National Search: Promising Practices In
Supported Living And Choice

Center on Human Policy
October 2001

The Center on Human Policy, through its National Resource Center on Supported Living and Choice, is seeking nominations of agencies or organizations promoting the full inclusion and participation of people with severe developmental disabilities in the community. In particular, nominations are sought nationally in the following areas:

• Supports for Family Living/Community Living for Children and Adults with Severe Disabilities (e.g., including supports to assist children and adults to move back to the community from institutions, nursing homes, and other facilities)

• Supports for Community Inclusion for People with Developmental Disabilities who are Deaf, Blind, or Deaf-Blind

• Supports for Postsecondary Education for People with Disabilities, Including Individuals Labeled Developmentally Disabled (e.g., in universities, community colleges, continuing education programs, etc.)

• Supports for Inclusion of People with Developmental Disabilities in Leadership Positions within the Community (e.g., board membership, committees, etc.)

• Innovative Examples of Cross-Disability Collaboration, Inclusive of People Labeled Developmentally Disabled

Across all nominations, we seek examples of agencies and organizations that offer positive examples of supporting people to have control and choice; supporting people within their cultural context; supporting people in large urban areas; and supporting people in rural areas.

This search is supported in part by the National Resource Center on Supported Living and Choice, Center on Human Policy, School of Education, Syracuse University, through the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), through Contract No. H133A990001. Members of the Center are encouraged to express their opinions; however, these do not necessarily represent the official position of NIDRR and no endorsement should be inferred.