BSDC to receive federal funds
By: Newsroom
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The third of five facilities created within the Beatrice State Developmental Center has been certified, so the state center for the developmentally disabled will soon start receiving federal funding.
Gov. Dave Heineman said Thursday that he's encouraged by the progress at the center. Allegations of abuse and neglect have dogged the Beatrice center for several years. In September 2009, the state lost its appeal to regain Medicaid certification that would bring $29 million in annual federal funding.
The state later decided to divide the center into five smaller, independently licensed care facilities on the campus. The Sheridan Cottages facility that was just certified is a collection of three buildings that house 26 people.
