March 1, 2016:

Last Tuesday, McGuire’s joint hearing consisted of a lot of questions directed towards state health administrators. It was heard from the major participants who have been involved with this developing topic on the uncertain future of the most fragile and at-risk, developmentally disabled people at the remaining DCs of Sonoma, Fairview and Porterville.

Some of the key topics that came up were:

• Not enough time or money for transition
• Community care homes not ready
• Special services needed for severely disabled

Please click on the article provided below for a better understanding of the hearing.

SDC closure status raises more questions than answers

Provided courtesy of The Kenwood Press, by Jay Gamel.