Operational Services Division (OSD)
•· Review of Uniform Financial Reporting forms
•· New Program applications
•· Program Reconstruction applications
•· Extraordinary Relief applications
•· Administrative Review and Surplus Revenue Retention
•· Special Circumstances applications
•· Registered lobbying work for MAAPS concerning rate issues
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)
•· Program Reviews and Compliance
•· Mid-cycle Reviews and Compliance
•· Annual Reapprovals
•· New Program applications
•· Program Reconstruction applications
•· Special Circumstances applications
•· Corrective Action Plans
•· Complaint Management
•· Termination and Suspension Issues
•· Bureau of Special Education Appeals (typically involving stay-put provisions bringing private schools into the controversy)
Clinical Probate Matters
•· Guardianships
•· Parent Issues and Conflicts
•· DNR Orders
•· Medication, including Antipsychotic Medication (Rogers) Treatment Plans
•· Substituted Judgment
General Corporate Affairs
•· Secretary of State Compliance with corporate requirements (incorporations)
•· IRS Compliance with Exempt Status Requirements (501(c)(3))
•· Sarbanes - Oxley Applicability, Intermediate Sanctions of the IRS, and Massachusetts Attorney General Not-For-Profit Regulations
•· Contracts
•· Collections
•· Employment (employee handbooks, personnel policies, hiring and terminations)
•· Policies and Procedures
•· Student Handbooks
•· Fundraising Compliance
•· Deferred Compensation and Retirement Planning
•· Mergers, Dissolutions, and Corporate Restructuring
•· Program and Fiscal Issues
•· Corporate Governance/Boards
Department of Early Education and Care (DEEC)
•· Licensing
•· Abuse and Neglect Investigations
•· Other investigations for early childhood issues
Department of Mental Retardation (DMR) /Department of Developmental Services (DDS)
•· Adult Programming Licensing
•· Quality issues
•· Contracts, Applications pursuant to DMR RFR process
Department of Children and Families (DCF)
•· Abuse and Neglect Investigations
•· Cost-share issues vis-a-vis LEAs
•· RFR New Program Proposals and Applications
Interagency Matters
•· Relationships between OSD, DESE, DEEC, DSS and DMR
•· Conflicts between DESE, DMR, and DEEC restraint regulations
Out of State Agencies
•· Out of State Referrals to Massachusetts schools
•· Compliance with out of state requirements
•· Out of state collections
Special Needs Planning
•· Estate Planning for Families with Individuals with Disabilities
•· Special Needs Trusts
•· Guardianships
Real Estate
•· Siting
•· Acquisition
•· Leases
Litigation
•· Defensive litigation
•· Offensive litigation, insurance coverage and access to litigation
•· Rate, Regulatory and BSEA appeals
•· MCAD claims
•· DALA matters
•· Collection matters
Wage and Hour Issues
Attorney General's Non-Profit Organizations/Public Charities Division
•· Investigations
•· Reporting and Compliance Requirements
