RALEIGH, N.C. — Betsy MacMichael knows that people with developmental disabilities are losing their services. As an advocate and Chair of the Developmental Disabilities Consortium she hears from parents daily. “People whose services have been reduced or who are on waiting lists call us daily, barely coping and needing our help. By documenting and counting their stories, we will have powerful information to share with policymakers..”. It’s not just those with developmental disabilities; advocates for people with mental illness and for those with addictive disease are hearing similar problems, including the closure of long time programs because they cannot make ends meet. Several months ago Ms. MacMichael and other members of The Coalition came together to figure out how to document the loss of services that would follow 100s of millions of dollars in cuts to the system that serves people with, addictive disease, mental illness and developmental disabilities.  Cont’d