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		<title>UDW protests harassment in Stanislaus fraud investigations</title>
		<link>http://www.udwa.org/2010/08/breaking-news-udw-protests-harassment-in-stanislaus-fraud-investigations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Mehlman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following reports of harassment and intimidation by members of a Stanislaus County anti-IHSS fraud unit, scores of homecare clients and their providers protested at a meeting of the county Board of Supervisors in Modesto. Here&#8217;s a Huffington Post entry on the county&#8217;s actions.  In a statement prior to the meeting, UDW charged that the &#8220;threats, harassment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State is prohibited from implementing the all-felonies policy to terminate IHSS providers</title>
		<link>http://www.udwa.org/2010/08/breaking-news-state-is-prohibited-from-implementing-the-all-felonies-policy-to-terminate-ihss-providers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>UDW Newswire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Judge David Hunter (Alameda Superior Court) has issued an order for the Beckwith (Ellis) v. Wagner case that prohibits CDSS from implementing the policy that would have required counties to use ALL felonies and specified misdemeanors (including shoplifting) as disqualifying crimes for IHSS providers.  This means that DSS’ current attempt to force counties to use crimes beyond [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Superior Court Judge Stops Schwarzenegger Administration From Disqualifying IHSS Workers Based On All Felony Convictions and Certain Misdemeanors</title>
		<link>http://www.udwa.org/2010/08/superior-court-judge-stops-schwarzenegger-administration-from-disqualifying-ihss-workers-based-on-all-felony-convictions-and-certain-misdemeanors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>UDW Newswire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[State Can Only Disqualify Workers Based On Specific Felonies and Other Convictions Already In State Law – Judge’s Ruling Stands Unless Higher State Court Overturns It
CDCAN DISABILITY RIGHTS REPORT 
#155-2010 –  AUGUST 24, 2010 – TUESDAY
CALIFORNIA DISABILITY COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK:
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 08/24/2010  3:20  PM  (Pacific Time)]  &#8211; Alameda Superior Court Judge David Hunter issued [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DSS proposes to increase list of disqualifying crimes for homecare providers</title>
		<link>http://www.udwa.org/2010/08/dss-proposes-to-increase-list-of-disqualifying-crimes-for-homecare-providers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>UDW Newswire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Social Services (DSS), which administers IHSS, has again proposed to disqualify providers with any felonies (not just those specified by the current law)who did not complete their IHSS enrollment by May 24th.  This proposal was stopped earlier this year by the Courts in Beckwith v. Wagner. Here is another instance where DSS [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homecare Coalition protests state&#8217;s restrictions on provider&#8217;s use of PO boxes</title>
		<link>http://www.udwa.org/2010/08/homecare-coalition-protests-states-retrictions-on-providers-use-of-po-boxes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>UDW Newswire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dept. of Social Services (DSS) proposal, which was open to public comment until August 13, would require a provider to request permission from the county IHSS office to have their paychecks delivered to a post office box. This would affect thousands of IHSS workers and their clients who live in rural areas.
Read letter from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IHSS Coalition Founder Wins Major Achievement Award</title>
		<link>http://www.udwa.org/2010/08/ihss-coalition-founder-wins-major-achievement-award/</link>
		<comments>http://www.udwa.org/2010/08/ihss-coalition-founder-wins-major-achievement-award/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 05:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Mehlman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Wilkins of Fresno, a founder and current chair of the IHSS Coalition, has been selected as recipient of the Muscular Dystrophy Association&#8217;s highest achievement award in California.Wilkins, 55, was selected to receive MDA&#8217;s 2010 Robert Ross Personal Achievement Award for his determination and his years of exemplary effort on behalf of people with disabilities.
He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Proposal: IHSS Workers Must Get OK to Use P.O. Boxes for Paychecks</title>
		<link>http://www.udwa.org/2010/07/state-proposal-ihss-workers-must-get-ok-to-use-p-o-boxes-for-paychecks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.udwa.org/2010/07/state-proposal-ihss-workers-must-get-ok-to-use-p-o-boxes-for-paychecks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Mehlman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dept. of Social Services (DSS) proposal, which is open to public comment until August 13, would require a provider to request permission from the county IHSS office to have their paychecks delivered to a post office box. This would affect thousands of IHSS workers and their clients who live in rural areas. 
The proposal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House bill would extend labor protections to home care workers</title>
		<link>http://www.udwa.org/2010/07/house-bill-would-extend-labor-protections-to-home-care-workers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.udwa.org/2010/07/house-bill-would-extend-labor-protections-to-home-care-workers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>UDW Newswire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mike Lillis, Healthwatch, 07/27/10
For 35 years, home care workers have been exempt from the minimum wage and overtime protections granted to the rest of the nation&#8217;s workforce. This week, a House Democrat will take a step toward eliminating that discrepancy, which many in the party consider discriminatory.  Rep. Linda Sanchez will introduce legislation Wednesday to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State&#8217;s numbers for caregiver anti-fraud checks don&#8217;t add up</title>
		<link>http://www.udwa.org/2010/07/states-numbers-for-caregiver-anti-fraud-checks-dont-add-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.udwa.org/2010/07/states-numbers-for-caregiver-anti-fraud-checks-dont-add-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>UDW Newswire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Schwarzenegger administration says tough new criminal screening rules for in-home care providers have snared 531 who are ineligible to work in the program mostly because of certain criminal convictions.  But Sacramento County officials say 47 of the 57 workers the state identified as ineligible to provide care here had been turned over by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Berkeley tent city enters fourth week of protest</title>
		<link>http://www.udwa.org/2010/07/berkeley-tent-city-enters-fourth-week-of-protest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.udwa.org/2010/07/berkeley-tent-city-enters-fourth-week-of-protest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>UDW Newswire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BERKELEY — Having experienced a decade of homelessness with little material gain to show for it, Dan McMullan, who now keeps a roof over his head, has voluntarily returned to the streets from whence he came, but this time he has a cause.  
That cause is fighting Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger&#8217;s proposed cuts to the state&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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