Connecticut parents air concerns over states plans to privatize group homes
Families whose children have intellectual or developmental disabilities gathered Tuesday at the Legislative Office Building with a variety of messages for the state Department of Developmental Services.
Many, like Judy Klemba, whose 54-year-old son, Mark, is in a state-run group home, are opposed to the states efforts to turn about 30 group homes over to private, nonprofit companies.
Klemba credits state workers for turning her son into a great human being. She said private, nonprofits dont pay their workers enough money to care for her son.
I dont want someone to come in who is making $10 or $11 an hour to replace these professional people he has in charge of him now. These people are his family, Klemba said.
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