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Today’s Choice: Tomorrow’s Path - An Evaluation of the System for People With Developmental Disabil
"The concerns expressed in the Request for Proposal issued by the North Carolina Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities/Substance Abuse System Reform to guide the study of the developmental disabilities system in North Carolina were a reflection of concerns and issues confronting the field of developmental disabilities in North Carolina as well as in states around the country" … Read More
Date: 11/2001
Author(s): Valerie J. Bradley, Gary Smith, Marianne Taylor, Sarah Taub, Minona Heaviland, Steve Simon, Robin Cooper, Amy Gerowitz, Wade Hitzing, Ph.D., Rick Rader, MD
The Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) Final Evaluation Report Abstract
The Human Services Research Institute recently completed an evaluation of the Robert Wood Johnson Self Determination initiative. The study, which covered a range of implementation issues, provides an overview of the state demonstration projects and includes suggestions and recommendations for the future. Issues addresses include the role of self-advocates, the implications for state financing and contracting practices, the impact on case management, the role of fiscal intermediaries, and entailments of self-determination for future Home and … Read More
Date: 11/2001
Author(s): Valerie J Bradley, John Agosta, Ph.D., Sarah Taub, Gary Smith, Marianne Taylor, John Ashbaugh, Julie Silver, Minona Heaviland
The Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) Foundation Self Determination Initiative: Final Impact Assessment Re
HSRI completed an evaluation of the Robert Wood Johnson Self Determination initiative. The study, which covered a range of implementation issues, provides an overview of the state demonstration projects and includes suggestions and recommendations for the future. Issues addressed include the role of self-advocates, the implications for state financing and contracting practices, the impact on case management, the role of fiscal intermediaries, and implications of self-determination principles and operations for Home and Community-Based Waiver policies. … Read More
Date: 11/2001
Author(s): Valerie J Bradley, John Agosta, Ph.D., Gary Smith, Sarah Taub, John Ashbaugh, Julie Silver, Minona Heaviland
The Need for Fundamental Change
This is a compilation of unedited messages from the OUTCMTEN list that were received between April 24, 2001 and April 26, 2001. This discussion focused on suggestions made in the Institute of Medicine’s “Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century.” … Read More
Date: 04/2001
Author(s): Evaluation Center@HSRI
Evaluation of Services and Supports to People with Mental Retardation and Their Families in Massach
The following report presents data collected over the past year that illuminates various aspects of the system of services and supports to people with mental retardation in the State of Massachusetts. It includes the experiences of adults with mental retardation and their families who are receiving services from the Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation (DMR) as well as the perceptions of other stakeholders. It also describes a variety of other performance benchmarks including those related … Read More
Date: 9/2000
Author(s): Valerie J Bradley, Sarah Taub, Deepika Chawla