Public financial support for intellectual disability in the United States grew from 2.3 billion in 1955 to 82.6 billion in 2004, and the federal government emerged during this period as the principal provider of such support. Notwithstanding this unprecedented growth in financial support, many inequities persist today in the distribution of…

The monograph summarizes national, regional, and state expenditure data for mental retardation (MR)/developmental disabilities (DD) services from fiscal year 1977-84. Data were compiled through responses of MR/DD state agency officials to data extracted from state excecutive budget documents. The project was designed to (1) develop a methodology…

The report summarizes results from a mental retardation/developmental disabilities (MR/DD) expenditure analysis study. Three parts comprised the study: (1) the state government expenditure analysis which covered fiscal years (FY) 1977 through 1984, and dealt primarily with state general fund expenditures of the principal MR/DD state agency, the…

Data are presented on the number of people with developmental disabilities who are projected to lose long-term Medicaid health care services in the year 2002 under the 104th Congress' Medicaid spending reduction proposals. A table illustrates by state the number of people with developmental disabilities receiving services in 1992 and the number…