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Connecticut Self-Determination for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Pilot Takes Off with "Support Broker" for Mentally Retarded

January 31, 2004 | Program Result Report

The Connecticut Department of Mental Retardation implemented a pilot project to make changes to its service delivery system to enable persons with mental retardation to choose the services they receive and the setting in which they wish to live.

Organization Promotes Self-Determination for People with Disabilities Through Its Regional Affiliates

June 30, 2001 | Program Result Report

SABE fostered collaboration among representatives from its nine regional affiliates, allowing them to share lessons learned in promoting self-determination and in using self-determination as a principle to reform state policy.

Independent Choices: Enhancing Consumer Direction for People with Disabilities

June 1, 2004 | Program Result Report

Independent Choices: Enhancing Consumer Direction for People with Disabilities was designed to foster the development of consumer-directed home and community-based services for people of all ages with chronic disabilities.

Independent Housing is Cost-Effective for People Who Have Chronic Mental Illnesses

June 1, 2003 | Program Result Report

Investigators at the Johns Hopkins University Institute for Policy Studies examined the relative cost-effectiveness of different housing configurations for people with chronic mental illness. They also looked at the relationship between housing and neighborhood features and client outcomes (such as costs of care and length of time at one residence).

Study Examines How Older Adults and Clinicians View Tradeoffs in Treatment Options

January 13, 2011 | Program Result Report

From 2007 to 2010, a team of researchers at Yale University School of Medicine conducted a study examining how both older adults and clinicians view the tradeoffs faced by patients facing multiple medical conditions.

Guidebooks Help Assisted-Living Residents and Staff Promote Greater Autonomy and Control for Residents

July 1, 2006 | Program Result Report

The Long Term Care Community Coalition in New York City produced, field tested, revised and disseminated guidebooks to help residents of assisted living residences have greater control over their lives.

Pennsylvania Self-Determination for People with Developmental Disabilities Promotes Flexibility in Living Arrangements and Services

January 31, 2004 | Program Result Report

Pennsylvania's Department of Public Welfare, Office of Mental Retardation ran pilot projects to develop and implement the first steps of county plans to give people with developmental disabilities greater choice in determining the services they receive.

Maryland Self-Determination for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Project Extends Outreach, Customizes Services

January 31, 2004 | Program Result Report

Maryland's Developmental Disabilities Administration implemented pilot self-determination projects to give people with developmental disabilities and their families greater control over the services they received.

Loans, Tax Credits, Grants, Finance Coming Home Assisted-Living Project in Arkansas

August 1, 2004 | Program Result Report

Starting in early 2001, Arkansas developed a model of affordable assisted living - The Gardens at Osage Terrace - a 45-unit facility in Bentonville, Ark.

Coming Home: Vermont Project Develops First Affordable Assisted-Living Facility

August 13, 2004 | Program Result Report

Vermont developed a model of affordable assisted living - Cathedral Square Senior Living in Burlington, Vt. - that has 80 units of independent living and 28 units of assisted living.

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