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Activities and
Resources |
Description |
Links |
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Cost Comparison
Study |
"Cost Comparisons of Community and Institutional
Residential Settings: Historical Review of Selected Research" -
Peer-reviewed research published in Mental Retardation
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Cost Comparison Study
Executive Summary
VOR Press Release
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| VOR's Abuse and
Neglect Document |
A chronological biography of media investigative series,
state audits and peer-reviewed research relating to systemic concerns of
abuse and neglect in community-based settings. The biography is preceded
by a "Call to Action" to state and federal policymakers.
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VOR's Abuse and Neglect
Document |
| Legal Resources |
Overview of VOR's involvement as Amicus ("friend of the
court") in state and federal actions, including the U.S. Supreme Court.
Resources include links to related legal briefs, decisions, and general
online legal resources.
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Legal Resources
Olmstead Resources
Defining Choice
Choice Advocacy Tools |
| VOR
Action Center
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One stop shop for VOR's positions
on legislative and policy issues, as well as current and archived action
alerts. Here you will also find links to VOR's 2005 Annual Meeting and
Washington Initiative.
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Action Center
Position Papers
Action Alerts
2005 Annual Meeting and
Washington Initiative |
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Surgeon General and HHS Office on Disability's:
CALL
TO ACTION
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The Surgeon General's Call to
Action to Improve the Health and Wellness of Persons with Disabilities,"
appealing to all Americans to help increase the quality of life for
people with disabilities through better health care and understanding.
This first-ever Surgeon General's Call to Action on disability is being
issued on the 15th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. |
The
Surgeon General’s Call to Action:
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/disabilities/
The US Department of Health and Human Services- Office on Disability
Website
http://www.hhs.gov/od/ |
| New Freedom
Initiative |
President Bush
announced the the New Freedom Initiative on February 1, 2001, as part of
a nationwide effort to remove barriers to community living for people
with disabilities. The New Freedom Initiative is a comprehensive plan
working to ensure that all Americans have the opportunity to learn and
develop skills, engage in productive work, make choices about their
daily lives and participate fully in community life.
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New Freedom Initiative Overview
U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services Final Report
U.S. Department
of Justice
Final Report
All federal
agencies' final reports
VOR comments to
"Delivering on the
Promise Preliminary Report"
VOR
comments to
U.S. Health
and Human Services Delivering on the Promise Final Report
VOR
comments to U.S. Department of Justice Delivering on the Promise Final
Report
New Freedom
Initiative/Non-Traditional Care Models
Session at the American Health Lawyers Association
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| Special Education |
A full array of educational options must be maintained to ensure that
choice and access to appropriate supports are available. VOR supports true
person-centered planning that focuses on persons with mental retardation as
individuals with varying and unique needs and abilities.
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Choice for a lifetime; Options for All: VOR
Special Education Position
Special Education Web
Resources
Demand for Special
Education Grows
VOR Special Education
edition of the VOR Weekly E-Mail Update
Does "Full Inclusion"
violate federal law?
Don't take sides on inclusion
Eli's Choice
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| Community
Resource Center |
The vision of an Academic Community Resource Center (CRC) is to allow community-based
individuals with MR/DD to access health care and other services at the CRC. An
CRC also provides training to staff of community providers and community-based
clinicians, and establishes formal relationships with universities to provide
specialized training opportunities for students. Access to specialists by
non-residents in rural areas is especially enhanced.
CRCs
can be stand alone clinics or situated at existing large public and private
Intermediate Care Facilities for Persons with Mental Retardation (ICFs/MR).
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Academic Community Resource Centers:
A vision for successful and safe community integration
Community Resource Center Examples
The Regional Community Support Center
at the Northern Virginia Training Center
National Action Strategy
Meeting
the needs of the developmentally disabled: How doctors offer treatment
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| Life and Estate
Planning, including Guardianship |
Life and estate planning supported by sound
financial and legal planning is one of the most important steps parents
and family members can take to help ensure the future welfare of their
family members with mental retardation and developmental disabilities
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Future Life and Estate
Planning for Persons with Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Does
my child need a guardian? |
| Medicaid
|
Medicaid is the primary health insurance provider for
persons with mental retardation. VOR tracks closely proposed changes to
the Medicaid program, especially proposal that impact funding for
disability services, and reforms that would affect the range of services
available.
For general background information on Medicaid, see
also
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medicaid/ |
for Persons with Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
VOR Testimony:
Strategies to Improve Access to Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services
Medicaid Services
and Beneficiaries: Mandatory and optional overview chart
Opposition to Block Granting the
Medicaid Program: What is really Optional?
Federal Medicaid Spending
The Medicaid Community-Based Attendant Services
and Supports Act (MiCASSA)
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| VOR Letters |
VOR speaks out in the media and in letters to
policymakers. This section illustrates just a few examples.
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Washington Post letter to the editor
(1999)New York Time letter to the editor
(2003)
Letter in support of Lincoln Developmental
Center (signed by 104 organizations)
Letter to American Dental Association
supporting special dentistry curriculum
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| VOR
History Project
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*** Seeking Story
Contributions - We want to hear from YOU! ***
This is an exciting project that will
help preserve and honor the
important work of early advocates, while also
speaking to VOR's past and
future successes.
VOR’s history will be told in the
context of your stories as well as in a separate section that outlines
the chronology and history of VOR: the meetings, the driving forces
(people and events), the legislation, the political strategies, the
alliances, the victories, the defeats, and the future trials looming on
the horizon. |
VOR History Project
*Overview
*Letter from Author
* Release Form
2 Sample Submissions |
