by deb | Mar 4, 2020 | Employment, Laws & Legislation, Policy
Last month the Rhode Island House of Representatives voted to repeal a bill that allowed disabled workers to be paid below minimum wage. At its core, the law allows for businesses to pay disabled workers pennies on the dollar while working in a segregated setting. The...
by RIDDCouncil | Jan 13, 2017 | Advocacy, Community Living, Cross Disability Coalition, Employment, Policy, RIDDC, Self Directed Supports, Supports Intensity Scale
The Department of BHDDH, Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD), will be holding two open community forums in February 2017. The first forum is specifically for individuals and families involved with self-directed supports and the second one for all other...
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...
