Send the leadership of the National Governors' Association (NGA) a Valentines Day message: 
Home is Where the Heart Is!

From the ADAPT Community,
Dear Advocates for Home and Community Services:

Let them know, and your Governor too, that they should have a heart and support the Resolution originally introduced by Governor Rendell at the Seattle NGA meeting.

You can create your own message and send a fax via the Internet.

On this Valentine's Day, February 14, 2005, we are asking the Governors belonging to the NGA to "Have A Heart" and pass Governor Rendell's original Resolution for Home and Community Services.

You can help by doing the following:

• Email, fax or Internet fax the leadership below with your message.
• To Internet fax them (at no cost to you) simply click on this link:
• http://capwiz.com/rochestercdr/issues/alert/?alertid=6951366&type=CU

There is a sample letter there, which you can change, or use as is!

BACKGROUND

The National Governors Association (NGA) will be voting on an important Medicaid reform of long term services and supports policy/resolution at their Winter meeting in Washington, DC on March 1st. Governor Rendell of Pennsylvania had submitted a strongly worded resolution that if passed will design the roadmap for the reform of the Medicaid funded institutionally biased long term care system.

Read the original ADAPT Resolution introduced by Governor Rendell.

The Health and Human Services Committee of the NGA has "broken our hearts" by watering down the original resolution.

The full NGA needs to "Have A Heart" and restore the resolution to its original intent.

NO MORE STOLEN LIVES - FREE OUR PEOPLE

 - From the ADAPT Community 

Following is some useful contact information:

• NGA Chairperson, Governor Mark Warner of Virginia fax 804/371-6351
• NGA Co-Chairperson, Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas fax 501/682-1382
• NGA HHS Committee Co-Chair Governor Jennifer Granholm of Michigan fax 517/335-6949
• NGA HHS Committee Co-Chair Governor Haley Barbour of Mississippi fax 601/359-3741
• Governor Ed Rendell fax 717/772-8284 Rosemary Greco, Staff rgreco@state.pa.us

NGA Contacts:

• NGA Executive Director, Ray Scheppach rscheppach@nga.org
• NGA HHS Committee Staff Matt Salo msalo@nga.org
• NGA Communications Director Christine Lapaille clapaille@nga.org

Current Governors and their Washington DC office fax numbers: