ACS RTC National Residential Information Systems Project and Policy Studies (RISP)
Project Description:
Gathers and maintains annual statistics and longitudinal trend data on Medicaid and state funded residential and in-home supports for people with disabilities; conducts a biannual survey of all public residential facilities to report status and trends in populations, funding, costs, and closures; collaborates with HSRI and NASDDS to analyze quality outcome data from surveys of adults in 35 states in the National Core Indicators project; conducts special surveys of key public policy and program issues in residential and community supports; maintains resource repositories on costs and outcomes of community supports and factors influencing those outcomes such as staff recruitment, retention and training challenges; provides ongoing assistance to individuals, government agencies, public and private organizations, media outlets and others on residential and community supports for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and publishes annual reports on the status and trends in residential and community living supports (see http://rtc.umn.edu/residential/projects1.asp), as well as special reports on policies related to individual and family supports. Maintains the Quality Mall.org Web site which indexes information about innovation in community support. Other RISP publications include: Trends and Milestones (published in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities),Policy Research Brief (published collaboratively with the Research and Training Center on Community Living); and Community Services Reporter(published monthly by NASDDDS)
Keyword(s):
residential, services, Medicaid, ICF/MR, HCBS, waiver
Core Function(s):
Performing Technical Assistance and/or Training, Performing Research or Evaluation, Developing & Disseminating Information
Area of Emphasis
Housing-Related Activities, Other
Target Audience:
Students/Trainees (long or intermediate trainees), Professionals and Para-Professionals, Adults with Disabilities, Legislators/Policy Makers, General Public
Unserved or Under-served Populations:
Geographic Areas, Rural/Remote, Urban
Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:
National
COVID-19 Related Data:
N/A
