Creating livable communities for people with disabilities / Alise Vanags, editor.

• Superior document: Disability and the disabled : issues, laws and programs series
• Author: National Council on Disability (U.S.)
• TeilnehmendeR: Vanags, Alise.; National Council on Disability (U.S.); ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Disability and the disabled.
• Physical Description: xviii, 125 p. :; ill.

Table of Contents

Introduction -- Strategy one : agreement on changes in the collection and management of and access to, multiple agency information about programs and benefits in order to be consumer responsive -- Strategy two : utilization of favorable tax treatment (e.g. tax credits) to stimulate change in individual and corporate behavior that encourages investment in livable community objectives -- Strategy three : agreement on common performance measures across multiple federally funded programs -- Strategy four : utilization of private sector match to competitively secure public funding and stimulate public-private sector partnerships -- Strategy five : agreement on changes in infrastructure to consolidate administration of multiple programs and improve ease of access -- Strategy six : utilization of waiver authority to promote state options to advance consumer choice and community participation -- Recommendations for action.