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.
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)
- 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)
- 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.