Projects
For more than 30 years, HSRI Projects have been helping to improve human service systems in a wide range of Focus Areas and Topics. To view a selection of our Projects by a specific Focus Area or Topic you can make your selection in the "View By" menu found below. You can also sort Projects chronologically or alphabetically by using the "Organize Projects" menu found below.
Viewing Projects By Topic: Quality Assurance and Improvement
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Hogg Foundation on Evaluation of Alternatives to Seclusion and Restraint for Trauma-informed Care
(2009-Present)This project was funded by the Hogg Foundation to evaluate successful initiatives in Texas to reduce the use of seclusion and restraint in juvenile justice facilities, psychiatric hospitals, residential treatment centers and schools.
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Quality Improvement, Quality Councils and Performance Measures in Florida
(2008)HSRI is working with the Delmarva Foundation to assist the state Medicaid and developmental disabilities agency to improve the quality of services and supports in the state. HSRI’s specific tasks include helping to constitute a state quality council, developing training material for the council participants, assisting in the development of performance indicators, training NCI surveyors, and conducting validity checks to ensure the integrity of the surveys.
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Quality Improvement, Quality Councils and Performance Measures in Georgia
(2008)HSRI, as a subcontractor to the Delmarva Foundation, is providing support to the Georgia Division of Developmental Disabilities to enhance through quality improvement system by facilitating the state quality council, working with state managers to developmental performance measures, assisting on the development of a mortality review and human rights protocol, and conducting and conducting surveys to validate the NCI consumer survey process.
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Development of Quality Management Tools for Massachusetts Autism Waiver
(2007-2008)HSRI worked closely with the Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation to develop a tool that to evaluate the experience of families with the state’s autism waiver.
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Technical Assistance on Rate Methodologies to the Louisiana Office of Citizens with Developmental Disabilities
(2007-2008)HSRI is providing technical assistance to the Louisiana Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities regarding the development of statewide rates to accompany the implementation of functional level related resource allocation.
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