be a member of the coalition

The Coalition for Quality and Choice represents a broad-based effort by families, advocates, human service agencies, religious and interested community organizations committed to supporting one another and people with mental retardation.

JOIN THE COALITION

People with mental retardation have endured a history of fiscal neglect and only new appropriations of historic proportions will right these wrongs.

Kentucky is 48th in per capita spending for children and adults with mental retardation. Until we as advocates, families, and community members understand the implication of that startling fact, we will continue to read about the closing of facilities, cutbacks in services, and the outrage and fear of affected families and individuals.

We have been forced to fight over a pittance -- we fight one another over a piece of the pie that continues to shrink as needs continue to grow. The "Divide and Conquer" strategy and "robbing Peter to pay Paul" will no longer be tolerated.

     The Coalition is a positive, exciting, and proactive statement of support for ALL people with mental retardation.

Let us celebrate our collective strength, flex our political muscle, and allow a just cause to be expressed by our love and concern for people with mental retardation.

The Coalition for Quality and Choice commits to the following principles:

• We support the right of individuals with mental retardation and their families to determine the most appropriate residential program.

• It is our steadfast position that funds should not be taken from one group of persons with mental retardation to support another group. The redistribution of inadequate resources and uprooting people from their home without their consent is not acceptable.

• We affirm the need to dramatically increase the level of financial support for quality community programs and services throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky ($30 million in new state general funds).

• As we affirm the need to invest in community programs, we believe the Commonwealth should maintain its fiscal commitment to residential facilities (ICF/MR). A broad range of high quality options should be made available to individuals with mental retardation and their families.

For more information, please call: (502) 584-1239

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The Council on Developmental Disabilities

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Louisville, Kentucky 40203-2997

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