Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963
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Statements (18)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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| gptkbp:affectedArea |
gptkb:United_States
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| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Community_Mental_Health_Act
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| gptkbp:citation |
gptkb:77_Stat._282
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| gptkbp:dateEnacted |
October 31, 1963
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| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
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| gptkbp:fundedBy |
community mental health centers
facilities for people with intellectual disabilities |
| gptkbp:historicalName |
part of President Kennedy's New Frontier program
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963
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| gptkbp:legacy |
led to the deinstitutionalization movement in mental health care
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| gptkbp:publicLawNumber |
gptkb:Public_Law_88-164
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| gptkbp:purpose |
to provide federal funding for the construction of community mental health centers and facilities for people with intellectual disabilities
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| gptkbp:signedBy |
gptkb:John_F._Kennedy
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| gptkbp:significance |
marked a major shift from institutionalization to community-based mental health care in the United States
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| gptkbp:title |
An Act to assist in combating mental retardation through grants for construction of research centers and grants for facilities for the mentally retarded and assistance in improving mental health through grants for construction of community mental health centers, and for other purposes
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Community_Mental_Health_Act_of_1963
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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