According to today’s published NASTAD ADAPs With Waiting Lists. BUT we are also now showing a wait list of under 700 persons.  That’s great news. YET we remain number one in the country of the now 8 states with waiting lists.  We MUST do better, and I know that the front line staff at VDH [...]

The Senate has approved the 12-14 Biennial Budget! And Second, The Really Good News! An additional $250,000 in state general funds has been added to the ADAP funding.  That funding, along with some 1-time federal funding coming to the state through Northern Virginia, adds over $850,000 to the ADAP funding in the 2012-2013 year. That’s [...]

The good news is we have more time to advocate for additional state funding for ADAP! Ask your Delegate and Senator to support the Senate’s addition of $500,000 for ADAP to eliminate the waiting list.  Seriously … Your calls CAN make a difference … especially while the Delegates and Senators are back home from Richmond. [...]

  And we are all waiting to see if the Senate Committee ‘reports’ out a budget bill today. If that happens (and it should), then next step is getting the bill passed the Senate floor. That would require 21 votes to pass.  Not sure about that yet … Anyway, after the Senate passes a budget [...]

Today and Tomorrow — Tuesday, Valentine’s Day — Virginia’s “money committee” members will be making decisions about how to spend Virginia’s General Fund dollars. It’s your money. But if they don’t hear from us — if this wheel doesn’t squeak — we have no one to blame but ourselves ……. PLEASE — call YOUR Delegate [...]