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Some of the programs that we brought in,

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some of the new concepts were

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the community group homes—
and the small ones

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because there were large ones 
that had 20, 30, 40 people.

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But we wanted to get that number 
down to a more manageable size.

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We had a lot of problems with

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neighbors protesting the 
establishment of these homes

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a lot of problems.

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And I was able, in my position,

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to staff all the public hearings

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that were required at that time

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for any expenditure in the health arena

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over a certain amount of money

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and the group homes came under that domain.

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So I was able,

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supposedly in a neutral position, 
to give a lot of direction

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and ideas to the people who were coming in

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to establish these homes and to guide them.

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Some of them didn’t know what 
they were really doing.

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They had worked in one or two

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and that was the experience.

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I also had been very fortunate 
in being asked as a parent

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one of two parents

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to be on the rule committee that developed

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the rules governing the homes’ programs

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the community home programs

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so I was always able to

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influence those regulations.

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And I knew them, and therefore gave

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a lot of assistance to these people

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who were starting these homes.