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Thursday, March 31, 2016

Maryland: State turns a deaf ear to families and community as it moves relentlessly to close a facility for ID/DD

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Holly Center in Salisbury, MD, is an Intermediate Care Facility and home for people with profound intellectual and behavioral disabilitie...
Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Information on Sub-minimum wages for people with disabilities and appeal rights, PART 2

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How to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division regarding sub-minimum wage certificates: This is a flye...

Information on Sub-minimum wages for people with disabilities and appeal rights, PART 1

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At its April 5th, 2016 meeting , the Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council will be discussing a recommendation to support amending c...
Friday, March 25, 2016

Crisis in Care: Direct Support Workers earn poverty wages; solutions needed to stabilize support services

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"The Cost of Compassion" from the Oregon Rehabilitation Association In Michigan, a 2015 survey by the Partnership for Fair Ca...
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Thursday, March 24, 2016

MI DD Council to consider elimination of sub-minimum wage for DD

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I want to personally encourage the public to participate in this discussion of the issu e of sub-minimum wages , their affect on people w...
Friday, March 18, 2016

Iowa to switch to Medicaid managed care; 25,000 people receiving Home and Community-Based Services affected

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“Problems With Medicaid Privatization Plague Other States Ahead of Iowa's Switch” is a TV news report from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, looking...
Wednesday, March 16, 2016

The Revolving Door : Sharon Lewis from the Administration on Community Living moves on to a private sector consulting firm

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Sharon Lewis, like so many government appointees before her, has left her job at the federal Administration on Community Living (ACL) and ...