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  • June 20, 2024

    Onward! Recommitting to Olmstead after 25 Years

    Olmstead & Community Integration | Blog Post | June 2024

    Community integration is not “just another task.” It's the law — and must guide both the design and the implementation of all systems that serve people with disabilities.

  • January 10, 2024

    Priced Out: The Affordable Housing Crisis for People with Disabilities in 2024

    Affordable Housing | Olmstead & Community Integration | Blog Post | January 2024

    Too many people with disabilities live in psychiatric hospitals and nursing homes due only to the lack of affordable housing in their communities. Policymakers must use available data and evidence-based practices to advance solutions.

  • September 4, 2019

    Olmstead at 20 — Using the Vision of Olmstead to Decriminalize Mental Illness

    Olmstead & Community Integration | Blog Post | September 2019

    Thanks to the 1999 Olmstead decision, more people with mental illness now live in integrated, community-based settings instead of psychiatric hospitals or nursing homes. Yet for the many who who continue to be unnecessarily incarcerated, the promise remains unfulfilled.

  • December 12, 2018

    Permanent Supportive Housing — Renewing Our Commitment

    Olmstead & Community Integration | Blog Post | December 2018

    People with mental illness and other disabilities may need lots of things — but that doesn’t mean we should return to institutionalization at a cost that is much greater than the sum required to meet all of those needs.