An Invitation to Visit an ICF/MR

You are encouraged to visit and tour a licensed Intermediate Care Facility for Persons with Mental Retardation (ICFs/MR) in your area. VOR is happy to put you in touch with a member who can help arrange the visit.

ATTN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, THEIR STAFF and OTHERS located near Washington, D.C.:  There is an excellent facility in Fairfax, Virginia, a short distance from Washington, D.C. The Northern Virginia Training Center provides residential care and other supports to residents with severe and profound intellectual disabilities (formerly "mental retardation"), as well as a myriad of health care and other services to individuals living in the surrounding communities. VOR would be happy to arrange for a tour at NVTC (contact Tamie Hopp at 605-399-1624; This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ), or you could contact Northern Virginia Training Center directly at 703-323-4000 (Facility Director, Mark Diorio) (http://www.nvtc.dmhmrsas.virginia.gov/).

A visit to a facility will help provide some perspective on three VOR priorities:

(1) The People Served: People with severe and profound intellectual disabilities and the specialized, Medicaid-supported services they require.

(2) Choice in Medicaid Long Term Care Options: The importance of a full spectrum of Medicaid services to meet the full spectrum of support needs, as supported by Federal law (Medicaid, Olmstead, etc.).

(3)  The Community Resource Center Model: A model that allows individuals living in community settings to access health care services at existing Intermediate Care Facilities for Persons with Mental Retardation (ICFs/MR), on an outpatient basis.

We feel strongly that your long term care discussions will be enhanced by an onsite review. Seeing is believing. Thank you for your consideration.