The Arkansas House of Representative’s has passed a bill allocating $7.7 million to improve conditions at the Booneville Human Development Center. The bill is currently awaiting action from members of the Arkansas Senate. The Booneville Human Development Center houses 127 residents has an annual operating cost of over $16 million. The $7.7 million should be used for the 3,100 Arkansans who have been waiting list for over eight years to receive community services. The state should halt admissions and begin a 12 to 18 month phase out of the facility. The $7.7 million should be used to provide services for those who are currently on the waiting list.
Arkansans with disabilities want the freedom to choose where they live, to choose where they eat and to choose where they pray. It is time for Arkansas to make forward thinking changes and follow states like Oklahoma and Alabama who have passed out these outdated facilities. Please sign the petition below if you agree that the state needs to phase out the Booneville Human Development Center and re-allocate funding to those 3,100 individuals on the waiting list.
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Please Arkansas be a progressive state and join with other states in increasing funding for community placement for people with disabilities. I have a son with a disability. He lives at home with his family and always has. I would never place any of my other children in an institution and would not consider it for him either. It is time to fund the right options Arkansas.
My son is #499 on the wait list. We have been waiting over 7 years!!!
"Disability Rights ARE Civil Rights"
"Disability Rights ARE Civil Rights"
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I've been fighting to get on the AAPD waiver for uite some time and just basically going round and round with dhs. I finally was able to get much needed help from my state represetative and will have in home services starting in March. I feel very fortunate to finally get the help I've needed, but it saddens me that I had to get my state representative involved to accomplish this.
Good Plan. Let's make it happen.
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The Arkansas House of Representative’s has passed a bill allocating $7.7 million to improve conditions at the Booneville Human Development Center. The bill is currently awaiting action from members of the Arkansas Senate. The Booneville Human Development Center houses 127 residents has an annual operating cost of over $16 million. The $7.7 million should be used for the 3,100 Arkansans who have been waiting list for over eight years to receive community services. The state should halt admissions and begin a 12 to 18 month phase out of the facility. The $7.7 million should be used to provide services for those who are currently on the waiting list.
Arkansans with disabilities want the freedom to choose where they live, to choose where they eat and to choose where they pray. It is time for Arkansas to make forward thinking changes and follow states like Oklahoma and Alabama who have passed out these outdated facilities. Please sign the petition below if you agree that the state needs to phase out the Booneville Human Development Center and re-allocate funding to those 3,100 individuals on the waiting list.
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My son is #2023 on the waiting list for Medicaid waiver services. I am 67 years old and have saved the government a conservatively estimated $3 million over his lifetime to date. Save yourselves the costs of his future institutionalization upon my death by supporting him in the community now!
Please Arkansas be a progressive state and join with other states in increasing funding for community placement for people with disabilities. I have a son with a disability. He lives at home with his family and always has. I would never place any of my other children in an institution and would not consider it for him either. It is time to fund the right options Arkansas.
My son is #499 on the wait list. We have been waiting over 7 years!!!
"Disability Rights ARE Civil Rights"
"Disability Rights ARE Civil Rights"
Everyone deserves to make personal choices in life.
I've been fighting to get on the AAPD waiver for uite some time and just basically going round and round with dhs. I finally was able to get much needed help from my state represetative and will have in home services starting in March. I feel very fortunate to finally get the help I've needed, but it saddens me that I had to get my state representative involved to accomplish this.
Good Plan. Let's make it happen.
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My son is #2023 on the waiting list for Medicaid waiver services. I am 67 years old and have saved the government a conservatively estimated $3 million over his lifetime to date. Save yourselves the costs of his future institutionalization upon my death by supporting him in the community now!