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The New York State Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities (CQCAPD) is an independent, New York State government agency charged with improving the quality of life for New Yorkers with disabilities and protecting their rights by:

  • promoting the inclusion of people with disabilities in all aspects of community life;

  • ensuring programmatic and fiscal accountability in the State's mental hygiene system;

  • providing individual and systemic investigative and advocacy services;

  • advancing the availability and use of assistive technology for persons with disabilities; and,

  • offering impartial and informed advice, training and recommendations on disability issues.


As the successor agency to the former NYS Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled and NYS Office of Advocate for Persons with Disabilities, the CQCAPD serves as an advocate and a resource for individuals of all ages with all types of disabilities.