Olmstead and Community Integration

ANCOR members may submit policy questions or recommendations to the HHS/HCFA workgroup on Olmstead by email at: ADA/Olmstead@HCFA.Gov. Please keep ANCOR informed of your questions/recommendations and the workgroup's response by emailing ANCOR Director of Public Policy Suellen Galbraith at sgalbraith@ancor.org. 

Olmstead and Community Integration

• HHS on Olmstead Anniversary and President's Proclamation of "Year of Community Living" (June 22, 2009)
• HHS: Georgia to Offer More Community Living Alternatives for Individuals with Disabilities (September 16, 2008)
• President’s New Freedom Initiative 2007 Progress Report (July 26, 2007)
• White House Proclamation on Anniversary of the ADA (July 25, 2007)
• Visions Alert: state announces settlement in Martin class action lawsuit (July 13, 2004)
• Litigation Concerning Medicaid Services for People with Developmental Disabilities by Gary Smith (February 2003)
• Three-Year Olmstead V. L.C. Progress Report (National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems, Inc., October, 2002)
• New Freedom Initiative: A Progress Report [PDF] [HTML] (May 10, 2002)
• The National Conference on State Legislatures has issued The States' Response to the Olmstead Decisiion: A Work in Progress--an update of its first report released on March 2001. The new report includes an appendix of each states activities and an appendix of state contacts. (April 22, 2002)
• Delivering on the Promise, 400 page compilation of the nine independent Federal Agency reports of actions to eliminate barriers and promote community integration--a follow-up, indepth report to the Preliminary document released December 23, 2001. (March 25, 2002)
• Two-Year Olmstead Progress Report, prepared by Elizabeth Priaulx of the National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems, Inc. (October 2001)
• HHS Transmits Interagency Report on Actions to Eliminate Barriers and Promote Community Integration (December 21, 2001)
• HHS Awards $64 Million to States to Help People with Disabilities Live in the Comunity (September 28, 2001)
  • List of State Grant Awards (.pdf format)
• HHS Invites Comment from Providers on President Bush's Executive Order 13217 on Community-based Alternatives (ANCOR July 31st Alert)
  
  • HHS July 27th Federal Register Notice
  • President's Executive Order
• ANCOR provides written and oral comments to HHS and other Federal agencies on barriers to community living. (September 28, 2001)
• President Bush Issues Olmstead Executive Order (June 19, 2001) 
• Fact Sheet Highlighting Bush Commitment (June 19, 2001)  
• HHS Secretary Thompson Announces Efforts to Implement Community-Based Alternatives (June 19, 2001)
• New National Conference of State Legislature's Report on State Responses to Olmstead Decision (March 2001)
• Information on Olmstead/System Change Grants:  Including Systems Change grants awards, HCFA Q&A Document. 
• Olmstead:  Update No. 5 New Tools for States (January 10, 2001) (.pdf version)
• Olmstead:  Update No. 4 HCFA Update (January 10, 2001) (.pdf version}
• Information on Systems Change

Olmstead Resources

• Introduction to Olmstead Lawsuits and Olmstead Plans (February 2009)
• ANCOR provides written and oral comments to HHS and other Federal agencies on barriers to community living. (September 28, 2001)
• A plan of action for implementing Olmstead
• An advocacy update form to report on activities in the state
• CMS Olmstead Website
• View CCD's Statement on Olmstead v. LC at the CCD Long Term Services and Supports web site: www.c-c-d.org/tf-longterm.htm.
  
• National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems (NAPAS) has information on the case and what the implications of the Supreme Court decision are at www.protectionandadvocacy.com/lcolmste.html..
  
• Judge David C. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law also has Olmstead v. LC information at its web site: www.bazelon.org.