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Studying Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Recipients
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 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 […]
Ohio’s IV-E Waiver Demonstration Evaluation
Working with the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, we evaluated the effects of flexible funding through the ProtectOHIO Title IV-E Waiver demonstration—providing evidence toward the use of innovative child welfare programs that aim to improve child and family outcomes. For nearly 20 years, Ohio has made use of IV-E Waiver funds to implement […]
Evaluation of the Summit County STARS Program
Working with the Ohio Summit County Collaborative on Trauma, Alcohol & Other Drug, & Resiliency building Services for Children & Families (STARS) partners and the Family Reunification through Recovery Court (FRRC), we evaluated the impact of joint efforts to promote recovery and improve safety, permanency and well-being for children whose families have been impacted by […]
Six Ohio Alternative Response (SOAR) Counties Project
Opportunity Collaborating with six county child welfare agencies (SOAR) in Ohio, we evaluated the effects of Alternative Response, an innovative approach for serving child welfare-involved families and gauging child safety. The evaluation sought to confirm whether Alternative Response is as safe and effective as Traditional Response for lower-risk families. Approach Defining the Differential Response system […]
National Core Indicators – Aging and Disabilities (NCI-AD)™
The National Core Indicators – Aging and Disabilities (NCI-AD™) initiative emerged from the need for states to effectively assess and enhance their long-term services and supports (LTSS) programs for older adults and individuals with physical disabilities. NCI-AD brings an important value proposition to the field of aging and disability services through development of indicators and […]
National Core Indicators® – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (NCI-IDD)
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 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 […]
2016 NCI-IDD Staff Stability Survey (State of the Workforce)
The 2016 NCI-IDD Staff Stability Survey Report, now known as the State of the Workforce Survey, presents the results of a survey on employment and working conditions for direct support professionals (DSPs) who work with adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In 2016, the survey was completed in 16 states and the District of Columbia […]
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 of key constituents, the standards represent the core skill and knowledge set applicable to frontline workers in a wide variety of human service program settings regardless […]
Milwaukee County Mental Health System Redesign
To help Milwaukee County address a pressing need for a solution to systemic problems, we worked with partners at the Public Policy Forum and the Technical Assistance Collaborative to quickly assess the county’s adult mental health needs, service capacity and financing, and service utilization—and developed detailed, actionable recommendations for system reform. Facing challenges with mental […]
Evaluating the Preferred Integrated Network program in Minnesota
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 physical and mental health and social services—and, ultimately, health outcomes—for people with serious mental illness. Research shows that people with serious mental illness (SMI) die an […]