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Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1985
Federal assistance for residential care for children in California was reviewed to determine: (1) which sources of federal funds sustain children placed in group homes; (2) whether services paid for with federal funds were provided; (3) whether rates paid to group homes were unallowable or unreasonable; (4) whether conditions at the group homes…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Peer reviewedBorthwick, Sharon A.; Eyman, Richard K. – Mental Retardation, 1980
The study compared the characteristics of individuals residing in either institutional or community settings in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, and one regional center in California. The results show that the more severely mentally retarded persons, with their attendant handicaps and maladaptive behavior, are still likely to be found in an…
Descriptors: Community Services, Group Homes, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation
