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Forwarded on behalf of the State Quality Council
Regional Quality Council members, staff and trained volunteers
will begin conducting interviews this fall with randomly selected people with
disabilities who are receiving home and community-based services.
The interviews are part of the councils’ charge to improve
quality of services, to increase person-centered practices in their parts of
the state and to inform the Minnesota State Quality Council.
Data
Individual findings will be confidential and can be used by
people being interviewed to share with their support team to make quality
improvements in their lives.
Aggregated data collected also will be used to:
- Determine service gaps
- Recognize best practices in services and share
them
- Inform training for disability services
providers
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Make recommendations to the Minnesota State
Quality Council.
Background
Regional Quality Councils, which grew out of the State
Quality Council, examine and improve services for people with disabilities in
specific regions and encourage community involvement. Currently there are three
Regional Quality Councils:
- Arrowhead (Carlton, Cook, Lake and St. Louis
counties)
- Metro (Hennepin, Scott, and Dakota counties)
- Region 10 (Olmsted,
Houston and Wabasha counties).
Format
Interview formats are a Brief Review and a Long Review,
both developed with the support of the University of Minnesota's Institute on Community
Integration.
More information
For more information contact:
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Dan Zimmer, State Quality Council Director,
507-289-3472, dan.zimmer@state.mn.us
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Zoey Leege Arrowhead Regional Quality Council
coordinator, The Arc Northland, 218-726-4746, zleege@arcnorthland.org
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Kayla Nance, Metro Regional Quality Council
project manager, The Arc Greater Twin Cities, 952-915-3669, kaylanance@arcgreatertwincities.org
- Kerri Leucuta Region 10 Quality Council manager,
The Arc Southeastern Minnesota, 507-287-2032, kerril@arcse-mn.org
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