The State of the States in Developmental Disabilities. Fifth Edition

This volume reports on the fifth nationwide survey of trends in mental retardation (MR) and developmental disabilities (DD). It begins with four chapters summarizing trends in the nation as a whole. The first chapter is "Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities: Historical and Contempo...

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Main Authors Braddock, David, Hemp, Richard, Parish, Susan, Westrich, James
Format Book
LanguageEnglish
Published American Association on Mental Retardation, Research Monographs and Book Publication Program 1998
Subjects
Categorical Aid
Community Programs
Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled)
Developmental Disabilities
Federal Aid
Financial Support
Group Homes
Health Maintenance Organizations
Medicaid
Mental Retardation
National Surveys
Residential Institutions
Residential Programs
Resource Allocation
Services
State Action
State Aid
State Federal Aid
Trend Analysis
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Summary:This volume reports on the fifth nationwide survey of trends in mental retardation (MR) and developmental disabilities (DD). It begins with four chapters summarizing trends in the nation as a whole. The first chapter is "Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives" (David Braddock). This chapter reviews etiology, history, and innovation in the states, especially as it concerns supported community living. Chapter 2, "The State of the States in Developmental Disabilities: Summary of the Study" (David Braddock, Richard Hemp, Susan Parish, James Westrich, and HyeJung Park) describes the survey's data collection procedures and provides tables and graphs showing trends such as closures of state-operated mental retardation institutions, daily costs per resident in public institutions, and public spending for developmental disabilities by state and year. Chapter 3, "Toward Family and Community: Mental Retardation Services in Massachusetts and New England" (David Braddock and Richard Hemp), compares services in Massachusetts to New England as a whole. Chapter 4, "Medicaid, Managed Care, and Developmental Disabilities" (Richard Hemp, David Braddock, and James Westrich), identifies key issues in Medicaid and managed care pertaining to persons with developmental disabilities. The remainder of the book presents detailed graphs and tables for each state showing community services, institutional services, trends in spending for MR/DD institutional and community services, trends in total developmental disabilities spending and fiscal effort, trends in Medicaid and Medicaid components spending, individual and family support services, and expenditure details. These graphs and tables are also provided for the United States as a whole. (DB)
ISBN:9780940898509
0940898500