(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) It's amazing how little real understanding the mainstream media has of the issue of privatization and of legislative responses to it such as the Pacheco Law. You only have to read this Boston Globe … [Read more...]
Baker administration interpreting Pacheco Law to potentially benefit private company
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) In what may be one of the first tests of the Pacheco Law in the privatization of human services, the Baker administration is seeking to contract out existing emergency mental health services in … [Read more...]
I’ll be defending the Pacheco Law at a Boston Bar Assn. forum next month
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Based on our blog posts earlier this year defending the scrutiny of the privatization of state services that is provided under the Pacheco Law, I've been asked to present a defense of the law at … [Read more...]
Virtually no one waiting for DDS care getting into state-run DDS homes
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Despite the fact that an unknown number of intellectually disabled people are waiting for residential services in Massachusetts, new data provided by the state appear to show that virtually none of … [Read more...]
Governor’s MBTA panel provided virtually no support for its recommendation to restrict the Pacheco Law
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) The Governor's Special Panel to Review the MBTA earlier this year made some reasonable proposals to better manage the MBTA. But the Panel report's recommendation to remove the MBTA from the Pacheco … [Read more...]
MBTA commuter rail contracts rose by a greater percentage than in-house bus costs
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) While proponents of privatizing the MBTA point to the rising cost of in-house operations there, the cost to the agency of contracting out appears to have risen even faster. The annual cost to the … [Read more...]
The Pioneer Institute does acrobatic logical twists re the Pacheco Law
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) In what has been widely viewed as a setback for state employee unions in Massachusetts, state legislators last week approved a state budget for Fiscal Year 2016 that includes a provision freezing the … [Read more...]
The federal government’s cruel pursuit of deinstitutionalization
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) When is the federal government -- particularly the Department of Justice -- going to recognize or admit that deinstitutionalization of the developmentally disabled hasn't worked as planned? The DOJ … [Read more...]
Compensation of provider executives in MA reaches $100 million
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) More than 600 executives employed by corporate human service providers in Massachusetts received some $100 million per year in salaries and other compensation, according to our updated survey of the … [Read more...]
National Charter School group supporting Neil Kinnon for State Rep
Tuesday's Democratic primary in Malden includes the choice between two candidates to replace Chris Fallon as our MA state-house rep: Steve Ultrino, a true democrat/Democrat; and Neil Kinnon, a less-than-democratic 'Democrat' . Both men are … [Read more...]
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