State Protection & Advocacy Systems

Protection and Advocacy Systems (P&As) work at the state level to protect individuals with developmental disabilities by empowering them and advocating on their behalf. There are 57 P&As in the United States and its territories, and all are independent of service-providing agencies within their states.

Featured Program Resources

- Segregated & Exploited
  
  September 30, 2011
  
  National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) found a total failure of the disability service system to provide quality work for people with disabilities.
- National Association for Protection and Advocacy Agencies
  
  December 1, 2011
  
  Training and Advocacy Support Center (TASC), under contract by National Disability Rights Network (NDRN), provides technical assistance to state P&As.

State Protection and Advocacy Agencies

October 29, 2012

Contact information
History of the DD Act

July 9, 2012

With early legislation in the 1960s, and first version of the DD Act passed in 1970s, the DD Act and its programs continued to evolve in subsequent decades.
National Association for Protection and Advocacy Agencies

December 1, 2011

Training and Advocacy Support Center (TASC), under contract by National Disability Rights Network (NDRN), provides technical assistance to state P&As.
NDRN Report on Community Integration and the Need for Monitoring and Advocacy

November 1, 2011

Report on two community monitoring and advocacy projects focusing on individuals transitioning to community settings.
Segregated & Exploited

September 30, 2011

National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) found a total failure of the disability service system to provide quality work for people with disabilities.

The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000

October 30, 2000

To improve service systems for individuals with DD, and for other purposes.
History of the DD Act

July 9, 2012

With early legislation in the 1960s, and first version of the DD Act passed in 1970s, the DD Act and its programs continued to evolve in subsequent decades.
State Protection and Advocacy Agencies

October 29, 2012

Contact information
ADD Program Regulations

June 1, 1994

These regulations implement the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act as amended.
National Association for Protection and Advocacy Agencies

December 1, 2011

Training and Advocacy Support Center (TASC), under contract by National Disability Rights Network (NDRN), provides technical assistance to state P&As.

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New Hampshire Disabilities Rights Center

Concord, NH

AIDD Contacts

Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD)
Office of the Commissioner
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20447
Phone: 202.690.6590
Fax: (202) 690-6904
TDD: (202) 690-6415
E-mail: Add_Information@acf.hhs.gov

AIDD Offices and Staff

AIDD Program and Project Contacts