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Senior advocates push for more home and community-based service funding
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Wanda Sharp, a certified nursing assistant at The Guest House, center, holds hands with clients Linda Williamson, left, and Anna Lawrence, right, as they sit and listen to music, played by Roger Keebaugh, not pictured, at The Guest House in Gainesville, on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. - photo by David Barnes
Advocates for Georgia’s seniors are prioritizing the growth of home and community-based services as they lobby lawmakers during the 2018 session of the state General Assembly. But the challenge ahead of them was made clear by the release of Gov. Nathan Deal’s proposed budget last week, as there is no additional funding for these services proposed in his budget.