Kristy Gesse returned to the former site of the group home she was placed in as a teenager in the 1990s on Monday afternoon just days before she is set to testify about the alleged sexual abuse she ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

You've read 5 stories this month. Support the CT Mirror reporting you rely on. Connecticut will implement broad changes at a set of group homes meant to be temporary respite for children, including ...

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 ...

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 ...

In New Jersey’s group homes that provide round-the-clock care for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, the consequences are few, and the dangers are many. It’s an estimated $1.5 ...

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 ...