It’s time to act now. The Erie region has been reclassified by Governor Tom Corbett and the Department of Public Welfare from urban to rural. What does this mean? This change in classification equals a 7% cutback in funding for persons with disabilities that could have a significant impact on services. What can you do? Contact your legislators and the Governor himself and appeal to them that the fourth largest city in Pennsylvania should be classified urban, not rural.
You can read more about the impact that this change will have in an editorial from today’s Erie Times.
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This is so ridiculous. We are not a rural area by far! Better recheck the facts which are we are the fourth largest city in Pennsylvania!!!!!!
Thank you for your comments. I would encourage you to contact your legislators and the governor’s office to let them know how you feel. Visit http://www.barberinstitute.org for their addresses.
The Governor announced today that he rethinking his designation of Erie from an urban to a rural area. Defiantly the result of the community coming together and demanding a change.