California Healthline, December 14 2011
by David Gorn

Yesterday’s announcement of $1 billion in trigger cuts for California’s budget includes two provisions that hit the developmentally disabled community.

One of those provisions, to scale back In-Home Supportive Services by 20%, is already in court. A federal judge last week issued a temporary restraining order to halt implementation of that cut, pending a hearing scheduled for tomorrow.

The other big budget reduction for the disabled — a $100 million cut to the Department of Developmental Services — is going to be much more difficult to fight in court, according to Tony Anderson, executive director of The Arc of California, which advocates for the developmentally disabled.  Read more