2023 Disability Services Day highlighted waivers, wages

Minnesota’s historic state surplus has renewed calls for legislators and Gov. Tim Walz to invest the state’s care system for people with disabilities. The 2023 Disability Services Day at the Capitol drew advocates and allies from around the state, with the rallying cry of “Invest in us.”

Doing more to increase and sustain disability waiver services was a key focus for those at the rally and lobby day, which was organized by the umbrella groups ARRM and MOHR. Thousands of people from around Minnesota attended the event, filling the capitol rotunda and its balconies. They waved

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