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The Administration for Community Living is a federal body established within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to address the needs of older Americans and people with disabilities, and to provide services and supports so they are able to live at home and participate in their communities. This website includes information about community living for older people and people with disabilities, including resources for their families and...
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The promise that 'deinstitutionalized' mentally ill people would be helped to re-integrate into society has turned out to be an empty one. In many U.S. cities, people with psychiatric disorders are now a majority of the homeless population. Los Angeles physician Milt Kogan provides care to mentally ill patients living on the streets or in the city's 'board and care' facilities. This documentary follows him as he tends to clients with schizophrenia,...
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"In the era of mass incarceration, over 600,000 people are released from federal or state prison each year, with many returning to chaotic living environments rife with violence. In these circumstances, how do former prisoners navigate reentering society? In Homeward, sociologist Bruce Western examines the tumultuous first year after release from prison. Drawing from in-depth interviews with over one hundred individuals, he describes the lives of...