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DDS highlights new transition home, respite-center tours and supportive housing openings
Summary
Deputy Commissioner Alisa Vilardo and DDS staff reported on recent site visits: a new transition home with five individual apartments and smart-home assistive technology, monthly respite-center tours across the state, and supportive housing ribbon cuttings including the Ellis Block in New Britain.
Deputy Commissioner Alisa Vilardo told the council that DDS staff toured a newly opened transition home in Bristol designed as a community living arrangement with five individual apartments and shared common space to help residents prepare for independent living. Vilardo described integrated assistive technology (voice assistants, sensors to regulate bathroom water…
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