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Questions surround the governor’s budget plan for DDS

January 28, 2013 By dave-from-hvad

(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

(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...]

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

DDS stonewalling on cost, care information

January 24, 2012 By dave-from-hvad

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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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masspolicy MassPolicyReport @masspolicy ·
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Lawmakers self congratulate that what happened in Nashville likely wouldn't happen in Massachusetts due to 'red flag' laws, ignore all facts of this case. https://www.masspolicyreport.com/2023/03/31/lawmakers-self-congratulate-that-what-happened-in-nashville-likely-wouldnt-happen-in-massachusetts-due-to-red-flag-laws-ignore-all-facts-of-this-case/ #Massachusetts #MApoli #bospoli #MassPolicyReport

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Lawmakers self congratulate that what happened in Nashville likely wouldn’t happen in Massachusetts due to ‘red flag’ laws, ignore all facts of this case. https://www.masspolicyreport.com/2023/03/31/lawmakers-self-congratulate-that-what-happened-in-nashville-likely-wouldnt-happen-in-massachusetts-due-to-red-flag-laws-ignore-all-facts-of-this-case/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter @masspolicy #MApoli #Massachusetts

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“Overall, nearly 57,000 more people moved out of Massachusetts between July 2021 through July 2022, according to previously released census data, one of the highest rates of domestic migration in the nation.” #mapoli

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"Of those, 94% have no expiration dates, the panel noted in it's latest report. At least 80% of the tax expenditures were approved prior to the 1990s, they said." #mapoli https://www.eagletribune.com/news/few-state-tax-breaks-have-sunset-dates/article_fe344606-cf21-11ed-97a8-5f9daacb2b50.html

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Travel nurses fill a gap but also create problems - CommonWealth Magazine https://www.masspolicyreport.com/2023/03/31/travel-nurses-fill-a-gap-but-also-create-problems-commonwealth-magazine/ #Massachusetts #MApoli #bospoli #MassPolicyReport

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lisakashinsky Lisa Kashinsky @lisakashinsky ·
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Morning, Mass. ☀️ Trump’s indictment is uncharted territory. But it’s fueling familiar divides among Republicans here. Who's reacting/what they're saying. Plus:
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