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Public Residential Services, 1981: Status and Trends.
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Scheerenberger, R. C. – Mental Retardation, 1982
Updated information of the current status and trends of public residential facilities for mentally retarded persons in the United States is reported for basic demographic data, population movement, resident programs, and administration (including budgeting and staffing). Trends are noted toward admission and readmission to public residential…
Descriptors: Demography, Mental Retardation, Program Costs, Public Facilities
Mental Retardation--An Economist's Approach
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Conley, Ronald W. – Mental Retardation, 1976
Descriptors: Expenditures, Mental Retardation, Needs Assessment, Program Costs
Costs of Providing Residential and Related Support Services to Individuals with Mental Retardation.
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Ashbaugh, John; Nerney, Tom – Mental Retardation, 1990
The costs of providing residential services for persons with mental retardation in 160 group homes, 130 family homes, and 41 apartments in Michigan and Nebraska were found to vary more by type of living arrangement than by resident level of need. Within professionally staffed arrangements, costs varied largely as a function of staffing levels.…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Group Homes, Independent Living, Long Term Care
Institutions for Mentally Retarded in Israel-Cost Structure and Budget Analysis
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Don, Yehuda; Amir, Yehuda – Mental Retardation, 1969
Descriptors: Budgets, Comparative Analysis, Exceptional Child Research, Foreign Countries
Family Support in the United States: Financing Trends and Emerging Initiatives.
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Parish, Susan L.; Pomeranz-Essley, Amy; Braddock, David – Mental Retardation, 2003
Trends in family support spending and new programmatic initiatives during the 1990s are summarized. Nationally, total spending for family support exceeded $1 billion. Between 1990-2000, family support spending grew from 1.5% to 4% of total resources expended by state mental retardation agencies. Programmatic initiatives include trends toward…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Problems
Commentary on Erb's (1995) "Where, Oh, Where, Has Common Sense Gone?"
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Beasley, Joan B. – Mental Retardation, 1995
This commentary on Erb's (1995) article on institutionalization of individuals with severe impairments identifies several points of disagreement, including the appropriateness of placement of such individuals in large institutions, the financial cost of community supportive living, and whether individual needs can best be served in institutions or…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Group Homes, Individual Needs
Common Sense Is Alive and Well: Comments on Erb (1995).
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West, Michael D. – Mental Retardation, 1995
This commentary on Erb's (1995) article on institutionalization argues that living in one's home community is better than being forced to leave it to obtain needed services. The commentary also criticizes the assertion that supported living programs funded through Medicaid waiver are not cost-effective compared to traditional institutional or…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Group Homes
Continuing the Search for a Shoe That Fits: Rejoinder.
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Erb, Robert G. – Mental Retardation, 1995
Robert Erb responds to commentaries to his paper on institutional placement for individuals with severe disabilities and the costs of community and institutional placements. Risk-and-benefit issues, in addition to cost-and-benefit ones, are addressed. (SW)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Group Homes
Indicators of Change in Service for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities: Decade Ending June 30, 2000.
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Lakin, K. Charlie; Prouty, Robert; Polister, Barbara; Smith, Jerra – Mental Retardation, 2002
This article presents tables showing statistics on selected indicators of change between June 30, 1990, and June 30, 2000, in the areas of residential services (large public residential facilities populations, all residential service recipients, and persons in settings of 6 or fewer), Medicaid long-term care program participation, and service…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Expenditures