Protection and Advocacy

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The Administration on Developmental Disabilities -- This administration ensures that individuals with developmental disabilities and their families participate in the design of and have access to culturally competent services, supports, and other assistance and opportunities that promotes independence, productivity, and integration and inclusion into the community.

Child Welfare League of America: Behavior Management Best Practices -- The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA), in collaboration with the Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health, serves as the Coordinating Center for a three-year project, the National Task Force on Behavioral Management, designed to reduce the use of restraint and seclusion procedures with children receiving services in five demonstration sites across the country. The project is funded by the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), and also involves support from the National Association of Private Special Education Centers and the National Association of Psychiatric Treatment Centers for Children.

From Privileges to Rights: People Labeled with Psychiatric Disabilities Speak for Themselves This report discusses hearings held by the National Council on Disability on the rights of individuals with psychiatric disabilities. Within the document, NCD recommends measures that can be taken to protect these individuals.

Grant Funding Opportunities from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration This page lists both one-time and recurring grant announcements.

The Origins of Protection and Advocacy Programs This backgrounder by the National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems addresses the various types of protection and advocacy programs and discusses the origins of each.

Supreme Court Upholds Right to Integration in Olmstead v. L.C. This news summary details the decision by the Supreme Court to uphold the right to integration of individuals with disabilities. It also contains links to more information about the Olmstead Act / Decision.

How to Help: When a Person with Mental Illness is Arrested -- This handbook, a joint project of the National Alliance for the Mental Ill and the Urban Justice Center Mental Health Project, is designed for anyone concerned about a person with mental illness who is involved in the criminal justice system. Very often when mental health consumers get in trouble with the law, it is a direct result of psychiatric symptoms.