Disabled And Seniors Worry About Cuts To In-Home Care
LOOMIS, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing reductions to California's In-Home Supportive Services program, which helps about 435,000 California seniors and people with disabilities stay in their homes.
As part of his budget proposal, Brown wants to eliminate in-home services for people who live with someone else. The move would save the state about $164 million in the fiscal year that starts July 1.
The move would affect 60 percent of the program's recipients, who live with parents or other family members.
The cut would affect recipients such as Anthony Muli, a 24-year-old from Loomis, near Sacramento. He was born with spinal muscular atrophy, a genetic disease that prevents muscle development.
Muli opposes the cuts, saying he relies on his grandmother for a better life than he could have in any institution.
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