CSD Newsletter
VOL.7, Issue 1
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 Center’s Executive Director Takes on a New Role
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Tom Nerney, who has been the Executive Director of The Center for Self-Determination for more than a decade, is taking on a new role.
Although Tom will continue working with The Center, he will also lead a new Policy Division and hopefully get to spend more time with his 12 grandchildren.
Tom is also working on health care issues which we will see more of through the Institute on Health Quality and Ethics which will work closely with The Center and address policy issues together when possible. |
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Long-term care requires balance between fiscal integrity, human compassion:
Tom Watkins (guest commentary)
Grand Rapids Press
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The need to work together is greater than at any other time in our history!!
Please read more about the Guiding Principles that address the extreme importance to the movements for disability and worker rights! |
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The original signers of the Guiding Principles for Partnerships
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Unions and Emerging Worker Organizations when Individuals Direct their own
Services and Supports
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LOST LIVES
THE PAUCITY OF QUALITY IN HUMAN SERVICES...
Take a moment to read a thought provoking paper on the present U.S system of quality review in human services. This paper challenges those of us working within human services to rethink not only how we provide publicly funded supports and services but also how we evaluate the effectiveness of those supports. The link below will connect you to the paper that calls into question whether the present system of long term supports and services can ever provide for real quality in the lives of the people it serves.
Click on this link to read more……
LOST LIVES, THE PAUCITY OF QUALITY IN HUMAN SERVICES |
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| The Center for Self-Determination is a non-profit organization, established in 2000, operating as the primary clearinghouse, training and technical assistance source on Self-Determination in the United States and other countries. The Center is devoted to working within the public and private sector to move power and authority over resources directly to individuals with disabilities, families
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