Petition CLBC stop the cuts now

The Petition

This petition site was put together by a group of parents whos children are sitting on endless waiting lists with CLBC. Join us on facebook: kimberley yanko clbcfailspwd

This site was last updated on:Thursday May 10, 2012 9:36 pm

We have tried to include as much information about this subject without getting to lengthy however that is very difficult to do under the circumstances.

This is what needs to be done in order to regain the trust of the families that still have concerns.

*Conduct an external review of CLBC so that the lack of accountability can be addressed

*$70 million new money immediately for the first of a 3-year funding commitment

*Restore family representation on the Board of Directors of CLBC

*Re-establish the CLBC Self Advocate representation on the Board of Director or CLBc

*Establish a Provincial Independent Advocate for People with Disabilities

*All monies going out of CLBC needs to get approved through a Provincial Advocate or an appointed individual that is separate from CLBC and is not CLBC staff. Don't all CLBC to hold the purse strings and allow intimidation and bullying tactics.

* Eliminate the 70 IQ criteria for CLBC services

PROVINCIAL RALLIES SUNDAY MAY 13, 2012 ALL START AT 11:00am

Vancouver

Vancouver Public Library

350 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 6B1

Maple Ridge-

224th Street in front of Memorial Peace Park in Maple Ridge, BC

Victoria-

B.C. Parliament Buildings

501 Belleville Street, Victoria, BC V8V 2L8

Okanagan- cancelled

Kamloops-cancelled

South Surrey-

16th avenue and 152nd street South Surrey

RSVP
clbcfailspwd@hotmail.com

Families are in crisis

Community Living British Columbia, CLBC, is the crown agency that provides support for people with developmental disabilities in BC and their families. In the last two years families have seen enormous budget cuts to CLBC.

CLBC has

closed 65 group homes about 2,400 individuals involved, cut funding for recycling program to save approx. $300,000 (restored for 1 year after protests from families), cut funding for CJP program at Douglas College ( restored for 1 year after protests from families),cut programs that allow individuals to have activities outside the home, cut day supports by up to 50% leaving families with nobody to care for their loved ones while they go to work, 750 individuals have no supports at all, so they are sitting on lengthy waiting lists in some cases for years, denying access to medical equipments such as orthotics unless there is a threat of amputation, placing individuals in unsuitable home share to save money such as hospitals and seniors home. These actions may have saved CLBC a few bucks but it certainly didn't save us tax payers money in fact in some cases it costs us more money.

But yet CLBC has money for Top executives

Rick Mowles got a $345,000.00 severance package with 1 1/2 years of full benefits for 6 years service.

Doug Woolard, Richard Hunter, Carol Goozh all received and extra 10% bonus which is approx. $14,000.00 a year for doing nothing more then throwing the vulnerable out on the street or in some case in jail.

Some CLBC employees are earning, not only on the job but in their homes as well.Global news has reported some CLBC managers have been operating and profiting tax free income from having developmentally disabled clients live in their own homes. Among those with disabled client in her home is CLBC's Vice President of Operations for the Fraser Region, Carla Thiessen. Carla Thiessen is being paid FIVE TIMES what a typical homeshare provider is paid. We have to wonder why that is? Working at CLBC seems to be a profitable job $$$$$

Ms. Cadieau has set up a 1-877 line for families to call with complaints. At what cost was this to tax payers?

Really, Ms. Cadieau another waste of tax dollars or perhaps another way of avoiding the endless waiting lists. Deal with the waiting lists and you have dealt with the problems.

What about adults who are non-verbal and have no one to call Ms. Cadieau's client support team on their behalf?

After all it was Ms.Cadieau's staff that said a severely disabled young man stuck in jail because Community Living British Columbia has no housing for him should call the client team if he was "unhappy with his situation" This young man is in jail and according to reports has the mental capacity of a 6 year old http://www.canada.com/news/Developmentally+disabled+teen+stuck+jail+because+lack+services+watchdog/5685036/story.html#ixzz1dJrv8Ezh

Really, Ms Cadieau you want this young incarcerated man to call your 1-877 support line and tell you he is unhappy. Here let us do it for him:

"HE IS UNHAPPY WITH HIS CURRENT LIVING SITUATION"

To write the Premier:Christy@christyclark.ca

We the undersigned demand that PREMIER CLARK protect and educate the most vulnerable in our communities and approve $70 million in new provincial funding to stem the province’s growing community living crisis.

We as advocates for the disabled and also as tax payers will accept nothing less then:

*Conduct an external review of CLBC so that the lack of accountability can be addressed

*$70 million new money immediately for the first of a 3-year funding commitment

*Restore family representation on the Board of Directors of CLBC

*Re-establish the CLBC Self Advocate representation on the Board of Director or CLBc

*Establish a Provincal Independent Advocate for People with Disabilities

*Eliminate the 70 IQ criteria for CLBC services. We in society understand that sometimes in life some require more help then others. IQ is not the best way to determine a human beings need for help.

Self advocates, have the Right to have access to community, to volunteer and contribute their skills, the right to their own beliefs. And yes they have the Right to have a job and an education. They also have a right to vote.

Links to some of the news:

APRIL 26, 2011

finding help means finding detours around the roadblocks

MAY 2, 2011

Family wants better care for autistic son

MAY 24, 2011

Burnaby youth left high and dry by CLBC: MLA Corrigan

MAY 31, 2011

Special needs youth waitlisted as funding lags

AUGUST 11, 2011

Mother fights for best care for handicapped teenaged daughter

AUGUST 30, 2011