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June 2008: The Groton 43
February 2008: The Numbers Issue
New! February 2008: Large Type Edition Read or email individual stories: Fernald Number Errors, Numbers Game Hurts Us All, Why We Need HR3995, Demographic Double Trouble , Mass Lags on MR/DD Funding, DMR's Millions for Mandatory Overtime, Repair Numbers Wrong, and Extra Costs of (Not) Closing Fernald.
November 2007: Courts Affirm Transfer Statute at Group Homes, Fernald rights; Meeting with new DMR Commissioner Elin Howe, Advocacy Keeps on Working!
July 2007: State Budget, DMR's Fiddled Statistics, Advocacy Works!
January 2007: COFAR seeks change in DMR management culture
September 2006: Accident at group home leaves family questioning DMR care
Summer 2006: Our special summer issue
May 2006: Turning-22 funding stalls; clinical care in short supply in community system
March 2006: US Attorney Michael Sullivan is off to a fast start in his investigation of DMR care
January 2006: Follow-up--One of two vendors selected to develop community housing submitted incomplete and nearly identical proposals for the work
November 2005: Questions surround the selection of a community-based housing contractor for Fernald residents
September 2005: A father gets new hope from COFAR in his struggle to care for his daughter
July 2005: Lawmakers restore state land sales process; community-based homes lag
MAY 2005: Special issue on advocacy
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