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The President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities , ACF, HHS

Mission statement:

The President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities (PCPID), formerly The President's Committee on Mental Retardation, was first established in 1966 by Executive Order to focus on this critical subject of national concern. The Committee acts in an advisory capacity to the President and the Secretary of The Department of Health and Human Services on matters relating to programs and services for persons with intellectual disabilities. Since 1966, the Committee has fostered State planning, stimulated development of strategies, policies and programs and advanced the concept of community participation in the field of intellectual disabilities. To continue to best fulfill its purpose, the President has adopted several national goals in order to better recognize and uphold the right of all people with intellectual disabilities to enjoy a quality of life that promotes independence, self-determination, and participation as productive members of society. These goals include the assurance of full citizenship rights of people with intellectual disabilities, the provision of all necessary supports to individuals and families, the reduction of the occurrence and severity of intellectual disabilities and the promotion of the widest dissemination of information of models, programs, and services within the field of intellectual disabilities.

Contact Information:

The President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities , ACF, HHS
370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W.
Washington DC 20447

Internet address: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/pcpid/

Phone number(s):

(202) 619-0634

Fax number:

(202) 205-9519

Related topics:

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• DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND DISORDERS
• DISABILITIES
• DOWN SYNDROME
• MENTAL RETARDATION
• POLICY

NWHIC record number O-1501