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(07/09) South Carolina Protection and Advocacy organization releases report on weak oversight of community residential care facilities

Following a 14-month investigation, which included 150 unannounced visits to community residential care facilities (CRCFs) that documented “appalling conditions” for residents, South Carolina’s Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc. issued a report, No Place To Call Home: How South Carolina Has Failed Residents of Community Residential Care Facilities, and called on the state’s elected officials to strengthen oversight of CRCFs.

There are links below to the report, press release (July 21, 2009), and letter to elected officials and citizens of South Carolina (Jullly 20, 2009).



http://www.protectionandadvocacy-sc.org/crcfreport.pdf; http://www.protectionandadvocacy-sc.org/crcfpress.pdf; http://www.protectionandadvocacy-sc.org/crcfletter.pdf

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