Determining the quality of services provided to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families is a paramount concern.  Belonging in the Community oversees Kentucky's National Core Indicators, an endeavor aimed at positively impacting the lives of Kentuckians’ with developmental disabilities through research efforts.  Nationally developed consumer and family satisfaction measures are used to examine outcomes and performance of state agency service providers.  The project trains interviewers, many of whom have disabilities or have a family member with a disability, to go into the communities of randomly selected adults who currently receive at least one service through the Kentucky Division of Mental Retardation. Over the past seven years, over 4500 consumers, families and caregivers have participated in face-to-face and mail out surveys.  As the estimated number of people with developmental disabilities in Kentucky is as high as 75,000, the potential influence of this project is vast. This effort is sponsored by the Kentucky Division of Mental Retardation.  To see the latest results of National Core Indicators, go to http://www.hsri.org/nci/

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