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IN WAKE OF CLOSURE OF ST. MARY’S HOME FOR CHILDREN, DRRI AND ACLU RI CALL UPON RHODE ISLAND TO COMMIT ITS RESOURCES TO COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES

Disability Rights Rhode Island (DRRI) and the ACLU of RI are pleased that St. Mary’s Home for Children will shut down operations entirely and transition its outpatient and educational services to Tides Behavioral Health, as announced by the St. Mary’s Board of Directors on August 20, 2024. The closure also terminates Tides’ plan to reopen and expand the troubled Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) at St. Mary’s.

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DRRI ACLURI Letter to Finance Committee

MEMORANDUM TO:   K. Joseph Shekarchi, Speaker of the House Christopher R. Blazejewski, Majority Leader Marvin L. Abney, Chair, House Committee on Finance House Committee on Finance FROM: Morna Murray, Executive Director, Disability Rights Rhode Island Steven Brown, Executive Director, ACLU of Rhode Island DATE:     May 24, 2024 RE:         Proposed

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Statement regarding RIDE’s proposed readiness-based graduation requirements

Statement from RIPIN, Disability Rights Rhode Island, Parent Support Network of Rhode Island, Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council, The Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities, and The Autism Project on RIDE’s proposed readiness-based graduation requirements

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News Release: CVS Court Case

GROUPS APPLAUD CVS FOR WITHDRAWING U.S. SUPREME COURT PETITION THAT THREATENED THE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES  The ACLU of Rhode Island and Disability Rights Rhode Island today applauded Woonsocket-based CVS for withdrawing its petition in a pending U.S. Supreme Court case that the groups said could have turned back

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