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What’s the Difference Between Public Housing and “Section 8” Housing?

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has two kinds of public housing programs. The programs provide rental ...
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Iowa Compass Community Resource Database Featured in National Survey of Best Practices

Iowa Compass got a “shout out” in a recently published report from the National Association of States United for Aging ...
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As Iowa’s disability-related information and referral service, Iowa Compass reaches out to a broad audience. Because we use information technology ...
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Getting Ready to File a Discrimination Complaint Based on Disability

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is the law that forbids discrimination against people with disabilities. Discrimination means treating someone ...
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July 2, 2020 Lance Robertson, ACL Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging Our Declaration of Independence says, We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty a...

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Milestone alert: the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) turns 30 later this month! The U.S. Census Bureau has put together a snapshot of the U.S. population with a disability, and looks at the services available for them: bit.ly/2VFDFve ... See MoreSee Less

Anniversary of Americans With Disabilities Act: July 26, 2020

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July 26, 1990: President George H. W. Bush signed into law the American with Disabilities Act, which prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities.

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