Closing Institutions, Opening Communities.

McCallum, Dulcie

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ERIC Number: EJ380077

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Publication Date: 1988

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Closing Institutions, Opening Communities.

McCallum, Dulcie

Entourage, v3 n4 p5-7,14 Fall 1988

The article describes the work of the Canadian Association for Community Living which advocates replacing institutional commitment with community living for the retarded. A Community Living Resources Fund, provided by the federal government on an interim basis, to assist provinces in replacing institutions is proposed. (DB)

Descriptors: Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Government Role, Group Homes, Mental Retardation, Organizations (Groups), Residential Patterns

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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