Administration on Developmental Disabilities Protection and Advocacy Systems FY 2007 Performance Highlights Protection and Advocacy Systems FY 2007 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. Theypursue legal and administrative solutions to remedyabuse 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 2007. 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 2007. Employment:Ensuring the ability to choose, acquire, and retain employment that meets or exceeds financial needs, and does so in an inclusive community setting. Bullet 33 P&As reporting on this priority supported 347 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. Bullet 57 P&As worked with parents, educators, school administrators, and policy makers to ensure that 12,017 students with devel- opmental disabilities gained or maintained access to appropriate educational opportunities in their local area. ADD Logo Health: Ensuring equal integrated access to health, dental, psychiatric and counseling services and other human and social services. Bullet 55 P&As increased access to affordable health care for 1,803 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. Bullet 51 P&As assisted 488 individuals in obtaining orretaining a residence, living where and with whom they chose. Child Care: Expanding the availability of flexible, affordable child care services with accessible facilities, inclusive practices, and staff trained to care for children with developmental disabilities or relate to parents with developmental disabilities. Bullet 23 P&As assisted 66 families in finding or maintaining child care 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. Bullet 20 P&As helped 170 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. Bullet 20 P&As facilitated participation or inclusion in order for 72 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. Bullet 57 P&As secured or maintained quality assistance for 5,734 people with developmental disabilities, increasing their safety or personal welfare, and maintaining their personal authority. The American Dream Belongs to Everyone Administration for Children and Families U.S. Department of Health and Human Services www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/add