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Job Opening: Developmental Disabilities Policy Associate
Date: 12/2014
The Human Services Research Institute (HSRI) seeks a full-time Policy Associate to work within our intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) studies team in our Tualatin, Oregon office. HSRI is an equal opportunity non-profit organization that conducts research and evaluation and provides training and technical assistance in the fields of child welfare, developmental disabilities, and behavioral health.
This position offers an exciting opportunity to participate in projects to advise Read More
HSRI Newsletter - December 2014
Date: 12/2014
The HSRI Newsletter (December 2014) was released last week. Topics include:
Read MoreNASDDDS Celebrates 50 Years of Leadership and Support to States
Date: 12/2014
HSRI is proud to congratulate NASDDDS, its longtime partner on the National Core Indicators and other influential projects, on a half-century of working to improve research, training, and services for people with disabilities and their families. This video was made to commemorate NASDDDS’ 50-year mark. In addition to celebrating the work of NASDDDS, the video highlights watershed events in the history of the developmental disabilities movement. Written and narrated by Robert Gettings. Produced Read More
Now Available! New Resources on Peer Respites
Date: 11/2014
Peer respites are emerging as an alternative to medical interventions for people experiencing or at risk of experiencing a mental health crisis. Staffed and operated by individuals with lived experience of the mental health system, peer respite programs offer voluntary, short-term residential stays with a focus on building connections and mutual, trusting relationships to help people navigate their way through crisis. Bevin Croft, an HSRI research associate, and Laysha Ostrow, formerly of HSRI and Read More
HSRI Senior Staff Member Takes New Position
Date: 07/2014
We would like to congratulate Lilia Teninty of our Tualatin, Oregon office on her new position as Director of the Oregon Division of Developmental Disabilities. She will assume her new role in mid-August. Since Lilia joined our staff in 2011 as a Senior Policy Specialist she has been an essential part of our work to inform policy and practice focused on individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It is with warmest personal regards that we Read More