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The Social Security Administration awarded
Work Incentives Assistance Program grants to designated Protection
and Advocacy (P&A) systems in each of the 50 States as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and one for Native Americans. These grants are authorized by the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999. As awardees, P&A
systems assist people with disabilities who receive Social Security
Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Disability benefits
in obtaining information and advice about receiving vocational rehabilitation
and employment services. The program also allows grant recipients to
provide advocacy or other related services that beneficiaries with
a disability may need to secure or regain gainful employment. The 57
grants total in amount to $6,725,000 for Fiscal Year 2007. Select a
State below for grant award information.
States
ALABAMA
| University of Alabama |
$107,243 |
ALASKA
| Disability Law Center of Alaska |
$100,000 |
ARKANSAS
| Disability Rights Center, Inc |
$100,000 |
ARIZONA
| Arizona Center for Disability Law |
$100,000 |
CALIFORNIA
| Protection and Advocacy, Inc. |
$439,035 |
COLORADO
| Center for Legal Advocacy |
$100,000 |
CONNECTICUT
| Office of P&A for
Persons with Disabilities |
$100,000 |
DELAWARE
| Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. |
$100,000 |
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
| University Legal Service |
$100,000 |
FLORIDA
| Advocacy Center for Person with Disabilities, Inc. |
$245,288 |
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GEORGIA
| Georgia Advocacy Office |
$130,301 |
HAWAII
| Hawaii Disability Rights Center |
$100,000 |
IDAHO
| Comprehensive Advocacy, Inc. |
$100,000 |
ILLINOIS
| Equip for Equality, Inc. |
$167,305 |
INDIANA
| Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services |
$100,000 |
IOWA
| Iowa Protection and Advocacy |
$100,000 |
KANSAS
| Disability Rights Center of Kansas |
$100,000 |
KENTUCKY
| Department of Public
Advocacy, P&A Advocacy Division |
$115,761 |
LOUISIANA
MASSACHUSETTS
| Disability Law Center, Inc. |
$104,768 |
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MARYLAND
| Maryland Disability Law Center |
$100,000 |
MAINE
| Disability Rights Center of Maine |
$100,000 |
MICHIGAN
| Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service, Inc. |
$163,605 |
MINNESOTA
| Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis |
$100,000 |
MISSOURI
| Missouri Protection & Advocacy
Services |
$100,000 |
MISSISSIPPI
| Mississippi Protection & Advocacy
System, Inc. |
$100,000 |
MONTANA
| Montana Advocacy Program |
$100,000 |
NEBRASKA
| Nebraska Advocacy Services, Inc. |
$100,000 |
NEW HAMPSHIRE
| Disabilities Rights Center, Inc. |
$100,000 |
NEW JERSEY
| New Jersey Protection & Advocacy,
Inc. |
$100,000 |
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NEW MEXICO
| Protection & Advocacy
System |
$100,000 |
NEW YORK
| NY State Comm. on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled |
$319,006 |
NEVADA
| Nevada Disability Advocacy and Law Center |
$100,000 |
NORTH CAROLINA
| Governor`s Advocacy Council for Person with Disabilities |
$146,570 |
NORTH DAKOTA
| Protection and Advocacy Project |
$100,000 |
OHIO
| Ohio Legal Rights Service |
$177,910 |
OKLAHOMA
| Oklahoma Disability Law Center, Inc. |
$100,000 |
OREGON
| Oregon Advocacy Center |
$100,000 |
PENNSYLVANIA
| Pennsylvania Protection & Advocacy,
Inc. |
$203,256 |
RHODE ISLAND
| Rhode Island Disability Law Center, Inc. |
$100,000 |
SOUTH CAROLINA
| Protection & Advocacy
for People with Disabilities, Inc. |
$100,000 |
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SOUTH DAKOTA
| South Dakota Advocacy Service |
$100,000 |
TENNESSEE
| Tennessee Protection and Advocacy, Inc. |
$117,012 |
TEXAS
UTAH
| Disability Law Center |
$100,000 |
VIRGINIA
| Department for Rights of Virginians with Disabilities |
$100,00 |
VERMONT
| Vermont Protection & Advocacy |
$100,000 |
WASHINGTON
| Washington Protection & Advocacy
System |
$100,000 |
WEST VIRGINIA
| West Virginia Advocates, Inc. |
$100,000 |
WISCONSIN
| Wisconsin Coalition for Advocacy |
$100,000 |
WYOMING
| Protection & Advocacy
System, Inc |
$100,000 |
PUERTO RICO
| Office of Ombudsman for Persons with Disabilities |
$100,000 |
VIRGIN ISLANDS
| Virgin Islands Advocacy, Inc. |
$50,000 |
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
| Northern Marianas Protection and Advocacy Systems, Inc. |
$50,000 |
NATIVE AMERICAN
| Native American Protection and Advocacy Project |
$50,000 |
AMERICAN SAMOA
| American Samoa Protection and Advocacy |
$50,000 |
GUAM
| Guam Legal Services Corporation |
$50,000 |
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