Wildrose Alliance Receives Update from Organizations that have received Government of Alberta Cutback Notice

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Edmonton, AB (December 16, 2009): Further to today's earlier announcement regarding agencies that support People with Developmental Disabilities, the Wildrose Alliance has now received a document co-signed by 15 additional organizations confirming that they have all received similar notices announcing arbitrary funding cuts.

In addition to confirming receipt of this funding cut notice, a number of the agencies have stated that the Minister of Seniors and Community Supports indicated that she was not aware of these specific cuts. All of these funding decisions are being made on a region-by-region basis, and a list of the Calgary and area organizations that have received this letter includes:

• Alberta Association for Community Living www.aacl.org
• Calgary Alternative Support Society www.c-a-s-s.org
• Calgary Community Day Services
• Calgary Society for People with Disabilities
• Calgary Scope Society www.calgaryscope.org
• Chrysalis www.chrysalis.ab.ca
• CLAS
• Developmental Disabilities Resource Centre www.ddrcc.com
• L'Arche Association of Calgary www.larchecalgary.org
• New Age Services www.newageservices.ca
• Optional Rehabilitations Services www.optionsplus.org
• Progressive Alternatives Society of Calgary www.pasc-calgary.org
• Rehoboth www.rehoboth.ab.ca
• Resicare Society of Calgary
• SCOPE
• Springboard Centre for Adults with Disabilities www.springboardcentre.ca
• Supported Lifestyles www.supportedlifestyles.com
• Vantage

In addition, the Wildrose Alliance has been informed that organizations in Lac La Biche have also received a notification of contract cuts. To view how the Wildrose would have handled this situation, please go to our original news release on this subject - http://www.wildrosealliance.ca/newscentre/wap-news/196-wap-questions-governments-christmas-clawback.

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