Congress: Don’t Cut the SSI Program!

Special Olympics
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1 min readDec 15, 2011

By Tim Shriver

Dear Friends of Special Olympics:

As members of Congress are undertaking the unenviable task of restoring our nation to fiscal health, a critical lifeline for people with disabilities has come under attack. If you have a chance, I hope you will read this article today in Politico in which I highlight how the Supplemental Security Income program fills a critical need for thousands of people with severe disabilities and their families in the U.S. I hope you will join me in urging members of Congress to support this program.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/70439.html#ixzz1gc5XPYiw

-T

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