Pennsylvania: 
How Far To Olmstead Compliance?

Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's 2016 19-page Mental Health Services Olmstead Plan lacking measurable goals or reasonable times frames.

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Smith v. Department of Public Welfare of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania – 2:13-cv-05670
On June 12, 2014, the United States filed a Statement of Interest in the case of Smith v. Department of Public Welfare of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.  In Smith, the Plaintiffs alleged that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania put them at serious risk of institutionalization by reducing funding for Act 150, a state-funded program providing attendant care services in the community. Read More


​Benjamin et al. v. Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Welfare – 09-CV-1182 – (M.D. Pa. 2010) - In July 2010, the United States filed an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief in this class action.  We supported  the arguments made by a class of individuals with developmental disabilities who sought to end their unjustified segregation in Pennsylvania’s large, publicly-run congregate care institutions. Read more