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Connecticut has moved ahead of Massachusetts on direct-care worker wages

September 18, 2018 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) It apparently took the threat of a major strike, but the Connecticut Legislature passed a bill and the Connecticut governor signed it earlier this year to raise the minimum wage of direct-care … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: developmental-disabilities, direct-care workers, minimum-wage, privatization

Has the Globe just shown a newfound, if inadvertent, support for the Pacheco Law?

August 20, 2018 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) Although we are an advocacy organization that focuses on human services, we have at times waded into the ongoing controversy over the operation of the MBTA in Boston. The reason for that has to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: developmental-disabilities, mbta, pacheco-law, privatization

DDS appears to look the other way as provider illegally bans guardian from daughter’s group home

May 14, 2018 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) Despite a broadly worded state regulation that gives residents of state-funded facilities the right to be visited, a human services provider agency is upholding a directive barring a guardian of a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: abuse and neglect, developmental-disabilities, privatization

Channel 5 uncovers tip of the DDS system iceberg

May 4, 2018 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) A Channel 5 investigative report earlier this week disclosed that group homes and other providers of services to the developmentally disabled are often not informed about substantiated abuse … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: abuse and neglect, developmental-disabilities, privatization

Alleged union bashing by CEO of DDS provider confirms the plan is keep direct-care wages low

March 20, 2018 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) We hope a federal investigation of Triangle, Inc., a corporate provider to the Department of Developmental Services for alleged anti-union activity brings public attention to the potential for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: developmental-disabilities, executive-compensation, privatization, unions

Children and Families Committee needs to show it’s serious about investigating the DDS group home system

January 22, 2018 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) At the start of a legislative hearing last week on the Department of Developmental Services, state Representative Kay Khan made what seemed to be a major announcement about a new federal report on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: abuse and neglect, developmental-disabilities, group-homes, privatization

Parents continually frustrated by DDS and group-home provider in advocating for adequate care for their son

January 9, 2018 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) Ryan Tilly, who has Down Syndrome, had been living in his provider-operated group home in Haverhill for only four months in March of 2016 when he was allegedly assaulted by a staff member of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: abuse, developmental-disabilities, neglect, privatization

Committee to schedule one or more oversight hearings on DDS system

December 12, 2017 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) In the wake of findings by the state of negligence by the staff of a human services provider that almost resulted in the death of a developmentally disabled man, a legislative committee plans to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: abuse and neglect, developmental-disabilities, privatization

It’s time for the Legislature to investigate the privatized DDS system

November 13, 2017 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Although seven employees of a corporate provider have been found to be at fault in a case in which a developmentally disabled client nearly died in a group home after aspirating on a piece of cake, we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: abuse and neglect, developmental-disabilities, group-homes, privatization

DDS report faults provider and charges cover-up in near-fatal, group home food aspiration case

October 26, 2017 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) (Update: The Essex County District Attorney’s Office confirmed this morning (October 26) that they have opened a criminal investigation into this matter.) As The Salem News reported this morning … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: abuse and neglect, developmental-disabilities, privatization

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