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Project

Evaluation of a Community Quality Assurance System, Designed, Managed, and Staffed by Community Members in Region 10 of Minnesota

Center:

MN-Institute on Community Integration, UCEDD/LEND

Fiscal Year:

2005

Contact Information:

Jerry Smith
[email protected]
612-624-4336

Project Description:

This study evaluates a model of quality assurance system in Southeast Minnesota, where stakeholders requested and received from the MN legislature the authority and financing to plan, design, staff and train community members, and implement a new outcome-based quality assurance system for community services that is intended to be of the community, by the community, and for the community members with intellectual and related developmental disabilities. The study is gathering quantitative and qualitative formative and summative evaluation data on the program and is developing a documentary film on its development implementation, engatgement of community members, adn effects of persons with ID/DD and those who support them.

Keyword(s):

qualty, "quality assurance" "region 10" evaluation

Core Function(s):

Performing Research or Evaluation, Developing & Disseminating Information

Area of Emphasis

Quality Assurance, Quality of Life

Target Audience:

Students/Trainees (long or intermediate trainees), Professionals and Para-Professionals, Family Members/Caregivers, General Public

Unserved or Under-served Populations:

Disadvantaged Circumstances, Geographic Areas, Rural/Remote

Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:

Mulit-County