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DDS vendor executives not sharing the pain of their workers

February 13, 2012 By dave-from-hvad 8 Comments

(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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: direct-care workers, executive-compensation, human-services, intellectual-disabilities

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

Gov’s budget would cut homeless, mental health and employment programs

January 26, 2011 By kgilnack 28 Comments

Please take a moment to review the areas of the budget that impact your clients/consumers and advise us as to any other line items in jeopardy that we should be monitoring by emailing Bill Yelenak.This is the first of several … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: autism, beacon-hill, blind, budget, children-and-families, deaf, deval-patrick, disability, domestic--violence, education, elders, homelessness, human-service-providers, human-services, innovation, intellectual-disabilities, jobs, legislation, massachusetts, mental-retardation, nonprofit, politics, poverty, providers-council, social-enterprise, workforce

Building a stronger human service system in Massachusetts

January 25, 2011 By kgilnack 9 Comments

2011-2012 Human Services Legislative AgendaPrior to the 2011-12 legislative session, the Providers' Council surveyed its statewide membership of human services providers about the challenges and opportunities that can be addressed to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: autism, beacon-hill, blind, budget, children-and-families, deaf, deval-patrick, disability, domestic--violence, education, elders, homelessness, human-service-providers, human-services, innovation, intellectual-disabilities, jobs, legislation, massachusetts, mental-retardation, nonprofit, politics, poverty, providers-council, social-enterprise, workforce

Political contributions tell the story in human services

November 17, 2010 By dave-from-hvad 6 Comments

Family-supported nonprofits such as COFAR and its affiliated organizations have long fought to prevent the wholesale privatization of care for persons with intellectual disabilities. But in recent years, we've begun … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: deval-patrick, fernald-developmental-center, human-services, political-contributions

BREAKING NEWS – Marie St. Fleur will NOT seek re-election

February 21, 2010 By AmberPaw 6 Comments

As reported in the Dorchester Reporter at the Ward 15 Democratic Caucus yesterday, Rep. Marie St. Fleur announced that she will NOT seek re-election.  Further coverage is in the report by Gintautus Dumcius at his blog After 12 years, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 5th-suffolk, foster-care, haiti, haitian-relief, human-services, marie-st.-fleur

Reducing cuts to human service programs

November 19, 2009 By cliffcohn 37 Comments

Below is a letter from the President of SEIU Local 509. Local 509 represents over 11,000 human service workers in MA. About 2/3 of the members are state workers, and 1/3 work at non profit human service providers that contract with the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget-cuts, ceo-pay, human-services

Human Services Make Up Small Percentage of Recent State Hires

January 23, 2009 By liamd 4 Comments

Last week I posted Pioneer Institute's recommendations for where Governor Patrick should begin cutting the state budget before he cuts safety net programs. One of our recommendations is to roll back the state's workforce by the 6,000 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget-cuts, governor-patrick, human-services, pioneer-institute

Human services workers are stuck in 1987 – can’t we do better than this?

June 22, 2008 By AmberPaw 18 Comments

Further, when a program works, it may still be shut down because a provider can get twice as much for a new program, as to keep a program that works up and running.  This is just nuts! While the state doesn't adjust what it pays for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: human-services, payment, social-services, stuck-legisltion

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...]

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amywesterveltAmy Westervelt@amywestervelt·
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Every time we hear about methane the story gets a little worse, which means the truth will be a lot worse, which is why the industry is pushing hard on natgas now. Recently they’ve taken to calling it “low carbon gas” to keep the focus on CO2. https://twitter.com/GlobalEcoGuy/status/1380914220150181897

Dr. Jonathan Foley@GlobalEcoGuy

Methane has risen by *over 150%* and is accelerating.

For reference, CO2 has risen 50%.

We need to *dramatically* reduce methane emissions to have a chance of keeping the planet below 1.5-2 C. This includes methane from animals, rice, landfills, and the energy industry. https://twitter.com/robbie_andrew/status/1380788370771750913

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MOF_MassMothers Out Front Massachusetts@MOF_Mass·
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Methane is increasing at a rate 3 x more than CO2 and will cause 80 x more warming in the next 20 years! Our children are depending on us to act.

We need all-electric buildings
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to stop dirty energy infrustructure.
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Every time we hear about methane the story gets a little worse, which means the truth will be a lot worse, which is why the industry is pushing hard on natgas now. Recently they’ve taken to calling it “low carbon gas” to keep the focus on CO2. https://twitter.com/GlobalEcoGuy/status/1380914220150181897

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Welcome back to normal.

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New: Intelligence forecast sees a post-coronavirus world upended by climate change and splintering societies https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/intelligence-globe-future-crises-/2021/04/08/303c350e-97df-11eb-962b-78c1d8228819_story.html

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MiriamWasserMiriam Wasser@MiriamWasser·
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Update from Enbridge: "The Weymouth Compressor Station’s compressor unit is not currently operating at this time. We will return the Weymouth Compressor Station’s compressor unit to service once we have further verified its continued ability to safely and reliably operate." https://twitter.com/MiriamWasser/status/1379517153783779336

Miriam Wasser@MiriamWasser

Here's what we know so far about today's unplanned gas release at the Weymouth Compressor -- which, unfortunately, isn't much.

I will update as more information becomes available #mapoli

https://www.wbur.org/earthwhile/2021/04/06/weymouth-compressor-gas-release

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