Your Voice Matters: A Message from GCDD Executive Director D'Arcy Robb

About this episode

D'Arcy Robb encourages engagement with elected officials regarding decisions affecting people with developmental disabilities in Georgia.

This summer, I want to encourage every Georgian with a developmental disability — and every family member, caregiver, and advocate — to engage with your elected officials. Significant decisions are being made right now in our state legislature, in state agencies, and in Washington. These decisions involve funding levels, program structures, and policies that will directly affect the lives of people with developmental disabilities in Georgia for years to come. The people making those decisions...

Topics covered

• developmental disabilities
• advocacy
• legislation
• funding
• policy

Keywords

• developmental disability
• advocacy
• Georgia
• legislation
• funding
• policies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities

Places: Georgia, Washington

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