LIFT THE CAPS CALL-IN DAYS! FEB 7, 8, 9

Help us create a Disability Drumbeat!

The Bills to Lift the Caps on Long-Term Care programs are in DANGER.

Wouldnt it be great if we blasted the Capitol in Madison with calls from people with disabilities, families and disability advocates all at the same time asking them to provide the supports people need in Wisconsin??? Then no one could ignore our call to lift the caps on Family Care, IRIS, PACE and Partnership and expand these important long-term supports to EVERYONE in Wisconsin who needs them!

If you have called before, call again! If you havent called, NOW IS THE TIME! It is easy!!!Lets Create a Drumbeat for People with Disabilities in Wisconsin!

Our friends at AARP are letting us use their simple legislative hotline. When you call this number, you will be greeted by AARP and then asked to type in your zip code. (The call is not recorded or used in any other manner.) The phone service will then dial your representative or senator and connect you directly with that office!

Call the AARP Legislative Hotline ANYTIME FROM FEB. 7,8,9: 1-800-844-2847

(You do not have to use this hotline, you can always call your rep directly on your own)

Why is this important?

The bills in the Capitol right now to lift the caps on Family Care/IRIS and expand the programs statewide are STALLED and may DIE in committee if legislators do not take action in the next couple weeks. The caps will not be lifted unless these bills pass! These bills need to move now! More than 8000 people statewide are waiting for critical daily supports!

What you can say:

People with disabilities and seniors in Wisconsin need long-term supports to live their lives! Family Care and IRIS are important programs! It is time to lift the caps and let people who live in counties without these programs have access to these supports ! Move these bills (Assembly Bill 477 and Senate Bill 380) now!

Need more information?: http://www.dawninfo.org/news4/post.cfm/take-action-to-end-the-waiting-lists

Thanks to our friends at BPDD and DRW for sharing this information with us.