Evaluation of the Illinois Systems Change Project

2005

The project is an evaluation of the Illinois Systems Change Grants for Community Living, which began in 2001. The evaluation involves a series of interviews, both on-site and telephone-based, and a comparative analysis of the Illinois projects to other system change projects in other states. Two major themes anchor the intent of the evaluation: (1) emphasis on project implementation issues; and (2) development of consensus vision for future initiatives. The intent of the evaluation is fourfold: 1. to evaluate the experiences and impact of the Systems Change Grants for Community Living; 2. to identify implementation issues that have emerged in these demonstration projects; 3. to identify best practices emerging in other state demonstration projects funded under the CMS Real Choice Systems Change Grants program; and 4. to recommend the most relevant system change activities for Illinois in light of the experiences of the Illinois project and its key components -- Consumer Task Force, State Inter-Agency Team, Homebuyers Coalition, SILC, and the CSDA team (Southern IL Team and the Rockford Team).

systems change

Performing Research or Evaluation

Quality Assurance, Quality of Life, Other

Professionals and Para-Professionals

None

State

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