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Strengthening Person-Centered Recovery Planning in State Behavioral Health Systems
Person-centered practices—promoting choice and self-determination, community inclusion, and full access to services and supports—are endorsed as a goal for most state behavioral health systems, and person-centered recovery planning (PCRP) is…
Testing Family Support and Family Empowerment: Key Findings Across Four Pilots
In 1988 the Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Planning Council CDDPC) funded four pilot demonstration family support programs. This report presents the findings of an evaluation of one of the four programs.
A Guide to Federal Housing Programs for the Mentally Disabled
Designed to provide specific information concerning provisions of various Federal housing programs and their potential for assisting in development of residential options for people disabled by mental health problems. …
Plan for the Closure of a State Mental Hospital in the State of Connecticut: Final Report
This report has been prepared under the contract to the Connecticut Department of Mental Health, and in response to Legislative Act 80-80. This Act requires the Commissioner of Mental Health…
Testing Family Support and Family Empowerment: Key Findings Across Four Pilots
In 1988 the Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Planning Council CDDPC) funded four pilot demonstration family support programs. This report presents the findings of an evaluation of one of the four programs.
Assessing and Enhancing the Quality of Services: A Guide for the Human Services Field
The following manual provides a new way of viewing quality assurance mechanisms and presents a variety of concrete methods for enhancing service quality while also regulating provider accountability. The purpose…
Community Support Skill Standards: Tools for Managing Change and Achieving Outcomes
The Community Support Skill Standards (CSSS) identify the master level practice standards for direct service workers in progressive, community-based human service work environments. Developed and validated by a national coalition…
Pennhurst Longitudinal Study: Combined Report of Five Years of Research and Analysis
Longitudinal study of the impact of the closure of Pennhurst Center, in Pennsylvania, on public policy costs and individual outcomes.