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March - April 2000
This issue includes articles covering Workforce Investment Act, housing and Community Economic Development, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and protecting farmworkers.
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After Olmstead v. L.C.: Enforcing the Integration Mandate of the Americans with Disabilities Act
The Olmstead v. L.C. decision is significant because, for the first time, the U.S. Supreme Court found unnecessary institutionalization of people with disabilities to be a form of discrimination prohibited by the Americans with Disabilities Act. The decision affords advocates a tremendous opportunity to push states—through policy advocacy and litigation—to expand community-based services for individuals with disabilities.
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Adult and Dislocated Worker Job Training Provisions of Title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998: Part 2—Delivery of Services
The Workforce Investment Act of 1998, which delivers a range of employment services through the "one-stop" system, offers advocates an opportunity to help shape the future course of job training systems for low-income clients. Advocacy regarding the use of individual training accounts, performance measures, certification of providers, and other service delivery features of the Act may be needed.
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Creating, Preserving, and Improving Housing through Community Economic Development
For 13 years the Legal Assistance Foundation of Los Angeles has helped residents in low-income communities rebuild, maintain, create, and own affordable housing. Seven case studies tell how development, fiscal and otherwise, is best led by residents, and collaboration with nonprofit organizations and experts is essential.
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New Regulations Implementing the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997—an Overview
Amendments made in 1997 to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act provide to children with disabilities greater opportunity to be part of a mainstream educational curriculum.
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Fields of Opportunity: Protecting Farmworkers Through a Broader Statutory Interpretation
While deplorable conditions for farmworkers occasionally catch the attention of Congress, serious problems continue today. Two provisions in the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act—the requirement that the employer not deviate from agreed-upon working arrangements and the protection against retaliation for asserting certain protections—may help ease such poor conditions.
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