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1974
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Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest started by Bruce Meyerson and Herb Ely as a non-profit public interest law firm dedicated to achieving social, human, and environmental justice. |
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1978 |
Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest is designated as Protection and Advocacy System for Persons with Developmental Disabilities in Arizona. |
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1984
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1984 Amendments to the Rehab Act create Client Assistance Program (CAP) and the Center starts its CAP program. |
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1986
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Protection and Advocacy of Individuals with Mental Illness Act (PAIMI) is passed by Congress, and Center becomes protection and advocacy agency for persons with mental illness. |
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1994
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Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights (PAIR) program is funded at the federal level, and the Center begins to receive funding for this additional group of persons with disabilities. |
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March 1995
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Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest and the Protection and Advocacy System become two completely separate organizations. The "old" corporation becomes the Arizona Center for Disability Law and the "new" corporation retains the Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest name. Each corporation has different staff, board, and missions. |
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1995
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Arizona starts its Assistive Technology Project and pursuant to the federal legislation, the state project contracts with the Center to perform protection and advocacy work for people to obtain assistive technology. |
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1998
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The Arizona Center for Disability Law receives a competitive HUD/FHIP Grant to perform fair housing work for people with disabilities. |
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1999
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The Arizona Center for Disability Law initiates investigative unit to investigate allegations of abuse and neglect. |
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2000
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The Center reorganizes itself to better serve people with disabilities by formalizing a team structure with specialized information and referral staff. |
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2001
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The Arizona Center for Disability Law begins to represent social security beneficiaries on return to work issues pursuant to federal legislative authority under the Ticket to Work/Work Incentives Act. |
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2002 |
The Arizona Center for Disability Law receives a three year grant to provide protection and advocacy services to persons with traumatic brain injury. |
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2003 |
The Center begins a new initiative on implementation of the Help America Vote Act by working to make the voting process more accessible to people with disabilities. |
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2004 |
Center receives grant from Nina Mason Pulliam Foundation to enhance health care education, outreach and advocacy. |
