Community Services Transition Roadmap

"This is only the tip of the iceberg"

Robert DeVet — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 18:15:51 +0000

Number of abuse cases at institutions remains high, Freedom of Information response reveals

KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) - Providing a safe environment for institutionalized people labeled with developmental disabilities remains a challenge for the Department of Community Services.

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The actual response, released to the Halifax Media Co-op under FOIPOP legislation

Stonewalled: a story with legs

Robert DeVet — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 16:15:18 +0000

KJIPUKTUK (HALIFAX) – A failed attempt by the Halifax Media Co-op to get a clear response from the Department of Community Services has triggered a review by Communications Nova Scotia (CNS).

Stonewalled by Community Services

Robert DeVet — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 20:13:21 +0000

10 questions, 20 bureaucrats, 15 days, two paragraphs of platitudes

KJIPUKTUK (HALIFAX) – The Department of Community Services responds to factual questions about its transformation of services for people with disabilities with nothing but platitudes.

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The department's response to the Freedom of Information request

Locked up for no reason

Robert DeVet — Wed, 20 May 2015 14:41:44 +0000

Human Rights complaint about institutionalization goes to Board of Inquiry

KJIPUKTUK, (HALIFAX) - In Nova Scotia people who live with developmental disabilities are kept locked up for years on end.

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Is this a response? Email exchange between Halifax Media Co-op and Community Services

Residential wait list for people with disabilities higher than ever

Robert DeVet — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 20:07:32 +0000

Community Services Transition Roadmap lost its way, critics fear

(KJIPUKTUK), HALIFAX - For a long time people labelled with intellectual or physical disabilities have pointed to insufficient community-based assisted living arrangements in Nova Scotia.