DoD-ASDRP News:
House Approves $8 Million for DoDARP for FY 2010
Washington, DC (August 1, 2009) -- In a vote of 400-30, the U.S. House has approved $8 million in funding for the Department of Defense Autism Research Program (DoD-ARP) for Fiscal Year 2010. This funding has been included as part of the Defense Health Account in the Defense Appropriations bill and is the same level as Congress provided in FY 2009. The $8 million will go to continue funding of a research program to help military families with children who suffer from autism spectrum disorders.
Peter Bell, Executive Vice President for Programs and Services for Autism Speaks, and Shelley Hendrix, Director of State Advocacy Relations for Autism Speaks sit on DoDARP Implementation Panel.
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Summary of DoD-ARP Appropriations:
The Defense Department's autism research program is funded in the U.S. Army Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation Medical Advanced Technology account. It is administered as a Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP), similar to current programs for breast, prostate, and ovarian cancers. Research funded by CDMRP is peer-reviewed, and benefits from the direct input of consumer advocates, and is targeted to the most innovative, promising research in the field.
In the Fiscal 2008 Defense Appropriations bill, Congress included $6.4 million for autism research. In FY2009, the funding for this program rose to $8 million. For FY2010, Autism Speaks, along with several members of Congress, are supporting an appropriation of $15 million to be included in the Department of Defense Appropriations bill for autism research.
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Department of Defense Appropriations Bill for the Autism Research Program (DoD-ARP)
