Secondly, the editorial repeats the administration's undocumented assertion that it costs $239,000 per resident per year to operate Fernald, compared with $102,000 in the community. As we have repeatedly pointed out (until our … [Read more...]
Secretary Bigby, can we see your Fernald analysis?
Let's put aside the fact that currently there are no community settings that do provide comparable services to Fernald. That's the basis of the families' concern over closing Fernald.But what about the proposal to scale … [Read more...]
The silence surrounding Fernald
Lately, the Arc has mounted a campaign to urge Gov. Patrick to appeal U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Tauro's ruling last month that Fernald should remain open. Joining the campaign this week has been state Representative Tom … [Read more...]
A compromise proposal for Fernald
The Fernald families are not seeking to preserve the status quo. They are proposing the development of a smaller facility on the site, which could continue to provide medical and nursing, dental, adaptive wheelchair, … [Read more...]
Which way on Fernald?
Ten days ago Judge Tauro ruled that the Romney administration acted illegally in threatening to close the Fernald Center, although the nearly 50 transfers that resulted were declared legal, and transfers may now resume. This puts the … [Read more...]
The ongoing canard about Fernald
In the years I worked for COFAR, I was never able to get the Globe or the media in general to understand that using a per-person cost figure at an institution like Fernald, without making an apples-to-apples comparison with costs elsewhere, … [Read more...]
Vital investigative agency limps along with little funding
You would think the vital importance of an agency like this would be universally recognized. You would think such an agency would at least be adequately funded. You wouldn't think such an agency would have to go begging, hat in … [Read more...]
Governor’s 2008 budget forces toughest choices on most vulnerable
Nowhere in the DMR budget is the exercise as bleak and stark as the beleaguered Turning-22 program, which will face an actual cut next year of $3 million--a 35 percent reduction from the program's $8.5 million in funding in the current … [Read more...]
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