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Stancliffe, Roger J.; Lakin, K. Charlie – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1998
An examination of expenditures, staffing, and outcomes for 116 adults with severe mental retardation who moved from state institutions in Minnesota to community living settings and a comparison group of 71 persons who remained institutionalized, found community residences were less costly, had more favorable staffing, and better outcomes.…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Comparative Analysis, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled)
Peer reviewedLakin, K. Charlie; Prouty, Robert; Polister, Barbara; Coucouvanis, Kathie – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2003
This article summarizes trends indicating a shift from institutional services to services in small community settings, an operational transformation from state government being the provider of services to being the purchaser, a shift from state financing of community services to federal-state cost-sharing, and an increase in people receiving…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Delivery Systems
Download full textBlake, Ellen M., Comp.; Prouty, Robert W., Comp.; Lakin, K. Charlie – 1995
This sourcebook profiles approximately 80 programs that support the redefinition, assessment, and/or enhancement of quality in community services for individuals with developmental disabilities. Direct service programs, however, are not included. The programs and activities described are subsumed under the following broad categories: (1) statewide…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Developmental Disabilities
Lakin, K. Charlie; And Others – 1989
This report examines policy-related trends and projections in the use of various Medicaid-funded care services for persons with mental retardation and related conditions, and identifies factors influencing these trends nationally and in the various states. The examination is based on three sets of research activities: analyses of databases on…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Developmental Disabilities
