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Real Lives Evaluation: Year 3 Report
This report includes key findings and recommendations from the third year of HSRI's evaluation of the implementation of Real Lives legislation and self-direction services in Massachusetts. Year 3 focused on the perceptions of program administrators regarding the implementation of self-direction, and included a final assessment of participants’ views as well as an assessment of what it would take to make the budgeting process for self-direction more uniform, equitable, and linked to … Read More
Date: 01/2020
Author(s): HSRI
NCAPPS: Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement
This webinar covers: 1) the critical role that people and families may play in proactively initiating conversations with state agencies; 2) partnerships between state agencies to develop a comprehensive approach to service delivery; and 3) the importance of stakeholder engagement early in the program design phase, throughout implementation, and on an ongoing basis as the program evolves to ensure that services address stakeholder needs. … Read More
Date: 01/2020
Author(s): NCAPPS
Baltimore Public Behavioral Health System Gap Analysis
Working with Behavioral Health System Baltimore, HSRI conducted an assessement for the City of Baltimore to identify possible areas for improvement in the current public behavioral health system, especially those that might help individuals to avoid contacts with law enforcement during times of behavioral health crisis. This report presents the findings of that assessment and HSRI's recommendations for improvements. … Read More
Date: 12/2019
Author(s): HSRI
Finding the Balance: Person-Centered Supports that Honor Safety and Dignity of Risk
Person-centered supports must ensure that people have opportunities to make informed choices and to be supported in managing the risks that come with those decisions. Direct support providers have a role in helping people to live lives of their choosing and often face the challenge of balancing the individual’s choice with the provider's ‘duty of care’. This NCAPPS webinar will share: The experiences of people with disabilities in planning, … Read More
Date: 12/2019
Author(s): NCAPPS
Issue Briefs: New York Self-Directed Care Pilot
These twin briefs describe early findings from an evaluation of New York’s Self-Directed Care pilot. The first brief describes the implementation of the program, which began in 2017 and is being piloted as part of the State’s Medicaid 1115 Waiver Demonstration. It provides information on the project timeline, participant characteristics, goals and purchases, and implementation lessons from the early days of the program. The second brief covers preliminary findings from the outcomes evaluation, … Read More
Date: 11/2019
Author(s): HSRI