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| | ACCSES Update Newsletter, March 2003, Volume 4 - Issue 3, Page 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | Wiggin's bill calls for a major overhaul of the delivery of community-based services, including creation of "work services centers" that in essence would be similar to union hiring halls. |
 | | The Wiggins legislation is the third bill introduced this year in the California legislature that deals significantly with the developmental disabilities Services system that serves 180,000 people with developmental disabilities, with over 100,000 direct-care staff employed by private, community-based providers. |
 | | Although none of the three bills are given much chance to pass this year, they nonetheless have alarmed community-providers nationwide. |
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