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Local Organizations Protest Budget Cuts and Block Streets

• http://yourerie.com/fulltext/?nxd_id=239292
• http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012306139905

Local Organizations Protest Budget Cuts

• http://yourerie.com/fulltext/?nxd_id=237992

Voices for Independence cuts employees as state funding cuts loom (Erie, PA)

• http://www.goerie.com/article/20120606/NEWS02/306059900/Voices-for-Independence-in-Erie-cuts-employees-

150 in Erie protest human services cuts (Erie, PA)

• http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012305179929
• http://yourerie.com/fulltext?nxd_id=233872

State Budget Crunch Will Hurt Disabled

• http://www.goerie.com/article/2012302179994

Pennsylvania welfare safety net sees small overall cut and big changes in proposed Corbett budget

• http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/02/pennsylvania_welfare_safety_ne.html

Monica Yant Kinney: Corbett won't dare mention the mentally disabled

• http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20120208_Monica_Yant_Kinney__Corbett_won_t_dare_mention_the_mentally_disabled.html

Paul Pecunas - "Wheelchair Obstacles"

• http://yourerie.com/fulltext/?nxd_id=196617

"Bach: Voices of Independence (Public Relations) director addresses sidewalk issues, misconceptions"

• http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012302049993

"Act Quickly - House to Vote on Repeal of Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Program"

• http://www.drnpa.org/alerts/id/981

"Several People with Disabilities Arrested for Protesting Service Cuts" (Jan 2012)

• http://www.whptv.com/news/local/story/Several-people-with-disabilities-arrested-for/hdFyTWk3x02Kyka80csj3A.cspx

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