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Personal Reflections on Fifty Years Since the Signing of the Willowbrook Consent Decree: Litigation, Policy, and the Importance of Medicaid

Center:

NY-Rose F. Kennedy Center, UCEDD/LEND

Fiscal Year:

2025

Contact Information:

Joanne Siegel
[email protected]
718-839-7166

Product Description:

Personal reflections on the history of 50 years of IDD services since the closure of Willowbook and the importance of litigation, legislation and policy as well as the importance of Medicaid in ensuring clinical and community integration of community services.

Keyword(s):

History, Medicaid, Willowbrook

Product/Publication Type(s):

Web-based products

Target Audience:

Consumers/Families, Professionals, Policymakers, Students

Alternative Format:

Visual Format or Large Print

To Obtain Copies (URL or Email):

https://aucdpolicytalk.org/2025/06/02/personal-reflections-on-fifty-years-since-the-signing-of-the-willowbrook-consent-decree-litigation-policy-and-the-importance-of-medicaid/

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