Our Programs: Overview CAP PADD PAIMI PAIR PAAT PABSS PATBI PAVA WIPA

Overview Hawaii Disability Rights Center is the State of Hawaii's designated CLIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (CAP) and designated PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY (P&A) SYSTEM for People with Disabilities This section of our website provides a brief description of CAP and each of the P&A programs we administer: Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities (PADD) authorized in the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, 42 USC 15001, PL 106-402. Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) authorized in the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act, 42 USC 10801, PL 106-310. Protection and Advocacy for Individual Rights (PAIR) authorized in the Rehabilitation Act, 29USC 794e, PL 106-402. Protection and Advocacy for [Individuals in Need of] Assistive Technology (PAAT) authorized in the Assistive Technology Act, 29 USC 3011,3012, PL 105-394. Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security (PABSS) authorized in the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act, 42 USC 1320b-20, PL 106-170. Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury (PATBI) authorized in the Children's Health Act of 2000, 42 USC 300d-53, PL 106-310. Protection and Advocacy for Voter Access (PAVA) authorized in the Help America Vote Act of 2002, 42 USC 15461-62, PL 107-252. Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) authorized in Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999, 42 USC §1320b-21, P.L. 106-170 and Social Security Protection Act of 2004, reauthorized funding through FY 2009, Pub. L. 108-203