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National Center on Advancing Person-Centered Practices and Systems (NCAPPS)
Opportunity The National Center on Advancing Person-Centered Practices and Systems (NCAPPS) is a national technical assistance center funded by the Administration for Community Living and the Centers for Medicare &…
National Core Indicators® – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (NCI-IDD)
Opportunity Working with our partners at the National Association of State Directors of Development Disabilities Services (NASDDDS), individual state agencies, and self-advocates, we measure the performance of services and supports…
Evaluating the Preferred Integrated Network program in Minnesota
Opportunity Working with the Minnesota Department of Human Services and project partner Desert Vista Consulting, we evaluated a pilot program aimed at improving the quality, coordination, and cost effectiveness of…
Evaluation Center@HSRI Technical Assistance Center for Adult Mental Health System Change
Opportunity With funding from SAMHSA, we provided instructional materials and tailored technical assistance to the 59 states and territories in the U.S. who receive Block Grants to provide community-based services…
Demonstration and Evaluation of Self-Direction in Mental Health
Opportunity Working with partners at Applied Self Direction/National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the New York State Health Foundation with support…
Jail Diversion Cost Simulation Model
Opportunity Along with partners at Policy Research Associates Inc., we developed and tested a cost simulation model that projects the utilization, consumer outcomes, costs, and potential cost savings of jail…
Mixed Methods Evaluation of a Peer Respite Program in Santa Cruz County
Opportunity People with their own experience of mental illness have a unique expertise to help others manage behavioral health conditions in ways that facilitate recovery and reduce hospitalization, involvement in…
NCI State of the Workforce Surveys (IDD & AD) – National Core Indicators®
Opportunity Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) support individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), older adults, and people with physical disabilities. As part of the broader National Core Indicators initiative—including…
Massachusetts Real Lives and Self-Directed Supports Evaluation
Opportunity We evaluated the implementation of the Real Lives legislation and self-direction services by the Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services. Real Lives was enacted in 2014 to expand self-direction of…
Community of Practice for Supporting Families of Individuals with IDD
Opportunity In 2012, the UMKC Institute on Human Development and the National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services launched a National Community of Practice (CoP) for Supporting Families…