State Protection & Advocacy Systems Fiscal Year 2006 Performance Highlights The Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD) funds 57 Protection and Advocacy Systems (P&As) in each U.S. State, Territory, and in one Native American Consortium, to uphold and advance the civil and human rights of people with developmental disabilities. P&As supply their clients with information and referral services. They pursue legal and administrative solutions to remedy abuse and neglect and to protect the right to live free from discrimination and isolation in mainstream society. P&A intervention assisted 23,298 people with developmental disabilities in Fiscal Year 2006. The adjacent list is a partial summary of the ways in which the P&As advanced inclusion, integration, independence, productivity, and self-determination of people with developmental disabilities in Fiscal Year 2006. Employment: Ensuring the ability to choose, acquire, and retain employment that meets or exceeds financial needs, and does so in an inclusive community setting. 39 P&As reporting on this priority supported 343 people with developmental disabilities in obtaining or maintaining employment consistent with their interests, abilities, and needs. Education: Maximizing student potential to obtain the most complete education, in the most inclusive environment possible. 57 P&As worked with parents, educators, school administrators, and policy makers to ensure that 12,242 students with developmental disabilities gained or maintained access to appropriate educational opportunities in their local area. Health: Ensuring equal integrated access to health, dental, psychiatric and counseling services and other human and social services. 46 P&As increased access to affordable health care for 1,531 individuals with developmental disabilities by providing advice, advocacy training, legal intervention, or other forms of assistance. Housing: Promoting fair housing practices that enable a person with a developmental disability to live in the setting that best suits the individual. 48 P&As assisted 484 individuals in obtaining or retaining a residence, living where and with whom they chose. Child Care: Expanding the availability of flexible, affordable childcare services with accessible facilities, inclusive practices, and staff trained to care for children with developmental disabilities or relate to parents with developmental disabilities. 25 P&As assisted 63 families in finding or maintaining childcare that met the needs of both the parent and the child. Transportation: Ensuring that people have availability of accessible transportation to and from work, school, health care, and community activities, and addressing personal needs such as grocery shopping and common errands. 29 P&As helped 130 people with developmental disabilities locate the solutions necessary to get where they needed to go. Recreation: Increasing the inclusion of people with developmental disabilities in community activities, public events, social gatherings, and other every-day diversions. 21 P&As facilitated participation or inclusion in order for 41 individuals to be able to enjoy activities they chose. Quality Assurance: Protecting the rights of people with developmental disabilities, ensuring the ability to live free from abuse and neglect, and preserving their ability to make choices for their lives. 55 P&As secured or maintained quality assistance for 6,084 people with developmental disabilities, increasing their safety or personal welfare, and maintaining their personal authority. Find this and other ADD Publications on the Web at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/add/