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Jail Diversion Cost Simulation Model
Along with partners at Policy Research Associates Inc., we developed and tested a cost simulation model that projects the utilization, consumer outcomes, costs, and potential cost savings of jail diversion programs for justice-involved individuals with a mental illness and oftentimes a co-occurring substance use disorder. Effective recovery support for people with mental illness and substance […]
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 […]
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 […]
Baltimore City Public Behavioral Health System Analysis
We worked with the City of Baltimore, Behavioral Health System Baltimore (a nonprofit), and our partners at Technical Assistance Collaborative to identify and address gaps in Baltimore’s public behavioral health system. The consent decree that spurred this analysis resulted from an investigation by the DOJ into the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody […]
CompareMaine Health Care Transparency Website
Together with the Maine Health Data Organization and the Maine Quality Forum (MQF), as well as project partners with NORC at the University of Chicago, we developed CompareMaine.org: a user-friendly health care transparency website and one of the only in the nation to present quality ratings alongside cost information. Consumers can compare the costs and […]
National Measures of Quality in HCBS
Opportunity Home- and community-based services (HCBS) help many people with disabilities live independently in their homes and other integrated community settings. Working with partners at National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS) and National Association of States United for Aging and Disability (NASUAD) and funded by the Administration for Community Living, we […]