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Janet Duncan, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, has been invited by Disability Rights International to provide technical assistance in community living and assessing family needs in Tbilisi, Ga., in October. This work is part of a long-term project with a Georgian NGO, Partners for Equal Rights, and supports its efforts to return children with disabilities to their home communities and to close institutions for children. Duncan will present to Georgian government policy officials about supporting families with children who have disabilities. Disability Rights International is an award-winning human rights organization based in Washington, D.C. Recently a documentary about children with disabilities living in deplorable conditions in Georgia was aired on the PBS program, “The Visionaries.”