Groundbreaking ceremony for Fircrest Therapy Garden, April 30, 2008
Friends of Fircrest is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization advocating for the rights to quality living choices for all people with developmental disabilities. Friends of Fircrest provides support to residents of Fircrest School.
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Proposed budget cuts could result in closure of Francis Haddon Morgan Center and of one cottage at Rainier School, and impact other DDD services. For additional information, see these items:
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These are proposals that will be considered by the legislature beginning in January 2010. Individuals wishing to comment on these proposals can contact .
See by Bellamy Pailthorp, KPLU FM (Seattle-Tacoma)
November 24, 2009.
See in The Spokesman Review (Spokane,)
October 19, 2009.
If recommendations of a draft report are implemented, Francis Haddon Morgan Center (Bremerton) would be closed by 2013 and Rainier School (Buckley) by 2017. Also, by 2017, all intermediate care facilities at remaining RHCs would be eliminated, and only limited skilled nursing facilities would remain in service. See:
(Oct 14, 2009) and
(Oct 14, 2009)
in Support of Residential Choice. (Prepared by Voice of the Retarded, May 2009)
(Prepared by Action DD, April 2009)
by Kathy Leitch, Asst. Secy., Washington State Aging and Disability Services Adm., May 1, 2009
by Kathy Leitch, Asst. Secy., Washington State Aging and Disability Services Adm., April 29, 2009
(The Governor's proposals compared to House and Senate Versions, with data to be updated as it becomes available.
Latest version 04/07/09)
(As submitted by Governor Chris Gregoire, December 2008.
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by Amy Daybert, Editor, The Enterprise (Shoreline, WA), March 18, 2009
on closing of Fircrest therapy swimming pool. King 5 TV, March 2009.
by Amy Daybert, Editor, The Enterprise (Shoreline, WA), February 18, 2009
Yakima Herald Republic editorial, February 22, 2009