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Arizona made a revolutionary system to protect people with developmental disabilities. Now it's falling apart. | Local News Stories

Arizona made a revolutionary system to protect people with developmental disabilities. Now it's falling apart. | State-and-regional

Arizona made a revolutionary system to protect people with developmental disabilities. Now it's falling apart. | National

This Arizona system is supposed to protect people with developmental disabilities. It is falling apart.

And more. DDD can make changes when they get reports. They can tell workers to get more training. They can ask businesses to fire workers. They can take away money. Sometimes the reports are serious. DDD can work with Adult Protective Services to see if it is a crime.  The Independent Oversight Committees ask DDD questions about the reports. They do not work for DDD and get to choose their own members. That is what independent means. Reading the reports can take a long time. A committee member can spend 10 hours a month reading hundreds of reports. It is their job to point out Arizona could be fixing the problems in the reports. Doing their job is getting harder.

Arizona made a revolutionary system to protect people with developmental disabilities. Now it's falling apart. | Local news