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    "ocrText": "July 25, 2000\nOn the 10th Anniversary of ADA, Vice President Gore announced that the Administration would launch a\nseries of new initiatives designed to promote the delivery of home and community-based services and\nsupport for people with disabilities.\nA new $50 million investment in FY 2001 to help states more easily offer service to people with\ndisabilities in the most integrated setting appropriate to their needs\nNew guidance to state Medicaid directors on Medicaid coverage of home- and community-based\nservices to help them reply with the recent Olmstead Supreme Court ruling\nCreation of a nearly $20 million investment in a public-private partnership between the\nAdministration and the National Program Office on Self-Determination entitled Access Housing 2000\nto help individuals with disabilities transition into community living\nTake actions to increase home ownership, extend work incentives for individuals with disabilities to a\nbroader range of housing assistance programs, and promote the development of new assistive\ntechnology for people with disabilities\nEstablishment of a National Mental Health Coalition to promote community-based services for\nindividuals with mental illnesses and substance abuse disorders\nJuly 25, 2000\nIn an historic bipartisan agreement, the House passed the President's New Markets Initiative included\nextension and expansion of Empowerment Zones and an increase in the low-income housing tax credit.\nJuly 13, 2000\nPresident Clinton signed into law H.R. 4425, the \"Military Appropriations Act, FY 2001, Emergency\nSupplemental Act, FY 2000, and Cerro Grande Fire Supplement,\" which provides substantial funding for\nmilitary housing programs.\nJune 19, 2000\nIn a memorandum to the Secretaries of State and Housing and Urban Development, President Clinton\nasked HUD Secretary Cuomo to commence discussions with the Israeli government on issues pertaining\nto affordable housing and community development, with the aim of establishing a binational commission\nto structure a cooperative exchange program in this field.\nJune 1, 2000\nPresident Clinton announced the release of guidance from HHS and HUD for housing and welfare\nagencies to work together to help families in public and assisted housing move toward self-sufficiency.\nMay 23, 2000\nPresident Clinton announced a proposal to expand the low income tax credit by 40 percent from $1.25 per\ncapita to $1.75 per capita, and to index the credit for inflation thereafter. The proposal would help create\nan additional 180,000 units of affordable housing over the next five years to low income families.\nMay 10, 2000\nPresident Clinton announced the HUD release of $22 million in Community Development Block Grants\nto support rural housing and economic development in the Mississippi Delta. The grants will be awarded\non a competitive basis for economic revitalization and community development initiatives in the Delta\nregion.\nSince President Clinton took office, HUD has provided $260 million to the Delta region through the\nHOME Program, which helps state and local governments produce standard affordable housing for low-\nand very low-income families.\n2"
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