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This is from Bay Area Autism News , September 2015: "The Desperate Situation for Service Providers" Carol McKinney from Ha...

The VOR Weekly News Update from 9/14/12 reports on a national study: Dangerous Caregivers - Agencies place unqualified, possibly criminal...

It is always illuminating to read comments on proposed policies for people with disabilities from people and organizations with differing...

A commenter on my last blog entry on Michigan's Direct-care Workforce suggested I check out the compensation for some of the Executive D...

If you would like to see a good sampling of comments from Michiganders on the CMS proposed rules , follow this link . The proposals from t...

After wading through a swamp of information about Medicaid waivers for people with developmental disabilities, I have come up with the fol...

I received a comment on my recent blog post on the CMS proposed regulations for HCBS waivers. Not only is the comment insightful, but it in...

The Home Help Services Program is administered by the Michigan Department of Human Services and is paid for by Medicaid. It allows adults wi...

In Florida, there are more than 18,000 developmentally disabled people waiting for services and residential placements. That translates to a...

I have been attending Washtenaw Community Health Organization (WCHO) Board meetings for most of the last year in an attempt to understand an...

In May 2009, the WCHO Board asked for a report from the Organization Operation Committee (that is an awkward name, but that really is what ...