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Delivering on the Promise: Preliminary Report

Transmittal Memo [DOC = 28K]; Cover: PDF = 203K
Table of Contents [Complete Report: HTML = 154K, DOC = 535K]
Federal Actions: Intro | Overview | Highlights | Health Care | Housing | Assistance | Personal Support | Transportation
Employment | Education | Technology Access | Compliance | Outreach | Income Supports | Data Use | Coordination
Executive Order 13217: Alternatives | The Initiative | Roots | Public Input | Conclusion
Appendices: Summary of Initiatives | Input Entities | Federal Register Notice

Appendix B
Entities that Provided Input Into
Federal Agencies' Self-Evaluation Process

• Ability Center of Greater Toledo
• Access to Independence
• Action for RHCs, Washington
• ADA Steering Committee, Indiana
• ADAPT
• ADAPT of Southern California
• Rochester ADAPT
• Addictions Treatment Facilities, Bloomington, IN
• Administrative Support Unit Leader
• Advocacy, Inc.
• Advocacy Unlimited, Inc.
• Alaska Mental Health Board
• American Association for Homecare
• American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
• American Congress of Community Supports and Employment Services
• American Council of the Blind of Maine
• American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
• American Health Care Association
• American Indian Rehabilitation Rights Organization of Warriors
• American Network of Communities Options and Resources (ANCOR)
• American Physical Therapy Association
• American Public Health Services Association
• Appalachian Legal Services
• Area Board XI on Developmental Disabilities Services, Santa Ana, CA
• The Association of Retarded Citizens (ARC)
• The Arc of Arapahoe & Douglas
• The Arc of Baltimore
• The Arc of Cass County
• The Arc-CCD Housing Task Force
• The Arc Connecticut
• The Arc of Contra Costa
• The Arc of Frederick County
• The Arc of High Point
• The Arc of Indiana
• The Arc of Loudoun County
• The Arc of Maryland
• The Arc of Minnesota
• The Arc of North Carolina
• The Arc of Southeastern Minnesota
• The Arc of Texas
• The Arc of Utah
• The Arc-Wisconsin Disability
• ARCIL, Inc.
• Association of Tech Act Projects
• The Association for Persons in Supported Employment
• Autism Society of North Carolina

• Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
• Becoming Independent
• Birmingham Independent Living Center
• Boston University Medical Center, Department of Family Medicine
• Brain Injury Association
• Brain Injury Association of Wisconsin

• California Association for the Retarded
• California Department of Corrections
• Career Connections
• Center for Accessible Living
• Center for Autism and Related Disabilities
• The Center for Career Freedom, Inc.
• Center for Disability Rights
• Center for Housing and New Community Economics, Institute on Disability, University of New Hampshire
• Center for Living and Working, Inc.
• The Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc.
• Center for Mental Health Services
• Central Stak ICF/MR Family Group
• The Cerebral Palsy Council
• CES Community Connector
• C.H.A.N.C.E., Inc.
• Citizens Advisory Commission, Florida Division of Blind Services
• Citizens Advisory Commissions, Arlington County, VA
• Coalition of Families and Friends
• Coalition to Promote Independence for People with Disabilities
• Coalition of Texans with Disabilities
• The Coastal Area Support Team
• Colorado Department of Human Services, Supportive Housing & Homeless Programs
• Colorado Governor's Advisory Council for Persons with Disabilities
• Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind
• Community Intersections
• Community Outreach, Inc.
• Concerned Advocates
• Connecticut Association of Personal Assistants
• Connecticut Council on Independent Living
• Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Advocacy Services
• Connecticut Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities
• Consortium of Developmental Disabilities Councils
• Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD)
• Construction Management Department, University of Arkansas
• Consumer Research and Evaluation
• Corporation for Independent Living
• COSP Multisite Project, FL
• Cumberland County Office for the Disabled, NJ

• Deborah's Place
• Department of Social Services (location unknown)
• Disabled Rights Action Committee
• Disability Community Small Business Development Center
• Disability Housing Advocates of Northern Virginia
• Disability Management, Inc.
• District of Columbia Center on Disability and Health
• District of Columbia Department of Mental Health
• District of Columbia Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program
• District of Columbia Mayor's Health Policy Council, Long-Term Care Committee
• Dynavox Systems

• Easter Seals
• Easter Seals of Southern Georgia, Inc.
• Enablemart.com

• Family & Friends Actively Communicating Together for Successful Supports
• Family Voices
• Florida Department of Children and Families
• Florida Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Government and Customer Relations
• Friends of Tarwater

• Granada House
• Group Homes of Forsyth, Inc.

• Hawaii Adult Mental Health Division
• Hernansky-Pudiak Syndrome Network, Inc.
• Home and School Association
• Horizon Human Services
• Howard University Research and Training Center

• Illinois' Children with Special Health Care Needs Program
• Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities
• Imagine Enterprises
• Inclusion Research Institute
• Independence Center, Inc.
• IndependenceFirst
• Independence Technology
• Independent Living Research Utilization
• Independent Living Resource Center of Northeast Florida
• Indiana Commission on Rehabilitation Services
• Indiana Partners in Policymaking
• Indiana University School of Education
• Institute for Disability Access (IDA)
• Iowa Child Health Specialty Clinics

• Kansas Department on Aging
• KEY Consumer Organization (Knowledge Empowers You)
• King County Parent Coalition for Developmental Disabilities, Washington

• LAUNCH Group of the Down Syndrome Community
• Linking Employment, Abilities & Potential (LEAP)
• Learning Disabilities Association of America
• LINK, Inc.
• Louisiana Governor's Office of Elderly Affairs

• Making Choices for Independent Living
• Marklund
• Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
• Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council
• MCAR
• The Medicare Advocacy Project
• Medicare Assistive Technology Advisory Committee
• Memphis Center for Independent Living
• Mental Health Client Action Network
• Mental Health Empowerment Project, Inc.
• Mental Retardation Association
• Mental Retardation Association of North Carolina, Inc.
• Midland Area Agency on Aging, NE
• Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service, Inc.
• Michigan's Statewide Independent Living Councils
• Minnesota Board on Aging
• Minnesota Department of Human Services
• Mission Mountain Enterprises, Inc.
• Missouri Division of Medical Services
• Missouri Home and Community Based Services and Consumer Directed Care Commission
• M.O. L.I.F.E.
• Murray Parent Association

• National Academy of State Health Policy
• National Advisory Council Subcommittee on Consumer/Survivor Issues
• National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
• National Alliance of the Disabled
• National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association
• National Association for Rural Mental Health
• National Association of Alcohol, Drugs, and Disabilities
• National Association of the Deaf
• National Association of Developmental Disabilities Councils
• National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems
• National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services
• National Association of State Medicaid Directors
• National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
• National Association of State Units on Aging
• National Center for Assisted Living
• National Coalition on Self-Determination
• National Consortium for Health Policy Development
• National Council on the Aging
• National Council on Disability
• National Council on Independent Living
• National Down Syndrome Congress
• National Industries for the Blind
• National Mental Health Association
• National Mental Health Consumers Self Help Clearinghouse
• National Multiple Sclerosis
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society -- Wisconsin Chapter
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society -- Ohio Chapter
• National Organization of Women (NOW)
• National People of Color Consumer Survivor Network
• National Senior Citizens Law Center
• New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
• New Hampshire Division of Developmental Services
• New Hope Center, Inc.
• New Jersey Division of Disability Services
• New River Valley Agency on Aging, VA
• New Start Healthcare Corporation
• New Start Homes
• New York City Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities
• New York State Education Department
• New York State Office on Aging
• Northern Habilitative Services, Inc.
• Not Dead Yet
• Nova Southeastern University
• Nurses Today, Inc.

• Odyssey Industries, Inc.
• Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council
• Ohio Governor's Council on People with Disabilities
• Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation
• Onondaga Case Management, Inc.
• Oregon Department of Human Services
• Oregon Rehabilitation Association
• Oregon Voice of the Retarded

• Parents Association of Bellefontaine Habilitation Center
• People with Recovery and Disabilities
• People Support Network
• Pima County Council on Aging, AZ
• Polio Survivors Association
• Post Polio Foundation
• Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville, P.C. on behalf of Independence Technology, Inc.
• Presbyterian Special Services, Inc.
• Prince Georges County Mental Health Authority, MD
• Progressive Center for Independent Living
• Project First Step Group Home
• Public and Specialized Transportation Advisory and Coordination Council

• Quality Life Concepts, Inc.

• Regional Center for Independent Living, NY
• Rehab Research and Training Center on Workforce Investment and Employment Policy for Persons with Disabilities
• Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
• REM CT Community Services, Inc.
• ResCare, Inc.
• Resno Technical Assistance Project
• Resource in Independent Living
• Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation
• Riverside County Office on Aging, CA

• San Andreas Regional Center, CA
• San Bernardino County Department of Aging and Adult Services, CA
• San Francisco Department of Public Health, CA
• San Mateo County Aging and Adult Services, CA
• Senior Care Services Practice
• Service Employees International Union
• Solano Work Services
• Solid River Tribe
• South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
• South Carolina Protection and Advocacy
• South Central Iowa Center for Independent Living
• South Mississippi Regional Center
• Southern Center Parent Committee
• Stand Together of Montgomery County
• The Star Foundation
• State of Pennsylvania

• Tango Consulting LLC
• Technical Assistance Collaborative
• Tender Loving Care Dialysis Homes
• Tennessee Network for Community Economic Development
• Texas Disability Policy Consortium
• Texas Home of Your Own Coalition
• Texas Workforce Commission
• THE-Group [The Handi-CAPABLE Executive Group]
• Timber Lines Transportation Service
• Topeka Independent Living Center
• Tribal Council, Fort Peck Tribes
• Tri-Counties Regional Center, CA
• Twinbrook South

• United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) Association
• UCP of Arkansas
• UCP of Central Detroit
• UCP of Florida and Georgia
• UCP of the Golden Gate
• UCP of Greater Sacramento
• UCP of Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties
• UCP of Metro Boston
• UCP of Orange County
• UCP of Rhode Island
• UCP of West Central WI
• The University of Montana Rural Institute

• Vermont Center for Independent Living
• Vermont's Planning Council for the federal Mental Health Block Grant
• Visiting Nurses Association
• Voice of the Retarded
• Volunteers of America

• Washington Department of Social and Health Services
• Washington Developmental Disabilities Council
• Wayfinding Foundation, Inc.
• The Whole Person
• Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services
• Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
• Work Training Programs -- Wyoming Mental Health Division

Last revised: April 9, 2002