North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 27 - MENTAL HEALTH, COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES
Subchapter B - RULES GOVERNING AREA PROGRAMS AND CONTRACTED PROGRAMS UTILIZING SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT (TITLE XX) FUNDS
Section .0200 - ADULT DEVELOPMENTAL VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS (ADVP) FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
Section 27B .0201 - DEFINITION AND GOALS

(1) Primary Service. An adult developmental vocational program (ADVP) is a day program which provides organized developmental activities for adults with developmental disabilities to prepare the individual to live as independently as possible. An ADVP provides opportunities for the client's enjoyment of leisure activities and the development of community living skills, vocational adjustment, work activity training, and personal skill development. Support services to families, and consultation with other involved agencies, is important to the client's continuing adjustment and his ability to move to other programs oriented towards higher levels of functioning.

(2) Components. None;

(3) Resource Items. None;

(4) Target Population:

(1) personal self-sufficiency;

(2) preventing or remedying abuse, neglect, or exploitation of children or adults unable to protect their own interests;

(3) preventing or reducing inappropriate institutional care.