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Californians for Olmstead is a project of the California Foundation for Independent Living Centers, Inc. (CFILC). Funded by the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, this public policy and education program advances changes that will remove the bias toward institutionalization of people with disabilities and promote the implementation of the 1999 U.S. Supreme Court Olmstead decision. In this decision, the Supreme Court ruled that under the Americans with Disabilities Act, people with disabilities have the right to live in the community and not to be institutionalized.

The project has three main purposes:

1) To provide support for a coalition of disability rights organizations to organize and promote the implementation of Olmstead;

 

2) To educate and to be a resource for change for policy makers, the media, nursing facilities, hospitals, ombudsman programs and individuals who are institutionalized; and

 

3) To empower people with disabilities to become effective advocates in promoting Olmstead implementation at the state and local levels.

Systems change requires the sustained efforts and collaboration of consumers, providers and government agencies. Please join us and get involved in promoting the implementation of Olmstead in California.