(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Process does matter, and we have a number of concerns about what happened to the process in the surprise adoption by the state House of Representatives last week of a major piece of legislation … [Read more...]
House leadership rejects politically correct view on sheltered workshops
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) In a welcome counter to some political-correctness-run-amuck in the Patrick administration, the leadership of the state House of Representatives is reportedly solidly behind efforts to preserve vital … [Read more...]
Ways and Means budget language would protect sheltered workshops
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) The House Ways and Means Committee has been listening to proponents of sheltered workshops for people with developmental disabilities, and has placed language in the Fiscal Year 2015 budget that would … [Read more...]
The ‘Real Lives’ bill gets more real
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) A redraft of a bill that calls for “self-determination” in services for persons with developmental disabilities in Massachusetts no longer calls for creation of a fund that would subsidize corporate … [Read more...]
The governor’s FY ’15 budget for DDS is out of balance
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Governor Deval Patrick has proposed a whopping $162 million increase in funding for residential care provided by corporate providers to the Department of Developmental Services in the coming fiscal … [Read more...]
Sara Duzan’s guardian was formerly against the use of restraints on her
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) The court-appointed guardian for Sara Duzan, who is now supportive of her care in a group home where Sara has been subjected to restraints and seclusion, strongly opposed the use of those methods for … [Read more...]
The politically incorrect idea of bringing congregate and community care together
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Two initiatives in two separate states call for something that would seem to make perfect sense -- expand the missions of congregate care facilities for the developmentally disabled, and merge them with … [Read more...]
Duzan family forced to pay in case that led to cutoff in contact with daughter
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) The Duzan family has found their four-year battle to regain custody of their intellectually disabled daughter, Sara, and bring her back home, to be extremely expensive. In arrangements that raise … [Read more...]
Update: new claims cast doubt on a cover-up of alleged assault at Templeton
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Many concerns have been raised about the state's oversight of care of the developmentally disabled in the wake of the alleged fatal assault of Dennis Perry on September 16 at the Templeton Developmental … [Read more...]
Did the administration cover up an alleged fatal assault at the Templeton Center?
(Cross-posed from The COFAR Blog) Did the Patrick administration cover up a serious crime last month at a Department of Developmental Services facility? That question is certainly raised by a story on Sunday in The Worcester Telegram … [Read more...]
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