Department of Justice filed a brief opposing a motion for preliminary...
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a brief opposing a motion for preliminary injunction in Illinois League of Advocates for the Developmentally Disabled v. Quinn. The plaintiffs in the case argue...
View ArticleStatement of Interest Filed in Case That Argues the Olmstead Decision Created...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a statement of interest in a case in Illinois in which the plaintiffs argue that the Olmstead decision created a right to institutionalization. The case was...
View ArticleDepartment of Housing and Urban Development Issues Guidance on Olmstead
On June 5, 2013, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued new guidance to HUD-assisted housing providers on how they can support state and local efforts to increase the...
View ArticleSettlement Agreement Reached with the State of Rhode Island and the City of...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) reached an interim settlement agreement with the State of Rhode Island and the city of Providence resolving violations of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities...
View ArticleThe Department of Housing and Urban Development Issues Guidance on Olmstead
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued new guidance to HUD-assisted housing providers on how they can support state and local Olmstead efforts to increase the integrated...
View ArticleSenate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Report Shows...
Last Week, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) released a new report revealing that 14 years later, many states are failing to live up to...
View ArticleThe Department of Justice and Texas Have Entered Into an Interim Olmstead...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division, plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the state, and the state of Texas entered into an Interim Olmstead Settlement agreement concerning thousands of...
View ArticleDepartment of Justice Releases A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Amend the...
The US Department of Justice released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations in order to incorporate the changes made by the ADA...
View ArticleDepartment of Justice Enters Statewide Settlement Agreement with Rhode Island
The Department of Justice (DOJ) entered into the first statewide settlement agreement with the state of Rhode Island on behalf of people who are “unnecessarily segregated in sheltered workshops and...
View ArticleSenate Holds Hearing on 15th Anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Olmstead...
Last week, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions held a hearing on “Moving Toward Greater Community Inclusion – Olmstead at 15,” in recognition of the anniversary of the Supreme...
View ArticleDepartment of Justice filed a brief opposing a motion for preliminary...
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a brief opposing a motion for preliminary injunction in Illinois League of Advocates for the Developmentally Disabled v. Quinn. The plaintiffs in the case argue...
View ArticleStatement of Interest Filed in Case That Argues the Olmstead Decision Created...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a statement of interest in a case in Illinois in which the plaintiffs argue that the Olmstead decision created a right to institutionalization. The case was...
View ArticleDepartment of Housing and Urban Development Issues Guidance on Olmstead
On June 5, 2013, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued new guidance to HUD-assisted housing providers on how they can support state and local efforts to increase the...
View ArticleSettlement Agreement Reached with the State of Rhode Island and the City of...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) reached an interim settlement agreement with the State of Rhode Island and the city of Providence resolving violations of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities...
View ArticleThe Department of Housing and Urban Development Issues Guidance on Olmstead
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued new guidance to HUD-assisted housing providers on how they can support state and local Olmstead efforts to increase the integrated...
View ArticleSenate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Report Shows...
Last Week, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) released a new report revealing that 14 years later, many states are failing to live up to...
View ArticleThe Department of Justice and Texas Have Entered Into an Interim Olmstead...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division, plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the state, and the state of Texas entered into an Interim Olmstead Settlement agreement concerning thousands of...
View ArticleDepartment of Justice Releases A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Amend the...
The US Department of Justice released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations in order to incorporate the changes made by the ADA...
View ArticleDepartment of Justice Enters Statewide Settlement Agreement with Rhode Island
The Department of Justice (DOJ) entered into the first statewide settlement agreement with the state of Rhode Island on behalf of people who are “unnecessarily segregated in sheltered workshops and...
View ArticleSenate Holds Hearing on 15th Anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Olmstead...
Last week, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions held a hearing on “Moving Toward Greater Community Inclusion – Olmstead at 15,” in recognition of the anniversary of the Supreme...
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