ARIZONA CENTER FOR DISABILITY LAW

Other Federal Grant Programs

 

Client Assistance Program (CAP)

 

          CAP is authorized through the 1984 Amendments to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.  The Center’s CAP program ensures that Arizona’s Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) system works for individuals with disabilities.  CAP services include information and referral services, advice and representation at appeals to assist more individuals with disabilities negotiate changing employment and training systems through VR or other Rehabilitative Services Administration programs.

 

Protection and Advocacy for Assistive Technology (PAAT)

 

          PAAT was reauthorized as part of the Assistive Technology Act of 2004.  The Center’s PAAT work ensures that children and adults with disabilities can get access to critically needed assistive technology in a variety of settings - school, home and at work.  Our work focuses on information and referral services, technical assistance, short-term assistance and representation at appeals to ensure children and adults with disabilities live more productive and independent lives.

 

Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security (PABSS)

                                                                                               

           PABSS was created through the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999.  The focus of our work is to protect beneficiaries’ rights to obtain, maintain or retain employment.  The program can only service beneficiaries of the Social Security who are individuals with disabilities.  The Center’s PABSS program provides information and referral, education and training and individual representation and assistance. 

 

Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury (PATBI)

         

          PATBI was created by Congress as part of the Children’s Health Act of 2000.  The Center’s PATBI work ensures that persons with TBI and their family members have better access to information on their rights to services through a comprehensive, statewide outreach and training program.  The Center also advocates on an individual and systemic level to affect policy changes in systems providing care and services for people with TBI.