Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement in Home and Community-Based Services

OHIO

Target Population

Persons with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities (MR/DD).

Geographic Focus

Statewide.

Primary Focus

Goals, Objectives, and Activities

Goal: Promote increased efficiency and improved effectiveness of supports available to individuals with MR/DD.

Objectives/Activities

Goal: Develop and implement computerized tools to facilitate the collection, organization, and analysis of "quality" data, and to provide valuable information to all systems users about the needs of individuals and support agencies.

Objectives/Activities

Key Activities and Products

Consumer Partners and their Involvement in Implementation Activities

Public and Private Partners and their Involvement in Implementation Activities

Public Partners

Agencies that will participate on the grant advisory committee include: Developmental Disabilities Planning Council (ODDPC), county boards of MR/DD (Allen, Clermont, Cuyahoga, Erie, Fairfield, Huron, Lucas, Mahoning, Richland, and Washington), and the Department of Jobs and Family Services (Single State Medicaid Agency).

Private Partners

Advisory Body, Committee, or Task Force

Formative/Process Evaluation Activities

Summative/Outcome Evaluation Activities

The consultant, in conjunction with the State, will construct an evaluation tool to measure indicators for the new quality system. The evaluation will determine whether the design is producing the desired results and whether the system can be replicated in additional counties.

Strategies to Ensure Sustainability

Ohio will support the changes proposed in this project past the proposed grant funding to ensure enduring systems change through five main avenues by doing the following: