I warn people not to waste your precious time. Pa SILC baits you in like they’re going to help but they do nothing. They get money to advocate but they just have meetings and pay staff to again do nothing to help. No action. Then you’re vulnerable and your private info is out there. It’s actually abusive to ppl w disabilities and families to be exploited in this manner. I’m sure there must be some grant or money for deaf that they got to waste it. Of course the money should be going to ppl that are deaf and families but the state gives it to providers to waste it instead.

Why? We shared at a public hearing about all of the abuses in the ODP waivers and the violations of labor laws in Pa, civil rights and constitutional rights, olmstead and the criminalizing services by family and arresting family caregivers without due process and pa SILC did nothing to help. What does pa SILC do with all the funding and what do these organizations do with all funding? What can this organization do to change ODP discriminatory regs for people living in their own homes? We have gross institutional bias in Pa which violates olmstead.

What will be done with the information from the listening session? Why go if no action?

Oh and about 800 caregivers we believe mostly family had swat teams break down their door and they were arrested for time card errors. Working 24/7 but only allowed to put four hours a day in time card and were told to block bill by fiscal agent who thrm reports thrm for fraud. It’s a sick abusive system.

PA General Assembly Dept of Labor must investigate the incompetence and negligence of OVR, PA Deaf HOH Council.

Who is going to pay and provide transportation? Deaf blind and deaf special needs have no services because the 1915c waivers are written to NOT provide services Violation of ADA!! Olmstead violations!!

I’m talking about pa SILC. This is a different organization but my point is all these providers get funding and there are ppl on waiting lists. Meanwhile 50:/: or more of dsp caregivers are family and families are discriminated against as are ppl w disabilities. Do you know ODP travel policy? Ppl with disabilities getting services cannot leave the state more than 30 days? That’s civil rights violations. Jeremy Yale said “to keep the money in Pa” when asked why they had this policy. People with disabilities are cash cows for the state and providers. Meanwhile wait lists and families are caring for severly disabled loved ones 365 days a year 24/7 yet paid only 40. Waste. Violations of their own mantra everyday lives. Violations of olmstead because different rules if in your own home or institution. Violations of labor laws. See fact sheet f79. Violations of constitutional rights. How bout these providers do something to really help instead of “listening” sessions.