Rhode Island
Justice Department Secures Agreement to Provide Community-Based Services to Children with Disabilities in Rhode Island
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The Division of Justice as we speak entered right into a settlement settlement with the Rhode Island Government Workplace of Well being and Human Companies (EOHHS) to resolve alleged violations of the Individuals with Disabilities Act (ADA).
The dad and mom of a kid with autism filed a grievance with the Justice Division, alleging that Rhode Island failed to offer their minor son with community-based Medicaid providers that the state had approved. These providers enable kids with disabilities to stay of their properties and communities moderately than enter residential remedy amenities. The dad and mom alleged that whereas the state approved their son to obtain 25 to 34 hours per week of community-based providers, their son solely obtained, on common, half of the weekly approved hours. In consequence, the dad and mom feared that their son could be pressured to go away their house and transfer to an establishment. After the USA opened an investigation of this grievance, the kid entered an out-of-state residential remedy facility for a number of months.
“The ADA requires states to offer incapacity providers in essentially the most built-in setting acceptable in order that kids with disabilities can stay at house with their households,” stated Assistant Lawyer Normal Kristen Clarke of the Justice Division’s Civil Rights Division. “Offering community-based providers permits kids with disabilities to reside at house and keep away from useless placement in residential amenities. The Civil Rights Division will vigorously implement the ADA so that folks with disabilities can get providers at house as a substitute of in amenities.”
“Built-in, community-based providers for kids with mental and developmental disabilities are important to preserving households collectively and making certain that kids obtain care in a supporting and loving atmosphere; no household ought to be pressured to select between care and separation from their kids when ample assist is feasible in a group setting,” stated U.S. Lawyer Zachary A. Cunha of the District of Rhode Island. “That’s what the ADA requires, what as we speak’s settlement is designed to make sure, and what this workplace will proceed to demand as we go ahead.”
Beneath the settlement reached as we speak, Rhode Island will modify its insurance policies in order that kids with mental and developmental disabilities akin to autism will obtain the community-based providers to which they’re approved. The state would require that households of such kids obtain a household care plan, enable households to obtain providers from completely different supplier businesses, and supply oversight to ensure kids with disabilities obtain approved community-based providers. The state will even create an ombudsman program to permit people and their members of the family to specific issues. For the complainants’ son, EOHHS will develop an individualized service plan to determine the community-based providers mandatory for him to reside at house, and pay $75,000 in damages.
This matter was dealt with collectively by Assistant U.S. Lawyer Amy Romero for the District of Rhode Island and the Civil Rights Division’s Incapacity Rights Part.
The Justice Division performs a central position in advancing the ADA’s targets of equal alternative, full participation, impartial dwelling, and financial self-sufficiency for individuals with disabilities. For extra info on the Civil Rights Division, please go to http://www.justice.gov/crt. For extra info on the ADA, please name the division’s toll-free ADA info line at 800-514-0301 (TDD 800-514-0383) or go to www.ada.gov. ADA complaints could also be filed on-line at http://www.ada.gov/grievance.
Anybody within the District of Rhode Island may additionally report civil rights violations on to the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace for the District of Rhode Island at Civil Rights Enforcement (justice.gov) or 401-709-5000.
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Rhode Island
RI man arrested for DUI after crashing into utility pole in South Kingstown
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A Rhode Island man was allegedly driving impaired when he crashed his car into a utility pole in South Kingstown on Friday afternoon.
South Kingstown police say John E. Disano, 53, of Narragansett, was involved in a single-car crash around 4 p.m. in the area of 1097 Middlebridge Road.
Police allege that Disano struck a utility pole, causing it to snap and fall across both lanes of the road, which had to be closed for several hours as crews worked to fix downed wires.
During the investigation, police say Disano exhibited signs of impairment and was unable to pass a series of standardized field sobriety tests.
He was subsequently arrested for suspicious of driving under the influence of liquor and/or drugs. He later refused to submit to a breath and/or chemical test, according to police.
Officers seized a notable quantity of suspected narcotics, which will be tested, police said. Additional charges are possible.
“Driving under the influence of any substance is a serious offense that endangers everyone on the road,” South Kingstown Police Chief Matthew Moynihan said in a statement. “This incident serves as a reminder of the importance of making responsible choices and we are fortunate that the consequences were not more dire.”
Disano was held overnight at the South Kingstown Police Department and will be arraigned at the station. It wasn’t clear if he had obtained an attorney.
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Department of State hosts poll worker recruitment event for veterans | ABC6
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CRANSTON, R.I. (WLNE) — The Rhode Island Department of State hosted a poll worker recruitment event for veterans and their families on Saturday.
The event was in partnership with Vet the Vote, which works to get more military veterans and families involved with working during elections.
Attendees heard from state officials on how Rhode Island runs its elections and were given information on where they could work as paid poll workers this election cycle.
“Our country’s veterans and military families understand the importance of service, and their commitment to our democracy and our nation’s values align perfectly with the responsibilities of poll workers,” Secretary of State Gregg Amore said.
Rhode Island
Cost of living in RI, Biden’s ballots, golf courses worth the drive: Top stories this week
Taking a tour of the historic Pomham Rocks Lighthouse
Dennis Tardiff, captain and chairman of Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse, leads a tour of the historic Pomham Rocks Lighthouse
Here are some of The Providence Journal’s most-read stories for the week of July 21, supported by your subscriptions.
• It doesn’t get more Rhode Island than a tour of a lighthouse, except maybe if you brought along a Del’s. While some of the state’s lighthouses have been accessible for years, the Pomham Rocks Lighthouse – after years of renovations – is now open to view. The Journal’s Antonia Noori Farza recently toured the site and talked with the volunteers who made it happen.
• We finally got a break from the heat and humidity this week even if it meant a couple of gray days – apologies if you were on vacation – were in the mix. If you’ve grown tired of summer temperatures and are dreaming about sweater weather and pumpkin spice the Old Farmer’s Almanac says you might get some relief this fall.
• For the latest sports news, including The Providence Journal’s coverage of the Little League championships in softball and baseball as well as the latest in high school sports go to providencejournal.com/sports.
Here are the week’s top reads on providencejournal.com:
How expensive is it to live in Rhode Island?
How expensive is it to live in Rhode Island?
According to a new Forbes.com report, it’s really expensive and it’s housing costs – both mortgages and rent – driving up the cost of living in the state.
Forbes looked at several data sources to see how every state ranked in various measures ranging from cost of living to income taxes. Still, in Rhode Island, a lack of housing supply proved to be costly as rent and the cost to buy a house keep going up.
The good news? It is not as expensive as one of our neighbors.
Cost of living: Forbes pegs RI as one of the most expensive states to live in. Here’s what is driving that ranking.
Rhode Islanders who have a Rhode Island Energy account for electricity or natural gas will notice a slew of changes starting Aug. 19, the most noticeable of which will be that their bill will look different.
In addition to a different looking bill, RI Energy will have a redesigned website, a new bill-processing system and a single phone number to reach the company’s new 300-person customer service center in Cumberland.
Customers will also be able to send a text to alert the company about an electrical outage.
Here’s why these changes are happening.
Electricity: Big changes are coming for RI Energy account holders. Here’s what to know.
This headline is going to make some people laugh, but they don’t live here. They’re not like us.
If you’re from out of state and happen upon this, these golf courses are not out of the way. They’re actually all very convenient to get to compared to what you’re used to.
But if you’re from Rhode Island, the idea of playing one of these spots might give you a second thought. Only in the Ocean State is a spot that is not directly off the highway or takes more than 40 total minutes of driving considered “out of the way.” It’s a stereotype, but it’s a stereotype for a reason.
So who made the list? The Journa’s Eric Rueb has played all these courses at one point or another — including two recently — and can tell you, without a doubt these are the five courses that are worth the drive.
Golf: Ready for a road trip? Here are five out-of-the-way golf courses in RI you need to play
If you want to build a granny flat, a carriage house or an accessory dwelling unit here, what are the rules?
After a new state law passed legalizing what’s known as ADUs statewide, there are fewer rules than than city leaders would like.
“It put us in a bit of a tricky situation, as it didn’t give us any time to revise local ordinances,” Providence Deputy Planning Director Bob Azar said. “We will have to evaluate new applications based on what’s in state law.”
Providence is trying to craft an ordinance that still complies with the state law and will put some strictures and limits on accessory dwelling units. Here’s the plan.
Housing: With granny flats now legal, Providence looks to pass restrictions. Here’s what the city wants.
The biggest news of the week was President Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the race for president.
The decision does raise the question for Rhode Islanders: Who will replace him on the ballot?
Biden quickly endorsed Harris as the Democratic nominee.
LeeAnn Byrne, chief of staff to Secretary of State Gregg Amore, said ballots have not yet been created in Rhode Island.
“September 12th is the deadline for each national party to certify to the RI Department of State Elections Division the names of individuals nominated as the party’s candidates for president and vice president,” Byrne said. “Federal law requires us to send ballots to military and overseas voters 45 days before the election, so those ballots are finalized well in advance of Election Day. Once those ballots are printed and sent to military and overseas voters, we would be unable to change the ballot.”
Election 2024: What happens to ballots in Rhode Island now that Biden has dropped out of the race?
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