Texas group homes for intellectually disabled are in systemic crisis, say advocates

Revelations around abuse at a San Antonio group home have parents worried and advocates reflecting on years of issues in Texas.

Houston Public Media
HHS plans to cut funds used to investigate abuse at group homes

Disability rights watchdogs are the latest targets of the Trump administration's defunding spree.

Mother Jones

#CHURCHSTATESEPARATION #news

How Some #Christian #GroupHomes Avoid #Florida’s Standards

Are #Religious #CharterSchools Legal?

Encourage Your Representative to Join the Fight for #ChurchState Separation

#Louisiana law requiring #TenCommandments to be displayed in #classrooms is back in court

Are #Texas #schools receiving funds for #TEA's #Bible #curriculum?

#Faith groups across #Kansas are diving into local #politics

https://flipboard.com/@dustcircle/church-state-separation-g5hp0m0uy

#separationofchurchandstate #secular

Church-State Separation | @dustcircle | Flipboard

The First Amendment secular right of the separation of church and state, the wall between religion and government. Critical of Theocracy, Dominionism, and Christian Nationalism, and exposing the "American Taliban" cult. If you'd like to be a contributor, email [email protected]

Flipboard

Eric Goll's podcast is visionary! "Dominant thinking in society is that #grouphomes are the best place for people with #disabilities to live. But, this simply is not true.

"#LynneSeagle, CEO of Hope House Foundation, joined me on this podcast to talk about how the organization closed all their group homes and helped 125 people create their own homes."
#discrimination #downsyndrome #housing #humanrights

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/045-uncovering-the-truth-we-are-oppressing-people/id1216229426?i=1000412132283

‎Empowering Ability Podcast: #045: Uncovering the Truth: We are Oppressing People with Disabilities, With Lynne Seagle on Apple Podcasts

‎Show Empowering Ability Podcast, Ep #045: Uncovering the Truth: We are Oppressing People with Disabilities, With Lynne Seagle - May 23, 2018

Apple Podcasts
Saskatoon opens 3 new group homes for people with intellectual disabilities
The remaining eight residents from Kinsmen Manor will be moving into two Elmwood group homes that will be beginning construction as part of the budget announcement.
#globalnews #Canada #Health #ElmwoodResidences #GroupHomes
https://globalnews.ca/news/10452745/saskatoon-new-group-homes-intellectual-disabilities/
Saskatoon opens 3 new group homes for people with intellectual disabilities

The remaining eight residents from Kinsmen Manor will be moving into two Elmwood group homes that will be beginning construction as part of the budget announcement.

Global News
Saskatoon opens 3 new group homes for people with intellectual disabilities
The remaining eight residents from Kinsmen Manor will be moving into two Elmwood group homes that will be beginning construction as part of the budget announcement.
#globalnews #Canada #Health #ElmwoodResidences #GroupHomes
https://globalnews.ca/news/10452745/saskatoon-new-group-homes-intellectual-disabilities/
Saskatoon opens 3 new group homes for people with intellectual disabilities

The remaining eight residents from Kinsmen Manor will be moving into two Elmwood group homes that will be beginning construction as part of the budget announcement.

Global News
Saskatoon opens 3 new group homes for people with intellectual disabilities
The remaining eight residents from Kinsmen Manor will be moving into two Elmwood group homes that will be beginning construction as part of the budget announcement.
#globalnews #Canada #Health #ElmwoodResidences #GroupHomes
https://globalnews.ca/news/10452745/saskatoon-new-group-homes-intellectual-disabilities/
Saskatoon opens 3 new group homes for people with intellectual disabilities

The remaining eight residents from Kinsmen Manor will be moving into two Elmwood group homes that will be beginning construction as part of the budget announcement.

Global News

Thousands of Texans with intellectual disabilities live in group homes. The group home system is struggling to retain workers under the low base wage the state legislature set last year.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/healthcare/2024/03/27/481768/making-life-or-death-decisions-for-10-60-an-hour-texas-group-homes-suffer-from-staffing-crisis/

#HealthScience #Healthcare #News #GroupHomes #MHMROfTarrantCounty #SpecialNeedsGroupHomes #TarrantCounty

Making life-or-death decisions for $10.60 an hour: Texas group homes suffer from staffing crisis

Thousands of Texans with intellectual disabilities live in group homes. The group home system is struggling to retain workers under the low base wage the state legislature set last year.

Houston Public Media

[Rick is frustrated that the government and the #CareHome have not responded to the nearly two decades of #abuse at #ShepherdsVilla .
“A #CivilSuit is our only recourse. I hope people pay attention to this case, because it’s happening in communities across the country,” he said.
“I think what we need is a thorough #examination of what’s going on in #GroupHomes and other #CareFacilities because this is not an isolated incident.”]
https://newsjani.com/news-canada-saskatoon/sask-government-care-home-to-be-held-accountable-for-years-of-sexual-abuse-victims-brother-news-jani

#Saskatchewan #Disabled #AssistedLiving

Sask government, care home to be held accountable for years of sexual abuse: Victim’s brother News Jani

Does anybody have the slightest inkling of how hard it was to relate to other children when you had ptsd, were in foster care, had been put in several psych wards, had the experiences I had?
People love to say that our past does not define us, but it does, it 100% does. I did not get a normal childhood and I am reminded everyday. Does anybody care to take a guess of how alone I feel? #foreveralone #grouphomes #childhoodptsd