TVW has uploaded video of the hearing on their website. You can access it via the links below. I’ve also included a link to the committee website where a PDF version of all the PowerPoint presentations can be accessed.
Video from tvw.org
House Human Services Committee held on June 16, 2010 10:00am
Work Session: Strategies for Addressing the Increase in Autism Diagnoses.
Please click here to watch video or paste this url into your browser address bar: http://www.tvw.org/media/mediaplayer.cfm?EvId=2010060078
Committee meeting documents are available online: http://www.leg.wa.gov/House/Committees/HS/
Lucinda Duvall
Legislative Assistant
Human Services Committee
House of Representatives Office of Program Research
Thursday, June 17, 2010
June 2010 revenue forecast
The June 2010 revenue forecast press release is now available on the Economic and Revenue Forecast Council's web page HERE
You can also retrieve a copy of our Revenue Review meeting handouts.
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Grayscale, best for printing
You can also retrieve a copy of our Revenue Review meeting handouts.
Color, best for viewing
Grayscale, best for printing
Monday, June 14, 2010
Funding for Employment Services to HS Grads
Funding for Employment Services to High School Transition Graduates
Due to additional funding from the legislature, employment services from the Division of Developmental Disabilities are available for all young adults who meet eligibility requirements.
Information on who is eligible and how to get started is in our latest bulletin,.
Go to IFBT website to read the bulletin
For information on this and other important topics, visit:
http://www.informingfamilies.org/
Due to additional funding from the legislature, employment services from the Division of Developmental Disabilities are available for all young adults who meet eligibility requirements.
Information on who is eligible and how to get started is in our latest bulletin,.
Go to IFBT website to read the bulletin
For information on this and other important topics, visit:
http://www.informingfamilies.org/
2010 Primary Candidates Who Have Filed
Click HERE to view the 2010 Primary Candidates who have filed.
Friday, June 11, 2010
The Voice Unheard
A thought provoking Poem by one of our own wonderful Siblings was posted on Autism Speaks blog
The Voice Unheard
I scream
I cry
I bang
You still don’t understand
The words won’t form for me to speak
But alas I have much to say
If only there was a way
A way for you to hear me
From behind the prison bars
The children on the streets stare
Like illuminating eyes in the night
I appear not to care
As they ponder over the sight
Of me walking on my toes
And screaming without no cause
To them I’m an alien
If only they could understand
There’s more than meets the eye with me
I’m not just some freak
If they could only see
I can’t help what I am or how I act
There’s much more under the surface
A truth waiting to be found
I’m not going to die
But that doesn’t make things alright
My mind, my body
Don’t work like they should
I’m trapped
A prisoner
No one’s knows how it happens
Why I can’t talk to you
It’s something in my brain
That went askew
There are others like me that can talk
But their case is different than mine
See we are all very different
Even with the same infected mind
In my case, I’m severe
I can’t talk
Only scream and yell
I bang walls and slam doors
And windows in cars
My senses aren’t like yours
My sense of feeling is off
I bang my head down on a table
Just to be sure it’s still there
Autism isn’t like cancer
There’s no cure
Or solution found
Only drugs and medication
To try and calm us down
But I am lucky to have a family
That loves me so much
They make sure I’m taken care of
And do everything they must
So next time you see me on the street
Or others of the same fate
Think of all we go through
Just to get through each day
Autism has a voice
If you take time to listen
You will hear
This “In Their Own Words” essay is by 15-year-old Emily Church. Emily’s 12-year-old brother has autism and she wrote this poem for a high school English class. “The Voice Unheard” is written from the point of view of her brother explaining his actions.
If you have a story you wish to share about your personal experience with autism, please send it to editors@autismspeaks.org. Autism Speaks reserves the right to edit contributions for space, style and content. Because of the volume of submissions, not all can be published on the site.
The Voice Unheard
I scream
I cry
I bang
You still don’t understand
The words won’t form for me to speak
But alas I have much to say
If only there was a way
A way for you to hear me
From behind the prison bars
The children on the streets stare
Like illuminating eyes in the night
I appear not to care
As they ponder over the sight
Of me walking on my toes
And screaming without no cause
To them I’m an alien
If only they could understand
There’s more than meets the eye with me
I’m not just some freak
If they could only see
I can’t help what I am or how I act
There’s much more under the surface
A truth waiting to be found
I’m not going to die
But that doesn’t make things alright
My mind, my body
Don’t work like they should
I’m trapped
A prisoner
No one’s knows how it happens
Why I can’t talk to you
It’s something in my brain
That went askew
There are others like me that can talk
But their case is different than mine
See we are all very different
Even with the same infected mind
In my case, I’m severe
I can’t talk
Only scream and yell
I bang walls and slam doors
And windows in cars
My senses aren’t like yours
My sense of feeling is off
I bang my head down on a table
Just to be sure it’s still there
Autism isn’t like cancer
There’s no cure
Or solution found
Only drugs and medication
To try and calm us down
But I am lucky to have a family
That loves me so much
They make sure I’m taken care of
And do everything they must
So next time you see me on the street
Or others of the same fate
Think of all we go through
Just to get through each day
Autism has a voice
If you take time to listen
You will hear
This “In Their Own Words” essay is by 15-year-old Emily Church. Emily’s 12-year-old brother has autism and she wrote this poem for a high school English class. “The Voice Unheard” is written from the point of view of her brother explaining his actions.
If you have a story you wish to share about your personal experience with autism, please send it to editors@autismspeaks.org. Autism Speaks reserves the right to edit contributions for space, style and content. Because of the volume of submissions, not all can be published on the site.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Medicaid Action Alert
Huge Medicaid Cuts are Still at Stake
Take Action!
Make sure your Senator(s) continue to support extending the increase in the federal share of Medicaid
The clock is ticking on extending the increase in the federal government's share of Medicaid (known as the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP)). When the Senate returns next week they are likely to debate a tax extender bill that must include FMAP when it goes to the floor for a vote. This may be the last opportunity this year to vote to extend FMAP. Advocates must make their voices heard.
Without swift enactment of a six-month FMAP extension, states will be forced to make very deep cuts in programs, including home and community based services, supported employment, dental care and even basic health care.
The Senate must pass the FMAP extension soon.
You are receiving this alert because one or both of you Senators was among the 62 Senators that voted for the FMAP extension recently. Each of these Senators needs to be thanked for their past support. We must also urge each Senator to do all they can to make sure the FMAP extension is in the tax extender bill when it comes to the floor next week.
Even though your Senator has supported it in the past, some Senators have raised concerns about the growing federal deficit and the cost of the extenders bill. WE CANNOT TAKE IT FOR GRANTED THAT YOUR SENATOR WILL VOTE FOR THE FMAP EXTENSION AGAIN.
Take Action
Please call your Senator's office THIS WEEK. Call TOLL FREE - 1-877-442-6801. Sample talking points are provided when you click on the "Take Action" link.
What to say:
• May I please speak to the staff person who covers health?
• I am calling to thank Senator _________________for the past support of the FMAP extension and urge that s/he do everything possible to ensure that it is in the tax extender bill when it comes to the Senate floor for a vote.
• People with disabilities depend on Medicaid for their very survival. Without an extension of the Medicaid FMAP increase contained in the bill, we will lose vital services.
Please call; do not email. The reality is that staff on Capitol Hill rarely read constituent email anymore. There is just too much of it to keep track of. The best measures they have about what constituents need are telephone calls or personal visits.
Thank you in advance for your advocacy.
Take Action!
Make sure your Senator(s) continue to support extending the increase in the federal share of Medicaid
The clock is ticking on extending the increase in the federal government's share of Medicaid (known as the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP)). When the Senate returns next week they are likely to debate a tax extender bill that must include FMAP when it goes to the floor for a vote. This may be the last opportunity this year to vote to extend FMAP. Advocates must make their voices heard.
Without swift enactment of a six-month FMAP extension, states will be forced to make very deep cuts in programs, including home and community based services, supported employment, dental care and even basic health care.
The Senate must pass the FMAP extension soon.
You are receiving this alert because one or both of you Senators was among the 62 Senators that voted for the FMAP extension recently. Each of these Senators needs to be thanked for their past support. We must also urge each Senator to do all they can to make sure the FMAP extension is in the tax extender bill when it comes to the floor next week.
Even though your Senator has supported it in the past, some Senators have raised concerns about the growing federal deficit and the cost of the extenders bill. WE CANNOT TAKE IT FOR GRANTED THAT YOUR SENATOR WILL VOTE FOR THE FMAP EXTENSION AGAIN.
Take Action
Please call your Senator's office THIS WEEK. Call TOLL FREE - 1-877-442-6801. Sample talking points are provided when you click on the "Take Action" link.
What to say:
• May I please speak to the staff person who covers health?
• I am calling to thank Senator _________________for the past support of the FMAP extension and urge that s/he do everything possible to ensure that it is in the tax extender bill when it comes to the Senate floor for a vote.
• People with disabilities depend on Medicaid for their very survival. Without an extension of the Medicaid FMAP increase contained in the bill, we will lose vital services.
Please call; do not email. The reality is that staff on Capitol Hill rarely read constituent email anymore. There is just too much of it to keep track of. The best measures they have about what constituents need are telephone calls or personal visits.
Thank you in advance for your advocacy.
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