state and local taxes. Families earning up to four times the poverty level—about $83,000 for a family of four—could qualify for SCHIP coverage. SCHIP has been funded largely through federal cigarette taxes. Critics of the expansion proposal point to the irony of imposing sha rply higher taxes on cigarettes, whose buyers tend to come from lower- and middle-income families, because the very people SCHIP aims to help would be disproportionately hurt by this.
Sincerely, Darlene C. Matthews Irvine , CA 92614
PS: Systems can be broke, but not broken, if all the cogs work. OUR SYSTEMS ARE BROKEN.
Marion Schmitz sent a message to the members of Organizing for America Orange County.
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Subject: Town Hall Meeting with President Obama this Wednesday in OC!
Latest info on our wall posts on OFA facebook group:
TOWN HALL MEETING WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA
Wednesday, March 18th
Doors Open at 1:30 PM OC Fair and Event Center
88 Fair Drive
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
TICKET DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION
The event is free and open to the public. Tickets are required and will be available at the following ticket distribution location beginning at 10:00 AM Tuesday, March 17. Tickets will be limited and will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis:
OC Fair and Event Center
(Enter at Gate 1 or Gate 10; Park in Lot A.)
Costa Mesa, CA
For security reasons, do not bring bags and limit personal items. No signs or banners permitted. The OC Fairgrounds will be charging $5/car for on-site parking.
See you there!!
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FYI: Emailed for Informational Purpose. Please follow contact information below. Do not respond to this email. In conjunction with a grant received from the Federal Transit Administration, (http://www.fta.dot.gov/) Meeting the Challenge, Inc. is conducting a survey designed to collect information from people with disabilities regarding their experiences with public transportation. We would like to invite all people with disabilities to participate. Information gathered will be used to determine what barriers still exist in public transportation for people with disabilities and will be used to create Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) technical assistance materials directed toward alleviating those barriers.
This is an on-line survey which can be accessed from this link: http://mtcinc.transit.sgizmo.com . It is estimated that it will take from 5 to 15 minutes to complete the survey. If you do not have internet access, you can participate by calling Meeting the Challenge at 1-800-864-4264 (select menu choice #2), Monday through Friday between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM (MT), and a staff member will assist you with the survey by telephone. If you prefer a paper copy of the survey, one can be obtained by calling the same phone number. Responses to the survey will be collected through March 31, 2009.
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On Wednesday afternoon, the President will travel to southern California and hold a town hall meeting in Santa Ana. He will then travel to Los Angeles, and will spend the night in L.A., holding a couple of events in Los Angeles on Thursday, before returning quite late that evening to Washington.
MORE DETAILS TO YOU AS SOON AS I FIND OUT!
Congratulations in getting the stimulus package through. However It was with sadness that I saw the compromises made by the white House. Specially the funds for Hiv Aids so desperately needed. I translated your strategy to fight this pandemia and hope you get to it as soon as possible.Lives are at stake, financial ruin to many, and lack of hope for those who impatiently see the alarming rise among latinos,afro americans the young and the old. Mental Health is as important as medicines, Rehabilitation Programs sorely needed. And involvement by all who voted for change for the Bush administration let many things slip by for this particular group.I firmly believe in you and your strategies for all the areas mentioned above. Perhaps a little impatient but that seems to be a characteristic of those burdened with the bureaucracy
Mr. President, First Lady we need your full commitment which I am sure you both have.
Hilda Solis, who has been nominated by President Elect Obama to be U.S. Secretary of Labor, wrote this article on April 2nd, 2008.
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Yesterday would have been Cesar Estrada Chavez's 81st birthday. This week we commemorate his life and legacy and pay tribute to Chavez, a man who dedicated his life to championing the rights of farm workers and all working families.
I recently returned from India where I visited the Raj Ghat, a memorial to Mahatma Gandhi. Like Gandhi, Chavez believed that non-violence is the most powerful tool to achieve change, including social and economic justice. Cesar Chavez believed that "non-violence is not inaction... (it) is hard work. It is the willingness to sacrifice. It is the patience to win."
Cesar Chavez changed the course of history for Latinos and farm workers. As a result of his actions, many have been empowered to fight for fair wages, health care coverage, pension benefits, housing improvements, pesticide and health regulations, and countless other protections for their health and well-being. These changes have meant considerable improvements for the life of the farm worker, three-fourths of which are Latino.
Cesar Chavez's work inspired me to find ways to help others and led me to civil service. I believe it's important to preserve his memory for future generations, which is why I introduced H.R. 359, the Cesar Estrada Chavez Study Act, which would authorize the Department of Interior to study lands important to the life of Chavez for possible inclusion in the National Park System. The stories of his struggles and triumphs need to be communicated and preserved for all Americans. I hope the Senate will swiftly pass this legislation.
Cesar Chavez's work to protect health, the environment and workers' rights paved the way for people like me to use my voice to fight for greater equality, to be courageous, and to bring justice to those who cannot achieve it themselves. We should be grateful for and never forget Cesar Chavez' efforts to improve civil rights and working conditions for Latinos and all Americans.
At least the are two guys who are trying to organize a rally against Obama on day ONE.
This two TRAITORS are manipulating the LATINO community with false pretenses about the delicate issue of immigration.
It seems to me very strange this innocents creatures are telling us the good news if LATINOS go for a rally in day ONE.
It's my opinion these two craps a re-pug infiltrated in this blog.
Percy H Florez
I'm about to head to Grant Park to talk to everyone gathered there, but I wanted to write to you first. We just made history. And I don't want you to forget how we did it. You made history every single day during this campaign -- every day you knocked on doors, made a donation, or talked to your family, friends, and neighbors about why you believe it's time for change. I want to thank all of you who gave your time, talent, and passion to this campaign. We have a lot of work to do to get our country back on track, and I'll be in touch soon about what comes next. But I want to be very clear about one thing... All of this happened because of you. Thank you, Barack
