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| ADA-American's w/Disabilities Act |
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Definition
| -Civil Rights act-Protects Against Disability related discrimination in employment, govermental, and commercial activities, transportation and telecommunications. |
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Term
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| 1917-Provides Vocational Training needed by unskilled rural youths coming to urban settings. Retraining of dislocated workers, Injured on the job, or who's skill became obselete. Created the federal board for vocational education programs. |
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Definition
1920-
*launched the civilian vocational rehabilitation program in the US.
*Federal Board of Vocational Education
*Federal Funds for Rehabilition of persons with physical disabilities.
*Totally or partially incapacitated for remunurative occupation. |
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Term
| Rehabilitation Act of 1973 |
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Definition
| This prohibits descrimination on the basis of disability by any entity recieving federal funds. [Students with disabilities, college provides accomadations for disabilities] |
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Term
| Community Mental Health Centers Act |
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Definition
1963-This act is a federal law that provided for the establishment of community mental health centers across the nation that would provide these five basic services
-Impatient Care
-Outpatient Care
-Partial Hospitilization
-Emergency or Crisis Intervention
-Consultation, Education, Information |
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Term
| Older American's Act(OAA) |
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Definition
-Declaration of Objectives
Improving the lives of all older people
-Create long term elder care service
-To make sure the services provide nutritional food.
-to provide a social atmosphere
3-Family Caregiver Support
-Provides training research and demonstration projects in the field of aging. *Choices of independence for the elderly
-community service senior opportunities act
*provides part time jobs for unemployed low income people within the age of 55+
-Vulnerable Elder Rights Protection Activities
Prevention of Elder Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation |
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| Social Security Act (1935) |
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Definition
Created a National System of Old Age insurance.
Federal System of Unemployment Insurance.
Federal Aid to States for care of dependant mothers and children, crippled, blind. |
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