Protection & Advocacy Programs

Protection & Advocacy for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities (PADD)

• Authorized in the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 1975, as amended; last amended and reauthorized in 2000

• 42 U.S.C. § 15001, P.L. 106-402

• Administered by the US Department of Health & Human Services, Administration on Developmental Disabilities

Protection & Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI)

• Authorized in the Protection & Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986, as amended; last amended and reauthorized in the Children's Health Act of 2000

• 42 U.S.C. § 10801, P.L. 106-310

• Administered by the US Department of Health & Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
  

Protection & Advocacy for Individual Rights (PAIR)

• Authorized in the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; last amended and reauthorized in the Workforce Investment Act of 1998

• 29 U.S.C. § 794e, P.L. 106-402

• Administered by the US Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration

Protection & Advocacy for Assistive Technology (PAAT)

• Authorized in the Assistive Technology Act of 1998

• 29 U.S.C. § 3001, 3011, 3012, P.L. 105-394
• Administered by the US Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration
  

Protection & Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security (PABSS)

• Authorized in the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999; last amended and reauthorized in the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act

• 42 U.S.C. § 1320b-21, P.L. 106-170

• Administered by the Social Security Administration

Protection & Advocacy for Traumatic Brain Injury (PATBI)

• Authorized in the Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 1996; last amended and reauthorized in the Children's Health Act of 2000

• 42 U.S.C. § 300d-53, P.L. 106-310

• Administered by the US Department of Health & Human Services, Health Resources & Services Administration, Maternal & Child Health Bureau
  

Client Assistance Program (CAP)

• Authorized in Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; last amended and reauthorized in the Workforce Investment Act of 1998

• 29 USC § 732, P.L. 105-220

• Administered by the US Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration
  

Work Incentives Planning & Assistance (WIPA)

• Authorized in Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 and the Social Security Protection Act of 2004; reauthorized funding through FY 2009

• 42 U.S.C. § 1320b-21, P.L. 106-170, P.L. 108-203
• Administered by the Social Security Administration
  

Protection & Advocacy for Voting Access (PAVA)

• Authorized in the Help America Vote Act of 2002

• 42 U.S.C. § 15461-62, P.L. 107-252
• Administered by the US Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Developmental Disabilities