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The original documents are located in Box D32, folder "Kent County Association of
Retarded Children Dinner Dance, Grand Rapids, MI, February 19, 1972" of the Ford
Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential
Library.
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Digitized from Box D32 of The Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
KENT COUNTY ASSN. OF RETARDED CHILDREN DINNER DANCE
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, 1972, Grand Rapids, Mich.
FIRST OF ALL, LET ME CONGRATULATE YOU ON THE TREMENDOUS
WORK YOU ARE DOING, DEALING WITH THE PROBLEMS OF MENTAL
RETARDATION.
I AM ACQUAINTED WITH YOUR VARIOUS ACTIVITIES, AND I FEEL
YOU CAN BE VERY PROUD OF YOURSELVES.
PERHAPS I SHOULD TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE
i
FORD
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS DOING REGARDING MENTAL RETARDATION.
GE
LIBRARY
KCARC 2/19/72
21
WE HAVE, AS YOU KNOW, A PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON MENTAL
RETARDATION.
THE COMMITTEE, IN ITS LATEST REPORT, MAKES WHAT I CONSIDER
TO BE A VERY SIGNIFICANT STATEMENT. THAT STATEMENT FOLLOWS:
"WHEN AND HOW AND WHERE LEARNING TAKES PLACE CAN SPELL THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SO-CALLED NORMAL AND THE SO-CALLED
MENTALLY RETARDED CHILD, WHEN THERE IS NO PHYSICAL BASIS
FOR THE RETARDATION."
BERALO FORD FIBRARY
KCARC 2/19/72
3.
THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF
ENVIRONMENT, OR ECOLOGY, IN CONNECTION WITH HUMAN MENTAL
DEVELOPMENT
...
AND THE COMMITTEE GOES ON TO RECOMMEND
TO THE PRESIDENT ...
...
"THAT THE UNIVERSITIES BE ENCOURAGED TO DEVELOP A
COMPREHENSIVE CURRICULUM AND ACADEMIC PROGRAM FOR A NEW
KIND OF COLLEGE DEVOTED TO HUMAN ECOLOGY," AND
...
"THAT GOVERNMENTAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES APPLY
AND COORDINATE KNOWLEDGE OF HUMAN ECOLOGY TOWARD A DECISIVE
REDUCTION IN MENTAL RETARDATION."
******
KCARC 2/19/72
4.
THE HEALTH-EDUCATION-AND-WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING
HARD IN THE AREA OF MENTAL RETARDATION.
ON OCTOBER 30, 1970, THE PRESIDENT SIGNED INTO LAW THE
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION ACT,
AIMED AT EXPANDING AND EXTENDING A NUMBER OF SIGNIFICANT MENTAL
RETARDATION PROGRAMS CONDUCTED BY H.E.W. THAT WORK IS BEING
CARRIED FORWARD.
FORD
MORE THAN 35,700 MENTALLY RETARDED PERSONS WERE REHABILITATED
FISCAL
IN 1971 THROUGH THE FEDERALLY-ADMINISTERED VOCATIONAL
GERAL
IBRARY
REHABILITATION PROGRAM.
KCARC 2/19/72
5.
APPROXIMATELY 44,000 MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN AND THEIR
FAMILIES RECEIVED SERVICES PROVIDED BY CLINICS SUPPORTED BY
H.E.W.'S MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICE.
MORE THAN 150,000 MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN WERE ENROLLED
IN SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS SUPPORTED IN PART BY FEDERAL
FUNDS.
TO DATE, 370 MENTAL RETARDATION COMMUNITY FACILITIES
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED. THESE PROJECTS
WILL SERVE AN ESTIMATED 95,000 RETARDED PERSONS.
LIBRARY
KCARC 2/19/72
6.
64,000 MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN WERE SERVED IN
STATE-SUPPORTED SCHOOLS, A PROGRAM INVOLVING A FEDERAL
OUTLAY OF $22 MILLION.
THE CHALLENGE OF MENTAL RETARDATION WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE
PRIMARY ATTENTION AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
TOTAL H.E.W. OBLIGATIONS FOR MENTAL RETARDATION ACTIVITIES
THIS FISCAL YEAR COME TO $668,419,000, INCLUDING $372 MILLION
FOR GRANTS AND SERVICES AND $296 MILLION FOR INCOME AND
MAINTENANCE. THE TOTAL OF $668.4 MILLION FOR FISCAL 1972
GER
LIBRARY
KCARC 2/19/72
7.
RUNS $44.4 MILLION HIGHER THAN THE $624 MILLION EARMARKED FOR
H.E.W. MENTAL RETARDATION PROGRAMS IN FISCAL 1971 AND
$112 MILLION ABOVE THE $556.3 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR SUCH
PROGRAMS IN FISCAL 1970.
so YOU CAN SEE WE ARE NOT LYING DOWN ON THE JOB AT THE FEDERAL
LEVEL. WE ARE WITH YOU. WE ARE DETERMINED TO HELP YOU
SUCCEED. WE WILL HELP YOU ACHIEVE THE GREAT OBJECTIVES YOU
HAVE SET FOR YOURSELVES. THANK YOU.
GERMLD FORD FIBRAST
CARDS
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
FEB. 19, 1972
Congress of the United States
Office of the Minority Leader
Herald R. Ford
M.C.
house of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
7:30 P.M.
SATURDAY
KENT Co. Assoc. OF RETARDED CHILDREN
DINNER DANCE
FORD is LIBRARY 07V835
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