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DDS reports rise in public admissions, plans reorganization as Southbury census falls below 100
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Commissioner Jordan Sheff told the Council on Developmental Services that DDS is admitting people into public services after private providers cannot meet complex medical or behavioral needs, announced a reorganization of public services and said Southbury Training School's census dipped below 100 and will fall further over coming weeks.
Jordan Sheff, commissioner of the Department of Developmental Services, told the council Jan. 16 that the department has seen a rise in people entering DDS public settings after private providers exhausted referrals and could not meet complex needs. "We dipped below a census of a 100, for the first time," Sheff said, and he expects the Southbury Training School census to fall toward about 90 over the next six to eight weeks.
Sheff said two recurring gaps drive public admissions: continuous nursing and clinical medical support in…
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