TX: The state nearly paid $600,000 over five months this year for consultants to supervise and overhaul Austin’s long-troubled institution for people with disabilities, but continuing problems there raise concern that this was yet another improvement effort that fell short.
Between May and September, the state shelled out almost $585,000 for a team of advisers from the Columbus Organization to improve the Austin State Supported Living Center, a state-run institution for 300 residents with intellectual disabilities. About $105,000 of that price tag was for the consultants’ food, hotels, rental cars and flights to their homes across the country.
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$600,000 for interim leadership at Austin facility is latest in long line of fix-it efforts
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$600,000 for interim leadership at Austin facility is latest in long line of fix-it efforts
Why can't monitoring be done
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I think often they're quick to throw money into it as a act of concern and they've not thought it through enough.
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