Disabilities Stories | Community Health Funding Report

White House Moves to Address Disability-related Issues

The White House is taking a number of steps to address a variety of issues involving persons with disabilities.

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Disabilities Resource Moving

The Paralysis Resource Center (PRC) is moving to the Administration for Community Living.

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New Effort to Focus on Long-Term Care

New effort will look at ways to provide long-term care services.

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AoA Seeks to Standardize Long-Term Care Ombudsman Guidelines

The Admin. on Aging proposes rules to implement guidelines for the state long-term care ombudsman program. States have been operating programs

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HUD Keeps Same Guidelines for Assisted Living Conversion Program

The Dept. of Housing and Urban Development indicates that the application process and information requirements under the Assisted Living Conversion Program

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Rules Implement Financial Aid Program for Vision Providers

The Department of Veterans Affairs proposes regulations for a new program, the Visual Impairment and Orientation and Mobility Professional Scholarship

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IG Report Looks at Vulnerability of SSA Disability Payments

The Office of Inspector General for the Social Security Administration

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CHCs Should Work with ADRCs to Promote Long-Term Services

Community health centers and similar providers play a key role in providing disability services, says Kathy Greenlee, Assistant

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Appeals Court Turns Back Requirement That State Modify Disabled Services

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court decision that ordered the state of New York to make certain modifications to its mental health system to ensure compliance with the so-called "integration mandate

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SSA Testing New Payment Pilot for SSI Recipients with Schizophrenia

The Social Security Administration is working with the San Francisco city and council health offices

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