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Minnesota Waiver Reimagine
Along with our project partners, we’re working with the Disability Services Division (DSD) of Minnesota’s Department of Human Services to make its system more person-centered, improving system structures to give people more choice and control over the services they receive. Read More
Redesigning the Adult Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Service System in Milwaukee County
Working with Milwaukee County policymakers and our project partner, the Public Policy Forum, we examined services for people with IDD following the state’s shift to a managed care framework for long-term services and supports. We provided a comprehensive view of how the system was performing after the shift and developed a blueprint for improvement. Read More
Family Information Systems Project
We assist staff at the Institute on Community Integration at the University of Minnesota on annual data collection and analysis to help federal and state agencies understand state efforts and trends in supporting families and individuals with IDD living in homes of their own or with family members. Read More
Community of Practice for Supporting Families of Individuals with IDD
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 of Individuals with IDD to help build capacity to create policies, practices and systems to assist and support families that include a member with IDD. HSRI provides project leadership, advising on the development of the CoP and evaluating its impacts. Read More
The Riot!
Since 2004, we have provided production support and creative direction for a newsletter written by and for self-advocates – people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who speak up for themselves and promote the rights of others living with disabilities. The Riot! tackles tough issues that affect people’s daily lives, but it’s equally well known for its offbeat humor, romance advice, puzzles, and more. The Riot! also provides a platform for us to work with self-advocates Read More
Personal Supports Budgets
We’ve been working for over a decade with numerous state and Canadian provinces to reimagine the way they provide supports to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Personal Supports Budgets—individually tailored, needs-based service budgets—are key to these efforts; using this framework, policymakers can apply limited funds more effectively and efficiently while also promoting self-direction in community supports and services. Read More
Evaluation of Self-Directed Supports
Along with our project partners, we’re evaluating the impact and reach of the implementation of the Real Lives Law by the Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services. Real Lives was enacted in 2014 and seeks to expand self direction of supports and services by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Read More
National Measures of Quality in HCBS
HCBS help many people with disabilities live independently in their homes and other integrated community settings. Working with our Core Indicators partners and funded by the Administration for Community Living, we’re developing a standardized set of measures to examine the quality of these services nationwide, across payers and delivery systems—with a particular focus on person-centered approaches. Read More
National Core Indicators Staff Stability Survey
Working with NASDDDS, states, and service provider agencies, we examine workforce conditions and opportunities for support staff for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. A stable DSP workforce has a critical bearing on quality of life for people with disabilities, expanding opportunities to live lives of their choosing in inclusive communities. Read More
National Core Indicators
Working with NASDDDS, individual state agencies, and self-advocates, we’ve been measuring the performance of services and supports for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities—both within and across states. This groundbreaking data collection initiative is improving the quality of service delivery nationwide, and has produced the world’s largest dataset on outcomes for people with IDD. Read More