reserved for each State, and individual projects will be approved after review by a panel of experts in the field. Advice on individual applications will be sought from State agencies concerned with the respective program areas. The university affiliated facilities construction program will begin to have a marked impact on the manpower situation in mental retardation as the new facilities are completed and go into operation. This is a project grant program which is administered in light of recommendations made by a committee of outstanding experts who assure programs of the highest quality and encourage innovation. There is doubt that the great bulk of professionals trained in the future to provide services to the retarded will come from training programs in the newly constructed facilities. I would like to mention here and remind the committee that the vocational rehabilitation program has over the past several years established research and training centers directed particularly to mental retardation in nonmedical settings, and we now have over three or four of these. We have one in Wisconsin, one in Texas, one in Oregon, and one or two others. The CHAIRMAN. Any in the eastern half of the United States? This is another evidence of the importance of bringing together these programs. These three programs are basic to our attack on mental retardation: Training facilities, service facilities, and adequate staff. Around this core will be grouped those other programs which round out the complement needed for effective action-research, demonstrations, improvement projects, and training. Together, they will force retardation out of the grip of despair in which it has held too many, too long. The CHAIRMAN. We very much need all of these, do we not? Miss SWITZER. All of them, yes, and we strongly urge the committee to do the very best it can. The CHAIRMAN. How many research centers have been funded under this legislation? Dr. LEE. The university research facilities, I believe 14, Senator Hill. The CHAIRMAN. How about the others? Dr. LEE. The university affiliated training centers? The CHAIRMAN. Yes. Dr. LEE. We can get those figures. The CHAIRMAN. You can supply them for the record. Dr. LEE. There are 12 research centers and 14 university affiliated training centers. The CHAIRMAN. All in operation now? Dr. LEE. No, sir. The construction, of course, requires planning, and the construction requires time, and they are not yet in operation, but some of them soon will be. Dr. JASLOW. Out of the 12 research centers, 11 are funded out of Public Law 88-164. The one that is in operation at the University of Chicago is considered one of the research centers but it is funded out of a different source. However, it is considered in the same grouping, the 12th one. That is in operation at the present time. The CHAIRMAN. What source is it funded out of? Dr. LEE. They had a $66,000 grant, Senator Hill, and went into operation in March of this year, I believe. Dr. JASLOW. They primarily required only movable equipment, so they did not require the construction lag period which others had. The University Affiliated Centers, there is one in operation in Boston opened for approximately 4 weeks. The CHAIRMAN. I see. Senator YARBOROUGH. Did you say "of the universities"; is this a university research center? Dr. LEE. Yes, sir. Senator YARBOROUGH. How many, did you say, were in operation? Dr. JASLOW. One of each in operation; one of the research training centers and one of the university affiliated training centers. Senator YARBOROUGH. One each in operation? Dr. JASLOW. Yes. Senator YARBOROUGH. You said there were 12? Dr. LEE. Twelve research centers and 14 of the university affiliated training centers. Senator YARBOROUGH. What is the difference between the 12 and 14, and one of each in operation? Dr. LEE. The research centers are health research facilities in which basic research is conducted. The university affiliated facilities are for training, and these are primarily for the referral of severely handicapped patients and for the training of needed personnel. As Miss Switzer indicated, this makes a considerable difference in meeting the service needs in communities. One of the great shortages is in the skilled manpower needed to provide the services. Miss SWITZER. We might give an example Senator YARBOROUGH. The reason for my interruption is to learn whether we have 14 of these centers, or whether we have one. Dr. LEE. There are 14 that have been funded. Senator YARBOROUGH. You mean the money has been set apart. It is there. It has not been cut back to the budget. Are we going to end up with 14 centers or one center? That is what I am driving at. Dr. LEE. We will end up with 14. Senator YARBOROUGH. When? Dr. LEE. The dates on completion we have, and we can submit this for the record. I do not have those figures. Senator YARBOROUGH. I would like to have those before we vote on this bill. I do not want to delay the bill, and I apologize for this interruption, but I think this information is important and should be available for our consideration. Dr. LEE. The construction dates and the university affiliated training centers, the fundings, total cost, Federal share, and estimated completion dates-we have those figures available, and we will be glad to submit them. (The material referred to follows:) PROGRESS REPORT ON MENTAL RETARDATION RESEARCH CENTERS AND UNIVERSITYAFFILIATED FACILITIES MENTAL RETARDATION RESEARCH CENTERS One of the programs authorized in P.L. 88-164, "Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963," is the con struction of centers for research on mental retardation and human development. The grants available under this program are designed "to assist in meeting the cost of construction of facilities for research, or research and related purposes, relating to human development, whether biological, medical, social, or behavioral, which may assist in finding the causes, and means of prevention, of mental retardation, or in finding means of ameliorating the effects of mental retardation." A total of $26 million has been authorized for this program over a four-year period beginning in fiscal year 1964. As of January 1967, eleven grants have been awarded. The following summary descriptions indicate the types of centers and programs supported by these grants. This program is administered by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education. and Welfare. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington The Mental Retardation Program at the University of Washington is a multidisciplinary university-wide endeavor involving the Medical School, Dental School, School of Nursing, School of Social Work, the College of Education and the Departments of Psychology and Sociology. Research in the biological sciences will include developmental biology, perinatal biology and the neurological sciences. Behavioral studies will include individual behavior under carefully controlled environmental conditions, family and peer group interactions, and applied research on testing of educational and treatment techniques. The facility will also be utilized for research on new methods and materials for the retarded. This Center will feature outpatient and residential facilities for comprehensive clinical studies of retarded children and will provide research training programs to prepare physicians and professionals in the health related disciplines for research in mental retardation and related aspects of human development. Total cost of project: $8,290,970. Federal Share: $5,700,000. Date of Award: October, 1964. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, New York, New York This Program will be a joint effort of the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics and Psychiatry. It will concern itself with research problems involving the total human organism, the family and the community with special emphasis on factors leading to mental retardation. Studies in developmental biology will be conducted at all levels, including molecular and enzymatic studies of the organ systems. Research will also be undertaken in the behavioral and social sciences and ecology. The College of Medicine has working arrangements with the Edenwald School, a residential treatment center for retarded children, and with the New York City Hospital which will enable them to translate new research findings into patient care. Total cost of project: $5,124,815. Date of Award: October, 1964. Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio This Research Center will focus on biomedical research. In addition to its pediatric researches the program will include teratology and genetics, physiology, biochemistry, and clinical research. It will stress basic research and research training, and the development of diagnostic and treatment techniques. Areas of study will include malformations resulting from altered environment during the developmental period and genetic abnormalities, inborn metabolic errors, and various studies of the effects of drugs and infection on the fetus and mother. Total cost of project: $3,011,210. Federal Share: $1,724,000. Date of Award: July, 1965. Estimated completion date: July, 1967. Walter E. Fernald State School, Waltham, Massachusetts This Center is located on the grounds of an institution for the retarded and will place heavy emphasis on the retarded person as the object of study. Interchange with investigators in other fields will be encouraged, and research will focus on prevention and amelioration. Among the disciplines included in this research program are neurology, psychiatry, pediatrics, epidemiology, experimental psychology, cytogenetics and education. An unusual feature of this project is the close cooperation between the Fernald School, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Harvard Medical School. Total cost of project: $1,790,000. Date of Award: May, 1965. Estimated completion date: 1967. George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, Tennessee This College has a long and productive history of research and training in the field of mental retardation but in a circumscribed area of the behavioral sciences. The new Center will make possible the expansion of interdisciplinary research efforts and research training for a wider range of behavioral scientists. In the newly created Division of Human Development, the program will primarily be directed at the educational, psychological and sociological aspects of mental retardation with strong emphasis on cultural deprivation The unique. ness of this research program lies in its relatively narrow but powerful thrust on these vital dimensions of the problem. Total cost of project: $3,543,547. Federal Share: $2,496,000. Estimated completion date: 1968. University of California, Los Angeles, California The main focus of the research program in this Center will involve a combined biological and behavioral approach to the problem of mental retardation. It envisions cooperative studies among the Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology, Pediatrics, Biochemistry and other Divisions within the Medical School, as well as the Departments of Sociology and Psychiatry. Collaborative studies of a basic and clinical nature related to mental retardation will be undertaken. The University has also received approval for the construction of a clinical facility for training and demonstration under Part B, Title I of the P.L. 88-164. These activities will be closely coordinated with those of the research center. Total cost of project: $2,588,970. Federal Share: $1,660,000. Date of Award: January, 1966. Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts This Center is closely affiliated with the Harvard Medical School and proposes an interdisciplinary research program directed toward the understanding, prevention and amelioration of the handicapped and the mentally retarded. The research team will include representation from experimental neurological sciences, behavioral sciences, genetics, metabolism and clinical research. Three additional senior scientists will be appointed to the Staff to man posts in genetics and metabolism, the neurosciences, and the behavioral sciences. This action is the largest single commitment in the Institution's history to research in a given field. Total cost of project: $4,140,337. Federal Share: $2,470,000. University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas The University of Kansas has a unique plan for the location of three research and research training units-at the Kansas Medical Center, the main campus of the University at Lawrence, and the Parsons State Hospital and Training Center, an institution for the retarded. The long-range multidisciplinary research program is broadly conceived and focuses on biomedical and behavioral research relevant to mental retardation. Each of the three settings will emphasize a specific area of research. Studies at the Medical Center will include reproductive physiology, biochemistry, neurophysiology and fetal and neonatal pathophysiology. Studies on learning, language, and social behavior will also be conducted. At the Lawrence campus, research will feature residential and preschool studies of behavior, and the processes of socialization, communication, and learning. The program at Parsons will stress research 85-230 0-67-6 in training of children with deficits in language, socialization and adaptive behavior, in academic attainment and vocational skills. Total cost of project: $2,921,978. Date of Award: September, 1965. University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado Strong research programs in neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, behavioral sciences, developmental pediatrics, cytogenetics, nutrition, developmental and lipid biochemistry, and neurochemistry form the basic science research core of the Colorado center. The Wheatridge State Home and Training School, the Colorado mental retar dation training facility, and State and community health resources will provide additional resources for research through a coordinated program. Special studies in family and community health will be possible through these extra resources. Epidemiological and population genetic studies will be conducted among the special populations resident in Colorado and the Southwest. Total cost of project: $442,647. Federal Share: $331,985. Date of Award: December, 1966. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina The University of North Carolina Child Development and Mental Retardation Research Center plans a broad program of research involving medical, psychological, educational and social sciences. Two separate but administratievly unified facilities will be constructed. The medical research facility will house a comprehensive research program including research in the clinical and basic sciences of medicine and health related disciplines. The pscho-educational facility will consist of a unique arrangement of educational and care facilities with supporting research laboratories. The central research theme will be long-term, longitudinal studies of retarded children and children at risk of becoming retarded. Beginning in infancy or early age and continuing through the elementary school years of the children will be provided with a carefully engineered program and environment designed to enhance their intellectual, social and emotional development. Medical research here will include studies of the impact of optimal health care and the consequences of infectious diseases on development. Total cost of project: $3,423,241. Date of Award: September, 1966. University of Chicago, Chicago Illinois An award for movable research equipment was made to the University of Chicago to assist in equipping their Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Mental Retardation Research Center located in Wyler Children's Hospital. The research center is contiguous with the Chicago Lying-in-Hospital which provides a resource for studies of prematurity and obsterical conditions leading to retarded development. Research in the center will focus on cytogenetics and population genetics, enzyme development, neurological and hematological investigations, biochemistry, virology, respiratory physiology, and development studies. Moveable research equipment award only. Amount of Award: $66,375. Date of award: September, 1966. . Activation date: 1966. RESEARCH CENTER AWARD MADE AFTER JANUARY 1, 1967 University of Wisconsin Center The grant program planned at the University of Wisconsin Center is comprehensive and broadly focused. A Bio-medical sciences unit will provide for research in neuro-physicology, neuro-metabolism and nutrition, and neuro-endocrinology and reproduction. The programs in the behavioral sciences unit range from those concerned with the effects of experience or social environment on human develop |