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Deaf and hard-of-hearing advocates ask for $2M to modernize statewide interpreter and CART referrals, expand housing and training
Summary
Advocates and service providers told the Ways and Means committee the Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing is underfunded, its referral system is outdated and statewide capacity for CART and housing for deaf elders is inadequate. They requested $2 million to modernize referrals and additional funding for residential capacity.
Representatives of the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community urged the Ways and Means committee to add funds for interpreter referral systems, Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) capacity, and housing for deaf seniors.
"The Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing has been level-funded for the past couple of years while other agencies…
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