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October 20, 2009 
The Olmstead Initiatives
Friday October 23, 2009
I:00 - 4:00 PM
Holyoke Community College Kittredge Center
The first Olmstead Initiatives forum will be this Friday at Holyoke. We know it is hard to focus on issues of systems change and new goals & objectives for long term supports in the face of the stark 9c cuts that are impending. We have had a number of conversations with people and have evolved a perspective worth sharing and thinking about as we go forward.
The balance of FY10 and prospects for FY11 indicate that the social services system we have all worked for will be at its lowest ebb since the move to community-based care began. Yet, for all the benefits derived from EOHHS spending, we can all point to discrepancies and indeed, even inequities in the system that leaves many people with limited or no services. So the evolving question to ponder is this: When the Commonwealth's economy improves and revenues increases, do we want to rebuild the system as it is today?
Welcoming Remarks
John Winske, President, Disability Policy Consortium
Dr. Jean McGuire, Assistant Secretary, EOHHS,
Office of Disability Policy and Programs
Commissioner Heidi Reed, Mass. Commissioner for Deaf & Hard of Hearing
Commissioner Charles Carr, Mass. Rehabilitation Commissioner
Commissioner Janet Labreck, Mass. Commission for the Blind
Progress on the Olmstead Plan: Dr. Jean McGuire (Power Point)
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