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The following is excerpted from
a letter written by Mary Ann Board,
director of social work services at
Permian General Hospital in An-
drews, to Sara Schwiening, area
manager of the Odessa Field Office.
"I would like to express my
appreciation for the fine services I
have received from TRC in the past
several months. Although I was
sorry to see Luana Warden leave,
George Calhoun (counselor in the
Odessa Field Office) has taken her
place admirably. There has been
no delay in services while trying to
fill the vacant position, and you are
to be commended for this."The following is excerpted from
a letter written to Austin Regional
Director Jack King by client Buford
McWright.
"It isn't often I feel moved to
write to thank any type of govern-
mental agency, but your people in
San Marcos (counselor Virginia
Bosman and secretary Baudelia
Arredondo) have helped me so
much with so little bureaucratic
tape that I would feel ungrateful
without acknowledging their aid
and support."Austerity in Spending
Called for in 1985Texas state agencies have been
requested to place - as much as
possible - a moratorium on hiring
personnel, cease all spending for
capital equipment and stop all con-
struction projects if building has
not yet begun.
This message comes from Jim
Rudd, chair of the Appropriations
Committee of the Texas House of
Representatives, and Gib Lewis,
speaker of the House.
Though Lewis and Rudd state
the measures are requested, and not
required, they said it is apparent in
planning the next state budget that
fiscal years 1986 and 1987 will be
a different story from past biennia.
"A stark picture will face us if
economic conditions remain un-
changed, and if current state pro-
grams and revenue sources general-
ly are kept intact," the two Houseleaders said in a letter to TRC Com-
missioner Max Arrell.
"In that case, existing spending
levels, excluding all construction
and capital outlays, could barely be
maintained. Insufficient revenue
would be available for any substan-
tial salary increases, inflation ad-
justments or service expansions par-
alleling a growing state population."
Arrell said new counselor and
clerical positions planned for fiscal
year 1985 have been postponed
indefinitely and any job vacancies
that occur will be carefully reviewed
before being filled.
"We are also taking a close look
at planned fiscal year 1985 capital
expenditures to see if any pur-
chases might be deleted or post-
poned without disrupting our ser-
vices to disabled people."LETTERS
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Advocacy to
Run CAP
Advocacy Inc. of Austin has been
selected by Gov. Mark White to run
the Client Assistance Program
(CAP) for Texas.
The CAP, authorized by the 1984
Amendments to the federal Reha-
bilitation Act, will provide infor-
mation and serve as ombudsman to
disabled people who are clients or
applicants for services under the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
All states are required to estab-
lish CAPs by Oct. 1, 1984.
A state's failure to do so will
result in loss to that state of all
federal rehabilitation services funds
allowed under Section 110 of the
Rehabilitation Act.
Advocacy, a non-profit corpora-
tion associated with the State Bar
of Texas, will receive $347,669 to
carry out the program.
Gov. White has appointed TRC
Commissioner Max Arrell to chair
a project advisory committee to
oversee and make recommenda-
tions for administration of the
CAP.
TRC Green Light
Continued from page 1
Other recommendations made
by the Sunset staff were to:
" Require that at least two of the
six TRC board members be dis-
abled people, and;
" Specify the Consumer Consulta-
tion Committee of TRC in law,
and amend the statute to lower
the consultation fee made to
members of that committee and
TRC's Medical Consultation
Committee.
Medical Consultation Committee
members are paid $150 a day for
meetings and Consumer Committee
members are paid $100. The Sun-
set staff suggested a $50 per day fee
for both groups.
Several people who testified said
lowering the fee for the consumer
group would limit the number of
disabled people who could afford
to take time away from their jobs
to attend committee meetings.
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