Reports

This report describes the results from a survey of adults with developmental disabilities in Florida. The survey was conducted prior to implementing the Cash and Counseling program in the state. The research process and results are presented and discussed.

This report describes the results from a telephone survey in Florida. The survey was conducted prior to implementing the Cash and Counseling program in the state. The research process and results are presented and discussed.

The Cash & Counseling Demonstration gives Medicaid beneficiaries who are eligible for personal care services a consumer-directed allowance in lieu of traditional agency services. This report discusses the effects of this program on both the medicaid costs and personal care services recieved in Arkansas.

A booklet for individuals who want to leave a nursing facility and move to the community. This condensed booklet will give people basic information to plan their move to the community and get the needed supports.

This paper discusses the ethical/right relationship that must exsist between service systems and the people they serve and between the individuals in the service system and the people they serve. It provides a good underpinning for work in person-centered planning.

This paper explores the essential relationships that must exist if people are to take precedence over systems. It considers bureaucracy and its relationship to the people it purports to serve. This article serves as a nice underpinning for work on person-centered planning.

Report describing methodology and results of Oregon Statewide Survey of Mental Health Drop-In Centers. Survey was commissioned by Oregon Real Choice grantee as part of its efforts to focus on the lack of meaningful choice and self-determination for consumers in the mental health network.

Oregon report summarizing findings of survey of community mental health agencies concerning their perception of the need for technical assistance/training for staff on strategies for improving employment outcomes for individuals with mental illness or in recovery from such an illness.

This report presents twenty-five case stories about the experience of adults with disabilities who receive the cash option in the Personal Preference Program in New Jersey. The report focuses on how “care units,” composed of consumers and/or representatives, paid workers, and counselors interacted around issues of consumer directed care.

This report focuses on workers’ compensation laws and systems as they pertain to domestic service workers. Workers’ compensation laws and regulations are reviewed, as well as promising practices in the states. Tables can be downloaded as one document or individually by topic.