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Congratulations A-Team Network Volunteer Members!
Congratulations!! You made a difference!
- Your emails/letters/phone calls to your own legislators, to Human Service Committee members and to SF2934 Conferees, sharing with them your experiences and informed choices of where your family member wants to live and work helped them to better understand your family member and their disability service needs.
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A-Team MN volunteer families, meeting in small groups with Senate and House Human Services Committee Members in face-to-face meetings over many weeks, gave legislators first-hand knowledge of lived experiences and informed choices.
- Families who testified before Senate and House Committees confirmed the need for services and that informed choice of all people with disabilities must be honored. They contributed to the public record.
- Letters to the editor from families and comments to newspaper articles informed the public as well as decision makers.
- Showing up for the March 30 Disability Day at the Capitol and meeting with legislators authenticated self-advocacy and unified advocacy. You were heard in the halls and rotunda of the capitol by decision makers. They listened.
Thank you from A-Team MN!
Pat yourself on the back!
SF2934 Conference Committee - Final Report Approved
Human Services Omnibus Bill
A-Team MN advocated for the following:
Approved in final SF2934 Human Services Omnibus Bill:
- Increased funding for DSP compensation - direct support professionals in group homes, day services and center- based work options.
- Increased funding for ICF/DD residential services with an added inflation factor. These are homes providing intensive care for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities.
- 14c center based special wage continues to be a work option choice.
More information about these results will be provided
in an early June A-Team MN E-news.
Thank your own legislator
Thank SF2934 Conferees
- Thank them for increased funding for DSP and ICF/DD.
- Thank them for honoring informed choice of those who choose center based special wage work options.
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Send a special thank you to Senator Hoffman for being THE strong champion of informed choice for special wage work option (14c) and supporting all people with a disability.
Send a single email To:
The Conferees
cc: (copied) to the list of Legislative Assistants.
Copy and paste these email addresses
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To: sen.jhoffman@senate.mn; sen.jim.abeler@senate.mn; sen.omar.fateh@senate.mn; rep.mohamud.noor@house.mn.gov; rep.dave.baker@house.mn.gov; rep.peter.fischer@house.mn.gov
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cc: david.zak@senate.mn; christina.wilson@senate.mn; chris.meyer@senate.mn; sebastian.gonzalez-navarro@house.mn.gov; emilie.boehm@house.mn.gov; jared.margolis@house.mn.gov
Or, Mail a special thank you card to each conferee.
Senator John Hoffman - Phone: (651) 296-4154
2111 Minnesota Senate Building
90 University Ave
St. Paul, MN 55103
Senator Jim Abeler - Phone: (651) 296-3733
2207 Minnesota Senate Building
90 University Ave
St. Paul, MN 55103
Senator Omar Fateh- Phone: (651) 296-4261
3219 Minnesota Senate Building
90 University Ave
St. Paul, MN 55103
Rep. Mohamud Noor - Phone: (651) 296-4257
379 State Office Building
100 Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd
St Paul, MN 55155
Rep. Dave Baker - Phone: (651) 296-6206
259 State Office Building
100 Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd
St Paul, MN 55155
Rep. Peter Fischer - Phone: (651) 296-5363
551 State Office Building
100 Rev Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd
St Paul, MN 55155
Click this link to find contact information for your own legislator.
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