Show Utah May Qualify For or Assistance To Handicapped Utah may qualify y in the next several years for some 2000 in federal assistance to encourage encourage encourage en en- courage development of facilities facilities facilities ties and personnel to help the mentally and physically handicapped handicapped handicapped handi handi- capped according to Rep Sherman P. P Lloyd Utah R-Utah TilE THE UTAH a n noted that a recently approved act provides for six types of federal assistance Four of these provide federal aid when a particular public or nonprofit prof non it project qualifies Two other sections provide federal assistance to states ona ona on ona a formula weighing population and need The latest available figures Dir Mr Lloyd said indicate indicate indicate indi indi- cate that Utah will qualify y between between between be be- tween 1965 and 1968 for some 13 million to build facilities for the mentally retarded and to build community mental menial health centers TilE THE OTHER four provisions provisions provisions provi provi- will allow federal assistance assistance assist assist- assistance ance for 1 construction of oC a research centers to study human development and behavior behavior behavior be be- havior 2 for university work in the field of mental retardation tion lion 3 university training of professionals professionals-in in the field and 4 grants for research and and demonstration projects dealing dealing deal deal- ing with instruction of all kinds of handicapped children chil chil- dren I 1 It is impossible to determine determine determine deter deter- mine in advance how much will be earmarked for work In Utah Computing ing the states state's share of the total federal authorization authorization authorization au au- on on the thc basis of population population pop pop- elation alone Mr Lloyd said would indicate at least another would be available to Utah BUT because Utah has a number of oC public and nonprofit nonprofit nonprofit non non- profit agencies working in the field of human behavior the state may qualify for grants far lar exceeding a strict rata pro according to the congressman Authorization for the new effort effort ef et- ef- ef fort tort is carried in the Mental Retardation Facilities a and n d Community Mental H Heal al t h Centers Construction Act of ot 1963 An appropriation has been requested to carry the program for its initial year starting next July 1 L The act provides for the program to continue through f fiscal year 1968 DIR MR LLOYD s said id the secretary secretary secretary sec sec- of the Department of Heath Education tion and Welfare Welfare Welfare Wel Wel- fare is expected to publish regulations governing the new program by April 30 One of the early jobs fa facing mg the state Mr Lloyd said willbe willbe will willbe be to prepare comprehensive state plans for use of the money money money mon mon- ey in building community men men- mental mental tal health centers and ties for the retarded Those plans must state the costs the need the range long-range o 0 b b- b and indicate state or local participation Federal aid will be between third one-third and two-thirds two of the cost depending depending depending de de- pending on population and per capita income I TilE THE OTTER parts of the program will require application application application i tion by sponsoring organizations organizations organizations for individual grants giants Federal grants will be mostly at 75 per c cent nt of the total cost Mr l Lloyd said that officials in the various federal offices involved in the program were apparently aware of the risk that federal funds would simply simply simply sim sim- ply replace st a ate t e or l 1 local o 0 c a l I I funds without expanding the total program THAT danger he said is set offset by several elements inthe in inthe inthe the law One is that a large part of the program will not concern government agencies but will involve profit non-profit or or- The other discouragement discouragement discouragement dis dis- to withdrawal of public funds is the stales stales' obligation obligation obligation ob ob- ob- ob to submit advance advance- plans f for I construction of f fa facil il sties A conclusive House study showed that large numbers of or school aged children in this country are emotionally disturbed disturbed dis dis- tuned or mentally retarded Needed to teach these children children chil dren are more specially quail fled fied educators than the slates states presently supply PERHAPS if this country had th the kind of facilities i it it- it needs t to reach teach mentally handicapped handi capped children Lee Lee- Harvey Oswald would have been a constructive member r of soci soei society ety and President Kennedy would not have been murdered murdered mur mur- dered Mr J loyd oy said |