Mar 12 2012
News Roundup
Posted by: Kevin B. Gilnack, Campaign Manager
The Caring Force advocates for better funding for human service programs and workers across a diverse array of subsectors -- from homelessness to family planning, developmental disabilities to deaf-blind programming, elder care to child care, domestic violence to substance use, just to name a few. We focus on all of human services because we know that the people who count on these services don't live in silos and that it is critically important we all stand together against those who would pit one cause against the other to demand adequate support for all programs.
So, to help keep you up-to-date on the news and events affecting our diverse caring community, The Caring Force is pleased to share a round-up of the latest headlines of interest:
- Family planning advocates press lawmakers for major funding hike (Boston Hearld)
- WPI establishes institute to study senior care (Boston Business Journal)
- Teen Parent Advocacy Takes on Political Overtones (SHNS Capitol Briefs via WWLP)
- Workers' comp rates could go up (Boston.com)
- Coalition: Mass. homelessness rates at "all-time high" (WickedLocal.com)
- Aide: Cut to deaf-blind program meant to do 'least amount of harm' (Boston Herald)
- Massachusetts Senate passes bill to allow verbal instead of written consent for HIV test (Boston.com)
- Study says Mass. housing affordability remains a problem (MVTimes.com)
- In Newburyport, non-profit agency reports success in cutting domestic violence in its area (Boston.com)
- Lawmakers question motivations for closing Taunton hospital (Boston Herald)
- No victimless crime (Boston Herald)
- Foreclosures back up (Worcester Business Journal)
- More volunteered in 2011 (Worcester Business Journal)
- Registered voters in Massachusetts down 2 percent since October 2010 (WickedLocal)
- Vermont Senate to take up mental health reorganization (Brattelboro Reformer)
- Autism detected later in minority children: Study (CBS News)
- Money Seems to Matter for Teen Girls, Condoms (ABC News)