by RIDDCouncil | Jan 12, 2017 | Policy, RIDDC
Kerri Zanchi, a former high-level developmental disability service official in Massachusetts, has been named Rhode Island’s Director of Developmental Disabilities in the Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals (BHDDH). Zanchi, who...
by RIDDCouncil | Nov 18, 2016 | Advocacy, Community Living, Policy, RIDDC
Medicaid officials are looking for ways to increase access to Home and Community- Based Services (HCBS) for people with disabilities and they’re asking the public to provide comments and feedback. In a notice published in the Federal Register this month, the Centers...
by RIDDCouncil | Oct 21, 2016 | Advocacy, Consent Decree, Policy, RIDDC
The Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council’s (RIDDC) Annual Meeting took place on Saturday, October 15, 2016 at the Radisson Hotel in Warwick from 8:30 am-4:00 pm. The focus for the day was a discussion on strategies for building a statewide Family Advocacy...
by RIDDCouncil | Oct 13, 2016 | Community Living, Consent Decree, Employment, Employment First, Laws & Legislation, Policy, RIDDC, Supports Intensity Scale
The Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council (RIDDC) has scheduled its Annual Meeting for Saturday, October 15, 2016 at the Radisson Hotel in Warwick from 8:30 am-4:00 pm. The primary focus is to discuss strategies for building a statewide Family Advocacy...
by RIDDCouncil | Sep 29, 2016 | Budget Cuts, Cross Disability Coalition, Policy, RIDDC, Supports Intensity Scale
In just the few months she has served as interim director of Rhode Island’s Division of Developmental Disabilities, Jane Gallivan has been instrumental in changing the state’s approach to providing services for individuals with intellectual challenges. On the most...
by RIDDCouncil | Jul 8, 2016 | Consent Decree, Employment, Laws & Legislation, Policy, RIDDC
By Gina Macris Jennifer Wood, Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services, the top aide and top lawyer to Secretary Elizabeth Roberts, and a former chief of staff at the state Department of Education is orchestrating an effort to usher in a new era for Rhode...
