I need some perspective

I wanted to post this to get other people's perspectives on this situation.

In January of this year, DES/DDD decided on a way to cut the debt in their programs. When doing this, they decided to suspend certain programs, cut provider rates, cut personal and many more.

I am going to provide a few links about what has been going on:

News Link 1

News Link 2

I also attached a few documents, one of which is the letter sent to families who have children birth to three years of age who were receiving early intervention services.


Here is the link to the court ruling that happened on March 11,2009.


bill passed in January 2009



This has been particularly hard on me. I have been providing early intervention services for children birth to three for the past 2 years. I have seen these services work and have had the pleasure of discharging children who have grown and reached all their developmental milestones. I have also watched children become accepted into preschool to further their education before entering kindergarten. Even with this economy, if I lose my job I know I will find something out there. My biggest concern is for the children who are being left behind due to these cutbacks. I am just looking for other opinions on this matter, please be respectful to EVERYONE'S comments.