Potential Budget Cuts Coming! Act Now!

With potential budget cuts coming to the Department of Economic Security (DES), which includes the Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD), you can let your legislators know now how your family could be impacted by their budgetary decisions.

What Can I Do?
Call or email your legislators and share your personal stories with them. If you need assistance finding you legislators, visit www.azleg.gov. Always remember to be polite and respectful when speaking. You are a constituent and your voice should be heard, but these are difficult economic times that are affecting us all. Click here to learn more about how to be an effective advocate and engage appropriately with your legislators.

House Appropriations Committee Contact Information
Chairman John Kavanagh, jkavanagh@azleg.gov
Andy Biggs, abiggs, abiggs@azleg.gov
Steve Court, scourt@azleg.gov
Rich Crandall, rcrandall@azleg.gov
Russ Jones, rjones@azleg.gov
Nancy McLain, nmclain@azleg.gov
Rick Murphy, rmurphy@azleg.gov
Vic Williams, vwilliams@azleg.gov
Olivia Cajero Bedford, ocajerobedford@azleg.gov
Cloves Campbel, Jr., clcampbell@azleg.gov
Matt Heinz, mheinz@azleg.gov
David Schapira, dschapira@azleg.gov
Kyrsten Sinema, ksinema@azleg.gov

Talking Points
Here are some talking points provided by Raising Special Kids:
• I am an Arizona citizen — and constituent from your district.
• I want you to protect critical health and human services for children, families and vulnerable adults from any further cuts. (Please add your special cause like described above, mental health, services for homeless, child care, anti domestic violence services, child protection, elder care, services for people with disabilities, etc)
• There are alternatives — 30 states have raised revenues. (Like eliminating tax exemptions and raising user fees)
• The Legislature should vote immediately to raise revenues (eliminate tax exemptions expand the tax base).
• Do not cut taxes and dig the revenue hole deeper. The state cannot afford tax cuts at this time with its large deficits approaching $3.5 billion dollars.
• Protect all of Arizona, but stand up for the most vulnerable particularly.
• Please tell me how you plan to vote and how you will protect vital services for children, families and vulnerable adults and health and human services.