Federal Aid and State Decisions: The Case of Community Programs for The Mentally And/or Developmentally Disabled (Financing, Grants, Mental Health)

The federal government followed a consistent policy for the mentally and developmentally disabled between 1960 and 1980. The policy emphasized a shift away from institutional settings for the provision of services toward the provision of services in community settings. Between 1965 and 1980, fourteen federal categorical grant programs provided more than five billion dollars to implement this policy. This study examines the impacts of these federal categorical grants by testing whether the amounts of federal monies provided directly covary with subsequent changes in state expenditures for community services.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Social Work

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Finnegan, Daniel James

• Social Work

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8600177

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/71489