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"State Budget Cuts to Eliminate 70+ Jobs That Help Montanans with Developmental Disabilities" by Holly K. Michels, Billings Gazette, December 28, 2017
"An estimated 2,100 Montanans who have developmental disabilities will no longer be able to get targeted case management services from four existing providers statewide starting this spring. .... The elimination of contracts is the result of budget cuts made in November during a special session of the Legislature called to address a $227 million budget shortfall brought on by revenues lower than projected and the most expensive fire season in Montana’s history. . ....'This is being done on the backs of some of the most vulnerable people in the state,' Jaci Noonan said of the cuts. .... Noonan said A.W.A.R.E. will no longer provide case management to about 600 people and will have to close offices in Red Lodge, Miles City, Sidney and Glasgow. It will lay off about 21 people. ...." (Emphasis added.)
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http://billingsgazette.co...op-story-1
"An estimated 2,100 Montanans who have developmental disabilities will no longer be able to get targeted case management services from four existing providers statewide starting this spring. .... The elimination of contracts is the result of budget cuts made in November during a special session of the Legislature called to address a $227 million budget shortfall brought on by revenues lower than projected and the most expensive fire season in Montana’s history. . ....'This is being done on the backs of some of the most vulnerable people in the state,' Jaci Noonan said of the cuts. .... Noonan said A.W.A.R.E. will no longer provide case management to about 600 people and will have to close offices in Red Lodge, Miles City, Sidney and Glasgow. It will lay off about 21 people. ...." (Emphasis added.)
Read more at:
http://billingsgazette.co...op-story-1