In response to pressure from AFSCME, the Department of Human Services issued a proposal to pilot state-operated support services in 1985. The pilot would tailor and deliver support services based on an individual's needs.
Video: Pete Benner Executive Director, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Council 6

A new proposal would provide care in state operated community residences and day programs.
In 1986, U.S. Senator Dave Durenberger, chair of a Senate Sub-Committee on finance, held public hearings to discuss Senator John Chafee's bill to fund community and family living options. Durenberger noted that while the Chafee bill was complicated and emotionally charged, the 20 titles of the Social Security Act didn't match the realities of 1986.
It was time to turn Social Security on its head, he said.

Senator Durenberger vowed to turn Social Security on its head.