(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) After wrapping up its annual budget deliberations last month, the Massachusetts Legislature is practically done for the year. There are a couple of formal sessions of the House and Senate still … [Read more...]
Limited federal IG probe faults state’s reporting on group home abuse in MA
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) In one of the few investigations of the community-based system of care for the developmentally disabled, the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last week … [Read more...]
House and Senate not following their own funding plan for employment of the developmentally disabled
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) For the past three years, the state has been carrying out a policy of closing sheltered workshops for people with developmental disabilities and subsequently placing those people in mainstream … [Read more...]
DPPC and other programs for the developmentally disabled to get little or no increases next year
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) Last week’s House budget debate on the Fiscal 2017 state budget showed just how little, in the way of funding increases, programs for the developmentally disabled will get next year. In that … [Read more...]
Committee quietly changes bill to train health care professionals in dealing with developmentally disabled persons
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) The Massachusetts Legislature already has a reputation for a lack of transparency in the way it does business; and a case involving a bill that would provide training for medical personnel in dealing … [Read more...]
Sen. Brownsberger and Rep. Fernandes once again order family rights bill sent into legislative black hole
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) More than a year after an important family rights bill (H. 1459) for persons with developmental disabilities was sent to the Legislature's Judiciary Committee, the committee co-chairs have decided it's … [Read more...]
Gov. Baker’s FY ’17 budget continues race to the bottom in care of the developmentally disabled
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) In his proposed Fiscal 2017 budget, which he filed last week, Governor Baker is continuing to boost funding for privatized care for the developmentally disabled at the expense of state-run … [Read more...]
Bill that would give guardianship rights to parents of disabled remains stalled
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) The Massachusetts Legislature has rightly drawn criticism for getting little accomplished in the past year, and the following is yet another example of that apparent failure to go ahead and just do the … [Read more...]
Few people moving from sheltered workshops to “integrated” jobs
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) While the Baker administration appears to be moving ahead with a policy of closing all remaining sheltered workshops for developmentally disabled persons in Massachusetts, records show that relatively … [Read more...]
Baker administration interpreting Pacheco Law to potentially benefit private company
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) In what may be one of the first tests of the Pacheco Law in the privatization of human services, the Baker administration is seeking to contract out existing emergency mental health services in … [Read more...]
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