Re: Enlightened/unelightened states where can I look at the list?

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For over 25 years, Braddock has published " State of the States in

Developmental Disabilities " which compares all the States. When you read about

where States are ranked, that information comes from his publication. If you go

to www.colemaninstitute.org on the right side of the Home page is " State of the

States In Developmental Disabilities " and you can click on that to access

information.

Braddock testified in a case which I filed against the State of Illinois

for denying community based services (residential and non-residential services)

in 2001. Braddock's opinion as to why other States are doing better in

delivering community based services than Illinois is based on two reasons.

First, if a State has had a Governor who has a family member with a

developmental disabilitiy within the last 25 years, then that State has made a

committment to provide developmental disability services. (Illinois has not had

such a Governor) The second reason why certain States do a good job in funding

services is because they are required to as the result of a lawsuit or lawsuits

filed against the State which changed the way they operated their DD system.

(Illinois has had few lawsuits, however, that has started to change as I have

filed numerous lawsuits against the State of Illinois regarding community based

developmental disabilities sevices and other lawyers have lawsuits currently

pending against the State for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act)

Additionally, there are future lawsuits which can be filed against the State of

Illinois if they deny funding for residential and non-residential services based

on current federal medicaid law. Accordingly, if any person is denied funding

for community based services, then I suggest they should contact me as I can

inform them whether any current case will impact their situation or whether they

have other options under other federal laws.

H. Farley, Jr.

Attorney At Law

www.farley1.com

email: farleylaw@...

Enlightened/unelightened states where can I look at the

list?

How does one go about reviewing a state's enlightened/unenlightened

status? Illinois's rank of 47th place is frequently mentioned. Where

can view the list of state rankings?

Lori R

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, thank you for the link.

farleylaw@... wrote:

For over 25 years, Braddock has published " State of the States in

Developmental Disabilities " which compares all the States. When you read about

where States are ranked, that information comes from his publication. If you go

to www.colemaninstitute.org on the right side of the Home page is " State of the

States In Developmental Disabilities " and you can click on that to access

information.

Braddock testified in a case which I filed against the State of Illinois

for denying community based services (residential and non-residential services)

in 2001. Braddock's opinion as to why other States are doing better in

delivering community based services than Illinois is based on two reasons.

First, if a State has had a Governor who has a family member with a

developmental disabilitiy within the last 25 years, then that State has made a

committment to provide developmental disability services. (Illinois has not had

such a Governor) The second reason why certain States do a good job in funding

services is because they are required to as the result of a lawsuit or lawsuits

filed against the State which changed the way they operated their DD system.

(Illinois has had few lawsuits, however, that has started to change as I have

filed numerous lawsuits against the State of Illinois regarding community based

developmental disabilities sevices and other lawyers

have lawsuits currently pending against the State for violating the Americans

with Disabilities Act) Additionally, there are future lawsuits which can be

filed against the State of Illinois if they deny funding for residential and

non-residential services based on current federal medicaid law. Accordingly, if

any person is denied funding for community based services, then I suggest they

should contact me as I can inform them whether any current case will impact

their situation or whether they have other options under other federal laws.

H. Farley, Jr.

Attorney At Law

www.farley1.com

email: farleylaw@...

Enlightened/unelightened states where can I look at the

list?

How does one go about reviewing a state's enlightened/unenlightened

status? Illinois's rank of 47th place is frequently mentioned. Where

can view the list of state rankings?

Lori R

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I have added in the Link Section of my web page at www.farley1.com the link to

Braddock's data.?

Enlightened/unelightened states where can I look at the

list?

How does one go about reviewing a state's enlightened/unenlightened

status? Illinois's rank of 47th place is frequently mentioned. Where

can view the list of state rankings?

Lori R

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