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History of Disability Legal Advocacy Network

History of Disability Legal Advocacy Network. • 1975 – Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act includes Protection & Advocacy. • 1977 – Planning grants to State ($20,000). • 1978 – Protection & Advocacy begin operations with State Designations.

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History of Disability Legal Advocacy Network

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  1. History of Disability Legal Advocacy Network •1975 – Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act includes Protection & Advocacy. •1977 – Planning grants to State ($20,000). •1978 – Protection & Advocacy begin operations with State Designations

  2. PRINCIPLES OF PROTECTION & ADVOCACY SYSTEMS CLIENT DIRECTED LEGALLY BASED INDEPENDENT ADVOCACY CONSUMER MANAGED

  3. STRUCTURE Governor’s Designation • Ongoing Nature • Re-designation for Good Cause Only • Not pursing mandates • Not aggressive advocates • 5% Monitoring/ Administrative • Supplement & Supplant

  4. STRUCTURE Formula Grant • Minimums • All Boats Rise Together • Stability • Build Capacity

  5. STRUCTURE Specialist Authority “Purse legal, administrative & other appropriate remedies” • Range of Issues • Ranges of Remedies • Ability to Respond • Access Persons Records • Facility

  6. STRUCTURE Fiscal Accountability • A-133 • Private Audit • OIG Oversight

  7. STRUCTURE Continuum of Remedies

  8. Continuum of Advocacy Services  Information and Referrals  Training Consumers – Professional  Self – Advocacy Skills  Counseling and Advice  Negotiation and Mediation  Administrative Action  Individual Litigation  Monitoring  Interaction with Policymakers  Class Action  Legislative Advocacy

  9. STRUCTURE Priority Setting • Consumer Involvement • Saying NO • Flexibility

  10. STRUCTURE Grievance Procedure • Individual Grievance • Third Party Grievance (PAIMI Only)

  11. History of Disability Legal Advocacy Network •1980 – National Association of Protection & Advocacy Systems, Inc. (NAPAS) formed. •1981 – Dues collected. •1982 – First NAPAS staff hired. •1984 – Client Assistant Program reauthorized as formula grant program. •1986 – Protection & Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals program enacted.

  12. •1989 – PAIR Demos •1991 – Protection & Advocacy for Individual Rights program reauthorized to formula grant •1993 – PAIR Trigger Reached •1993 – Assistive Technology Subcontracts •1998 – Direct AT Fund •1999 – TTWWIA Act Passes •2001 – PABSS Funded •2001 – PAIMI to community expansion Traumatic Brain Injury P&A •2001 – Brain Injury Authorized •2002 – Brain Injury Competitive Grants - $1.5 million – 33 Awards •2002 – Voting P&A authorized @ $10 million •2003 – BI moves to formula Voting P&A Funded

  13. National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems Program Statistics FY 2001

  14. FY 2002 PADD $35 MILLION PAIMI $32.5 MILLION PAIR $15.2 MILLION CAP $12.1 MILLION AT $2.686 MILLION PABSS $7 MILLION PATBI 1.5 MILLION Programs FY 2003 PADD $ 36.5 MILLION PAIMI $34 MILLION PAIR $17 MILLION CAP $12..2 MILLION AT $4.5 MILLION PABSS $7 MILLION PATBI $3 MILLION VOTING P&A $2 MILLION

  15. DHHS ADD CMHS HRSA VOTING P&A PADD PAIMI PATBI DOE OSERS RSA NIDDR OSEP AT CAP ? PAIR SSA PABSS

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