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More than 130 business leaders and professionals ask governor, state leaders to support direct care workers

September 2, 2011 By kgilnack 2 Comments

With Labor Day approaching, I thought the BMG community would be especially interested in hearing about efforts to support the Salary Reserve for low-paid human service workers that the Governor and legislature have left behind for the last … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: beacon-hill, dds, deval-patrick, direct care professionals, dmh, dmr, eohhs, hhs, human-services, labor-day, robert-deleo, salary reserve, therese-murray

DMR Facility Closings

March 13, 2009 By ruby 23 Comments

The truth of the matter is that our communities have proven that people with mental retardation can thrive in smaller settings while accessing the medical and recreation necessary to support their needs. While the community setting has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: dmr, fernald, governor-patrick

dmr vendors cry foul

January 28, 2009 By humanservicer 2 Comments

If you listen to the fernald league you'd think the dmr vendors were awash in gravy. Below is a press release from the dmr vendors trade association. The ceos of the vendor companies seem to feel under attack. Are they cutting back on their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ceos, dmr, fernald, vendors

Finally a fix for Human Services. Please contact your representatives!

March 7, 2008 By lynpb 9 Comments

I have worked in Human Services for over 20 years. I have been at one agency for 16 years. I am in charge of 13 homes for adults with developmental disabilities. Some of those homes have not had an increase in funding since 1987. These … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget, dmr, human-services

The Truth About Fernald

March 3, 2008 By ruby Leave a Comment

There has been much discussion regarding a guardian's decision to move an elderly woman from Fernald to a home in the community.  Most of the bloggers are discribing this woman's past 50 years at Fernald as idealic.  Give me a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: dmr, fernald, massachusetts, tauro

Executive order establishes new Office of the Child Advocate on 12/20/07

December 22, 2007 By AmberPaw 23 Comments

Executive Order No. 494 has as a goal to protect the children involved with four agencies:  DMR, DMH, DSS and DYS.  That would be a change, as there is little oversight and little public scrutiny of any of these agencies unless or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: child-abuse, child-welfare, dmh, dmr, dss, dys, executive-orders, over-sight, residential-care, services

Need to change the way DMR is funded

November 19, 2007 By lynpb 1 Comment

The passage of Senate Bill 65 would change the way rates are calculated. Providers are currently required to bid to an agency's, i.e. DMR, pre-set contract prices. These prices are based on the agency's budgetary considerations and bear no … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: dmr, senate-bill-65

Fernald – how did we get here and where do we go?

September 9, 2007 By jt 6 Comments

As a matter of disclosure, I work for one of the original plaintiff’s (MARC v Dukakis) that were consolidated into the Ricci case.   The Arc of Massachusetts (our current moniker) does not have any fiscal obligations to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: arc, civil-rights, disability, dmr, fernald, institution, olmstead, ricci, state-school, tauro

Globe weighs in on DMR accident

October 17, 2006 By dave-from-hvad 3 Comments

As McNamara put it:...the man who for nine years has headed the state agency responsible for the care of 24,000 adults with mental retardation in Massachusetts has left it to David and Linda Burke to cope with the fallout from their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: department-of-mental-retardation, dmr, lisa-burke, morrissey

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