Progress Report on Task Force Reviewing the Future of California's Developmental Centers

The Future of Developmental Centers Task Force met for the third time on October 22nd and, while it won't reach any conclusions by its targeted November deadline, it will finish its task by the end of this year. The fourth and final scheduled meeting will be sometime in mid-December; check the California Health and Human Services website for the latest updates.

Meanwhile, the Sonoma Index-Tribune has published an article on the progress of the task force thus far. PHA President Kathleen Miller, who serves on the task force, was interviewed and gives her summary:

"Miller said the conclusions that can be reasonably drawn from the discussions held on a monthly basis since July are that, on the one hand, SDC won’t be sold by the state to private developers but that, on the other hand, its mission and resident population will likely change. What that change will be isn’t yet clear, Miller said, but it is not likely to happen quickly."

read the full article at Future of Sonoma Developmental Center under review, by David Bolling, Sonoma I-T (11/06/2013)