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President John F. Kennedy signing the act. The Community Mental Health Act of 1963 (CMHA) (also known as the Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act, Mental Retardation Facilities and Construction Act, Public Law 88-164, or the Mental Retardation and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963) was an act to provide ...
The 1963 State of the Union Address was given by John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, on Monday, January 14, 1963, to the 88th United States Congress in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives. [3] It was Kennedy's third and final State of the Union Address.
January 2, 1963 January 9, 1963 28 FR 203 [14] 161 11074: Establishing the President's Council on Physical Fitness January 8, 1963 January 10, 1963 28 FR 259 162 11075: Administration of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 January 15, 1963 January 18, 1963 28 FR 473 163 11076: Establishing the President's Advisory Commission on Narcotic and Drug Abuse
President John F. Kennedy signs the Community Mental Health Act on 31 October 1963. The United States has experienced two main waves of deinstitutionalisation. The first wave began in the 1950s and targeted people with mental illness. [79]
President John F. Kennedy at the podium at Grey Towers National Historic Site, September 24, 1963, where he dedicated the Pinchot Institute for Conservation Studies. At far right is Pennsylvania ...
U.S. President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis greet supporters at Dallas Love Field in Dallas, Texas in this photo taken on November 22, 1963; the day of his assassination.
NAMI successfully lobbied to improve mental health services and gain equality of insurance coverage for mental illnesses. [1] In 1996, the Mental Health Parity Act was enacted into law, realizing the mental health movement's goal of equal insurance coverage. In 1955, there were 340 psychiatric hospital beds for every 100,000 US citizens.
Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-69) What Happened to Welfare. In August 1964, President Johnson signed the Economic Opportunity Act, a package of legislation that created a variety of social programs to ...