Abuse and neglect in New Jersey group homes for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities is a pervasive issue. Underpaid, undertrained, and overworked staffs contribute to the ...

The reporting on incidents of abuse and neglect occurring in New Jersey group homes has, thankfully, spurred legislative action. The systemic problems revealed in articles from Susan Livio of NJ ...

Facing a growing call for serious consequences when people with developmental disabilities are harmed in group homes, a state lawmaker has introduced legislation that would give the state new power to ...

The group home system in NJ has unexplained resident deaths, staff who are overburdened and underpaid and a lack of consequences.

Jennifer readily admits her 24-year-old son, incontinent and diagnosed with autism and psychiatric disorders, is “not easy.” But she says it’s outrageous that he was assaulted and neglected in each of ...

Prosecutors are investigating a Long Island group home where a Queens mom says staff routinely abused and beat her adult autistic son for years. The Suffolk County district attorney’s office confirmed ...

In his latest annual report, New Jersey's disability ombudsman said neglect, abuse and unsafe conditions persist at group homes. Paul Aronsohn's report describes a bureaucracy that often treats ...

A new investigative project by reporters Ashley Balcerzak and Jean Rimbach at NorthJersey.com delved into the state’s privately run group home system that provides care for some 8,000 adults with ...

RALEIGH — A bill designed to better protect group-home residents from abuse and report violence against clients has won unanimous approval in the state Senate. The chamber voted Monday night for the ...