(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) Inspector General Gregory Sullivan has alleged numerous financial abuses in the state-funded Merrimack Special Education Collaborative, which coordinates special education programs among several school … [Read more...]
Judge rules against Fernald transfer
(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) A state administrative judge has thrown a new hurdle in the path of the closure of the Fernald Developmental Center, ruling that moving one of the remaining 14 residents out would not be in that … [Read more...]
A pattern of denigrating Fernald
(Cross-posted from the Cofar blog) Opponents of Intermediate-Facility-Level care in Massachusetts have repeatedly denigrated the Fernald Developmental Center during the past two years as part of a campaign to encourage the shutdowns … [Read more...]
It’s about the care model
(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) A disturbing incident involving an attempted rape of a woman by an intellectually disabled resident of a community-based group home last month can teach us all a valuable lesson. We've been in the … [Read more...]
What are they afraid of?
(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) It's now clear that there will be no independent study of the cost of closing versus maintaining the Templeton, Monson, and Glavin developmental centers for people with profound intellectual … [Read more...]
The Herald headline and story are wrong
(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) On Tuesday of this week, The Boston Herald's readership was treated to a bombshell headline and story, purportedly about government waste due to delays in the closure of the Fernald Developmental … [Read more...]
Setting the record straight about Fernald and COFAR
(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) If any more evidence was needed that the human services providers and the Patrick administration are attempting to tarnish the Fernald Developmental Center's families in order to discredit the highly … [Read more...]
Fernald being used as political football
(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) The Fernald Developmental Center may be almost closed, but it's now apparently being used as a political football by the administration and the human service providers who are seeking to close at least … [Read more...]
Administration admits to discrepancies in vendor salary info
(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) Patrick administration officials appear to be admitting we may be on to something when we pointed out the state may be getting different information than the federal government gets about salaries … [Read more...]
Seeking a chance to speak truth to power
(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) No doubt, State Rep. Brian Dempsey, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, has never talked with Joan Douty, the mother of a resident of the Glavin Regional Center in Shrewsbury. Joan could … [Read more...]
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