Advocare
Fall 2007
A Publication of the West Virginia Advocates, Inc.
Table of Contents
- From the Executive Director
- Death Investigation
- WVA Investigates Lack of Food for Clients in Intensive Support Setting
- WVA Staff to Serve on National Disabilities Rights Network Board of Directors and Resource Advisory Committee
- WVA's Programs and Success Stories
- Board of Directors
- About WVA
- Mission Statement
- Statement of Purpose
- Disclaimer
About WVA
West Virginia Advocates, Inc. (WVA) is a private non-profit agency incorporated in 1977 as West Virginia Advocates for the Developmentally Disabled (WVADD) and designated by then Governor Jay Rockefeller as West Virginia's federally mandated protection and advocacy system. On April 16, 1988, WVADD's general membership approved a name change for WVADD to West Virginia Advocates (WVA).
Mission Statement
WV Advocates protects and advocates for the human and legal rights of persons with disabilities.
Statement of Purpose
The Corporation is organized, and shall be operated, exclusively for the charitable and educational purposes of protecting and advocating the human and legal rights of the citizens of West Virginia who are developmentally disabled, mentally ill or emotionally impaired, an other persons with disabilities for whom protection and advocacy is required by federal law as now existing, amended, supplemented or superseded. The board may elect to serve other disabilities.
Article II of the By-Laws of West Virginia Advocates, Inc.
Disclaimer
The Advocare is published by the West Virginia Advocates. Publication of news items and articles does not imply endorsement by the Editor, the West Virginia Advocates, the Board of Directors or its individual members, or DHHS. Funding for this publication is provided by the U.S. Department of Educations, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; U.S. Department of Health and Human Service, Public Health Services; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Developmental Disabilities, Social Security Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau. Letter to the Editor and news items should be sent to: WVA Litton Building, 4th Floor, 1207 Quarrier Street, Charleston, WV 25301.
