We united with Centers for Independent Living and advocacy groups to stop a plan that would have devastated seniors and people with disabilities by capping consumers' hours at less than two hours per day-and we won!
The very next day the Governor announced that he was withdrawing his proposed caps on consumers' hours.
We know that when we unite we have the strength to protect the people we care for. Even though we stopped these arbitrary caps on hours, we must stand together to make sure home care is protected and fully funded.
Our quality home care message was heard loud and clear in the Capitol and in the media:
"People with disabilities and their caregivers won a victory ... The Missouri Home Care Union praised the decision to drop the caps." - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"Consumers, home-care attendants and advocates rallied at the Capitol last week to protest the measure, which the Missouri Home Care Union says would have put thousands of Missourians in harm's way." - Missourinet
