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The National Core Indicators is a collaboration among participating National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disability Services (NASDDDS) member state agencies and the Human Services Research Institute (HSRI), with the goal of developing a systematic approach to performance and outcome measurement.  Through the collaboration, participating states pool their resources and knowledge to create performance monitoring systems, identify common performance indicators, work out comparable data collection strategies, and share results.  Many of the state agencies use NCI as a key component within their quality management systems.  This multi-state collaborative effort to improve performance is unprecedented.

Core Indicators

The core indicators are the foundation for the project. The current set of performance indicators includes approximately 100 consumer, family, systemic, cost, and health and safety outcomes - outcomes that are important to understanding the overall health of public developmental disabilities agencies. Associated with each indicator is a source from which the data is collected. Sources of information include consumer survey (e.g., empowerment and choice issues) family surveys (e.g., satisfaction with supports), provider survey (e.g., staff turnover), and state systems data (e.g., expenditures, mortality, etc.).

Click here  for the current list of the NCI Indicators.

The core indicators can also provide information for many of the desired outcomes stated in the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Quality Framework.

Coming Soon: the updated Crosswalk of the National Core Indicators with the HCBS Quality Framework.

Participating States

The states listed below are participating in NCI, as of 09/01/2008.  Several states post NCI-related information on their own websites (or subcontractor sites).  The underlined hyperlinks will take you directly to the state sites.