Developing Services to the Mentally Retarded/Developmentally Disabled

Publication Date: December 1984

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Beverly C. Nackman

Research Area: Health; Social conditions

Keywords: Social Services; Jewish Organizations; Disability

Type: Report

Coverage: Maryland

Abstract:

In 1981, state funding was made available to private and public agencies by the Maryland Division for Mental Retardation and Other Developmental Disabilities (MRDD) for an “Alternate Living Unit” program to serve higher functioning mentally disabled people then housed in state institutions. This article discusses the progress and results of the Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Baltimore involvement in this initiative.

In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, v.61 no.2, Winter 1984.