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Pence names human services chief, ag director
January 17, 2013
Associated PressGov. Mike Pence on Thursday named Debra Minott, an attorney with health care regulatory experience, to run the Indiana's
human services agency while it implements the looming Medicaid expansion. Pence also named Gina Sheets to lead the Agriculture
Department.
MoreLawmakers propose DCS hotline changes, new panels
November 27, 2012
Associated PressIndiana lawmakers reviewing the embattled Department of Child Services voted Tuesday to localize more decisions on when to
investigate cases of child abuse and neglect and set up a permanent oversight committee at the Statehouse.
MoreGOP govs: Not enough Medicaid 'flexibility'
August 20, 2012
J.K. WallThe Obama administration is giving states like Indiana a little flexibility in how to expand their Medicaid programs—but
nothing like what state officials hoped for after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down part of the law in late June.
MoreIndiana court ruling could affect mentally ill kids
July 1, 2012
Associated PressA recent Indiana Court of Appeals opinion could affect how the state Department of Child Services obtains treatment for some
children with mental illnesses or developmental disabilities.
MoreIndiana agency restoring $10M for child services
May 3, 2012
Associated PressIndiana's child protection agency is restoring about $10 million in funding to boost in-home programs and services, three
years after asking providers of those services to cut their rates by 10 percent.
MoreCourt: Indiana can't deny welfare without reason
March 22, 2012
Associated PressThe Indiana Supreme Court said Thursday that the state Family and Social Services Administration can't deny Medicaid,
food stamps or welfare to people without first doing a better job of telling them why.
MoreWarnings about broker's tactics went unheeded
December 17, 2011
Cory SchoutenSeveral state employees openly questioned how John Bales' real estate brokerage did business long before the FBI launched
an investigation that led to his indictment.
MoreState AG to challenge order for Daniels to testify
December 16, 2011
Associated PressAn Indiana judge on Friday ordered Gov. Mitch Daniels to be deposed in two lawsuits over the state's cancellation of a
$1.37 billion contract IBM received to modernize the state's welfare system, but the state attorney general said he would
challenge the order.
MoreMore Indiana counties to gain automated welfare filing
October 16, 2011
Associated PressNineteen central Indiana counties will gain access to online filing and other automated intake for welfare benefits later
this month, leaving Marion County as the only one without access to the automation.
MoreConnected law firm's deal with Indiana grows
September 20, 2011
Associated PressThe Indiana Family and Social Services Administration now will pay Barnes & Thornburg up to $8.05 million through next June
to represent the administration of Gov. Mitch Daniels in the lawsuit with IBM Corp.
MoreMore Indiana welfare requests being submitted online
August 23, 2011
Associated PressMore than half of the state's new applications for food stamps and other welfare assistance are being submitted online,
Indiana social services chief Michael Gargano told lawmakers Tuesday.
MoreDaniels revives agency mistakenly canceled
July 9, 2011
Associated PressGov. Mitch Daniels has signed an order restoring Indiana's largest state agency, the human services department, after
it was accidentally eliminated due to a mistake in a new state law.
MoreIndiana welfare workers indicted for stealing $191K
May 24, 2011
Associated PressU.S. Attorney Joe Hogsett said Tuesday the three created 126 benefit cards in the names of welfare clients and used them to
withdraw money at bank machines, buy retail goods and sell them from 2008 until April 2010.
MoreIndiana Medicaid cuts likely to be followed by more
December 30, 2010
Associated PressThe Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning has approved a series of emergency rules that it expects to save a total of $4.1
million over the next six months, but that will make up for only a small portion of the $31.4 million shortfall the agency
anticipates for the fiscal year.
MoreDaniels appoints new social services chief
November 10, 2010
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has accepted the resignation of Family and Social Services Administration Secretary Anne Murphy
and has appointed the agency's chief of staff, Michael Gargano, to replace her.
MoreState therapists brace for new structural changes
November 5, 2010
Francesca JaroszSome say lower-quality service would result from Family and Social Services Administration changes that require independent
therapists to work for agencies.
MoreIndiana agency paying law firm $5.25M to sue IBM
October 20, 2010
Associated PressBarnes & Thornburg of Indianapolis was hired despite several conflicts of interest arising from the fact that it also represents
former IBM partners involved in the welfare deal.
MoreFSSA secretary gets green light to take new job
October 14, 2010
Associated PressFamily and Social Services Administration Secretary Anne Murphy can take a private-sector job helping a hospital network cope
with the federal health care overhaul she opposed as a public official, the state ethics commission said Thursday.
MoreIndiana child care agencies protest cost of new rules
September 24, 2010
Associated PressAn effort to shift some foster care costs to the federal government would throw up more red tape and make it harder for caretakers
and providers to get services for troubled children, a coalition of child care agencies said Friday.
MoreIndiana welfare chief says hybrid system succeeding
September 21, 2010
Associated PressThe secretary of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration said error rates are down and the percentage of new
applications for food stamps, Medicaid and other benefits on backlog has fallen by 83 percent in two two regions.
MoreEstimate puts Indiana health overhaul costs at $3.1B
August 25, 2010
Associated PressFamily and Social Services Administration Secretary Anne Murphy and acting Insurance Commissioner Stephen Robertson have sent
Gov. Mitch Daniels a letter that now estimates the overhaul will cost Indiana $235 million more than the previous estimate
in May.
MoreIndiana: IBM welfare intake work flawed from start
July 21, 2010
Associated PressThe state is suing IBM for more than $1.3 billion, claiming the company breached one of the biggest outsourcing deals in state
history. IBM wants Indiana to pay $52.8 million it says it's owed in deferred payments and equipment costs.
MoreIndiana accused of cutting aid to food stamp users
July 20, 2010
Associated PressIndiana Family and Social Services Administration attorneys do not believe federal law was broken when officials balanced
food stamp
payments against a state-run supplemental aid program.
MoreIndiana, IBM sue each other over welfare contract
May 13, 2010
IBJ Staff and Associated PressIBM says it is owed nearly $53 million in fees and equipment expenses under the 2006 contract. The state says in its lawsuit
that it has paid $437 million to IBM and has received "minimal value" in return.
MoreState to privatize mental-health hospital
January 15, 2007
Jennifer WhitsonState officials are advancing plans to privatize a state-run hospital for the mentally ill and now are looking for a not-for-profit
to build and manage a new facility in Indianapolis.
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Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.