June 10, 2020
The Honorable Renee Unterman Chair,Senate Human Development and Public Health Appropriations SubcommitteeState Capitol, Room 121-GAtlanta, GA 30334
The Honorable Katie Dempsey Chair,House Human Resources Appropriations SubcommitteeState Capitol, Room 245Atlanta, GA 30334
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HAVE YOUR SAY. BE HEARD. MAKE A DIFFERENCE.June 10, 2020 • 10 AM - 2 PM • CALL-INThe Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) made public their plans to cut 14%* of their budget (approximately $172.3 million) as recommended by the Governor. DBHDD plans to cut...
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It’s election season again! In November, millions of Americans will head to the polls to vote in the 2020 Presidential and General Election taking place on November 3. Like all elections this year’s is important, and it is even more important for people with disabilities to head to the polls to...
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by Charlie Miller, GCDD Legislative Advocacy Director
This has been one of the most interesting legislative sessions we have seen in modern times. Between Governor Brian Kemp’s first installment of recommended budget cuts and the threat of COVID-19, the Georgia Council on Developmental...
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by Carol Britton Laws, PhD, MSW, FAAIDD
One of the most concerning issues affecting people with developmental disabilities, their families and communities right now is the state of the direct support professional (DSP) workforce, commonly called “the DSP crisis.” The Georgia Council on...
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by Shannon Turner, Photographer Haylee Fucini-Lenkey
Once or twice a week in the summer, Jack Clark’s family loads up a couple of bags with ice water, pretzels and watermelon and heads down to the Little River Marine Center to hop on a boat rental and reconnect with their inner happy place on...
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It’s almost spring, and Martha Haythorn is trying to decide where to go to school. She’s already been accepted to Georgia Tech, but she’s waiting to hear back from Clemson University before making her decision.
“I am graduating and going to college,” said Haythorn, a 20-year-old from Decatur....
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Ten years ago, the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities’ (GCDD) Real Communities Partnerships began with a goal to partner with local groups that worked to support communities who welcomed all to the table and recognized and utilized everyone’s gifts and skills.
Real Communities was...
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This spring, the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD) will kick off planning for its next Five Year Strategic Plan that will lay the framework for the Council’s work from 2022-2026. The Five Year Strategic Plan determines how the Council will allocate funding to create systems...
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Federal Disability Policy Updatesby Alison Barkoff and Erin Shea, Center for Public RepresentationCOVID-19 Response:Congressional Response: Congress has already passed three bills in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The first was an emergency funding bill. The second bill, Families First...
