<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Well said, Jeannette.<div><br></div><div>Nora</div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPad</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Mar 10, 2025, at 2:59 PM, Nora Nagle <nnagle@aol.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">There will be a rally at the State House on Wednesday, March 12 in opposition to proposed limitations on the Personal Care Attendant (PCA) program. If you can, please come to support the disability community! Details below:</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; text-align: center; line-height: 60px;"><strong><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 60px; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">Rally for PCA Services!</span></i></strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><br> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 60px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">Last year</span></strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"> the governor’s budget proposal would have cut 6,000 people from the PCA program. The community battled back and the cuts were taken off the table by the legislature. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; text-align: center; line-height: 60px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 60px;"><strong><u><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">This year’s budget</span></u></strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"> spares the program— a reason to cheer—but it includes language that would result in people <strong>not </strong>getting services or PCAs not being able to get needed pay raises because of an artificial and indefinite cap that would be placed on spending on the PCA program starting in16 months (<span dir="ltr" style="text-decoration: underline;">July 1, 2026</span>). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; text-align: center; line-height: 60px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><br><strong><i>Rally for PCA Services</i></strong><br><strong><i><span dir="ltr" style="text-decoration: underline;">March 12, 1:00 pm</span></i></strong><br><strong><i>State House, Boston, Bowdoin Street Entrance</i></strong><br> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 60px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">We will rally outside and then visit the governor’s office to state our concerns about PCA services being restricted in 16 months.For information contact BCIL at <span dir="ltr" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">617-338-6665</span> or email <a href="mailto:contactBCIL@bostoncil.org" target="_blank" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 124, 137);">contactBCIL@bostoncil.org</span></a>. <br>This rally is supported by BCIL and 1199SEIU and all members of the disability and PCA communities are welcome!<br>ASL interpreters have been confirmed.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 60px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><br></span></p></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">Nora Nagle</div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPad</div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>