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Questions surround the governor’s budget plan for DDS

January 28, 2013 By dave-from-hvad 2 Comments

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) In a conference call with advocates last week, Department of Developmental Services Commissioner Elin Howe put what seems to be a highly optimistic spin on the governor’s FY 14 budget plan for her … [Read more...]

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Are they really cutting that program?

March 14, 2012 By dave-from-hvad 3 Comments

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) "I want to shake you all," the woman said through an interpreter. It was a plea to the impassive panel before her of members of the House and Senate Ways and Means Committees, none of whom could … [Read more...]

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DDS stonewalling on cost, care information

January 24, 2012 By dave-from-hvad 2 Comments

(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) (Part 2 of 2-part series on transparency issues in the Patrick administration) The Patrick adminstation contends it is striving to be "transparent" in the way it conducts the public's business, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: intellectual-disabilities, patrick-administration, transparency

Open Checkbook could be more open

January 19, 2012 By dave-from-hvad 5 Comments

(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) (Part 1 of a 2-part series on transparency issues in state government) Despite its promises of greatly increasing government transparency, the Patrick administration's new  Open Checkbook website … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: patrick-administration, transparency

Where’s the beef in Community First?

October 26, 2011 By dave-from-hvad 8 Comments

(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) We've long maintained that the Patrick administration's agenda of phasing down and closing state developmental centers would ultimately fail to free up additional funding for the community based … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Community First, intellectual-disabilities, patrick-administration, privatization

Update on our requests for cost records

September 16, 2011 By dave-from-hvad 5 Comments

(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) After a month and a half, it's troubling that the Patrick administration is apparently still unable to locate cost records we requested pertaining to a single community-based group home contract. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Community First, cost-of-care, intellectual-disabilities, patrick-administration, privatization

Once again, we’re waiting for the administration’s cost records

August 30, 2011 By dave-from-hvad 10 Comments

(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) It has been more than a month since we asked Secretary of Health and Human Services JudyAnn Bigby for public records detailing the costs of specified services in a particular group home program for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cost-of-care, intellectual-disabilities, patrick-administration, privatization

Identifying the missing costs

July 27, 2011 By dave-from-hvad 3 Comments

(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) The Patrick administration claims that the average per-person cost of Department of Developmental Services vendor-run group homes  is less than the average per-person cost of state developmental centers … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: glavin, intellectual-disabilities, monson, patrick-administration, privatization, templeton

Compelling testimony in support of a facility cost study

July 22, 2011 By dave-from-hvad 3 Comments

(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) Introductory note: A proposal for an an independent cost study prior to the closures of the Templeton, Monson, and Glavin developmental centers may have run into a legislative roadblock last spring, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: glavin-regional-center, intellectual-disabilities, Monson Developmental Center, patrick-administration, templeton-developmental-center

Nonprofit vendor salaries drawing increased attention

July 11, 2011 By dave-from-hvad Leave a Comment

(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) Organizations such as the Massachusetts Providers Council may still be defensive  about suggestions that scrutiny be applied to the sometimes excessive salaries drawn by executives of human service … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: intellectual-disabilities, nonprofit compensation, patrick-administration, vendor salaries

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Ride home tonight via an inland route, with a stop @sweetgreen. The improvements to cycling infrastructure on Tremont and around the Boston Common and Public Garden vs. what was there a year ago are incredible. Bravo to @BostonBTD + groups like @bostonbikeunion! (1 of 2) #bospoli

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When Scott Brown won in January 2010, Alan Khazei told us, “you can’t read too much into it. It’s a special election!”

Bad result but good to keep in mind.

Stephanie Murray@stephanie_murr

Looks like JEFF TURCO wins the race to replace former House Speaker Robert DeLeo in the 19th Suffolk District. JUAN PABLO JARAMILLO comes in second by just under 300 votes.

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3 Mar

Yikes.

Adam Bass@AdamBassWCCS

The idea of a Pro Life Trump supporter winning Suffolk 19 is not out of the ordinary. Winthrop is particular is much more right leaning that Revere. And Revere got severely out voted. When Capobianco had his story, that left you with two progressives. #mapoli

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Jo_ComerfordJo Comerford@Jo_Comerford·
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.@CDCgov dir. @RWalensky, once part of MA's #COVID19 advsy board, said

"Now is not the time to relax the critical safeguards that we know can stop the spread of COVID-19 ... not when we are so close."

But @MassGovernor pushes to reopen.

Who is advising Gov. Baker now?

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