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The Social Security Administration awarded
Work Incentives Assistance Program grants to designated Protection
and Advocacy (P&A) systems in each of the 50 States as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and one for Native Americans. These grants are authorized by the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999. As awardees, P&A
systems assist people with disabilities who receive Social Security
Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Disability benefits
in obtaining information and advice about receiving vocational rehabilitation
and employment services. The program also allows grant recipients to
provide advocacy or other related services that beneficiaries with
a disability may need to secure or regain gainful employment. The 57
grants total in amount to $6,725,000 for Fiscal Year 2007. Select a
State below for grant award information.
States
ALABAMA
University of Alabama |
$107,243 |
ALASKA
Disability Law Center of Alaska |
$100,000 |
ARKANSAS
Disability Rights Center, Inc |
$100,000 |
ARIZONA
Arizona Center for Disability Law |
$100,000 |
CALIFORNIA
Protection and Advocacy, Inc. |
$439,035 |
COLORADO
Center for Legal Advocacy |
$100,000 |
CONNECTICUT
Office of P&A for
Persons with Disabilities |
$100,000 |
DELAWARE
Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. |
$100,000 |
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
University Legal Service |
$100,000 |
FLORIDA
Advocacy Center for Person with Disabilities, Inc. |
$245,288 |
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GEORGIA
Georgia Advocacy Office |
$130,301 |
HAWAII
Hawaii Disability Rights Center |
$100,000 |
IDAHO
Comprehensive Advocacy, Inc. |
$100,000 |
ILLINOIS
Equip for Equality, Inc. |
$167,305 |
INDIANA
Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services |
$100,000 |
IOWA
Iowa Protection and Advocacy |
$100,000 |
KANSAS
Disability Rights Center of Kansas |
$100,000 |
KENTUCKY
Department of Public
Advocacy, P&A Advocacy Division |
$115,761 |
LOUISIANA
MASSACHUSETTS
Disability Law Center, Inc. |
$104,768 |
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MARYLAND
Maryland Disability Law Center |
$100,000 |
MAINE
Disability Rights Center of Maine |
$100,000 |
MICHIGAN
Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service, Inc. |
$163,605 |
MINNESOTA
Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis |
$100,000 |
MISSOURI
Missouri Protection & Advocacy
Services |
$100,000 |
MISSISSIPPI
Mississippi Protection & Advocacy
System, Inc. |
$100,000 |
MONTANA
Montana Advocacy Program |
$100,000 |
NEBRASKA
Nebraska Advocacy Services, Inc. |
$100,000 |
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Disabilities Rights Center, Inc. |
$100,000 |
NEW JERSEY
New Jersey Protection & Advocacy,
Inc. |
$100,000 |
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NEW MEXICO
Protection & Advocacy
System |
$100,000 |
NEW YORK
NY State Comm. on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled |
$319,006 |
NEVADA
Nevada Disability Advocacy and Law Center |
$100,000 |
NORTH CAROLINA
Governor`s Advocacy Council for Person with Disabilities |
$146,570 |
NORTH DAKOTA
Protection and Advocacy Project |
$100,000 |
OHIO
Ohio Legal Rights Service |
$177,910 |
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma Disability Law Center, Inc. |
$100,000 |
OREGON
Oregon Advocacy Center |
$100,000 |
PENNSYLVANIA
Pennsylvania Protection & Advocacy,
Inc. |
$203,256 |
RHODE ISLAND
Rhode Island Disability Law Center, Inc. |
$100,000 |
SOUTH CAROLINA
Protection & Advocacy
for People with Disabilities, Inc. |
$100,000 |
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SOUTH DAKOTA
South Dakota Advocacy Service |
$100,000 |
TENNESSEE
Tennessee Protection and Advocacy, Inc. |
$117,012 |
TEXAS
UTAH
Disability Law Center |
$100,000 |
VIRGINIA
Department for Rights of Virginians with Disabilities |
$100,00 |
VERMONT
Vermont Protection & Advocacy |
$100,000 |
WASHINGTON
Washington Protection & Advocacy
System |
$100,000 |
WEST VIRGINIA
West Virginia Advocates, Inc. |
$100,000 |
WISCONSIN
Wisconsin Coalition for Advocacy |
$100,000 |
WYOMING
Protection & Advocacy
System, Inc |
$100,000 |
PUERTO RICO
Office of Ombudsman for Persons with Disabilities |
$100,000 |
VIRGIN ISLANDS
Virgin Islands Advocacy, Inc. |
$50,000 |
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
Northern Marianas Protection and Advocacy Systems, Inc. |
$50,000 |
NATIVE AMERICAN
Native American Protection and Advocacy Project |
$50,000 |
AMERICAN SAMOA
American Samoa Protection and Advocacy |
$50,000 |
GUAM
Guam Legal Services Corporation |
$50,000 |
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