DHS centers
Plan adopted for Conway HDC
Under a plan adopted Wednesday, the state will move the 50 children living at the Conway Human Development Center to private institutions that focus solely on caring for younger people.
DHS centers January 2011 judgment
A federal judge dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit Tuesday that accused the state of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act at its human development centers throughout the state.
DHS centers January 2011 ruling
A federal judge dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit Tuesday that accused the state of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act at its human development centers throughout the state.
Judge rules Conway suit to stay intact
The federal judge hearing a case against the Conway Human Development Center denied on Thursday a request by the U.S. Department of Justice to consolidate part of that lawsuit with another one focusing on Arkansas’ entire system of care for the developmentally disabled.
State response to DHS suit
The Department of Human Services accused federal officials of violating their own policies when they filed a lawsuit against Arkansas’ six state-run centers for the developmentally disabled without first trying to negotiate improvements with state leaders.
Complaint filed against state over DHS centers
Hundreds of deveolpmentally disabled people are illegally segregated in large state institutions, in part because Arkansas doesn’t have the kind of community-based services these people need, a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday alleges.
DHS filing May 5
The U.S. Department of Justice says Arkansas’ entire system for serving people with developmental disabilities is out of compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and began laying the groundwork Wednesday for filing a lawsuit later this week against all six of the state facilities serving those individuals.
DHS 2nd filing May 5
The U.S. Department of Justice says Arkansas’ entire system for serving people with developmental disabilities is out of compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and began laying the groundwork Wednesday for filing a lawsuit later this week against all six of the state facilities serving those individuals.
Conway center ruling
A judge on Wednesday rejected the federal government’s assertion that residents of the Conway Human Development Center face imminent harm unless a court immediately halts admissions of children and orders certain practices stopped. “The Court does not take lightly the seriousness of the accusations,” Chief U.S. District Judge Leon Holmes said in an order issued in response to a March 9 request from the U.S. Department of Justice for a preliminary injunction against the center. Still, Holmes said, he must consider whether the residents are likely to suffer irreparable harm “but for immediate court intervention.”
DOJ letters to investigate centers
The U.S. Department of Justice will inspect two residential facilities for the developmentally disabled next week, marking the first major step in the agency’s investigation of state-run human-development centers in Arkansas. Justice Department officials are to spend two days each at the Alexander and Arkadelphia human-development centers, Charlie Green of the Arkansas Department of Human Services said Thursday. It’s unclear if or when the federal agency will send teams to the centers in Booneville, Warren and Jonesboro.
Residential Services for Persons with Developmental Disabilities: Status and Trends Through 2008
Residential Services for Persons with Developmental Disabilities: Status and Trends Through 2008
Bagenstos speech on disabled rights
The text of a speech by Deputy Assistant Attorney General Samuel R. Bagenstos of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in November 2009.
