Strike threat could push hundreds out of group homes and into nursing homes
Hundreds of developmentally disabled group home residents, trapped in a game of state...
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Hundreds of developmentally disabled group home residents, trapped in a game of state...
Oak Hill School in Hartford, the largest nonprofit agency serving the developmentally disabled. Hundreds of developmentally disabled group home residents, trapped in a game of state budget brinkmanship, could be transferred into nursing homes next Thursday unless that battle is resolved soon. At least two of the private, nonprofit agencies hired by the state to run group homes have begun plans to move clients into congregate care centers — or to send them to live with their families — if about 2,000 human service aides belonging to SEIU District 1199 New England go on strike next Friday. ...