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Message from
Craig King,
Executive Director
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We are working with the Lanterman Coalition to urge your participation in this
Call to Action:
Monday July 20, 2015 - Sunday August 16, 2015
| The Lanterman Coalition Urges Advocates to Visit District Offices Over the Legislative Recess to Save Developmental Services in the Special Session |
It's been about 4 weeks since the Developmental Services budget relief was removed from the state budget put into the Special Session and still no decisions have been made. Meanwhile the urgency for our community continues to increase and the state of collapse worsens daily. Please take some time during the legislative recess to meet with your representative in your district. You can either set up a formal meeting in their district office or just go to one of their local events and talk to them there.
The Lanterman Coalition has developed a variety of talking points from several perspectives of parents, self-advocates, and other stakeholders in the developmental services system. For more information on the severe underfunding of developmental services in California and the national comparisons check out our research page that also shows poverty statistics, the affordable housing crisis, early start, and system audits. |
The Lanterman Coalition Fully Supports Senator Jim Beall's SB 2X-1, Across the Board Funding Increase
Ask your representatives to support SBX2-1, it mandates:
- A 10% increase in the funding paid to a regional center and purchase-of-service vendors;
- Funding to enable the regional center and the regional center's purchase-of-service vendors to fund certain costs related to minimum wage requirements; and
- The Department of Developmental Services to develop a 10-year financial sustainability plan.
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Do's
- Make an Appointment
- Be on time
- Be positive and friendly
- State Reason for Visit
- Personalized the issues
- Reliable information
- Engage in the problem solving
- Encourage them to talk
- Provide them with good contacts
- Leave a written summary
- Take a picture
- Post the picture on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.
- Write a thank you letter
- Follow-up meeting later in the year
- Have others write letters
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Don'ts
- Too many issues Too Complex
- Too Many Facts and Stats
- Stretching the truth for effect.
- Answering questions you don't know
- Messing around in the photo
- Forget to write a thank you letter
- Ignore the member the rest of the year
- Ignore the member the rest of the year
- Confrontational: The issues are personal to you, not them. Personal attacks could close down communication
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Craig C. King
Executive Director
Greater Opportunities
900 Lafayette Street, Suite 700
Santa Clara, CA 95050
408-248-4464 x23
cking@greateropp.org
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