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SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — Health Care and Rehabilitation Services (HCRS), southeastern Vermont’s non-profit community mental-health agency, has announced the appointment of Jean Warner as their new Director of Developmental Services. Warner

Lori Carnute plants flowers at the farm and enjoys seeing her friends.  PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Smiles were all around as farmers, human service workers, and officials cut...

Families of people with IDD say one state is reneging on a scheduled raise for the workers who care for their loved ones, and advocates warn of potential lawsuits if services become harder to get.

The month of May is known for raising awareness for mental health. Newswatch 16's Emily Kress shows us how one agency in the Poconos is doing that by going green.

Citing California’s budget deficit, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to save around $613 million in state funds by delaying pay increases for a year for about 150,000 disability care workers.

LEWISTOWN—The Mifflin County Commissioners held their regular meeting on Thursday to an agenda headlined by proclamations raising awareness for critical health and safety issues and a major investment to modernize the County’s 911 emergency dispatch system. Commissioners joined with their counterparts in Huntingdon and Juniata counties to declare May 2024 as “Mental Health Awareness Month.” […]

A Lowell man shot and killed his wife and their 7-year-old daughter in their beds on April 26, then texted his sister-in-law confessing what he’d done before taking his life, according to authorities and a relative.

Families of children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities say Gov. Gavin Newsom is reneging on an expected pay increase for care workers. If the delay goes through, it could impede services and invite legal challenges from advocates.

Nearly 200 employees joined Gov. Maura Healey's administration in the month after strict hiring measures were put into place.

Over the past 15 years, direct support professionals at community nonprofits across CT have received just one meaningful wage increase.