Department Of Justice Complaint Regarding Rhode Island Use Of Sheltered Workshops For Individuals With Developmental Disabilities

January 15, 2013
On June 13, 2013, the State of Rhode Island and the City of Providence entered an interim settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in which the state and city pledged to stop relying on sheltered workshops as employment for individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD). In January 2013, the DOJ began investigating a referral from the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage & Hour Division (WHD), about improper subminimum wages being paid to people with disabilities by non-profit Training Thru Placement (TTP) one of the largest facility-based employment . . .