North Dakota Protection & Advocacy Project
Services: Policies: Programs And Services
A: Agency Description
To help ensure that individuals with disabilities receive appropriate care and treatment, each State has a system, designated by the Governor, to protect and advocate for the rights of people with disabilities. The Protection and Advocacy Project (P&A) is the federally mandated, statewide, protection and advocacy system serving individuals with disabilities in North Dakota. The central purpose of the protection and advocacy system throughout the United States is to respond to allegations of abuse, neglect and violations of rights of persons with disabilities or discrimination based on their disability. As of March 2008, P&A has seven federal programs:
- Protection and Advocacy for Developmental Disabilities
Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. §§ 15041-15045) - Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. §§ 10801 - 10807, 42 U.S.C. §§ 10821 - 10827), 42 U.S.C. §§ 10841), 42 U.S.C. §§ 10851) - Protection and Advocacy for Individual Rights
Section 509 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C. §§ 794e) - Protection and Advocacy for Assistive Technology
Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act, as amended (29 U.S.C. §§ 3012) - Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security
Section 1150 of the Social Security Act, added by the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. §§ 1320b-21) - Protection and Advocacy for Traumatic Brain Injury
Section 1253 of the Public Health Service Act, added by the Children's Health Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. §§ 300d-53) - Protection and Advocacy for Voting Access
Title II, Subtitle D of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. §§ 15461)
As mandated by State law (N.D.C.C. § 25-01.3) P&A is an independent State agency governed by the Committee on Protection and Advocacy. The Committee on P&A has promulgated State rules at N.D.A.C. § 65.5-01.
