Disability Rights Mississippi

Protection and advocacy for individuals with developmental disabilities (padd): - handled 65 individual cases - represented individuals seeking to transition from facilities to the community - continued to visit state and private facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities to monitor conditions, investigate concerns, and assist with transitions to less restrictive environments - conducted investigations of allegations of abuse and neglect involving people with developmental disabilities - pursued litigation from negligence and abuse - filed several complaints with Mississippi department of education which resulted in orders for individual and systemic relief for public school students with disabilities - investigated several incidents of abuse and neglect in a facility

Representative payee program: - investigated representative payees as assigned by the social security administration - the rep payee team completed 59 predictive, periodic, and volume reviews. They also completed 6 individual reviews and 5 state reviews - through the course of these reviews, the team was able to see and provide support and services to 372 individuals with disabilities living in facilities and throughout our communities.

Protection and advocacy for individuals with mental illness (paimi): - handled 98 individual cases - continued to monitor conditions in state psychiatric facilities - solved problems and investigated allegations of mistreatment or Rights violations - investigated unlicensed personal care homes housing individuals with disabilities - provided assistance to people with disabilities incarcerated in jails or prisons

Protection and advocacy for individual Rights (pair):- handled 30 individual cases- handled several cases involving service animals- assisted several students in higher education to get classroom accommodationsprotection and advocacy for assistive technology (paat):- handled 4 individual cases- represented people with disabilities who are in need of assistive technology- assessed the accessibility of jails and prisons in mississippiprotection and advocacy for beneficiaries of social security (pabss):- advocated for the Rights of social security beneficiaries seeking to obtain or maintain employment- provided outreach and training about the program throughout the state, with a focus on win job centersprotection and advocacy for traumatic brain injury (patbi):- handled 3 individual cases- advocated for the Rights of individuals with tbi to receive services in a more integrated setting- collaborated with traumatic brain injury association and others who serve individuals with tbiprotection and advocacy for voting Rights (pava):- incorporated education about voting Rights and issues for individuals with disabilities throughout all other work, including education transition, outreach to facility residents, and people in the general community- continued to collaborate with the secretary of state and all county election clerks to ensure knowledge and full implementation of laws related to accessible polling places and accommodations to the needs of voters with disabilities- maintained a hotline number during elections to provide assistance to citizens who had questions about the voting process, and conducted voter registration activities- responded to requests for information about Mississippi's voter id law