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• CPR Submits Written Testimony on Massachusetts Bill Banning Aversive Interventions
  November 17, 2023
  On November 17, 2023, CPR submitted written testimony in support of legislation that would ban the use of aversive interventions in Massachusetts, including contingent electric shock, and urged the legislature to expand the bill’s protections to all people with disabilities.  
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• Quarterly Newsletter, October 2023
  October 11, 2023
  Read important updates on CPR's work in our October newsletter.
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• CPR Highlights the Critical Need for Department of Justice Efforts for People with Disabilities
  July 18, 2023
  At two sessions with the senior leadership of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, including Assistant Attorney General Kristin Clarke, CPR’s Legal Director, Steven Schwartz, discussed several key ADA enforcement priorities for people with disabilities.
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• CYVYC Expands its National Community of Practice
  May 1, 2023
  The Center on Youth Voice, Youth Choice (CYVYC) is delighted to announce its selection of three additional State Teams to join its national Community of Practice to promote alternatives to guardianship for youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). Nineteen teams from 15 States and the District of Columbia applied. The quality of the applications was excellent and revealed a deep interest in and commitment to Supported Decision-Making and its importance in the lives of transition-aged youth. 
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• CPR Reaches New Settlement to Provide Community Residential Options for Class Members at New Hampshire’s State Nursing Facility
  February 14, 2023
  After months of negotiation, CPR and its partners, the Disability Rights Center (DRC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ), have reached a new settlement agreement to provide community residential alternatives to class members who are institutionalized at the Glencliff Home, New Hampshire’s only publicly-operated nursing facility.  
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