| Box # | Folder ID | Folder Title | Folder Dates | Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 163 | 0090CL-001 | Mental Retardation | January-March 1981 | Drafts of bills appointing guardians or conservators for the mentally ill who need medical or dental treatment; personnel issues; urge to Governor to provide more funding for community programs; criti |
| 163 | 0090CL-002 | Mental Retardation | April-August 1981 | Governor defends comments by Commissioner Thorne about a bill allowing the mentally retarded to wear their own clothes; transportation problems; parents object to their child being transferred to a co |
| 163 | 0090CL-003 | Mental Retardation | September-December 1981 | Comparison of costs for institutional and community-based care of mentally ill by the Association for Retarded Citizens; clients need placement in institutions; personnel issues; protests cuts for she |
| 164 | 0090CL-004 | Mental Retardation--Facilities | 1981 | Criticism of Eliot Dober, Director of the Office of Protection and Advocacy for the Handicapped, for insensitivity, and a call for his resignation; concerns that Southbury Training School not receivin |
| 164 | 0090CL-005 | Mental Retardation--Northwest Regional Center | 1981 | Reviews of Finding of No Significant Impact regarding construction of the Northwestern Regional Center in Torrington; notes concerning informational meeting about the new center; residents oppose the |
| 164 | 0090CL-006 | Mental Retardation--Northwest Regional Center Minutes | 1976-1981 | Map of possible site for center; minutes of the Advisory and Planning Council of Northwest Regional Center; annual reports. |
| 164 | 0090CL-007 | Mental Retardation--Northwest Regional Center news clippings | 1967-1981 | |
| 164 | 0090CL-008 | Mental Retardation--[Memos to/from Commissioner] Thorne | April 1980-April 1981 | Information concerning the development of An Act Concerning the Placement of Mentally Retarded Persons; revised drafts of the bill; amendments to H.B. 5740; annual report of the Supervised Apartment P |
| 164 | 0090CL-009 | Mental Retardation--[Memos to/from Commissioner] Thorne | May-December 1981 | Responses to audit reports; Department concerned about new policy concerning filling direct care positions; Commissioner refutes report of the Association for Retarded Citizens; comparing institutiona |
| 164 | 0090CL-010 | Mental Retardation--Youngberg v Romeo | 1981 | Constituents and advocates for the mentally retarded object to Connecticut filing amicus brief in the Youngberg v Romeo case. Governor responds with copy of Deputy Attorney General Peter Gillies' exp |
| 164 | 0090CL-011 | Mental Retardation | 1982 | Commissioner requests all block grant funds be used for Day Treatment Services; nursing homes for mentally retarded children cannot survive on low reimbursement rates set by state; nursing home for me |
| 164 | 0090CL-012 | Mental Retardation--[Memos to/from Commissioner] Thorne | 1982-1983 | Community Training Home complains about not receiving payments for services; Motor Pool complains about Department Superintendents garaging state vehicles at home; discussion with Elisha Freedman abou |
| 164 | 0090CL-013 | Mental Retardation | 1983 | Draft of the preliminary plan for implementing the CARC v Thorne Consent Decree. |
| 164 | 0090CL-014 | Mental Retardation | 1984 | Family members and advocates object to violent patients being housed at a institution for the mentally retarded; concern about implementation of regulations relative to P.A. 83-39; neighbors oppose se |
| 164 | 0090CL-015 | Mental Retardation--[Memos to/from Commissioner] | January-April 1984 | Latest proposed Consent Decree; description of internal administrative process for transition of Department programs from larger facilities to group homes; list of group homes; draft of Department's p |
| 165 | 0090CL-016 | Mental Retardation--[Memos to/from Commissioner] | May-December 1984 | Organizational charts and management process materials concerning implementation of the Consent Decree; information concerning the federal government's proposed cancellation of the provider agreement |
| 165 | 0090CL-017 | Mental Retardation | 1985 | Response to audit report; Governor praises state's efforts to employ persons with disabilities; request to use building at Connecticut Valley Hospital as a homeless shelter; problems with construction |
| 165 | 0090CL-018 | Mental Retardation | 1986 | Labor negotiations; concern about damage to Camp Harkness; personnel problems at the Northwest Regional Center; response to audit report; Governor describes amendment to state constitution ensuring ri |
| 165 | 0090CL-019 | Mental Retardation | January 1-20, 1987 | Parents object to moving children from institutions to group homes; objections to removing mentally retarded from Seaside Center; parent needs placement for autistic son; parent demands information co |
| 165 | 0090CL-020 | Mental Retardation | January 21-31, 1987 | Client having trouble getting to work; private service providers cannot keep staff due to low salaries; object to mentally ill being housed with the mentally retarded; client in supervised apartment |
| 165 | 0090CL-021 | Mental Retardation | February 1987 | Need more sheltered workshops; object to mentally ill being housed with the mentally retarded; concern about parental rights in placement decisions; General Accounting Office report on services provid |
| 165 | 0090CL-022 | Mental Retardation | March 1-24, 1987 | Problems paying state for services; parents complain that mentally disabled still living at home cannot get placement in group home due to Consent Decree making residents of institutions first priorit |
| 165 | 0090CL-023 | Mental Retardation | March 25-31, 1987 | Organization developing group homes needs immediate payment to cover costs; model for medical respite for children; update on client who needs special placement; housing problem. |
| 166 | 0090CL-024 | Mental Retardation | April-May 1987 | Attorney General's opinion regarding psychological services performed for the Department; parents complain that mentally disabled still living at home cannot get placement in group home due to Consent |
| 166 | 0090CL-025 | Mental Retardation | June 1987 | Parents need placement for children; parents concerned for safety of children in group homes; personnel issues; concern about underutilization of Mystic Education Center; concern about placing court-o |
| 166 | 0090CL-026 | Mental Retardation | July 1987 | Parent does not want to give up parental rights in order to find placement for son; neighbors object to group homes, allege Department purchased the units under false pretenses; question concerning ac |
| 166 | 0090CL-027 | Mental Retardation | August 1987 | Concern about Governor's intervention in threatened strike by private health care workers; violent client needs permanent placement for his parents' safety; object to policy allowing residents of home |
| 166 | 0090CL-028 | Mental Retardation | September-October 1987 | Parent concerned for adult child's safety in group home; concern about level of supervision for clients who attend church services; thank Governor for intervening in pending strike at Oak Hill School |
| 166 | 0090CL-029 | Mental Retardation | November-December 1987 | Community Training Home not receiving timely reimbursements; overview of rent subsidy program operated by the Department; state employee wants to remain in state housing while on workers' compensation |
| 166 | 0090CL-030 | Mental Retardation--[Commissioner Appointment] | 1987 | Support and opposition to the reappointment of Brian Lensink as Commissioner. |
| 166 | 0090CL-031 | Mental Retardation | January-March 1988 | Complaint that mentally disabled still living at home cannot get placement in group home due to Consent Decree making residents of institutions first priority; analysis of federal bills concerning the |
| 167 | 0090CL-032 | Mental Retardation | April 1988 | Lack of residential and day programs for mentally disabled still living at home violates the CARC v Thorne Consent Decree; resident of rest home seeks supervised apartment; parent protests placement a |
| 167 | 0090CL-033 | Mental Retardation | May 1988 | Parent concerned that placement may be inappropriate; parents seeking placement for children; parent critical of perceived lack of assistance from Department; allegation that lack of residential and d |
| 167 | 0090CL-034 | Mental Retardation | June-July 1988 | Aging parents or other family members seek permanent placement for child still living at home but are thwarted by the Consent Decree; service providers concerned that state budget cuts will force thei |
| 167 | 0090CL-035 | Mental Retardation | August 1988 | Protest funding cuts that limit placement of adult children still living at home or that eliminate other programs; thanks Governor for restoring funds; settlement agreement to resolve contempt motion |
| 167 | 0090CL-036 | Mental Retardation | September-October 1988 | Parent fears for safety of child in group home because of another client; protest imprisonment of mentally retarded man for disorderly behavior; protest termination of respite care services; protest D |
| 167 | 0090CL-037 | Mental Retardation | November-December 1988 | Parents who wish to keep child home cannot get necessary services and support from Department; advocacy group protests a client's treatment; aging parents seek permanent placement for child still livi |
| 167 | 0090CL-038 | Mental Retardation | January 1989 | Advocacy group having trouble getting client placed in a group home; responses to audit reports; clients leaving school cannot get assistance because of lack of transition mechanism from Children's S |
| 168 | 0090CL-039 | Mental Retardation | February 1989 | Personnel issues; concerns about rumor of closing Mansfield Training Center; parent needs respite care; transportation problems; parent fears for safety of child in institution; parent must relinquish |
| 168 | 0090CL-040 | Mental Retardation | March 1989 | Sibling requests transfer of brother; personnel issues; client needs increase in funds to pay respite care worker; response to audit report; urgent need to find placement for retarded adult; need day |
| 168 | 0090CL-041 | Mental Retardation | April 1989 | Protest that parents who keep retarded child at home do not receive services; complaint about working conditions at Southbury Training School; report of group home resident missing; opposes H.B. 7224; |
| 168 | 0090CL-042 | Mental Retardation | May 1989 | Oppose cuts to Department budget; concern about change in providers for medical care to clients in southeastern Connecticut; ask Governor to reconsider Department policy concerning do not resuscitate |
| 169 | 0090CL-043 | Mental Retardation | June-July 1989 | Ask Governor to reconsider Department policy concerning do not resuscitate orders for retarded individuals; father recuperating from surgery wants retarded son returned home; parent does not want chil |
| 169 | 0090CL-044 | Mental Retardation | August 1989 | Client in supervised apartment wants to return to Southbury Training School; criticism of Commissioner Lensink; concern about lack of funds for day programs for children beyond school age; Seaside Cen |
| 169 | 0090CL-045 | Mental Retardation | September 1989 | Parents and guardians seek permanent placement for child; thanks for and continuing requests for assistance from Governor's office; audit report and response; problems with Social Security benefits; c |
| 169 | 0090CL-046 | Mental Retardation | October 1989 | Landlord wants state to reimburse for damages to building used as group home; parent seeks permanent placement for child; guardian seeks placement for individual; audit reports; concern about change |
| 169 | 0090CL-047 | Mental Retardation | December 1989 | Concerns about lack of staff at Southbury Training School; response to audit report; Community Associates of Connecticut respond to complaints; parent concerned for safety of son in group home; audit |
| 169 | 0090CL-048 | [Mental Retardation]--Institutes | 1989 | Meeting minutes and agendas of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Living. |
| 169 | 0090CL-049 | [Mental Retardation]--Mansfield | 1989 | Information concerning the closing of Mansfield Training School and the relocation of employees. |
| 169 | 0090CL-050 | DMR [Mental Retardation] | January-April 1990 | Union activities at National Community Development Corp.; need for emergency residential placement; investigation of complaint about group home; parents seek permanent placement; request additional fu |
| 169 | 0090CL-051 | DMR [Mental Retardation] | May-June 1990 | Constituent concerned that state is not using money wisely in contracts with private service providers; use of state land for affordable housing; Council on Mental Retardation supports U.S. Senate bil |
| 169 | 0090CL-052 | DMR [Mental Retardation] | July-August 1990 | Client in supervised apartment wants to return to Southbury Training School; parents seek permanent placement for children; request additional funding for Connecticut Institute for the Blind; Associat |
| 170 | 0090CL-053 | DMR [Mental Retardation] | September-December 1990 | Private service providers receive contract adjustment that allows increase in wages; ask Governor's office to intervene in eviction case; parents concerned about placement of children with special nee |
| 170 | 0090CL-054 | DMR [Mental Retardation--Memos to/from Commissioner] | 1990 | Responses to audit reports; annual report of Department's Quality Assurance Division. |