Additional Message from the Arc NC

Earlier today, you should have received a Policy Partners email outlining why North Carolina Should Slow Down Managed Care Implementation. It will take the combined efforts of our members and allies to get the General Assembly and the Administration to listen. That's why we are asking you to:

TAKE ACTION TODAY!

We need you to tell your story to the decision makers in state government about how changing to a Managed Care system has affected you or will affect you, making sure to tell them:

• North Carolina needs to Slow Down Managed Care Implementation Until They Get It Right!
   
• Restore Case Management to People With Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities!
   
• Require that Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) prove that they are prepared to manage the new system effectively before they can move forward

Who Should I Contact, Where Should I Go?

Who to Contact:

• Your NC legislators (both your NC Senator & Representative) Click here to see who represents you, or contact Ben Akroyd at The Arc of NC for help (bakroyd@arcnc.org, 919.500.8382)
• Acting Secretary of DHHS Albert Delia (919.855.4800, al.delia@dhhs.nc.gov)
• Your friends, family, and neighbors! Ask them to reach out to NC's decision makers as well!

Events to Attend:

• Joint Legislative Oversight Committee for Health and Human Services

  Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 9:30 am
  Room 643 of the NC Legislative Office Building (Across from the Legislative Building)
  330 N Salisbury Street
  Raleigh, NC 27603

• The Coalition Rally at the NC Legislative Building (flyer posted here)
  

  Tuesday, May 22, 2012
  8:00 am - Registration on the back portico of the Legislative Building
  9:00 am - Advocacy Training in the Legislative Building Auditorium (third floor)
  12:00 noon - Rally at 12 noon on Bicentennial Mall on Jones Street, across from the Legislative Building 

• The DHHS Waiver Advisory Committee
  (Sign up to speak ahead of time by calling Kathy Nichols with DMA at 919-855-4289 or Ken Marsh with DMHDDSAS at 919-715-1294)

  May 22, 2012 from 1-3:00 pm
  NCSU McKimmon Center
  1101 Gorman Street
  Raleigh, NC 27603

Thank you for your continued advocacy! We are facing some of the biggest changes to the I/DD system in over forty years, and your help is needed now more than ever!

If you have any questions at all, please feel free to contact Ben Akroyd at bakroyd@arcnc.org or 919.500.8382.