After the federal court approved the comprehensive Settlement Agreement in Marsters v. Healey on June 18, 2024, CPR launched its implementation initiative entitled Bringing People Home. The project will initially focus on implementing this Agreement, but soon will be expanded to include other efforts to promote integration, end unnecessary institutionalization, and allow people to come home to their families, neighbors, and communities. The project will engage people with diverse experiences and expertise, so that CPR’s legal successes can be implemented with and by affected communities.
The Bringing People Home Coalition
In conjunction with the Dignity Alliance, stakeholders, and people with disabilities, CPR organized six workgroups (ASAPs, Independent Living Centers, families and guardians, attorneys and advocates, behavioral providers, and cultural competency advocates) with unique expertise and direct experience, to advise and assist in the implementation initiative. CPR provided an initial orientation for all the workgroups, met separately with each to discuss preliminary data and start-up concerns, and will provide periodic updates, semi-monthly newsletters, ongoing trainings, and at least quarterly engagement opportunities for the workgroups and other interested stakeholders. We encourage anyone interested in this case, and CPR’s broader Bringing People Home project, to sign up for updates at https://marsters.centerforpublicrep.org/contact/.