Quality
Assurance and Quality Improvement in Home and Community Based Services
Grant
Information
Name of Grantee
Ohio
Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Title of Grant
Type of Grant
Quality
Assurance and Quality Improvement in Home and Community Based Services
Amount of Grant
$499,740
Year Original Funding
Received
2003
Contact
Information
Donald E. Bashaw, Project
Director
614-728-2524
don.bashaw@dmr.state.oh.us
Suzzanne Reimold Freeze
Project Manager
Ohio DMRDD
614-728-2518
suzzanne.freeze@dmr.state.oh.us
Subcontractor(s)
None.
Target
Population(s)
Individuals with mental retardation and
other developmental disabilities.
Goals
Activities
Abstract
The Ohio Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental
Disabilities (ODMR/DD) is the repository of a considerable amount of data and
information from
This project will design and implement a quality information
management system in which data generated by the service system is used to
develop an integrated knowledge profile. This profile will identify areas of
improved effectiveness and efficiency in the management and delivery of
services and supports to individuals with disabilities.
The State contends that enhanced use of information already
collected by the service delivery system can be used to increase the efficiency
and improve the effectiveness of the supports available to individuals with
mental retardation and developmental disabilities. Successful execution of this
project will yield (1) improved availability of useful information for
individuals and families; (2) a comprehensive, statewide quality framework
that outlines anticipated outcome measures for the service system;
(3) data to determine training initiatives, technical assistance
methodologies, public policy, effectiveness and efficiency measures, improved
state and local resource deployment, and statistically-based trends and analyses;
and (4) a system for reporting information/discoveries to local service
providers, families, and individuals who use services and supports.