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13 Homes Planned For Mentally Retarded
The creation of a statewide
chain of 300 small “group
homes'* for retarded children
It the long range goal of a pro
gram Initiated by the Mental
Health Division of the State De
partment of Human Resources.
According to acting state me
ntal health chief Dr. Addison
Duval, 13 homes each to
house eight youngsters under
age 13 -- are scheduled to be
operating In various parts of the
state by the end of 1972.
Dr. Duval said that initial p
lans call for the first homes to
be established in the headquar
ters cities of Georgia's existing
health districts. He added that
approximately 60 homes will be
activated each year until the
anticipated 300 homes—housing
approximately 2,400 mentally
retarded residents are in full
operation.
The health district head
quarters cities expected to be
the locations for the firstphase
of the federal/state group home
program are: Albany, Athens,
Augusta, Columbus, Dalton, De
catur, Dublin, Gainesville, La-
Grange, Macon, Savannah,
Valdosta and Waycross.
Dr. Tom McConnell, a psy
chologist and the coordinator of
community mental retardation
programs for the State Human
Resources agency, says that the
activation of the network of
group homes “will gradually
reduce the waiting list for ad
mission to state hospitals." In
time, the psychologist explains,
“the waiting list, which curr
ently totals some 2,800 names,
probably will be completely el
iminated. Dr. McConnell added
that another state program cur
rently working to set up day
training centers for the re
tarded will supplement the
group home effort In providing
close-to-home care.
Dr. McConnell stated that ad
mission to the community
based homes, as they are act
ivated, will be made by choos
ing four residents from the
State Eyes
Beef Cattle
Operations
Macon-Emmett Reynolds, Pr
esident of the Georgia Farm'
Bureau Federation, has discl
osed that the farm federation
through the Georgia Farm Bur
eau Marketing Association was
taking action of an exploratory
nature to determine the feasib
ility of developing beef cattle
marketing operations in Ge
orgia.
"We are in the initial steps
of program development and
consultation with cattle prod
ucers throughout the state to
gain their opinion," Reynolds
said. Cattle producers of var
ious areas of the state have
expressed an interest in the
Georgia Farm Bureau Federat
ion activating a marketing pro
gram in the beef cattle field
to enhance economic opport
unitites for cattle producers as
has been done for slaughter
hogs by the federation, he em
phasized.
Should activation of beef cat
tle marketing, or that of other
livestock marketing follow dev
elopment lines utilized in Farm
Bureau’s slaughter hog market
lng-the following steps would
be taken:
(1) Producers would be given
an opportunity to enter into an
exclusive sales marketing
agreement with the Association
for specific periods of time:
(2) The Association would
assemble. Identify, grade and
expose such cattle to a broad
earea of known feeder cattle
needs:
(3) The Association would
carry out marketing operations
by means of advance contract
sales, private treaty sales and
special auctions.
Georgia Farm Bureau’s sl
aughter hog marketlngprogram
initiated earlier this year, has
resulted in hog growers rece
iving premium prices above
market quotations for their an
imals. That program also saw
the farm federation establish
the first grade slaughter hog m
arketing operation in Georgia.
Reynolds declared •• as we en
vision one possible program at
this point the Association would
not take title to the cattle for
buying and selling, but would
act as the producers agent in
negotiating and obtaining the h
ighes* known price for quality
and quantity of available feeder
cattle."
community or health district
where the home is located and
four hospital residents who are
considered eligible for release
from a state facility. The
local residents selected would
"most likely be from the cur
rent waiting list, with the ap
proval of the child's parents,”
said the state official.
Funding for the initial phase
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of the group home effort will
come from state mental health
appropriations; these funds are
expected to be augmented by a
U. S. Developmental Dis
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osal application estimates a
“start -up cost” of $16,500
for each home as it is activ
ated; living expenses are ant
icipated to be $3700 per year
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for each group home resident.
A “group home” according
to the Department of Human R
esources program proposal, is
defined as “a small home-like
residental facility located In a
community, and housing from
eight to 12 retarded children
and adults on a permanent or s
emi-permanent basis.”
Dr. McConnell Indicated that
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the beginning phase of the pro
ject would include selection of a
suitable rental property in each
city, screening applications for
the employment of house par
ents—“preferably a married
couple who will live in an ap
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selection of equipment and
supplies for daily living when
the residents arrive.
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According to Dr. McConnell,
“the most important aspect” of
a successful group home
program will be “the person
alities and attitudes of the house
parents.” The psychologist s
tated that the parents would
move into the residences “some
two to three weeks before the
children arrive, to be sure th
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He explained that "neighbor
hood and community cooperat
ion are needed to make this
badly-needed program work.”
The plan states, “Group
homes will be established only
in communities which have app
ropriate training, work activity
or educational services for the
retarded residents in the
home.”
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It is anticipated that the res
idents will spend most of their
time involved in community re
habilitation, learning and rec
reational activities, return!nf
to the home at night. Mental
health authorities feel that life
in group homes will more nearly
duplicate normal living patterns
than is possible in hospital set
tings.
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