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Download full textGoodwin, Gretta L. – US Government Accountability Office, 2020
The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is responsible for managing the care and custody of approximately 175,000 federal inmates--an estimated 20 percent of whom have been diagnosed with a substance use disorder. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to review BOP's efforts to provide drug treatment to federal inmates. This report (1)…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Clinical Diagnosis, Substance Abuse
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Appropriations. – 1984
The proceedings of this 1984 hearing presents recommendations to improve services for mentally retarded citizens. A report on conditions in intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded is followed by statements of Senators L. Weicker, Jr., J. Randolph, and R. Stafford and by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Federal Legislation, Hearings
Bowen, John W. – 1982
Since 1979 many courts have handed down rulings in favor of handicapped children under the Education of the Handicapped Act. This twentieth chapter in a book on school law summarizes these cases. In "Kruelle v. Biggs," the court ruled that a school district must provide residential placement free of charge if such placement is necessary…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Disabilities, Discipline, Elementary Secondary Education
Jones, Arnold P. – 1988
This document presents the testimony of Arnold P. Jones, Senior Associate Director of the United States General Accounting Office, before the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Affairs, on the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. The Act established a legalization program that permits undocumented aliens to become permanent…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Foreign Nationals, Hispanic Americans, Program Budgeting
Berkan, William A. – 1976
The manual specifies policies and procedures for implementing Wisconsin's boarding home programs, in which handicapped children live during the week in a home close to appropriate special education classes and return to their own homes on the weekend. Covered are guidelines for the following aspects: legal basis for the program, referral…
Descriptors: Boarding Homes, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicapped Children, Parent Role
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Finance. – 1987
The Medicaid program and its impact on the long-term care of developmentally disabled individuals were the subject of this hearing, held in September 1986. The hearing examined the current funding provided through Medicaid, the range of services delivered, and the most appropriate setting for long-term care of the developmentally disabled…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Delivery Systems, Developmental Disabilities
Alaska Governor's Council for the Handicapped and Gifted, Fairbanks. – 1984
The plan presents information relating to persons with developmental disabilities and other substantial handicaps in Alaska. A joint effort by state planning and service providing agencies, the plan was developed with input from consumers as well as providers. An introduction to the document is followed by an overview of the state and the…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Services
Maine State Dept. of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Augusta. – 1989
This document presents the state of Maine's rules of general applicability and specific rights of children who are receiving services from the Maine Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation. The first section presents general rules concerning: statement of intent, definitions, basic rights, least restrictive appropriate treatment,…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Community Programs, Confidentiality
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1987
This U.S. General Accounting Office report discusses the Medicaid management controls needed to assure that mentally retarded residents of nursing homes receive the services they need to help them function independently. Medicaid's involvement with the retarded in institutions and nursing homes includes financing active treatment services, such as…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Individualized Programs, Inspection, Institutional Administration
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1982
This document is a transcript of hearings conducted in Hartford, Connecticut, before the United States Senate Subcommittee on the Handicapped on the effects of deinstitutionalization of the mentally retarded. The bulk of the testimony was given by Connecticut officials and leaders in the mental health field. They presented evidence and case…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Developmental Disabilities, Group Homes
New York State Education Dept. Albany. Office for the Education of Children with Handicapping Conditions. – 1982
New York state's regulations regarding education of handicapped children are presented, as amended March 26, 1982. Among the topics addressed are Board of Education responsibilities; Committee on the Handicapped; procedures for referral, evaluation, individualized education program development, placement, and review; procedural due process;…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education
New York State Education Dept. Albany. Office for the Education of Children with Handicapping Conditions. – 1982
The guidelines cover processes for placing handicapped students in private or (New York) state operated or state supported schools. Procedures are set forth regarding placements by each of three approaches: (1) contracts with private schools (in or out of state); (2) parent application for placement in state operated or state supported schools;…
Descriptors: Agencies, Board of Education Policy, Disabilities, Due Process
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. Div. of Special Education Services. – 1993
This document contains six inserts for the Colorado Administrative Decisions Notebooks, a compilation of all Colorado Special Education Administrative Decisions issued in 1992, including all Impartial Hearing Officer Decisions, State Level Review Decisions, and Federal Complaint Findings. The full text of each decision is preceded by a case…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Case Studies, Confidentiality, Costs
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. Special Education Services Unit. – 1994
This document contains all Impartial Hearing Officer Decisions, State Level Review Decisions, and Complaint Findings issued in Colorado in 1993 and is intended as a resource tool for assuring the provision of a free appropriate public education to children with disabilities. The full text of each decision or finding is preceded by a case summary…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Ancillary School Services, Compensatory Education, Compliance (Legal)
