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RIL’s Statement on the “Occupy Movement”

Resources for Independent Living www.ril-sacramento.org RIL’s STATEMENT ON THE “OCCUPY MOVEMENT” November 28, 2011 In solidarity with our sister Independent Living Center in Chico, Independent Living Services of Northern California (ILSNC), RIL sends a message of support to peaceful protesters … Continue reading

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Proposed State Budget Cuts to IHSS

  Proposed State Budget Trigger Cuts to IHSS Submitted by Frances Gracechild, Chair, Advisory Committee, based on excerpts from the California Disability Community Action Network Report,  Nov 1,2001   Dear Yolo County Supervisors and all Yolo County IHSS stakeholders:   … Continue reading

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Bay Area Outreach & Recreation Program Fundraiser 9-24-11

    Bay Area Outreach & Recreation Program (BORP): “Faces of the Revolution,” Stories from the people who make BORP’s Revolution Happen. Visit their website at: http://www.borp.org/

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We need not just jobs, but jobs that pay

We need not just jobs, but jobs that pay By Barbara Ehrenreich, Special to CNN August 23, 2011 12:12 p.m. EDT Editor’s note: Barbara Ehrenreich’s book “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America” (Macmillan) has just been released … Continue reading

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Guest Blog: Asm. Mariko Yamada

California’s Adult Day Health Care System: Transition to Nowhere By Assemblymember Mariko Yamada Chair, Assembly Committee on Aging and Long Term Care Almost forty years ago, California pioneered a system to keep frail elders and persons with disabilities in supportive … Continue reading

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Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow

STATE BUDGET READY or Not FOR RESUBMITTAL TO THE GOVERNOR Dear Readers, As this newsletter goes to the printer (JUNE 29TH) the Governor and Democratic leadership have reached a budget deal without Republican support. This revised version contains the mysteriously … Continue reading

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Update

Coming Soon “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”: A blog by executive director Frances Gracechild

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Videos

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See Our Latest Project

See Our Latest Project RIL hits the airwaves this spring on Access Sacramento. Taping begins March 29th, 2011. Check back for broadcast date and time. Read More »

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