Federal Funders

Administration on Developmental Disabilities (Protection and Advocacy for Developmental Disabilities program)
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/add/states/pas.htm

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness program)
http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs/P&A

Department of Education - Rehabilitation Services Administration* (Protection and Advocacy for Individual Rights program)
http://www.ed.gov/programs/rsapair/index.html

Social Security Administration (Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security program)
http://www.ssa.gov/work/ServiceProviders/pafactsheet.html

Administration on Developmental Disabilities (Protection and Advocacy for Voting Access program)
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/add/HAVA.htm

Health Resources and Services Administration (Protection and Advocacy for Traumatic Brain Injury program)
http://mchb.hrsa.gov/programs/tbi.htm

*Note that Iowa's Assistive Technology grant is disseminated through the Iowa Program for Assistive Technology (IPAT).

Federal Authority

The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000
United States Code - 42 USC § 15001-15083 (Chapter 144, Subchapter 1, Part C)
http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title42/chapter144_.html

The Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act of 1986
United States Code - 42 USC § 10801-18051 (Chapter 114, Subchapter 1)
http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title42/chapter114_.html

The Rehabilitation Act of 1973
United States Code - 29 USC § 794e
http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title29/chapter16_subchapterv_.html

Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999
United States Code - 42 USC § 1320b-21
http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title42/chapter7_subchapterxi_parta_.html

Help America Vote Act of 2002
United States Code - 42 USC § 15301-15545 (Title II, Subtitle D, Part 5, Section 291 and 292)
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/voting/hava/HAVA_2002.html

The Children's Health Act of 2000
United States Code - 42 USC § 300d-53
http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title42/chapter6a_subchapterx_parte_.html