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The series consists of by-laws, correspondence, meeting materials, budget data, resumes, staff reports, vouchers and other expense information, executive director records, and other operational records of the Willowbrook Review Panel. There is also information about consultants to the WRP, and about other developmental centers. Correspondence issued by the WRP, meeting packets, and mailings constitute the largest sections of the series. The series is restricted because it contains information about specific named residents of Willowbrook and other state developmental centers, particularly in the folders marked "Mailings". The materials are arranged alphabetically in both letter-size and legal-size format.

The Review Panel issued formal recommendations to New York State on the implementation of the Willowbrook Consent Decree. If the State chose not to accept the recommendation, the matter was decided by the U.S. District Court judge assigned to the Willowbrook case.

The Willowbrook Review Panel conducted numerous audits of Willowbrook and other state facilities housing former Willowbrook residents to determine levels of compliance with the terms of the Consent Decree. This series contains data, reports, correspondence, and other materials related to Review Panel audits. Please note that Community Placement Audits are found not in this series, but in the Community Placement series (Series 6).

This series contains materials on consent Decree compliance generated by state developmental centers. Many folders in Subseries 1 and four within Subseries 2 are restricted because they contain lists of Willowbrook clients and/or information about clients' medical conditions. These restricted folders are noted below in the box and folder list.

This series consists of material related to the process of placing Willowbrook class members in group homes or family care situations, as mandated by the terms of the 1975 Consent Decree. The series is restricted because it contains information about specific named residents of Willowbrook and other developmental centers.

The series consists of correspondence, reports, and other materials relating to the implementation of the Willowbrook Consent Decree by the New York State Department of Mental Hygiene (known as the 'Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities' from 1978 to the present). The papers are arranged alphabetically, some by topic (e.g., Community Residential Facilities, Hepatitis B Carriers), others by office of origin (e.g., Office of Counsel); in most cases these reflect the original record-keeping system. The two largest groups of materials in the series are: Commissioner's Correspondence which includes correspondence to and from the four men who held the office of DMH/OMRDD commissioner from 1975 to 1981; and Technical Assistance Unit/Consent Decree Office which includes materials by and about the specific office of the DMH/OMRDD charged with implementing the Consent Decree. The series is restricted because it contains information about specific named residents of Willowbrook and other state developmental centers. Most of the material in this series is in letter-sized format. The last box contains legal-sized material in a separate alphabetical arrangement.

This series is restricted because it contains information about specific named residents of Willowbrook and other state developmental centers.

This series consists of audits and evaluations, building plans, correspondence, reports, and other materials regarding Willowbrook Class Members residing in the Mental Retardation Institute of the Flower Fifth Avenue Hospital (also identified as "Flower/Fifth Hospital", "Flower and Fifth Hospital", "Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospital", and "Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospitals") from 1977 to 1981. The papers document disagreements between the Willowbrook Review Panel and DMH/OMRDD over the suitability of Flower Fifth as a residence for Class Members, and the efforts of the hospital to become compliant with the standards of the Consent Decree. Information on specific named patients is found throughout this series. The series is restricted because it contains information about specific named patients at Flower Fifth Avenue Hospital. The materials are arranged alphabetically and include one cubic foot of legal-size papers in their own alphabetical arrangement.

This series consists of files on various topics relating to Willowbrook, such as consumer groups, intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded, New York State government agencies involved in the case, similar court cases, and other subject matter. The series is restricted because many folders contain information on specific named residents of Willowbrook and other state developmental centers. Subjects of note include advisory boards, case management, community agencies, consumer groups, intermediate care facilities, New York State agencies, staff development, and toilet training. The files are in both letter-size and legal-size formats and are in separate alphabetical arrangements.

This series consists of 2.5 cubic feet of files related to complaints and inquiries received and investigated by the Willowbrook Review Panel. Many of these complaints came from parents or guardians of Willowbrook class members, expressing concern about conditions at facilities or in community placements. Other complaints came from facility employees, claiming that they had observed disregard for the mandates of the Consent Decree while on the job. There are also records of general inquiries about the Review Panel and the Consent Decree from students, the news media, and others.