Organizations
Communitas, Inc.
730 Main Street
Manchester, CT 06040
(203) 645-6976
Communitas, Inc. is an organization that assists people to network, provides educational materials, conducts seminars and conferences, and stimulates creative projects concerning the full participation of children and adults with disabilities in community life. The organization offers several resource materials that may be helpful, including The Whole Community Catalogue.
National Home of Your Own Alliance
Institute on Disability
University of New Hampshire
7 Leavitt Lane, Suite 101
Durham, NH 03824-3512
1-800-220-8770
The National Home of Your Own Alliance is a technical assistance center funded by a cooperative agreement with the Administration on Developmental Disabilities. The Alliance is currently working in eight states to develop local demonstrations of home ownership and control. The Alliance intends to negotiate in 23 states over the next five years, building coalitions of housing and disability organizations led by individuals with disabilities, their families, friends, and advocates.
In addition to technical assistance, the Alliance is developing a national information clearinghouse and conducting policy research and evaluation in collaboration with the Center for Accessible Housing in North Carolina, United Cerebral Palsy in Washington, D.C., Coop Initiatives in Connecticut, Institute on Disability at Temple University in Pennsylvania, and the Human Services Research Institute in Massachusetts. Its goal is to leave in place an infrastructure of exemplary practices and public and private partnerships, linking the home mortgage and social service industries to better serve people with disabilities.
National Resource Center on Community Integration
Center on Human Policy
Syracuse University
805 South Crouse Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13244-2280
1-800-894-0826
Contact: Steven J. Taylor, Director
The Center on Human Policy (CHP) is a national center which provides technical assistance, training, and information on supporting people with the most severe disabilities in the community. As part of its work concerning individualized services for adults, the CHP provides information and assistance to promote a variety of service approaches, including home ownership by people with disabilities, the separation of housing and support components, individualized and flexible support for social integration, ties between individual assessment, planning, and funding, and control by people with disabilities of housing and services.
Research and Training Center on Community Living
University of Minnesota
University Affiliated Programs
212 Pattee Hall
150 Pillsbury Drive, S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
(612) 624-9344
Contact: Charlie Lakin
This national center carries out research, training, and technical assistance activities related to integrated community living for people with developmental disabilities. Areas of concentration include: evaluation and technical assistance for deinstitutionalization and community services for individuals with severe disabilities living in the community, establishing and maintaining social relationships and networks, self-determination and self-advocacy, recreation and leisure activities, alternative communication methods, service financing and quality assurance, assistive devices, crisis intervention and behavioral support capacity building, personnel recruitment, and training and retention.
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