(Cross-posted from the COFAR Blog) The disabled are often treated as second-class citizens, even in hospitals, says Dorothy O'Rourke. O'Rourke is concerned that may have been the case with a resident of a state-operated group home in … [Read more...]
It’s budget time — time to blame the Fernald families
(Cross-posted from the Cofar blog) The Massachusetts human service vendors are at it again -- blaming the families of Fernald Developmental Center residents for the state's budget problems. In an online email to members this week, … [Read more...]
DDS vendor executives not sharing the pain of their workers
(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) Direct-care workers in the state's contracted human services system have seen their wages stagnate in recent years, but the executives who run the largely nonprofit contractor agencies that employ those … [Read more...]
Gov’s budget continues cuts to intellectually disabled
(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) With a few exceptions, Governor Patrick's proposed budget for the coming fiscal year, which he unveiled last week, appears to continue the trend in recent years of cutting funding for care for the … [Read more...]
DDS stonewalling on cost, care information
(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) (Part 2 of 2-part series on transparency issues in the Patrick administration) The Patrick adminstation contends it is striving to be "transparent" in the way it conducts the public's business, and … [Read more...]
Open Checkbook could be more open
(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) (Part 1 of a 2-part series on transparency issues in state government) Despite its promises of greatly increasing government transparency, the Patrick administration's new Open Checkbook website … [Read more...]
Alleged assaulter of disabled man is no-show on trial date
(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) Sheila Paquette's long-running quest to bring the man who allegedly assaulted her intellectually disabled brother to justice took yet another turn this week. After months of delay, Monday, January … [Read more...]
Do we really want managed care for the disabled?
(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) Hang Lee struggled to get his words out in testifying yesterday morning before a packed public hearing in Boston on a proposal by the Patrick administration to introduce managed care into the delivery … [Read more...]
Our question to Secretary Bigby
(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) It was the same story over and over at a public hearing this past Friday, presided over by Secretary of Health and Human Services JudyAnn Bigby. Speaker after speaker urged Bigby and her panel of … [Read more...]
DDS providers seeking to cut a key lifeline
(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) One of the key functions of the Department of Developmental Services is performed by service coordinators. Their job is to make sure clients are actually getting the services in the DDS … [Read more...]
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