MORE ON: developmental disability

Daily Report: Health and Welfare, Public Safety

Developmental centers' police need immediate fixes, state officials say

March 13, 2012, 6:16 PM
SACRAMENTO – Investigations of patient abuse by in-house police at California’s institutions for the developmentally disabled have been unacceptably poor for years and must be fixed immediately, state officials and patient advocates agreed during a hearing today. At a hearing of... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Senate hearing to examine police work at developmental centers

March 12, 2012, 6:08 PM
Ten years ago, news stories about mishandled abuse cases led state officials to debate whether to overhaul a police force at California institutions for the severely developmentally disabled or dismantle it. The state did neither. In the decade since, the force, called the Office of... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Hearings sought to examine handling of patient abuse cases

February 24, 2012, 6:32 PM
California lawmakers said they would hold public hearings and conduct on-site investigations into a police force charged with probing patient deaths and suspicious injuries at the state's institutions for the developmentally disabled. The calls for hearings came in response to a California... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare, Money and Politics

Audit of regional centers finds nepotism, fear of retaliation

August 25, 2010, 12:05 AM
A nonprofit executive awarded state funds to her sister even though the service was available at a lower cost. A chief executive breached a confidential police tipline. And workers spent $900,000 on transportation - purposely spiking the budget to ensure more money the next year. Those were... + read more
Disabled students, federal bill
Daily Report: K–12

Bill seeks to stamp out abuse of disabled children

February 10, 2010, 12:06 AM
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill last week that seeks to prevent children with disabilities from being subjected to abusive disciplinary techniques.  Known as HR 4247, the bill bans untrained teachers from using restraint or other techniques that could cause physical harm... + read more
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Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Billions in social-service spending remain in the dark

February 10, 2010, 12:05 AM
In California, which organizations get nearly $4 billion and don't have to tell anyone exactly how it's spent? The answer: the state’s 21 "regional centers," a group of private non-profits that dole out millions to organizations that serve the disabled. A bill that would have... + read more
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