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Gina Macris is a career journalist with 43 years’ experience as a reporter for the Providence Journal. She retired in 2012. While at the Journal she wrote two series about her first-born son that won prizes from the New England Associated Press News Executives Association. Gina now publishes the Developmental Disability News.

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Girls Who Code and Raytheon Technologies launch Pilot Leadership Academy for STEM College Students

by Gina Macris August 29, 2022August 29, 2022

Raytheon Technologies today announced that it is partnering with Girls Who Code (GWC) to launch GWC’s Leadership Academy, a semester-long program for over 100 U.S. college students. Program participants will join GWC advisors […]

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Hazard pay for developmental disability workers on its way

by Gina Macris April 28, 2020April 29, 2020

Private employers of congregate care workers – including those in group homes for adults with developmental disabilities – began applying April 28 for COVID-19 hazard pay that could be in […]

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U.S. District Court Judge to hear status of COVID-19 supports for Rhode Islanders with Developmental Disabilities

by Gina Macris April 26, 2020April 27, 2020

Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. of the U.S. District Court in Rhode Island will hold a hearing Tuesday. April 28 – accessible to the public by telephone – on […]

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Deaths in Rhode Island developmental disability congregate care now totals five

by Gina Macris April 19, 2020April 19, 2020

Since April 1, the coronavirus has claimed five lives of four adults with developmental disabilities living in Rhode Island group homes and one group home caregiver. But some young people […]

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COVID-19 hits DD Group Homes in Rhode Island

by Gina Macris April 11, 2020April 11, 2020

A total of 23 adults with developmental disabilities in Rhode Island group homes — not quite 2 percent of all the 1180 adult residents in congregate care in the state […]

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“Huge Disaster Brewing In All Our Back Yards” – CEO of RI Developmental Disability Group Home Agency

by Gina Macris April 5, 2020April 5, 2020

David Reiss, CEO of the Fogarty Center, manages 18 Rhode Island group homes for adults with developmental disabilities, where all but 10 or 12 of the 80 residents have no […]

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Those with developmental disabilities, in group homes, at higher risk warn R.I. advocates

by Gina Macris March 26, 2020March 27, 2020

Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo announced March 26 that the state will soon release a total of $15.4 million in state and federal Medicaid “retainer payments” to shore up private […]

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Judge seeks advice on how to help RI with COVID-19 response

by Gina Macris March 19, 2020March 20, 2020

Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. of the U.S. District Court in Rhode Island has asked the independent monitor for a 2014 consent decree to advise him on ways the […]

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RI DDD will limit face-to-face contact; providers launch emergency plans

by Gina Macris March 18, 2020March 18, 2020

In an open letter to Rhode Island’s developmental disability community, Kerri Zanchi, Director of the state Division of Developmental Disabilities, has spelled out steps the Division is taking to limit […]

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Judge calls for plan to overcome barriers in implementing RI Olmstead Consent Decree

by Gina Macris February 6, 2020March 3, 2021

The Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court in Rhode Island has ordered an independent monitor to bring him a new plan for implementing a 2014 civil rights agreement that […]

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Developmental Disability News: RI Governor proposes privatizing state-run group homes in fiscal 2021

by Gina Macris January 16, 2020January 20, 2020

Governor Gina Raimondo plans to privatize the state-run group home system in the next budget, cutting 204 fulltime positions from the state payroll during the 2021 fiscal year, which begins […]

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