The Protection & Advocacy System for South Carolina
Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc. (P&A) and other members of the SC DisAbility Voting Coalition have developed a new online voting resource manual to accompany the set of videos the coalition produced last spring. Online voting resource manual: http://bit.ly/votingrightsSC Video on how to register to vote: http://bit.ly/28Sbgv9 Video on the four ways…
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PUBLIC NOTICE South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Rule: South Carolina Statewide Transition Plan – Revised The South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) gives notice that the revised draft Statewide Transition Plan, required per Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS)…
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Would you like to register to vote? Stop by any of these locations to register to vote and pick up materials about your rights as a voter with a disability. August 15, 2016 – October 7, 2016 Monday – Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Charleston Office 1569 Sam Rittenberg Blvd. Charleston, SC 29407 (843)…
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More than 600,000 inmates with disabilities in prisons across the country spend more time in prison, under harsher conditions, than inmates without disabilities, according to research. Today, Amplifying Voices of Prisoners with Disabilities (AVID), a project of Disability Rights Washington, released Making Hard Time Harder: Programmatic Accommodations for Inmates with Disabilities Under the Americans with…
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On May 31, P&A and the SC Department of Corrections agreed to settle a class action lawsuit that P&A had brought to improve treatment of inmates with mental illness. The case was filed in 2005 and trial was held in 2012. In 2014 the trial judge announced his decision. It said that mental health care…
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Resources for voter registration and information for voters with disabilities.
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We would like to say thank you to all the sponsors of the 2016 Celebrating Abilities Gala as well as Nelson Mullins, It’s Jenny Catering, and Cathy Jansen and Lance Roper for helping us host a great event. P&A was honored to present the Star of Justice Award to J. Michael Baxley, Esq. for his…
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P&A Impact Report FY14-15
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The State Inspector General (SIG) has released a report “Review of the Community Residential Care Facilities Program, Department of Health and Environmental Control” on the Department of Health and Environmental Control’s oversight of Community Residential Care Facilities (CRCFs). There are 471 CRCFs serving 17,000 people across the state; the report focuses on small facilities with compliance…
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2014-2015 Team Advocacy Annual Report For information about Community Residential Care Facilities and P&A’s Team Advocacy Project click here. For any additional information about a Team Advocacy Inspection report, contact P&A at 866-275-7273 (voice)/866-232-4525 (TTY) or info@pandasc.org. For any follow-up action taken by regulatory agencies contact: Department of Health and Environmental Control’s (DHEC), Division…
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