Judge Allows Takeover Of State Center To Proceed. Rejects Union Call To Issue Injunction. By Sara Eaton
The Journal Gazette
December 23, 2005 at 06:57 PM
FORT WAYNE, IND. -- The takeover of the Fort Wayne State Developmental Center on Jan. 1 is no longer in jeopardy after an Allen Superior Court judge on Thursday refused to grant a preliminary injunction preventing it. Read more...
Staff Is Good News At Developmental Center. A guest column by Kathy Wilkinson
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
November 25, 2005
For several weeks, the news media have made the impending closure of the Fort Wayne State Developmental Center the hot topic of conversation. The focus has been on what is wrong with the developmental center. Believe it or not, there are some things right about the institution. Read more...
Report: 41 Development Center Residents May Be Hard To Place
The Associated Press
November 20, 2005
FORT WAYNE, IND. -- State officials are reconsidering where to place dozens of the Fort Wayne State Developmental Center's 200 remaining residents before the center closes, a newspaper reported Saturday. Read more...
Transition From State Developmental Center Brings Uncertainty To Residents' Families. By Jennifer L. Boen
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
November 10, 2005
FORT WAYNE, IND. -- Freedom is the right to live as we wish. - Ancient Roman philosopher Epictetus
It is also the sentiment of some who face moving their loved one out of the Fort Wayne State Developmental Center. The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration announced last month the center, which houses about 200 people, will close by June 30, 2007. Read the full article at the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel Archives Note: There is a $2.95 fee to view articles in the archives.
Indiana Closing More State Institutions. By Niki Kelly
The Journal Gazette
November 1, 2005
INDIANAPOLIS, IND. -- State officials will make a major announcement Monday about the future of the Fort Wayne State Developmental Center, its 1,100 employees and more than 200 residents. Read more...
Local Services To House Closing Center Residents
The Associated Press
October 26, 2005 12:26 AM
FORT WAYNE, IND. -- Local providers of services and housing for the mentally retarded say they are ready to care for most of the residents who will be forced to move out of the closing state-operated and abuse-plagued Fort Wayne State Developmental Center. Read more...
State Center Closing
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
October 25, 2005
FORT WAYNE, IND. -- The end of the Fort Wayne State Developmental Center will be felt long after its doors close in 2007.
While there are and have been good people who have worked at the center, its reputation is one of neglect and abuse rather than providing exemplary care for people with severe mental retardation.
So the state will rely on community-based organizations, both non-profit and for-profit, to provide case management and residential services to former residents of the center. That doesn't absolve the Family and Social Services Administration from its duties. In fact, it intensifies them. Read more...
Center To Close In June '07. Move At State Developmental Center To Cut Costs. By Jennifer L. Boen
Fort Wayne News Sentinel
October 24, 2005
FORT WAYNE, IND. -- The future of the Fort Wayne State Developmental Center is a short one. On June 30, 2007, the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, which oversees the facility, will close it. Read more...
State To Close Fort Wayne Care Center
The Associated Press
October 21, 2005 9:31 AM
FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- The state was expected to announce Monday whether it plans to close a center for the mentally ill and disabled just days after a health department report showed a patient was physically abused and neglected more than once by staff members there. Read more...
