The report presents six strategies or policy levers, gleaned from previous research reports that can be implemented on the federal and local levels to promote collaboration and coordination and support livable community objectives. Examples were selected from a vast array of actions that can be taken. Each of the strategies is illustrated by actual promising practices at both the federal and state levels that can be adapted and replicated elsewhere. 

 

Aging and Disability Resource Center; Community Inclusion; Independence Plus; Transportation; Livable Community; Community Livability; Consolidating Access to Information and Services; 2-1-1 Information and Referral System; Favorable Tax Treatment; Low Income Housing Tax Credits; Homeownership Tax Credit; Affordable, Accessible Housing; Universal Design; Performance Measures; Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART); PART and People with Disabilities; Performance Outcome Measurement Systems; AoA Performance Outcomes Measure Project; POMP; Public-Private Sector Partnerships; Individual Development Accounts; Implementing IDAs; Improve Ease of Access; Workforce Investment Act; WIA; United We Ride; Utilization of Waiver Authority; Consumer Choice; Community Participation Social Security Waiver Authority; Maryland's New Directions Program; The Florida Freedom Initiative; Self-Directed Services with a Work Incentive Plan; California's Independence Plus Section 1115 Demonstration 

Accessibility, Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities, Model Communities, Physical Disabilities, Resource Center, State/Agency Information 

Promising practices, Reports 

National Council on Disability 

All States/Territories 

01/10/2007 

National Council on Disability
Washington, DC 20004

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