Independence from waiting. Freedom from institutions.
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COMMUNITY NOW!
... CHOOSE FREEDOM
Our Work
• Support efforts to assist people who want to leave State Institutions and move into their communities. • Support educational demonstrations that encourage immediate action by key Statewide leaders.
March, Rally & Legislative visits
Lemons to Lemonade Campaign
Reenactment of the Last Supper
Distribution of WWJD message
• Educate the community through multi-media presentations regarding the abuse in
• Help produce documentary films to expose the abuse, lack of accountability, and institutional failures in
"Forgotten Lives" - Trailer
San Marcos Daily Record article by Jeff Walker
• Provide on-going information about the need for long-term care reform, including the reduction of "interest" lists, known as a waiting list, and the closure and consolidation of
Power Point Presentation
• Organize local Community Now! networks.
• Provide small, one-time grants, up to $250.00 to individuals who leave a
Community Now!
is a statewide, all volunteer organization comprised of advocates; Texans who have a disability, parents, grandparents, and siblings who see the potential for persons who have a disability and fight for their right to live in their communities with access to quality, community-based long-term care supports and services.
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"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
~Margaret Mead
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We believe...
Our loved ones with disabilities should have the option to live in their communities and not languish on long waiting lists for services or forced to live in a dangerous, dehumanizing segregated institution.
The services for our citizens with disabilities must be nothing short of exceptional and that those responsible for providing these services must be held accountable.
Public policy and tax dollars must be aligned to support Texans with disabilities who want to live in smaller, more cost efficient settings in their communities and no longer support the waste and abuse of a failed institutional system.