Help save Ventura services and jobs Schwarzenegger’s latest budget cuts include: ¾ Multipurpose Senior Services Program (MSSP) and Linkages Case Management Programs. Elimination of this program will cost the state $2 billion dollars! ¾ In‐Home Supportive Services (IHSS) ¾ Brown Bag Program Nearly 675,000 bags of food are distributed annually by volunteers. ¾ Alzheimer’s Adult Day Care Resource Ctr (ADCRC) ¾ Adult Day Health Care (ADHC) ¾ Caregiver Resource Centers (CRC’s) The CRC serves more than 15,000 families and caregivers of adults “Cuts will hurt Ventura. That’s affected by chronic health conditions such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and brain injury. why I’m making a call.” Your help is urgently needed and time is of the Dina Ontiveras, Social Worker III essence. The Conference Committee is scheduled to Ventura County Area Agency on Aging vote on these proposed cuts any day! CALL YOUR LEGISLATORS NOW Budget Committee: ¾ Assemblymember and Chair of the Budget Conference Committee Noreen Evans: 916-319-2007 ¾ Senator and Vice Chair of the Budget Conference Committee Denise Ducheny: 916-651-2040 Local State Representatives:* ¾ Assemblymember Pedro Nava (35th District): 805-483-9808 ¾ Assemblymember Audra Strickland (37th District): 805-230-9167 ¾ Assemblymember Julia Brownley (41st District): 805-644-4141 ¾ Assemblymember Cameron Smyth (38th District): 661-286-1565 ¾ Sen. Tony Strickland (19th District): 805-494-8808 ¾ Sen. Fran Pavley (23rd District): 916-651-4023 ¾ Sen. George Runner (17th District): 661-286-1471 * If you are unsure who your local legislator is, please go to: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/yourleg.html Sample script: “Hello, my name is _________, we need programs and services for our most vulnerable residents. The current services they can receive allow them to choose a home-based setting to live independently. The Governor’s proposed cuts risk disruption of already fragile services for older adults and adults with disabilities and only increase California’s budget problems. It makes no sense to eliminate these programs, causing real hardship for people like (myself, my mother/father, neighbor, etc) when real savings will not be achieved. Again, I urge you to take action to prevent these senseless program eliminations. Thank you in advance for demonstrating leadership in this critical issue.” SEIU Local 721 2472 Eastman Avenue, #30 Ventura, CA 93003 PHONE: (805) 644‐8291 FAX: (805) 644‐7843 Member Resource Center (877) 721‐4YOU Website: www.seiu721.org .