The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was designed to be a market-based system that would shift power from government and providers to consumers. The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission's ...

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New Jersey announced a $3 million program Tuesday to improve training for workers who care for people with developmental disabilities and mental health needs, in the latest attempt to boost an ...

New Jersey has new tools to hold accountable group homes for people with disabilities, including $25,000 fines for injuries ...

In his latest annual report, New Jersey's disability ombudsman said neglect, abuse and unsafe conditions persist at group homes. Paul Aronsohn's report describes a bureaucracy that often treats ...