About our coalition

Citizens for Affordable Quality Home Care is a bipartisan coalition of senior advocates, disability rights groups, veterans, clergy, law enforcement officials and community leaders who support the right for seniors and people with disabilities to choose safe, quality care in their own homes as an alternative to expensive institutional care. The following is partial list of supporters who urge you to vote YES on Proposal 4.

 

Senior advocates

  • Area Agencies on Aging Association of Michigan
  • Alliance of Retired Americans
  • Michigan State Council of Senior Citizens
  • Detroit Area Agency on Aging
  • The Gerontology Network
  • Metropolitan Detroit Council of Senior Citizens
  • Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living
  • Mary Ablan, executive director of the Area Agencies on Aging Association of Michigan
  • Sharon Gire, former director, State Office of Services to the Aging
  • Gray Panthers of Metro Detroit

Disability rights advocates

  • ADAPT Michigan
  • The Arc Michigan
  • The Arc Kent County
  • The Arc of Northwest Wayne County
  • The Arc of Western Wayne
  • ACCESS
  • MS Society – Michigan Chapter
  • Michigan Disability Rights Coalition
  • Disability Network of Oakland and Macomb
  • Michigan Democratic Party Disability Caucus
  • Kellie Boyd, executive director of the Disability Network of Oakland & Macomb
  • Norman DeLisle Jr., executive director of the Michigan Disability Rights Coalition
  • Stephanie Deible, disability rights advocate, Grant
  • Myreo Dixon, Spinal Cord Peer Support Roundtable
  • Susan Fitzmaurice, disability rights advocate, West Bloomfield
  • Teddy Fitzmaurice, business owner with Down Syndrome, West Bloomfield
  • Lisa Franklin, president of Warriors on Wheels, Detroit
  • Hassan Jabar, executive director of ACCESS
  • Juan Hall, MI Storm Rugby Wheelchairs
  • Dohn Hoyle, executive director of the Arc Michigan
  • Sharina Jones, Think Beyond the Chair, Troy
  • Lisa Owen, member of Warriors on Wheels, Detroit
  • Elana Sullivan, MS Society – Michigan Chapter

Veterans

  • Michigan Paralyzed Veterans of America
  • Disabled American Veterans Chapter 6
  • MDP Veterans Caucus
  • William Alexander, veteran, Flint
  • Aaron Bailey, Afghanistan Veteran, Royal Oak
  • James Brown, veteran, Wyandotte
  • Jack Devine, Vietnam Veteran, Diamondale
  • Richard Eberhart, Army veteran, Westland
  • Larry Edwards, Vietnam veteran, Flint
  • John Frederick, Veteran, Flint
  • Charles Gage, Korean War veteran, Flushing
  • Tasha Green, Army veteran, Saginaw
  • Emery Gross, WWII Veteran, Ann Arbor
  • Michael Harris, executive director of Michigan Paralyzed Veterans of America
  • Thomas Holme, veteran, Southgate
  • Emmit Jones, veteran, Saginaw
  • Richard J. Manor, veteran, Bay City
  • Bill Morreau, veteran, Grosse Ile
  • Jim Mull, Veteran, Britton
  • Joshua Mull, Iraq Veteran, Wixom
  • Larry “Tod” Reber, veteran, Waterford
  • Harold Spence, WWII Veteran, Detroit
  • Patrick Sullivan, veteran, Livonia
  • Lyle Tindall, navy veteran, Ypsilanti
  • George Turner, Veteran, New Boston
  • Azola Williams, veteran and senior advocate, Saginaw
  • Mark Williams, Grand Rapids
  • Timothy Wirkus, Vietnam Veteran, Southfield
  • Thomas Woodruff, veteran, Wyandotte

Law enforcement and public safety

  • The Law Enforcement Awareness Network
  • Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon
  • Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith
  • Macomb County Sheriff Anthony Wickersham
  • Saginaw County Prosecutor Michael Thomas
  • Trenton Police Chief James Nardone
  • Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton
  • Genesee County Sheriff Robert Pickel
  • Washtenaw County Sheriff Jerry Clayton
  • Ingham County Sheriff Gene Wriggelsworth
  • Wyandotte police chief Daniel Grant
  • Hamtramck Police Chief Maxwell Garbarino
  • Former Macomb County Prosecutor Carl Marlinga
  • Jennifer Barnes, assistant prosecuting attorney, Saginaw County
  • Mel Greishaber, executive director of the Michigan Corrections Organization
  • Raymond Kostrzewa, senior assistant prosecutor, Muskegon County
  • Raymond Barton, assistant fire chief, Flint
  • Craig Gothem, firefighter, Bay City

Faith

  • MOSES
  • Michigan Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Network
  • ISAAC
  • Access of West Michigan
  • The Rev. Dempsey Allen, pastor of Jacob’s Ladder Ministries, Saginaw
  • The Rev. Ron Brooks, pastor, Lansing
  • The Rev. Charles Byrd, pastor and business owner, Saginaw
  • The Rev. Dennis Clanton, Brownstown
  • The Rev. George Davinich, pastor, Plymouth
  • The Rev. Frank Jackson, pastor of St. Andrew Redeemer Lutheran Church, Detroit
  • The Rev. Tyrone Martin, pastor of Greater Morning Star Church, Mount Clemens
  • The Rev. Jerry Massy, pastor of Greater Rising Star Baptist Church, Detroit
  • The Rev. Rich Peacock, Sterling Heights
  • The Rev. William Rideout, pastor of All God’s People Ministries, Detroit
  • The Rev. Edwin Rowe, pastor of Central United Methodist Church, Detroit
  • The Rev. Maurice Rudds, pastor of Greater Mt. Tabor Baptist Church, Detroit
  • The Rev. Charles Williams, president of MOSES
  • The Rev. William Zambon, pastor of Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church

Health and community advocates

  • National Organization for Women (NOW)
  • NAACP
  • MichUCAN
  • Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote  – Michigan
  • Progressive Women’s Alliance
  • A. Philip Randolph Institute
  • AFT Michigan
  • Alliance for Immigrants Rights/Michigan Organizing Project
  • America Votes
  • Clean Water Action
  • Equality Michigan
  • Michigan AFL-CIO
  • Michigan AFSCME Council 25
  • Michigan Association for Justice
  • Michigan Education Association
  • Michigan Laborers Union
  • Michigan League for Human Services
  • One Michigan
  • Progress Michigan
  • ROC-Michigan
  • SEIU Michigan State Council
  • Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice
  • UAW
  • League of Responsible Voters
  • National Home Care, Redford
  • Ishamel Ahmed, former director, Michigan Department of Human Services
  • Sheilda Braddock, president and CEO of First Ward Community Center, Saginaw
  • Emily Doerr, founder of Hostel Detroit
  • Dr. Neera Ghaziuddin, M.D., Ann Arbor
  • Barbara Griffith-Wilson, T.R. Harris CDC, Flint
  • Mary D. Harmon, retired professor, Saginaw Valley State University
  • Judith Lincoln, civil justice attorney, Saginaw
  • Mary Messer, LPN
  • Ali R. Saheb, R.N.
  • Jonathan Shauer, small business owner, Flint
  • Carol Spaniola, community volunteer, Corunna
  • Syed Taj, M.D., physician, Canton
  • Gloria Woods, former executive director of the Michigan National Organization for Women

Public officials

  • State Rep. James Ananich, Flint
  • Wayne County Commissioner Raymond Basham
  • Saginaw City Councilwoman Annie Boensch
  • Tom Boritzki, former mayor of Trenton
  • Saginaw City Councilman Norman Braddock
  • State Rep. Lisa Brown, West Bloomfield
  • State Rep. Barb Byrum, Onondaga
  • Genesee County Treasurer Deborah Cherry
  • Wayne County Commissioner Irma Clark-Coleman
  • State Rep. Ellen Cogen Lipton, Huntington Woods
  • State Rep. Robert Constan, Dearborn Heights
  • Macomb County Commissioner Phillip DiMaria
  • Jackson City Councilman Derek Dobies
  • Lansing City Councilwoman Kathie Dunbar
  • State Rep. Stacy Erwin Oakes, Saginaw
  • Macomb County Commissioner David Flynn
  • Wayne County Commissioner Joan Gebhardt
  • State Sen. Vincent Gregory, Southfield
  • State Rep. Timothy Greimel, Auburn Hills
  • Saginaw County Commissioner Cheryl Hadsall
  • Saginaw County Commissioner Michael Hanley
  • Oakland County Commissioner Mattie McKinney Hatchett
  • Curtis Hertel Jr., Ingham County register of deeds
  • Mount Clemens City Commissioner Lois Hill
  • State Sen. Morris Hood, Detroit
  • State Sen. Hoon-Yung Hopgood, Taylor
  • Lansing City Councilwoman Tina Houghton
  • Sen. Bert Johnson, Highland Park
  • State Rep. Andrew Kandrevas, Southgate
  • Saginaw County Clerk Susan Kaltenbach
  • Kathleen Law, former state representative, Gibraltar
  • Flint City Councilman Delrico Loyd
  • Brownstown Township Supervisor Andrew Linko
  • State Rep. Sean McCann, Kalamazoo
  • Sue McInerney, Saginaw County commissioner
  • Oak Park Mayor Marian McClellan
  • Oakland County Treasurer Andy Meisner
  • Macomb County Commissioner Fred Miller
  • Jack Minore, former state representative, Flint
  • Macomb County Commissioner Toni Moceri
  • Southfield City Councilman Jeremy Moss
  • Berkley Mayor Phil O’Dwyer, M.D.
  • Wyandotte Mayor Joseph Peterson
  • Lansing City Councilman Derrick Quinney
  • Taylor City Clerk Mary Ann Riley
  • Lansing City Councilwoman A’Lynne Robinson
  • Wyandotte City Councilman Leonard Sabuda
  • Macomb County Commissioner Marvin Sauger
  • Sam Singh, former mayor of East Lansing
  • State Rep. Dian Slavens, Canton
  • Washtenaw County Commissioner Conan Smith
  • William Sowerby, Clinton Township treasurer
  • Francis “Bus” Spaniola, former state representative, Corunna
  • Macomb County Commissioner Robert Smith
  • Trenton Mayor Kyle Stack
  • State Rep. Jon Switalski, Warren
  • Kalamazoo County Commissioner John Taylor
  • State Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Detroit
  • Macomb County Commissioner Kathleen Tocco
  • East Lansing City Councilman Nathan Triplett
  • Ingham County Commissioner Penelope Tsernoglou
  • Flint Mayor Dayne Walling
  • Lansing City Councilwoman Jody Washington
  • State Sen. Gretchen Whitmer, East Lansing
  • Lansing City Councilwoman Carol Wood
  • Robert “Moe” Woods, Saginaw County commissioner
  • Dave Woodward, Oakland County Commissioner
  • State Rep. Coleman Young, Detroit