Guest guest Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. PLEASE READ AND FORWARD TO YOUR LISTS TO SUPPORT. VENNew year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. December 2008 http://NOEWAIT.net BRING THE URGENT ISSUES OF THE WAIT LIST AND PORTABILITY OF SERVICES TO THE ATTENTION OF THE OBAMA TRANSITION TEAM We have 2 opportunities to get the waiting list and portability issues in front of the Obama transition team that involves YOU. It's time now! Many of you have wanted to do something...and this will take only a few minutes to do. First, VOTE on the issue at the Obama Transition team site. http://www.change.org/ideas/view/fully_fund_medicaid_waivers_for_the_developmentally_disabled We need over 900 votes to get to the top of the Health Care list of ideas. And WE CAN DO IT. Go there and VOTE. Then, send a message to every listserv you are on and ask others to vote. Then, if you have a web site or blog, create a widget to put on your site or blog to get others to vote. Put it on you Myspace or Facebook page. See how many votes you can find. I KNOW we can do it! Second, go to:http://change.gov/agenda/disabilities_agenda/ And tell your waiting list and portability story and urge change and funding. As you read the ideas already on the site above, you will see why portability is so important if you don't know already. PLEASE HELP GET THIS ISSUE TO THE ATTENTION OF THE OBAMA TRANSITION TEAM NOEWAIT'S PLEDGE To unite the efforts of families, providers, government agencies, advocacy groups and citizens to change laws and policies across the country, eliminate waiting lists and provide full portability of services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We can, we will, we must end the wait - TOGETHER * NOEWAIT is building a national coalition of disability organizations and a national advisory board of individuals with appropriate expertise. * View and download our new brochure, latest newsletter, more about NOEWAIT and read waitlist articles at http://www.noewait.net *NOEWAIT uses a listserv to discuss and share information by its active participants. We strongly encourage you to join with our group active individuals by emailing noewait@... * You may contribute to NOEWAIT at our website: http://www.noewait.net Forward email This email was sent to fl-florida@... by noewait@.... Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. Email Marketing by NOEWAIT | P.O. Box 411 | | CO | 80134 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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