January 31, 2004
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Program Result
Pennsylvania's Department of Public Welfare, Office of Mental Retardation ran pilot projects to develop and implement the first steps of county plans to give people with developmental disabilities greater choice in determining the services they receive.
January 31, 2004
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Program Result
Maryland's Developmental Disabilities Administration implemented pilot self-determination projects to give people with developmental disabilities and their families greater control over the services they received.
January 31, 2004
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Program Result
The Developmental Disabilities Division of the Hawaii Department of Health implemented a project to support change in long-term care service delivery system for people with disabilities, from one that is provider-driven to one that is consumer-directed.
March 1, 2003
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Program Result
The State of New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services sought to replicate the principles of the Monadnock Self-Determination Project.
October 25, 2007
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Program Result
The Self-Determination for People with Developmental Disabilities Program was a national program to help 18 states implement a more cost-effective system for serving persons with developmental disabilities.
January 31, 2004
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Program Result
The Connecticut Department of Mental Retardation implemented a pilot project to make changes to its service delivery system to enable persons with mental retardation to choose the services they receive and the setting in which they wish to live.
September 22, 2003
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Program Result
The Monadnock Developmental Services developed a project that enabled persons with chronic developmental disabilities to exercise greater self-determination in the care they receive and make their own decisions about how their needs are met.
September 1, 2001
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Program Result
WellChild, the Foundation of Health for Life, Boston, held a conference in 1999 to explore strategies to reduce the gap between research on children's social and emotional competence and school readiness and actual policy and practice. (WellChild is now the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation, Inc. For Expanding Healthcare Access.)