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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…

iTips for Tuning In Mobile App Development

Opportunity Working with the Vermont Child Welfare Training Partnership, we helped to develop a smartphone app to supplement a 12-week in-person trauma-informed training for child welfare resource parents. Approach Consumer-based…

Ohio’s IV-E Waiver Demonstration Evaluation

Opportunity 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…

Evaluation of Colorado’s IV-E Waiver Demonstration

Opportunity Working with the Colorado Department of Human Services, Colorado counties, and our project partners (Colorado State University Social Work Research Center and Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago)…

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.

Considerations for Best Practices for Children, Youth, and Adults with TBI: A Behavioral Health Guide

This guide provides states with tools for initiating or improving their partnerships within state mental health systems.

Peer Respite Toolkit

The Toolkit for Evaluating Peer Respites is written for evaluators, government officials, and peer-to-peer program staff and managers. It can be…

Webinar: Person-Centered Approaches to Supporting Dignity of Risk for People with Disabilities

These are the slides for the March 23, 2023, NCAPPS webinar titled, “Person-Centered Approaches to Supporting Dignity of Risk for People with Disabilities.”…

Webinar: The Three Legs of the Stool: A Framework for Person-Centered Community Mental Health Services That Do No Harm

View Slides View Resource These are the slides and resource list from the July…

Root Cause Analysis and its use in State Developmental Disabilities Agencies

This introduction to root cause analysis and its adaptation to developmental disabilities systems was commissioned by HSRI in 2002 in an effort to assist state developmental disabilities program administrators enhance…