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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…
Personal Supports Budgets
Opportunity For over a decade, we have worked with project partners (Burns & Associates and Davis Pier Consulting) and numerous states and Canadian provinces to reimagine the way they provide…
The Riot!
Opportunity From 2004 to 2020, we provided production support and creative direction for a newsletter written by and for self-advocates – people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who speak up…
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…
Studying Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Recipients
Opportunity With project partners at National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services, we assisted staff at the Institute on Community Integration at the University of Minnesota on annual…
Multnomah County Mental Health System Analysis
Opportunity Multnomah County is focused on providing accessible and effective mental health services—connecting people to the right care at the right time. We conducted a deep systems analysis for the…
Baltimore City Public Behavioral Health System Analysis
Opportunity We worked with the City of Baltimore, Behavioral Health System Baltimore (a nonprofit), and our partners at Technical Assistance Collaborative to identify and address gaps in Baltimore’s public behavioral…
Evaluating SAMHSA’s Four Homelessness Programs and Resources
Opportunity With our project partners (RTI International, Advocates for Human Potential, Technical Assistance Collaborative and Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research of the University of Pennsylvania), we worked…
Applying Peer Support to the Top Ten Concerns About Person-Centered Planning in Mental Health Systems
In 2012, Janis Tondora and colleagues authored an article outlining The Top Ten Concerns about Person-Centered Care Planning in Mental Health Systems. In this brief, Martha Barbone, a member of the NCAPPS…
Employing Individual Providers Under Participant Direction: A Guide
In this publication from 2006, the authors explore program design considerations to assist states as they move toward greater individuality and flexibility in the provision of services and supports.