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National Core Indicators - Still Going Strong!
The Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities (DODD) is
pleased to announce the release of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Administration of the
National Core Indicators (NCI) Consumer Surveys in Ohio – Year 2! Eligibility is open to all
entities/organizations. The deadline for proposal submission is June 5, 2009. Implementation of
the work will occur July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010 (actual start date to be determined).
From The National Core Indicators Website…
"The National Core Indicators, a collaboration among participating National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disability Services (NASDDDS) member state agencies and the Human Services Research Institute (HSRI), has developed a systematic approach to performance and outcome measurement. Through the collaboration, participating states pool their resources and knowledge to create performance monitoring systems, identify common performance indicators, work out comparable data collection strategies, and share results. This multi-state collaborative effort to improve performance is unprecedented. The aim of the initiative is to develop nationally recognized performance and outcome indicators that will enable developmental disabilities policy makers to benchmark the performance of their state against the performance of other states. National Core Indicators also enables each participating state developmental disabilities agency to track system performance and outcomes from year to year on a consistent basis”.
What Are Core Indicators?
Core Indicators are a set of performance measures that emphasize the outcomes that people with
disabilities within the system desire to attain and the performance of a state to deliver those
outcomes. Utilizing a variety of survey sources (consumer, family, employment, provider,
mortality, incidents, system, etc); this ongoing method of assessing performance at the system
level will provide useful results for stakeholders’ operations improvement efforts. In addition, the
Core Indicators will provide individuals with disabilities and their family’s information relevant
to their concerns and an assurance that the collection of this kind of data will lead to system
improvement.
Next Steps...
DODD is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) to engage a contractor in a partnership with
DODD for Administration of the National Core Indicators (NCI) Consumer Surveys in
Ohio (Year 2).
For more information go to dodd.ohio.gov or contact Leslie Minnich, Project Manager,
at leslie.minnich@dodd.ohio.gov.