Posted on the CAPT website
www.psychtechs.net
January 29, 2010

State announces plan to close Lanterman Developmental Center

At a general employee meeting Friday morning at Lanterman Developmental Center in Pomona, state representatives officially announced plans to close the center for people with developmental disabilities.

No actual closure date was given, and other details were not available.

The 24-hour facility currently has 398 clients and employs 511 Bargaining Unit 18 members.

CAPT says, no matter what, client care should be first in the minds of everyone involved.

“The professional services provided at Lanterman and at other state developmental centers simply don’t exist anywhere else,” said CAPT State President Tony Myers, himself a Lanterman Senior Psychiatric Technician. “We will fight for our clients and the services we proudly provide them.”

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