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2007 Issue Papers

The following are document downloads for use in educating individual and family advocates as well as policymakers;

BUDGET

• Winning the Waiting Game
  Solutions for Meeting the Needs of Individuals and Families in the Community

• Unmet Need
  Family Support, High School Graduates and Senior Families

• Supported Living
  Compensation Package and Vendor Rate Increase

• Housing Trust Fund
  $ 5 m DD Set Aside

• DD Endowment Trust Fund
  $ 5 m Investment

• 2007 Budget Comparison
  Side by Side of Budget Proposals for Developmental Disabilities (updated 2.5.07)

POLICY

• Lance Morehouse Jr. Memorial
  Legislation to Create a Single Family Support Program

• DD Ombudsman
  Legislation to Monitor and Resolve Issues Impacting Individuals with Developmental Disabilities