Olmstead

This Universal Design publication was developed by Kentucky Housing Corporation. This book reflects \"Tier One\" of KHC's implementation of it's Universal Design policy - this will be followed by the implementation of Tiers Two and Three. KHC refers to Tier One as \"Universal Design Light\", as it does not include requirements for all of the features that would normally be considered complaint with universal design principles.

Complete ruling from the 10th Circuit Court for the Olmstead Case. On June 22, 1999, the United States Supreme Court held in Olmstead vs. L.C. that the unnecessary segregation of individuals with disabilities in institutions may constitute discrimination based on disability. The court ruled that the Americans with Disabilities Act may require states to provide community-based services rather than institutional placements for individuals with disabilities.

The Living and Working in the Community 2003 conference, sponsored by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), was held March 4-5, 2003. Participants included Medicaid grantees, consumers, advocates, Federal and State representatives, providers, and academics. The link provide here will direct you to the presentations from this conference. Topics include: Quality assurance, nursing facility transition, mental health, single point of entry, workforce issues and housing issues.

On November 13th and 14th in Washington, D.C. teams from Kentucky, Florida, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, and Delaware and the District of Columbia participated in a Regional Housing Forum to increase understanding and shape the design and implementation of strategies that promote affordable and accessible housing choices for persons with disabilities. Forum participants generated recommendations for CMS and HUD to help support their systems change activities and improve housing choices.

The Compendium contains basic information about each of the Systems Change Grantees. Each section is alphabetical by state. Information for each state includes: the name of the grantee organization, the title of the grant, the type of grant, the amount awarded and fiscal year awarded, the primary contacts for each grant, the target populations to be served under the grant, the primary goals and activities of each grant project, and a brief description of the grant activities.

The Formative Evaluation of the Real Choice Systems Change Grants evaluates how the Systems Change grantees are progressing towards meeting their goals. The Formative Evaluation identifies problems faced by the grantees and ways that they deal with the problems. This document provides summary information about each of the FY2002 Grantees.

This Working Paper examines the community integration requirement under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and how the concept of “fundamental alteration” may affect a public agency’s community integration obligations under the law.

This paper identifies and reviews key issues involved in states’ efforts to balance the need to ensure health and safety with the competing necessity to respect the right of the individual to freely determine the events of his or her life.

This Working Paper explores key policy issues arising from the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Olmstead v. L.C. Specifically, this paper examines how states have responded to the Court’s suggestion regarding the development of comprehensive, effectively working plans for placing qualified persons with disabilities in less restrictive settings as a way of satisfying the ADA’s “reasonable modifications” requirement.

This paper was developed to consider possible approaches to interpreting the concept of individual assessments as provided in the Olmstead Decision. While the process of carrying out an assessment raises basic issues that are integral to a public determination of whether an individual qualifies for a good, benefit, or status, there appear to be two types of assessments that states need to consider. This paper identifies the two classes of assessments issues for consideration in both cases.