[Arizona-News] SB 1130 Older Blind funding immediate call to action.

[nfb.az.president at gmail.com]

Hello everyone,

 

This is an immediate call to action regarding SB 1130 adding one-million
dollars  ($1,000,000) to the DES independent living program budget.
Tomorrow at 9:00 This bill will be read and voted on in the Senate Health
and Human Services committee. This is the first step on the journey to
becoming law and added into our Older Blind budget for services for our
Blind Seniors.

 

 

WE need your help.

 

Please send an email or leave a call with each of the members of this
committee listed below.  You will find a sample email or message for your
convenience.  


Name

District

Party

Email

Phone


Rosanna Gabaldón -- Minority Whip

21

D

rgabaldon at azleg.gov <mailto:rgabaldon at azleg.gov> 

(602) 926-3424


Carine Werner Committee chair

4

R

cwerner at azleg.gov <mailto:cwerner at azleg.gov> 

(602) 926-3673


Eva Burch

9

D

eburch at azleg.gov <mailto:eburch at azleg.gov> 

(602) 926-3374


Thomas "T.J." Shope -- President Pro Tempore Committee vice Chair

16

R

tshope at azleg.gov <mailto:tshope at azleg.gov> 

(602) 926-3012


Janae Shamp -- Majority Leader

29

R

jshamp at azleg.gov <mailto:jshamp at azleg.gov> 

(602) 926-3499

 

A sample letter or phone message is below.  We need as many letters and
voicemails as we can get by 9:00 AM tomorrow.

 

 

 

Dear Senator ---,

 

Currently there are 78,000 older individuals living in Arizona living with
age related Vision loss. This number will double by 2030. The DES
Independent living program is the only place to receive rehabilitation
services to learn how to live independently with blindness. Bline Arizonans
are waiting over one year to receive services causing them to resort to
moving out of their homes into assisted living facilities, nursing homes,
and to rely on in-home health services when learning the skills of blindness
will allow them to live out the goals, they set for themselves as retired
citizens. The ILB program has not received a funding increase since 2008.
This additional funding would allow them to hire more instructors and offer
more services through contracted providers so that older blind Arizonans can
receive the training they need to live successfully and independently.

 

Then you may write a small paragraph describing either the benefits you
received from blindness training, the difficulties you have faced waiting
for services, or the benefits you have observed from quality blindness
training.

 

End your email or call with Please support SB1335 so older blind Arizonans
can have the opportunity to live the lives they want.

 

 

 

 

We thank you for your continued support to help get training to blind
seniors.

 

 

SB 1130 Immediate Call to Action                           

 

Amy Porterfield, She/Her

 

President,

Saavi Services for the blind

520-795-1331 EXT 321

 <mailto:aporterfield at saavi.us> aporterfield at saavi.us

 <http://www.saavi.us/> www.saavi.us

 

Expect More,

Achieve More,

Become mor

 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://nfbnet.org/pipermail/arizona-news_nfbnet.org/attachments/20250128/ec68e874/attachment.htm>