These amendments provided further opportunities for the handicapped to become productive citizens of our society. The 1965 amendments contained a long list of improvements for the program that Miss Switzer was administering so capablythe construction of new rehabilitation facilities. grants to speed improvement of workshops for the handicapped. a new method of allotting Federal funds among the State vocational rehabilitation agencies and a uniform Federal share of 75 percent of the program costs. funding for statewide planning in rehabilitation in each State. elimination of economic need as a requirement for obtaining rehabilitation services. and creation of a National Commission on Architectural Barriers. Additional amendments in 1967 and 1968 included support for a new National Center for DeafBlind Youth and Adults. a special program for disabled migrants. additional provisions for help in constructing facilities. and a new grant program of vocational evaluation and work adjustment. The creation of the Social and Rehabilitation Service in 1967 with Miss Switzer as Administrator was designed to realine the servicegiving agencies into a new approach to the problems of disadvantaged people. It brought together the rehabilitation agencyredesignated the Rehabilitation Services Administrationthe welfare agency. the Childrens Bureau. and the Administration on Aging.
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