Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On a newly launched state website, New Jersey is now posting statistics about investigations into abuse and neglect at group homes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michael Lombardi was 39 when he died in a New Jersey group home for adults in June 2022. The Toms River facility where Michael ...

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 ...

KATY, Texas (KTRK) -- Thirteen people in a Katy group home are being relocated after they were found living in what deputies described as "deplorable conditions." According to a statement published on ...

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

The intake happens fast. The damage does not. A Black child already struggling at home with grief, poverty, instability and ...

New Jersey lawmakers have proposed several bills to overhaul the state's group home system for people with developmental disabilities. One bill aims to create a "Justice Center," modeled after New ...

Both candidates said the state needs stronger enforcement against poorly performing providers. Both candidates also said group home companies should not be investigating themselves. New Jersey’s ...

The mother of an autistic man who lived in an East Islip group home operated by Garden City nonprofit Life’s WORC sued the organization this week, alleging he endured years of abuse and overmedication ...