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Webinar: Coalition Building: Strategies and Perspective in Disability Advocacy
Webinar slides: Coalition Building: Strategies and Perspective in Disability (July 18, 2024) … Read More
Date: 07/2024
Author(s): Alixe Bonardi, Kate Brady, Laura Bernas of the Human Services Research Institute (HSRI) July 18, 2024, webinar slides
HSRI Perspectives: Where are we now? The Olmstead decision 25 years later
Summer 2024 marks 25 years since the Supreme Court Decision Olmstead v. L.C. This decision, recognized under Title 2 of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, states that people with disabilities have a right to get services and support in their communities. As a result, much of home- and community-based services (HBCS) spending moved from institutions to community-based settings (Source: https://leadingage.org/kff-analyzes-medicaid-ltss-spending/). Altough this was a positive outcome that changed … Read More
Date: 06/2024
Author(s): Nicole LeBlanc, HSRI
Webinar: Finding One’s Advocacy Community: Stories and Insights from the Disability Community
Webinar slides: Click here The ACL Grassroots Project: Engage. Connect. Advocate. launched in 2023-2024 with the goal of supporting national, state, and local disability advocates to build networks and grow advocacy leadership, with the intention of driving disability policy and supports to serve disabled people and communities robustly and wholly. One of our tasks includes an environmental scan identifying organizations and resources supporting grassroots disability advocacy. Through this scan, we seek to understand the range … Read More
Date: 06/2024
Author(s): The Grassroots Project, HSRI
Putting Health Care Data on the Map
Human Services Research Institute (HSRI) and the Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) announce the release of a new publication, Putting Health Care Data on the Map: Advancing Health Care Equity Through Enhanced Geographic Context in Health Care Administrative Datasets. This white paper explores how geocoding—assigning precise geographic coordinates to patient addresses—in All-Payer Claims Databases (APCDs) can enhance analyses seeking to address healthcare access, quality, and equity.   … Read More
Date: 06/2024
Author(s): Human Services Research Institute, Center for Improving Value in Health Care
Cognitive Impairment in Substance Use Disorder Treatment: Neurologic Informed Care
These are the webinar slides for the June 6, 2024, webinar on Cognitive Impairment in Substance Use Disorder Treatment: Neurologic Informed Care. … Read More
Date: 06/2024
Author(s): TBI TARC