News from Virginia: Department of Justice defends Va. institutions settlement

A report this week out of Virginia in the online edition of The News Leader will be of interest to anyone following changes involving developmental centers, regional centers and group care for the developmentally disabled here in California.

from the article...

An agreement reached between the U.S. Department of Justice and Virginia over the state's care of people with intellectual disabilities does not require the closure of state institutions, federal attorneys argue in a court brief filed Friday.

Federal civil rights attorneys submitted the brief in opposition to a challenge on behalf of 13 families and guardians who have said their relatives are being well-cared for in the state's large institutions and closing them would be detrimental to their well-being.

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Department of Justice defends Va. institutions settlement, by Maria Longley, 3/20/2012, The News Leader