(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) While the Patrick administration appears to support national criminal background checks for people hired to care for the intellectually disabled, the administration has failed to apply for federal grant … [Read more...]
Making care for the disabled a zero-sum game
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) There is no question that Massachusetts is facing budget problems that are making it increasingly difficult to fund services for our most vulnerable citizens, particularly those with intellectual and … [Read more...]
We can do better than the final DDS budget for current fiscal year
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) As we start the 2014 fiscal year, there was some good news, but mostly bad news for people with intellectual disabilities and their families in the final budget produced by the Legislature last … [Read more...]
State-run facilities being asked to do more with less
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) State-operated care appears to be in increasing fiscal trouble in Massachusetts even though that type of care remains the choice of many families, including those whose loved ones have been transferred … [Read more...]
Will we finally get a national background check for DDS hires?
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) A little more than two years ago, I wrote about a man who had served a year in prison in California for having sex with a minor before violating probation and fleeing to Massachusetts where he took a … [Read more...]
‘Real Lives’ bill proponents are abandoning the democratic process
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) It appears the supporters of the flawed 'Real Lives' bill are trying an end-run around the normal democratic process for getting bills enacted in the state Legislature. Their latest strategy has been … [Read more...]
Thousands falling through the cracks in the DDS system
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Lauren Baletsa has Prader-Willi Syndrome, a genetic defect that causes such a strong compulsion to overeat that she forged her father's signature on checks to buy food. Baletsa was one of dozens of … [Read more...]
State audit confirms salary overpayments to DDS provider
(Cross-posted from the COFAR Blog) The state improperly reimbursed the May Institute, a corporate provider to the Department of Developmental Services, for hundreds of thousands of dollars paid to company executives in excess of a … [Read more...]
The House lets down the most vulnerable
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Have our legislators forgotten about the most vulnerable people in our society? Unfortunately, that's the message we've taken away from last week's actions by the House on the state budget. First, … [Read more...]
DDS, in dispute with parent over care of her disabled son, seeks to remove her as guardian
(Cross-posted from the COFAR Blog) Apparently unable or unwilling to resolve a dispute over the proper residential placement for a developmentally disabled man, the state is seeking to remove the man’s mother as his guardian. The … [Read more...]
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