By Chris Rosa
GUEYDAN – Gueydan’s Wilsy and Margaret Perry are in the their early 70s and the last thing they needed to worry about was finding a new home for their 46-year-old mentally disabled daughter Janet. But because of recent budget cuts by the state’s Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH), that is exactly what they had to do.
On Jan. 12, the Perrys received a letter from DHH informing them that due to state budget cuts, the state has decided to turn state operated homes that catered to mentally disabled adults over to private operations.
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