This two-volume compilation of 21 papers discusses issues stemming from the Welsch versus Likins suit (1974). The suit led to the 1980 Welsch-Noot consent decree requiring the State of Minnesota to reduce the overall population of mentally retarded persons residing in state institutions by nearly one-third over 6 years. The 11 papers in Volume I are: "Taxonomy of Issues Surrounding Implementation of the Welsch versus Noot Decree"; "The Size of Community Residential Facilities: Current Guidelines and Implications for Planning"; "Interagency Cooperation: The Underlying Concepts of Trust, Incentives, Barriers, and Forms of Linkage"; "Cost Function Analysis of Minnesota Intermediate Care Facilities for Mentally Retarded (ICF-MR) Per Diems"; "Admissions/Readmissions to State Hospitals, September 1, 1980 to May 31, 1981: The Behavior Problem Issue"; "The Financial Status of Minnesota Developmental Achievement Centers: 1980-1982"; "The Program Status of Minnesota Developmental Achievement Centers: 1980-1982"; "The Client Status of Minnesota Developmental Achievement Centers: 1980-1982"; "Summary of Issues, Programs and Clients in Minnesota Developmental Achievement Centers: 1980-1982"; "Admissions/Readmissions to State Hospitals, June 1, 1981 to December 31, 1981: The Behavior Problem Issue"; "An Analysis of Minnesota Property Values of Community Intermediate Care Facilities for Mentally Retarded (ICF-MRs)." The 10 papers in Volume II are: "Analysis of Nonformal Training for Personnel Working in the Field of Developmental Disabilities in Minnesota: 1981-1982";"A Survey of Training Programs in Developmental Disabilities in Postsecondary Schools in Minnesota and Adjacent States"; "Training Needs as Perceived by Residential and Day Program Administrators and Staff"; "Cost Function Analysis of Minnesota Intermediate Care Facilities for Mentally Retarded (ICF-MR) Per Diems: 1980"; "A Statewide Summary of Sheltered Employment Programs"; "The Financial, Client, and Program Status of Minnesota Developmental Achievement Centers: 1982"; "The Minnesota Family Subsidy Program: Its Effect on Families with a Developmentally Disabled Child"; "Cost Function Analysis of Minnesota Intermediate Care Facilities for Mentally Retarded (ICF-MR) Per Diems: 1981"; "Respite Care: A Supportive and Preventive Service for Families"; and "Summary and Analysis of Minnesota Developmental Disabilities Respite Care Demonstration Projects (1981-1983)." Several of the papers in Volume II update the papers contained in Volume I. Volume I contains 166 references; Volume II has 216 references. (PB)