ACS Children and youth with intellectual or developmental disabilities living in congregate care settings (1977-2009): Healthy People 2010 Objective 6

2011

The Healthy People (HP) 2010 initiative established goals and specific objectives for improving health in the United States. Among the specific national objectives reported in Chapter 6: Disability and Secondary Conditions (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2000) was Objective 6.7b: "Reduce to zero the number of children aged 17 years and younger living in congregate care facilities" (pp. 6-17). Congregate care facilities were defined for children as an out-of-home facility of any size that provides housing for people with disabilities, in which rotating staff members provide care, excluding foster care, adoptive homes, residential schools, correctional facilities, and nursing facilities (pp. 6-25). To measure progress toward meeting this objective, state developmental disabilities program agencies were asked in 2009 to report the numbers of children (0-14 years), youth (15-18), and young adults (18?21 years) with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in "out-of-home residential placements." Out-of-home residential placements were defined as places other than a parental, adoptive, or relative's home where children and youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities received residential supports.

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