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State auditor has proposed regs that could weaken the Pacheco Law

October 3, 2017 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) The Pacheco Law has over the years been one of the more effective available checks on the runaway privatization of state services. But the law, which has been the target of continual attacks from … [Read more...]

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

Developmentally disabled man nearly dies after group home fails to respond to severe food aspiration symptoms 

August 24, 2017 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) Yianni Baglaneas, who has Down syndrome, had a great time at a Special Olympics bowling tournament in Peabody on April 9, the day after his 29th birthday. But later that night in his group home, … [Read more...]

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

Living wage in Massachusetts suffers a setback

July 31, 2017 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) In an apparently little-noticed setback to the effort to raise the minimum wage in Massachusetts, the legislative conference committee on the state budget rejected a living wage for direct-care … [Read more...]

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

State law that boosted human services funding has helped provider CEOs more than direct-care workers

May 30, 2017 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) A 2008 state law, which substantially raised funding to corporate agencies running group homes for people with disabilities, has resulted in only minimal increases in wages for direct-care workers … [Read more...]

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

MassHealth audit casts doubt on claimed savings in privatizing state services

April 4, 2017 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) Last year, State Auditor Suzanne Bump approved a proposal to privatize mental health services in southeastern Massachusetts after the for-profit Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership (MBHP) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: mental-health, privatization

Trump is using the ‘shock doctrine’ to become a corporate dictator, but it’s not really working

February 26, 2017 By dave-from-hvad

[Note: I tried to insert an image here of the cover of Naomi Klein's book, "The Shock Doctrine," but nothing seems to show up.] From the continuous barrage of propaganda emanating from President Trump and his administration, it seems … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: dictator, privatization, trump

DDS providers pushing Gov. Baker to phase out state-run care

February 13, 2017 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) The major lobbying organizations for corporate providers to the Department of Developmental Services appear to be pushing the Baker administration and the Legislature to privatize more and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: developmental disabilities providers, privatization

Baker administration concedes some congregate care for the developmentally disabled is good, but will still largely prohibit it

August 4, 2016 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) In responses to comments made to a federally required plan for community-based care of the developmentally disabled, the Baker administration is conceding that not all congregate care is bad or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: community-based-care, developmental-disabilities, privatization

Limited federal IG probe faults state’s reporting on group home abuse in MA

July 20, 2016 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) In one of the few investigations of the community-based system of care for the developmentally disabled, the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last week … [Read more...]

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

Gov. Baker’s FY ’17 budget continues race to the bottom in care of the developmentally disabled

February 2, 2016 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) In his proposed Fiscal 2017 budget, which he filed last week, Governor Baker is continuing to boost funding for privatized care for the developmentally disabled at the expense of state-run … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: community-based-care, developmental-disabilities, privatization

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