In the past two weeks, we have learned that TBI Fund sponsorship for people with stroke and aphasia will be rescinded unless we reverse the present proposal changes. The Fund is supported by a fifty-cent surcharge on NJ vehicle registrations. With the number of recipients now above 7,000, the Fund cannot support expenditures. Rather than raise the surcharge, the proposals seek to limit services, including total elimination of people with stroke and aphasia from the eligible target population.
Please download the enclosed "Talking Points" document and sample letters. Add to, or adapt the letter to be a meaningful one for you, and send it to :
1. Joseph M. Amoroso
Administrative Practice Officer
Dept of Human Services: Division of Disability Services
222 South Warren Street
PO Box 700
Trenton, NJ 08625
2. Jennifer Velez, Esquire
Commissioner, Dept of Human Services
222 South Warren Street
PO Box 700
Trenton, NJ 08625
3. Governor Chris Christie
PO Box 001
Trenton, New Jersey 08625
We know that if the surcharge is increased to $1.00, current recipients can be maintained.
YOUR LETTERS MUST BE IN THE MAIL BY FEBRUARY 14.
Thank you.
Shirley and Marilyn
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