In 1963. general hearings in the House and Senate revealed new opportunities for development and expansion of the total program. . The resulting legislation in 1965 provided a long list of noteworthy improvements for the program: the construction of new rehabilitation facilities. grants to speed the improvement of workshops. new methods of alloting funds to States. funding for statewide planning for new State services. the establishment of a National Commission on Architectural Barriers. and other steps to expand and perfect programs. such as use of money from the social security disability trust in rehabilitation beneficiaries of that program. . In 1967 and 1968. we provided support for anew National Center for DeafBlind Youth and Adults and authorized a special program for. disabled migrants. and a new system for evaluation and work adjustment and additional ways to fund new rehabilitation facilities. As befQre. congressional action has made it possible to extend the program tomore people. to people with more difficult problems to solve. By.1967. about 174.000 disabled people were being returned to employment. by 1968. the number was 208.000 rising to 267.000 by 1970.
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