| # | Name | Email | Comments |
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| 1 | Aria Ligi | autismdirectr@aol.com | We need to amend this for all our children. |
| 2 | VINCENT LIGI | inigoii@yahoo.com | |
| 3 | Cathy J Harmon | harmongang@aol.com | |
| 4 | Barbara Garcia | barbara.garcia@acgov.org | |
| 5 | Michael Elium | natficon@sprynet.com | This is an important step for families that are affected by this disability. |
| 6 | Kimberly M. Bostrom | kimeoebostrom@yahoo.com | My family could not survive without the services and the support that we obtain from Regional Centers of California by way of our fabulous, overworked and clearly underpaid Case Managers: please support this amendment. |
| 7 | Jean Rolf | jeanrolf@comcast.net | I agree that the case managers should be paid a fair salary. Their task is not easy and we need people who are capable of pursuing the needs of our developmentally disabled with conviction and with our support. I am a parent of a Down’s syndrome daughter who is 56 years old. I have been involved with a parent group in the Hayward Area since 1953. We are now working on a non-profit residential facility for the developmentally disabled who are nearing their senior years and have lost one or both of their parents. The experiences of some of us in the older category can attest to the inadequate care given our sons and daughters in the Board & Care Homes that are available. I realize they are doing their best – but there are problems.
As a parent who has been active in the parent group since 1953, I have many experiences to relate to and question. I do not want to speak out against the current system, but I do hope for improvement. I know that parent groups need to consolidate and demand the best treatment and care for their disabled children. (My daughter is 56 and I still call her my child – but then aren’t all our offspring our children?) We brought them into this world and we hope to help them find their place in society. And we who pursue this cause will continue to try to find the best life for our "children."
My husband died 30 years ago and we had already dedicated our lives to improve the life of the retarded (that was the accepted name at that time – 1977). It is important that we stand together to demand a good life for our handicapped "child". |
| 8 | Ron Halog | ron@alacostacenter.org | I support the petition to give case-managers an living adjustment. |
| 9 | Vicki Thomas | vlthomas53@hotmail.com | I support your petition in the interest of my son, with autism. |
| 10 | Sally Goodin | sgoodin@sbcglobal.net | I fully support this amendment to raise the pay of the regional center case managers as well as lowering their case load. It is well deserved! |
| 11 | Susan Kellogg-Smith | kellogg@eecs.berkeley.edu | |
| 12 | Tanesia Williams | TAWillia@acgov.org | |
| 13 | Judith Kadish | kadish@pacbell.net | I fully support any effort to decrease case loads and
increase salaries of Regional Center caseworkers. |
| 14 | Veronica Hadsell | vhadsell@yahoo.com | I believe Case Managers have a very challenging job,
and they fully deserve to be compensated fairly.
Without them, many children would not get the
assistance they need. |
| 15 | Neela B Manley | neelamanley@yahoo.com | |
| 16 | Juan Reardon | juanreardon@sbcglobal.net | |
| 17 | Gil Murillo | gmurillo@projectsea.org | Providing Case Managers with knowledge and adjusted case load should serve the Disability community better. But as consumers, we should monitor their performance if this passes. Too many times we support changes such as these with minimum result for the disabled community. |
| 18 | Michelle Garcia Winner | mwinner@att.net | |
| 19 | Sue Hawco | flower1@msn.com | I support a cost of living pay formula adjustment and reduction in caseload size for the regional center system." |
| 20 | Jeanne Korn | jeannekorn@aol.com | I support renewal of Lanterman on behalf of my daughter, who is developmentally disabled and will rely on the quality of her case manager for the rest of her life. |
| 21 | Jeanine Bishop | jpbis@aol.com | I support an amendment to the Lanterman Act as a way to ensure the system supports its clients rather than breaking under the pressure from California's cost of living. |
| 22 | Linda Guandalini | linda.guandalini@medtronic.com | I, Linda Guandalini, Rohnert Park CA 94928 , support a cost of living pay formula adjustment and reduction in caseload size for the regional center system. |
| 23 | M. Ryce | MRyce@wiai.com | M. Ryce |
| 24 | Dee Ann Schaer | squeakco@aol.com | Dee Ann Schaer, SLP |
| 25 | Loren Henmi | lorenhenmi@hotmail.com | |
| 26 | Bernie Lachney | blachney@sbcglobal.net | |
| 27 | Christine Pritchard | chpritchard@yahoo.com | |
| 28 | G. Paul Bishop, Jr. | GPBasCBWP@aol.com | |
| 29 | Anonymous | Anonymous | |
| 30 | Ginevra Tehin | ginevra@berkeley.edu | |
| 31 | Jeremy Kilcorse | Pops711@aol.com | I agree that caseload reduction size and a living wage for case managers is long overdue. My wife enjoys working with people who have developmental disabilities. We live in the bay area and it has been a struggle for us to make ends meet. One of the most expensive areas to live in in the nation. This is our home, both of us were born and raised here and do not want to move away. However, after many years of no COLA, the buffer between money being earned and going out to pay bills has diminished immensely. Any annual raise usually goes to rent increase or increase in gas price (which is what the COLA should do) and makes it extremely difficult to acquire a savings for unexpected or emergency bills. We would greatly appreciate the support in making the COLA a requirement in the legislation. Without legislation to enforce it, Regional Centers will continue to fail in supporting their employees and serving consumers. Without legislation, Regional Centers may continue to offer a minimal raise insufficient for the cost of living and thank its workers for their hard work. Case managers who have spouses who earn a decent income are able to stay onto his/her social work position longer because of that external support. Case managers who do not have this luxury, are forced to leave in order to survive. Case workers should be respected and compensated for the work that they are doing. There should not be an expectation that having a passion to serve others is compensation and rewarding enough. Case workers may "feel good" about the work they do, nonetheless the work they provide requires much knowledge, and many skills on their part for which they need to be paid more handsomely for. Please provide the COLA, and do not increase the caseload which is already difficult to keep up with even when working every minute beyond the 8 hour work day. Show your appreciation and dedication to them through enacting legislation for a COLA and a reduction in caseload sizes to the Lanterman Act.
Thank You! |
| 32 | dan bundy | danbundyhh@aol.com | I vigorously agree |
| 33 | lisa Valenta | Mytwo5@aol.com | |
| 34 | Claudia Sladen | csladen@aol.com | As both a parent of two young adults with developmental disabilities and a board member of Regional Center of the East Bay I am acutely aware of the need for more qualified case managers. I can hardly blame those who leave, no matter how committed they are to working with the developmentaly disabled, for higher paying positions and lower case loads with other agencies. As a family member I can tell you our case managers are our life lines. Please help us compensate them and provide them with reasonable working conditions so they can continue to serve our children. |
| 35 | Megan Sladen Parent | megan_carole@yahoo.com | |
| 36 | Irene Litherland | Ilitherland@yahoo.com | |
| 37 | Darcy Ting | dting@yahoo.com | |
| 38 | Angel Wiley | awiley@comcast.net | |
| 39 | R. Rishcher | rrisher@aol.com | |
| 40 | Linda B. Stevens | lstevens@sbcglobal.net | |
| 41 | Reed B Sladen | sladenr@aol.com | |
| 42 | Gailn Yost | Gailry55@aol.com | |
| 43 | Anonymous | Anonymous | |
| 44 | Jenny Wang | jenny_jwang@mail.com | |
| 45 | Travis Cooper | none@none.com | |
| 46 | Joan Wallace | jwallace@olac.berkeley.edu | Families with autistic children struggle to find the resources and services our children need so desperately need, please help us to help ourselves. Regional centers are our primary source of support and information, over worked case workers take months to sheduele appointments for help needed now. |
| 47 | Anonymous | Anonymous | |
| 48 | Pat Lang | langpat@sbcglobal.net | |
| 49 | Julie Bowman | Julsbowman@hotmail.com | Please increase the pay of Alta Case Canagers and reduce the number of open cases per case manager to 25-30. Thank you! |
| 50 | Francisco J. Marquez | frankjmarquez@yahoo.com | |