The motto of the Montana Developmental Center hangs outside the gate entering the campus - "The mission of the Montana Developmental Center is to provide an environment for building healthy, effective, and fulfilling lives."
Fran Sadowski has seen firsthand the dangers of limited options.
During a study on services for "dually diagnosed" individuals with both developmental disabilities and mental illness, the CEO of Missoula Developmental Services Corporation shared the story of a 28-year-old client.
The client was living in a community-based facility when he became seriously self-injurious. Because the state legislature had ordered the closure of the Montana Developmental Center in Boulder, there was no place for him to go. The state's only public residential facility – and the only Intermediate Care Facility for...
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