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State Quality Assurance
Contains information about innovative methods for establishing quality assurance programs based on person-centered outcomes.
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Managed by: Elizabeth Pell of Human Services Research Institute
Product Categories
Books, Publications & Reports (printed and/or online) (15 Products)
Electronic Media (6 Products)
Organizations, Programs, and Projects (4 Products)
Other (3 Products)
People Who Can Help (4 Products)
Books, Publications & Reports (printed and/or online)
 | A Review of the Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Program in six states
This report summarizes findings of case studies of the states of the Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services progam in the states of Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, New Jersey, Vermont, and Wyoming. | | A Review of the Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Program in Wyoming
This report summarizes findings of a case study of Wyoming's Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services progam. | | Alaska Service Principles
Alaska has nine service principles to assure quality in community services. Funding is tied to these principles for each consumer. If the consumer is not satisfied, funding is not released to an agency. These principles are the foundation of all services. | | Are the Expectations of the Lanterman Act Being Met?: An Evaluation of the California Department of Developmental Services' Performance Contracts
This scholary paper asks how well California is keeping track of its promise to help people with developmental disabilities live more independent lives. | | Building a Comprehensive Quality Management Program
Groundbreaking paper spelling out the essential organizing principals and essential components of a comprehensive statewide quality management system. | | Connecticut "Quest for Excellence"
Connecticut's quality review and improvement system focuses on personal outcomes and provider improvement. | | Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services for Persons with Developmental Disabilities in Wyoming
This report provides a case study of Wyoming's Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services ("wavier") program. | | Quality Assurance for People Moving from Residential Habilitation Centers
This short document explains how the State of Washington helps people keep a high quality of life as they move from an institution to another location. | | Quality Enhancement in Developmental Disabilities: Challenges and Opportunities in a Changing World
This is a book about ways to make person-centered supports and services more helpful to the supported person and to increase the quality of those supports. | | Quality Measurement Instrument Review
A comparison of seventy-two quality assurance instruments from across the country. | | Quality of Life: Applications Across Individuals, Organizations, Communities, and Systems
A careful look at the concept of quality of life, quality assessment and quality improvement. This book is based on new ideas about person-centered needs and outcomes. | | Sampler of Agency Self-Assessment Activities Related to Person-Centered Planning
A New York-based initiative to provide methods for self-monitoring organizational activities and outcomes related to person centered approaches for provider agencies. | | Sampling: A Practical Guide for Quality Management in Home & Community-Based Waiver Programs
The guide offers ideas to consider when deciding whether to sample. Sampling is a way state agencies can learn about the quality of services. With sampling, information from a small group of programs is used to fairly judge the quality of many programs. | | Systems of Care for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Survey of States
This policy brief summarizes a survey on how states care for people with intellectual disabilities. | | Trends and Challenges in Publicly-Financed Care for Individuals with IDD
This report describes nine dilemmas in arranging service systems for people with disabilities. |
Electronic Media (Videos, CDs, T.V., Radio, Websites, etc.)
Organizations, Programs, and Projects
Other
| Alaska Service Principles
Alaska has nine service principles to assure quality in community services. Funding is tied to these principles for each consumer. If the consumer is not satisfied, funding is not released to an agency. These principles are the foundation of all services. | | Clarence J Sundram
Clarence Sundram a nationally recognized expert on conditions in institutions and community programs. He currently serves as the Special Master & Court Monitor in class action lawsuits involving the rights of persons with mental disabilities. | | Massachusetts Provider Licensure and Certification
Quality survey and certification process in Massachusetts |
People Who Can Help
| Celia Feinstein
Dr. Feinstein provides consultation and training at the level of local, state and national practices and policies in the areas of self-determination, leadership development, deinstitutionalization, quality management and waiting lists. She has work... | | James Conroy
We can assist with program evaluation of all kinds in the human services. We specialize in ways of measuring qualities of life, and demonstrating that they are valid and reliable. | | Tom Nerney
Together with 17 other Center for Self-Determination Resource Guides we provide training and technical assistance on all aspects of self-determination including: developing highly personal individual budgets and plans; crafting Medicaid waivers that pr... | | Valerie J. Bradley
My primary area of expertise is quality assurance and quality management at the federal, state and provider level. Val is the director of the Human Services Research Institute, which has conducted national and state evaluations and training in a wide... |
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